Interesting things in the news

[lastwish]

Man cuts off his penis in crowded restaurant.

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/6586879.stm[/url]

o..man. Its so sad. I have heard many instances of men cutting off their penises.

[Mish]

The Matrix is here

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7288426.stm[/url]

[vashti]

[url]http://my.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20080312/47d8b4d0_3ca6_1552620080313-1953200543[/url]

Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who stayed in her boyfriend's bathroom for two years, spending most of her time on the toilet - so that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the man finally called police.

It appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat, said Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple. The woman initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital.

[...]

McFarren, 36, told investigators he took Babcock food and water and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom.

"And her reply would be, 'Maybe tomorrow,'" Whipple said. "According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom."

[IndiReloaded]

The Matrix is here

[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7288426.stm[/url]

Its a bit scary, isn't it? What with those new GM robotic vehicles, & creating 'new life' a la Craig Venter/Celara. If you're interested in the crazy stuff they are doing (or like being frightened) check out his recent talk for TED (Vash, you mentioned TED, so you might be interested too).

If you're into making money, tho, you might also check it out. They are aggressively trying to engineer bugs that can make things like energy dense fuel alternatives (i.e. better than maize derived ethanol). If they succeed they'll make a ton of it.

[Mish]

[url]http://my.earthlink.net/article/nat?guid=20080312/47d8b4d0_3ca6_1552620080313-1953200543[/url]

"She is an adult; she made her own decision. It was my fault I should have gotten help for her sooner; I admit that. But after a while, you kind of get used to it," McFarren said.

"It just kind of happened one day. She went in and had been in there a little while, the next time it was a little longer. Then she got it in her head she was going to stay - like it was a safe place for her," McFarren said.

Heh heh

I always wondered what it might be like flushing your life down the toilet

[Junket]

I think I'm gonna go make a little happiness in my own "genes" in the next hour or so if you know what I mean

Of course we know what you mean, because you always mean the same thing.

[misombra]

my state is on fire.

[ame="http://youtube.com/watch?v=hAJcHL8aNmY"]YouTube - The Trigo "Firestorm" April 30th 2008[/ame]

[IndiReloaded]

Pretty bad, Miso. 18 sq miles. And some human doofus did it, I read.

Sushi anyone?
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/sci_nat_colossal_cuts/html/1.stm[/url]

[misombra]

yeah, but honestly it's not hard around here for a human to start a fire. our climate is so dry. there are dry pine leaves everywhere, dry leaves. tbh i've almost started a forest fire. thank god i didn't, but it almost happened when we were backpacking. we were a days hike into the mountains and nobody was around.

i started a campfire and the guys didn't put it out properly. i woke up to mikey screaming for everyone to get up. "holy ****ing shit you guys get up!!!!!"

we woke up to burning embers covering the ground, and black smoking piles of leaves. we all got up and had to take turns running to the river to get more water. we pounded on the earth with our bare hands and feet to get it out. mikey stepped into a pile of leaves that was burning black and burnt his foot, but it was dark and we wouldn't have even known it was there unless he stepped in it.

it was scary as hell. all i could think was, if this fire gets out of control, there is no way we're going to be getting out of here.

very frightening. now when i start a fire i make sure to put it out myself and not depend on anyone else to do it. you have to be incredibly vigilant to not start a fire.

i feel bad for people around here who start them. i would hate to be in that position.

[misombra]

mars lander phoenix landed to research history of water.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j72quVM7c9Y"]YouTube - The Phoenix Mars Lander[/ame]

[DoesntMatter]

One of those instruments should have held up a US flag

[misombra]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08tIP64JPys"]YouTube - R.Kelly - Home Alone[/ame]

r kelly is not guilty of peeing on some 13 year old girl. woohoo!!!

[misombra]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL4FHZUvv3Y"]YouTube - The Isley Brothers - Contagious feat. R. Kelly[/ame]

[misombra]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmBRBUZ7UWc"]YouTube - Piss on you[/ame]

haters wanna hate
lovers wanna loooooooooove

[misombra]

how could someone convict the guy that said, "i don't see nothing wroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong with a little bump and griiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvimAwIuq-Q"]YouTube - R. Kelly - Bump N' Grind[/ame]