MacBook Pro Packaging - A First Look

Seeded on Sat Feb 18, 2006 1:08 PM EST (Flickr)

MacBook Pro Packaging. These are said to be internal pics from the Apple campus.

technology, pro, apple, macbook-pro, macbook

The lingerie we like to wear says a lot about who we are

Seeded on Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:34 PM EST (Canada.com)

White briefs: Most appalling undergarment ever. Don't be surprised if women view you as a brother when they find out you wear "tightie-whities."

underwear, health, lingerie, alberta, calgary, thongs

Drunk and crooked parking job lands man in jail

Seeded on Sat Feb 11, 2006 10:53 AM EST (Canada.com)

A Calgary driver is going to jail for injuring five people while trying to fix his girlfriend's sloppy parking job.

drunk, accident, car, odd-news, alcohol, alberta, calgary, herald

Medical Specialty Aptitude Test

Seeded on Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:27 AM EST (-)

An interesting test designed to determine which specialty you should go into. I am not joking. My #1 advised specialty was Colon and Rectal Surgery. Sigh.

health, school, medicine, specialty, residency

Calgary hospital restroom bugged

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2006 6:46 PM EST (Canada.com)

The Calgary Health Region's security staff is sweeping every hospital restroom after a recording device was discovered inside a staff bathroom at Foothills hospital.

hospital, odd-news, camera, hidden, calgary, chr, foothills, hidden-camera

Harper effect will benefit U of C

Seeded on Mon Feb 6, 2006 12:59 PM EST (Canada.com)

Harper's win could bring some sensitivities to Alberta's education system, or even directly to the U of C, he said.

university, harper, calgary, uofc

Our sense of smell is better when we stand up

Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2006 1:59 PM EST (Toronto Star)

Researchers in Montreal have determined that most people's noses appear to pick up scents better when they are sitting or standing compared to when they're reclining.

canada, health, smell, montreal, scent, mcgill, olfactory, olfaction

Canadian forces issued World War II era guns in Afghanistan

Seeded on Sun Feb 5, 2006 1:28 PM EST (Canada.com)

Those Second World War-era Browning 9-mm automatic pistols issued to Canadian forces in Afghanistan aren't as bad as critics suggest.

canada, afghanistan, world, war, guns, odd-news, ii, wwii

Man jailed three months for stomping duck to death

Seeded on Sat Feb 4, 2006 1:30 PM EST (Canada.com)

"The accused stood up abruptly and kicked the duck, sending it flying against a brick wall," Haight said.

illness, odd-news, mental, duck, alberta, mental-illness, calgary

Cook together, stay together

Seeded on Fri Feb 3, 2006 12:28 PM EST (Canada.com)

Many of today's brides can't cook and it may be a good thing, says a marriage counsellor who claims younger couples squabble less about cooking because they don't know how to do it and so they learn together gradually.

health, marriage, cooking, kitchen, marriage-counseling

Klein makes cheques made out to dead people and thieves

Seeded on Fri Feb 3, 2006 11:45 AM EST (Canada.com)

In Alberta, the Klein government mailed out 2.3 million cheques for $400 dollars to all Albertans to equally distribute the oil surpluses the province has been experiencing.

klein, world-news, edmonton, alberta, calgary, cheques, 400

German cannibal tells of fantasy

Seeded on Fri Feb 3, 2006 3:40 AM EST (BBC News)

I like his smile.

odd-news, cannibalism, german, necrophilia, penis, meiwes, armin, armin-meiwes

Absinthe : It's back, and with a vengeance.

Seeded on Wed Feb 1, 2006 8:06 PM EST (Wired News)

Though I fondly remember drinking the $100CAN bottles of green absinthe in my younger years, truly, compared to the stuff this guy is brewing, it was mere mouthwash.

van, odd-news, van-gogh, absinthe, thujon, thujone, hallucinogen, green-fairy, gogh

Do the people who write spam come from Asia?

Wed Feb 1, 2006 3:26 PM EST

Do the people who write spam come from Asia? Are there no longer any English-speaking people who are willing to fill my Hotmail inbox with ads promising greater sexual drive, greater penis length, or college degrees?

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odd-news, spam, hotmail, black-scientists, penis-enhancer

Mung: Myth or Startling Reality?

Wed Feb 1, 2006 12:44 AM EST

I heard about mung a while ago, while surfing the net to learn about snuff films. Since then, it has been a constant source of amusement to me as I think about it, particularly in relation to the mung bean, with which it shares its name.

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odd-news, necrophilia, mung