And then we all heard it ad infinitum all the rest of our lives. You heard it if you went to a wedding in the ‘70s, ‘80s and 90s. Even now. “You, you light up my life...” Christine, the only daughter of Bob & Sarah Bone, is a blend of two handsome folks, (he from mid-America, she from New Zealand) whose Indiana and Maori genes combined to produce a beautiful free spirit I … [Read more...] about A Dead Mans Song Spooky Tale From Molokai
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Snake Charmer Beauty Contests and Urban Fishing and The Best Reality Show Ever
CHARMING The beauty pageant each April at the Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Texas, requires traditional skills like interview poise, evening-gown fashion and talent, but also some ability and inclination to milk and skin rattlers. High school senior Kyndra Vaught won this year’s Miss Snake Charmer, wearing jeweled boots one night for her country-western ballad, then Kevlar … [Read more...] about Snake Charmer Beauty Contests and Urban Fishing and The Best Reality Show Ever
Good News For Vultures and Dog Sex Prosecutions and Stiletto Surgery
GOOD NEWS FOR VULTURES Almost-extinct vultures may be making a comeback within the Parsi community of Mumbai, India, after a pain reliever (diclofenac) nearly wiped it out. Parsis’ Zoroastrian religion requires “natural” body disposals (no cremation or burial) of humans and cattle, and bodies have always been ritually laid out for the hungry birds, but the community has also … [Read more...] about Good News For Vultures and Dog Sex Prosecutions and Stiletto Surgery
Government Waste And Heroic Military Bureaucrats And World of Warcraft Politicians
GOVERNMENT IN ACTION Among the federally funded projects highlighted in the “2012 Waste Book” of U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn were a $325,000 grant to develop a “robosquirrel” (to help study the somehow-confusing interaction between squirrels and rattlesnakes) and a $700,000 grant by the National Science Foundation for a New York theater company to create a musical about climate change … [Read more...] about Government Waste And Heroic Military Bureaucrats And World of Warcraft Politicians
Best Water Ever And The Follies Of Democracy
BEST WATER EVER New York City's tap water is already widely regarded as world-class, in safety and taste (and subjected to a half-million tests a year by the city's Department of Environmental Protection). But two entrepreneurs recently opened the Molecule water bar in the city's East Village, selling 16-ounce bottles of the same water for $2.50, extra-filtered through their … [Read more...] about Best Water Ever And The Follies Of Democracy