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Chlamydia Outbreak Kills a Dozen Penguins
An outbreak of chlamydia at the San Francisco Zoo has left a dozen penguins dead, according to a spokesman.
The bacteria, which was most likely transmitted to the birds by an infected seagull, is spread through airborne saliva or other bodily fluids, said Bob Jenkins, the zoo’s director of animal care and conservation. A similar disease is sexually transmitted in humans.
“Infected seagull”… right. That’s the ticket.
Via a spam, no less.
Ozzy, son get their muay Thai kicks in Pattaya
Superstars Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne – stars of the popular reality television series “The Osbournesâ€â€“ watched from ringside yesterday as their only son fought in his first muay-Thai bout in Pattaya.
“Fighting Jack†Osbourne donned the muay-Thai mongkon (traditional headband) and boxing gloves to fight against veteran muay-Thai professional “The Man†at the Pattaya Stadium last night.
From Reuters/Yahoo News: Norwegian Court Convicts First Woman for Rape
OSLO (Reuters) – A Norwegian court has sentenced a woman to nine months in jail for raping a man, the first such conviction in the Scandinavian country that prides itself for its egalitarianism.
The 31-year-old man fell asleep on a sofa at a party in January last year and told the court in the western city of Bergen he woke to find the 23-year-old woman was having oral sex with him.
Joseph LeConte, 1823-1901: Instructions for the Manufacture of Saltpetre. (Columbia, S.C.: Charles P. Pelham, State Printer, 1862.)
At the UNC Chapel Hill online library. Very cool, and if you’ve ready much time travel fiction, you’ll know exactly why this is so handy if you ever get trapped in the pre-industrial past. I love the internet.
French forest wanderer finds 20 tonnes of gourmet meats
A man walking in a forest near here reportedly found 20 tonnes of gourmet meats wrapped in plastic and still edible.
The salami and cured hams, found Saturday morning, may have been dumped by thieves…
…rather than just reading about it afterwards. I’m referring to a
fare pricing error, this time on USAir.
About $38-40 post tax for fares from pretty much anywhere into Lebanon, NH (and according to the news story, a few other cities… those I didn’t see.) LEB is the airport nearest Hanover, NH which is where my undergrad college was, and guys from my fraternity heard about the deal and distributed the news via our house mailing list. I saw it, nearly booked two tickets for 4th of July weekend, but Marie wanted to check her class schedule to make sure she could go, and wanted to go back to sleep first.
Ah well. Not like I need the USAir miles, but of course AA doesn’t fly to LEB, and being able to visit my family over the summer would have been fun.
Nate looks sort of like this, at least while on vacation. Disturbingly, the proportions are about right.
Artwork via Planearium2’s Southpark Studio (link is to the English version). (update 8/2006: moved to http://www.sp-studio.de/)
So consider yourself cauthioned cautioned before checking out Fleshbot, from the people who brought you Wonkette.
But funny and informative stuff, if you follow the adult industry. A sample post of theirs includes such gems as:
We know it’s supposed to be a protective device, but why do we feel like the FemDefence tampon is going to wind up modified for use as an extreme BDSM appliance someday? (Gizmodo)
Susie Bright’s blog had a very different take on the Gannon/Guckert controversy a few weeks ago:
There is no way that Gannon has retired from Bulldoggin’. Sure, his cover was blown, but now all the closet stud chasers in DC know how tight he lap-danced in the seats of power. He must be busy. You’re not going to be able to reach him by his web site anymore, because Jeff’s little black book is completely filled by word of mouth. There’s gotta be a waiting list and a velvet rope as thick as his …
Caveat lector: some explicit language there, but a good, funny and informative read.
OK, a little inane humor for cat owners.
Check out Hitachi’s Get Perpendicular animation. Make sure your sound is on, and your tolerance for Schoolhouse Rock take-offs high.
via Lawrence You on the SSRC mailing list.