Dithyramb

Even Sheep Can Be "Heroic"...

Lost Sheep Saves Farmer's Life

Moonshine Exhibit at Museum

...shut down by zealous bureaucrats

Driving a Taxi in Japan...

...might seem a thrill for those who enjoy carnal pleasures.

A bit uncouth.

Newsweek Changes Its Policy Regarding Annonymous Sources

Newsweek Changes Policy on Sources
About time too. Its credibility has been weakened quite a lot as of late.

Why Kids Shouldn't Play with Home-Made Light-Sabers

Jedi-Fans Petrol Inferno
An update on the old adage: Kids shouldn't play with matches

How Relevant is Plato...

Irfan A. Khawaja has an interesting piece entitled Plato and Us.

Destination Mars

NASA refocuses to align with Bush's Mars vision (From Washington Times)

Uncovering a Hidden Archimedes Text with a Particle Accelarator

CNN : Eureka! Unlocking Archimedes' ancient text

Archimedes

 

Education News: Eating Worms to Increase the Literacy Rate

Worms do not taste like Chicken!!!
I suppose not.

The Romans Wore Woolly Socks When They Invaded Britain

Neither Sexy nor Macho

"The sartorial elegance of the Italians has been shattered, with news that woolly socks helped their ancestors' conquest of northern England."

Raiders of the Lost Ark?

Different Dr. Jones though...

Interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Der Spiegel has an interview with Ayaan Hirsi Ali, muslim apostate and dutch politician who together with the murdered Theo van Gogh made the controversial movie Submission.   

The Interview is in two parts.
Part 1
Part 2

No More Autobahn!!!

The EU Energy Commissioner wants the same speed limit across all EU countries.

All other countries are not to upgrade to the German standard. On the countrary, nobody is too drive faster than 100 km/h. That is socialism... bringing everything down to the sordid level of the worst amongst us. All in the name of equality.

Two Front War

Victor David Hanson has an excellent piece entitled: Our Two Front Struggle in the National Review

"Abroad, we battle Islamic fascists who hate us for our success and want to kill us with the tools of the modern world they despise. But at home, we are also at odds with our own privileged guilt-ridden aristocracy, whose very munificence has made them misunderstand why they are hated."

New Species Found at the Supermarket!

Rock Rat, anyone?

"Scientists who went shopping recently at an Asian food market got more than they bargained for—a rodent unknown to science was being sold as meat
...
The animal is believed to represent not only a new species of rodent but also the first mammal family to be discovered in 30 years."

The Right to Photograph Goldfish in Blenders

A rather weird courtroom-drama (the Copenhagen Post)

Dangerous Underwear

Woman Knocked Out by her Erotic Underwear while Shopping!
The Kinky Knock Out Panties can be bought here!

New Photoalbum: 16th of May, 2005

Here's the link: 16th of May 2005,

Bernt also took some pictures which can be found here!

Backstage BBC

The BBC has launched a new grand scale project: Backstage.
Full story here!

Looking Good...

The XBOX 360

Pushing the Boundaries of the Humanly Possible

CNN: Select Few Redefine Human Abilities

A Dog is a Baby's Best Friend

I just loved this story.

It's so sweet.

"A newborn baby abandoned in a Kenyan forest was saved by a stray dog who apparently carried her across a busy road and through a barbed wire fence to a shed where the infant was discovered nestled with a litter of puppies, witnesses said Monday."

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Movie Trailer

Can be found here!

Jumping Environmentalist Crazies?

And the Weird Site of the Day Award goes to...

World Jump Day

Mission: Get enough people to jump, in order to change earth's orbit.
Why?: To save the environment...

Please stop jumping while we get you into this nice straigh-jacket

Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Film Trailer

I read the Narnia books when I was about 10-11 years old and quite enjoyed them then.

Here is the link to the Trailer!