texas snakemanBibby, who lives southwest of Fort Worth in Wheatland, broke the record for crawling into a sleeping bag with rattlesnakes. He shared the sleeping bag with 109 rattlers, besting his old record by two.
"I'm ready to do what I do almost anytime," he boasted. "I'm like lunchmeat - I'm always ready."
Smarter Times: All the news that's fit to correct.
here's my librarian deed of the day
Appalachian
portraits by
Shelby Lee Adams
What did happen in Nepal?
Here's one story, but gossip Cindy Adams has
another.
Rockets Redglare, dead "In other lousy news for film buffs, Rockets Redglare, the downtown
fixture who turned up in flicks like Big and Basquiat, died last week as a
result of various ailments. Rockets had a fascinatingly dark life, which
spanned being born to a junkie mom, witnessing his mobster uncle pull
off a hit, and begging cash out of his famous friends. His triumph was
becoming a quirky star in his own right—one I'll sorely miss, and not
just because he never hit me up for money." - m.musto
can someone post the gallery info for olivier's show? thanks.
86 year old woman survives two days underwaterShe was on the Today Show this morning, and talked about her hallucinations: "I'll never be able to see an elf again without thinking about them."
Recovery from recent DMTree event impeded by troublesome image of august compiler of
news statistics struggling through recitation of
The Owl and the Pussycat. Not sure how things came to such a pass (absinthe?), but have developed theory based on overheard conversation fragments regarding
Meet Me in St Louis, suggesting confounding of Bong, Bam, and Boo trees (
Sweeny Agonistes unavailable due to corpseywright restrictions). Regardless, if he moves on to
The Dong with a Luminous Nose, I'm outta here.
Went to Hampton Beach NH with the family and had a trip down memory lane--have not been in 23 years but went every summer for 17--the same lady is working the exquisite air gun twisted target shoot with all these wacky objects to shoot at, its now light sensative but was pellets 23 years ago, still has its biker feel and and wacky shops with tea shirts that say "dont drink and drive--you might hit a bump and spill your drink", i guess its somewhat like the NJ shore, caramel corn, fried dough, salt water taffy, minature golf, arcades--great fried seafood too:>)
Banshees, including
Imelda O’Reilly.
woooooooOOOOOOOoooooooooOOOOOOOooooooooooo...
I think Alex's post today fell victim to the
preview bug that is now fixed. But in case you weren't alerted, check out his
new post and don't miss those
pictures!
Fat Substitute Olestra Eyed as Hazardous-Waste Cleaner Potato Chip Sales Fall Short
[usatoday]
The controversial fat substitute that consumer-products giant Procter & Gamble once hoped would change the way people eat might, instead, change the way industrial pollutants are cleaned up.
P&G has asked that a precursor of its olestra fat substitute be placed on the Environmental Protection Agency's list of industrial chemicals. The new chemical, made by rearranging fatty acids, might be used to soak up toxins at Superfund sites, heavily polluted areas designated by the EPA
favorite food of lately (and of about 10 years ago)--some swiss cheese on a soft fresh roll (high variation) with mustard (spicy best) lots of mayo and iceberg lettuce--looking for the perfect one!!
top 10 concerts that changed the world, according to spin mag:
1-Lollapalooza, various artists (1991-1997)
2-Raising Hell, various (1986)
3-The Beatles U.S. tour (1965)
4-Madonna, The Virgin tour (1985)
5-The Grateful Dead (1967-1995)
6-Alan Freed's rock 'n' roll package tours (1952-1958)
7-Ozzfest, various (1998)
8-James Brown (1968)
9-Black Flag (1981-1982)
10-Up in Smoke tour, various (2000)
unless you all dont want to YAT will be held at my place at 5:30 this thursday 5/31
please advise how many are coming
so i can plan the wine accordingly etc
its also the offical warm up party for The 6 2 Festival....
saw memento this weekend
someone here liked this movie?
i left feeling paranoid and annoyed.
can someone tell me what the ending was all about please?