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How Madison Avenue Is Wasting Millions on a Deserted Second Life [Wired]
I don't know if "wasting millions" is how I'd describe corporate investments/entry into Second Life. I mean, hell, they "waste" millions on advertising too..

My avatar in a t-shirt designed by moi, bunnies sold separately

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The Headlines Get Gnarlier

The past couple of weeks have been marked by a gaping lack of "real news" (not that I'm complaining). Shapeshifter got married, Bush is still an idiot asshole 'leader' of epic proportions, superficiality can be rewarding, and the odd, gross headline have come across my monitor lately.

In continuation of the slow, lame news stretch, here's more gross and pretty useless information.

Larvae Take Up Residence on Man's Head
Jul 17, 11:35 PM (ET)

CARBONDALE, Colo. (AP) - Doctors thought the strange, bleeding bumps on Aaron Dallas' head might be from gnat bites or shingles. Then the bumps started moving.

A doctor found five active bot fly larvae living beneath the skin atop Dallas' head.

"I'd put my hand back there and feel them moving. I thought it was blood coursing through my head," Dallas told the (Glenwood Springs) Post Independent.

"I could hear them. I actually thought I was going crazy."

Rest of the story here. [MyWay News]

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Yay!

Shane: Jerry Falwell is dead.
Co-worker: Didn't she just have a baby?
Shane: That's Geri Halliwell.
Shane |05.15.07 - 2:09 pm |
-comment at joe.my.god

Seriously, this news, and the ensuing commentaries (here or here or here) have brought me a sort of joy that I didn't know I was capable of feeling.

*Before anyone gets up in my grill for being..'evil' - I merely aim to illuminate the moral of the story: Be an unintelligent, hateful gasbag who amasses a fortune from hateful misguided pseudo-religious dabblings in politics, and people will dance on your grave when you die.

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*Finally* Some Significant Good News

Liver regeneration: Simpler than thought [UPI]
...Harvard Medical School researchers said their findings could significantly affect the way physicians make livers regrow in patients who have liver diseases such as cirrhosis, hepatitis or cancer.

Yay science!

THE COMMUNIST PARTY

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Ahhh..Christianity at Easter

If one doesn't see the sad irony and blatant hypocrisy in this..
I mean for realz, WWJD?

Lesbian Couple in Wyo. Denied Communion [MyWay News]

My favorite part of the article:

Huskinson questioned why Catholics having premarital sex and using birth control are not barred from receiving Communion, too. But the parish priest said the difference is this: The other Catholics are "not going around broadcasting, 'Hey I'm having sex outside of marriage' or 'I'm using birth control.'"

There you have it folks. In the Christian metaphysic you just need to hide your sins and have a happy Easter.

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Christ Getting In Shape For Second Coming

"If every eye is going to see Me, and all the tribes of earth are going to wail on account of Me, I think I owe it to them and to Myself to be in the best shape of My life," Christ said. "Right now I'm up to 35 minutes at seven [miles per hour] on the treadmill and benching about 165 [pounds]."

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YouTube Awards

This is interesting. So YouTube had it's first 'official' awards and hahahahaha the New York Times tries to wrap it's head around it. The article's tone reads like someone poking at a pile of stinking, dirty laundry with a stick. Whatever. There are some sweet mentions and links in there. ('My Hands Are Bananas' and 'Ask a Ninja' are good.) And it's odd to see the YouTube community has morphed into a MySpace clone. Everyone is finally their own channel it seems.

[NYTimes - YouTube Awards the Top of Its Heap]

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The Religious States of America

Oh jeebus, Ima burst a valve today if I keep reading the news. Can someone please tell this old, irrelevant, out-of-touch fossil to simply STFU about US politics? Stay locked up in your Vatican castle Benny, amidst those huge stashes of cash and porn, in your fancy little dress and patent leather shoes worrying about how to get more employees to sign on to your corporation.

Catholic Politicians Can't Back Gay Marriage: Pope

Tue Mar 13, 7:44 AM ET

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Church's opposition to gay marriage is "non-negotiable" and Catholic politicians have a moral duty to oppose it, as well as laws on abortion and euthanasia,

Pope Benedict said in a document issued on Tuesday.

I am about as interested in hearing what this narrow-minded freak thinks about politics as I am hearing what a robot thinks about sexual behavior.

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I Believe the Children Are Our Future

I bet this little one is a riot.

Girl, 8, makes 100 prank 911 calls

SHEBOYGAN, Wis., Feb. 20 (UPI) -- No charges will be filed against an 8-year-old Wisconsin girl who made more than 100 prank calls to emergency operators last week.

Lt. Jim Risseeuw of the Sheboygan County, Wis., Sheriff's Department said the unidentified girl was traced with the help of AT&T and TracFone, which identified the phone's owner as the girl's mother, the Sheboygan Press reported Tuesday.

The woman had stopped using the phone but all cell phones can call 911 even if they don't have active service.

Risseeuw said the third-grader identified herself to dispatchers as "Matthew" when she made the calls, some of which contained profanities, the report said.

However, he said because of her age, she won't be charged.

"At this point, the matter was corrected," Risseeuw said. "We'll leave it for the parents to deal with."

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Ya Think?

This doesn't surprise me in the least.

On an unrelated note, I'm feeling pretty down lately (again). I am growing more and more weary of these cycles of excitement or optimism followed by days of pure boredom, directionlessness (that's a sad word), frustration & gnawing anxiety.

I'm leaving town (and country) on Friday for a big trip that's been in the works for months now.
I'm already not looking forward to the huge letdown/crash that will mark my return.
Upon my return from said trip, I will truly have nothing to use as an excuse for my lack of direction.

Don't cry for me.

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