Archive for the 'Interesting' Category
A woman who stumbled on evidence of child abuse while looking for information about babies on the Internet helped Spanish police break a child pornography ring.
Woman seeking baby info breaks child porn ring | Technology | Reuters
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Absent from the list of robber barons recently reconsidered has been Cornelius Vanderbilt, known to everyone as the Commodore.
AmericanHeritage.com / The Life and Syphilis of Cornelius Vanderbilt
Fascinating life history, about a fascinating and period in American history.
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In fact, a good chunk of your weight gain, moodiness and brain-fog may be due to your sleep habits.
For more than 60-million Americans, there is a relentlessly powerful evil force at work in their lives. Something that, altered just a bit, could help you drop weight, improve your mood, be healthier, live-longer and excel at [...]
Even though it’s been ten years and I’m visiting a town 100 miles away from where she lives now, I look at everyone passing by, hoping I’ll see her.
One Sentence archive – Most Popular from the Last 30 Days
Great idea for a website. I had it about 5 years ago and did nothing with it.
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For a brainy model with a hot new cookbook, marriage to a literary superstar creates opportunities—and problems. Top Chef’s Padma Lakshmi now has an empire in the making, but Salman Rushdie won’t be part of it.
A Taste of Fame: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com
Overrated host of an overrated TV show. I get the feeling that she [...]
collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It [...]
He says bad bosses are forming ever-expanding “pods of incompetence.” When truly good executives move on to other jobs or retire, a vacuum forms at the top.
CANOE Money – News – Macleans: Why useless bosses always hire idiots
Possibly the truest thing I have ever read on the Internet. Well, probably not, but it’s true anyway…Moron [...]
The truth is that the Bible is way more soap operatic than people who have never really read it think. Lots of sex, lots of intrigue, lots of violence. Power is an aphrodisiac like no other, and to many of the “faithful” there is no power greater than that of the religious leader. A pastorship [...]
Look at that stare. He, and not Anthony Hopkins, would eat your liver with fava beans and a nice chianti. Hopkins was miscast IMHO.
The madness of King John – Times Online
He swore he would never play seniors tennis or do TV commentary, so why has the American gone back on his word?
John McEnroe was the only good thing about tennis, he’s what got me into it, and while I stuck around for a decade or so [...]