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No I'm not kidding. Holy ****. I'm shocked and very saddened LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian George Carlin, a counter-culture hero famed for his routines about drugs and dirty words, died of heart failure at a Los Angeles-area hospital on Sunday, a spokesman said. He was 71. Carlin, who had...

Cops in drive-thrus look for drunk drivers By THE CANADIAN PRESS SURREY, B.C. - The next time you go to a drive-thru fast food restaurant in Surrey, B.C., it may be a Mountie who asks "You want fries with that?" In a new twist on efforts to catch impaired drivers, the RCMP is stationing...

Under what circumstances is homicide "justifiable"? If found "justifiable" does the murderer get any jail time at all?

Ok this is pretty geeky, especially the video, but the audio is awesome. I don't know how to save it from YouTube so here's a link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkTpUxh8Vxc&eurl=http://ineverlovedyou.blogspot.com/2006/09/as-if-nerd-quotient-wasnt-high-enough.html

In what ways are you creative? All of us have some creativity...it's pretty much a necessary part of life. I am a writer. I also do meditation and lucid dreaming, which allows for lots of creativity. My mom paints. My middle daughter experiments with tea (she works for Starbucks and is...

I have a report Im working on for PSICAN. The witness thinks he saw a 7 foot black seal in Lake Ontario. First, are there such things as black seals? How big do they get? Is there any remote possibility a seal could be in Lake Ontario? (Western End) I know there are ringed seals in the...

There's a young man in SK with a brain tumor and he wanted to attend the game. The Riders accomodated him with great seats, the winning game ball, and an invite to the locker room, where they all said a prayer for him. Now the community has pulled together and funded a trip to the Cup...

I just made a small contribution to the Democrats. (don't worry honey its on MY card) Ive never contributed financially before. I just feel SO STRONGLY that we have to get the republicans out of office nationwide that I became the first contributor (for this round of donations) for my home...

A long time ago, there was a poor woman who met a rich man. Through many hardships, thier relationship grew to one of love. One day, when the poor woman was visiting the rich man's large city from her small town, they met for luch at a small English Pub called The Spotted Dick. The place was...

http://incoherent-ish.blogspot.com/2007/11/mandolins-and-banjos-and-sumthin.html The Webequie Indian Reserve has started a music program and two friends of mine (RL friends, not just internet) are hoping to find a banjo and a mandolin for the program. If anyone has one, let me know and I will...

http://www.serpo.org/release27a.asp Im not at all sure what this actually is, but if it is a real document we've got some serious thinking to do.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071025155840.htm This comet was discovered in the 1800's and has a 7 year cycle. This year, it has increased intensity enough to be seen even in the city. Some sources also claim it is finally starting to show signs of a tail, not visible before.

Many religions have ceremony and ritual for honoring those who have passed to wherever--heaven, reincarnation, whatever you believe. Samhain/Halloween and All Saints Day are age old tributes and celebrations of our dead. In the western world, we tend to do it at memorial day, or at the...

Ive been watching the news on the recent whopper fires going on in Southern California. They've now evactuated the equivalent of half the population of Scarborough. (350,000). They have 6000 firefighters on the job and we're nowhere near containment. I have good friends in Oceanside who...

I don't have a back yard. I'd really like to do a Samhain ritual skyclad this year. Does anyone know of a private place to do this?

Is it still against the rules for members to have multiple accounts?

Now Im not one of the butt kissers around here, but I would like to say thank you to Andem for including the "ignore" option. I currently only have one person on ignore, but every time I see the function has worked, I say a little prayer of thanks. I don't know how many people actually use...

Two people have died in a fire on Interstate 5 in California http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,301556,00.html Can you imagine? I mean, it's bad enough to be stuck in a tunnel. That can be really frightening. But to be stuck in a tunnel that has a huge fire? Maybe my empathy is in...

I got a second notification on a PM I read and replied to yesterday. This has happened before. Any idea why?

A new friend of mine uses this as her sig "It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not." -- Gide Anybody else got some good sig quotes (other than the one you are currently using!)