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Archive for 2007/05


Trivia for 5/29/2007

Welcome back!* Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr were the [only] two left-handed Beatles.
* Chris Ford scored the first ever NBA three-point shot.
* Maine is the only state that borders only one other US State.
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I recently learned that people are actually able to get paid for blogging and that got me excited. Imagine, someone actually willing to pay me for my opinion!
Smorty.com is one such place. Smorty connects advertisers to bloggers who write opinions or reviews with links back to the advertiser’s site.
To an advertiser, the links in those […]

Canada seeks man with groin-kick request

From the “That’s just sick” department:
I’ve heard it said for years that it takes all kinds of people to make the world go ’round, but I don’t understand why this kind is necessary…
Canada seeks man with groin-kick request
GUELPH, Ontario - Police in Ontario are looking for a man who allegedly approached women and asked […]

Trivia for 5/28/2007

* Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth. Betsy Ross’s other contribution to the American Revolution, beside sewing the first American flag, was running a munitions factory in her basement.
* The only real person to be a Pez head was Betsy Ross.
* Andy Warhol created the Rolling Stone’s emblem depicting the […]

Censored news

I ran across this article talking about how the news media tends to downplay certain news items that, frankly, should be shouted from rooftops.
I don’t doubt for a moment that this goes on because I have seen with my own eyes when the news changes radically - and not just because of an update, or […]