airline loses two legged dog

Faith, the dog best known for walking on two legs, was lost for several
hours at the Orlando International Airport on Wednesday.
Faith’s owner, Jude Stringfellow, said the airline put her dog on
the wrong flight. But there were howls of happiness as Faith and
Stringfellow were reunited.

Faith is a celebrity famous for walking on two legs. She’s the
world's most photographed dog, and what a day she had. "When you lose a
pet, it's over you can't bring it back," Stringfellow said.

Stringfellow went to pick Faith up after arriving in Orlando
on a flight from Oklahoma City. But she says for hours, no one could
find her beloved dog.
"Nervous, and I was upset because they wouldn't give me any
solid information" commented Stringfellow. Stringfellow said Faith's
spirit kept her going. She was born without use of her front legs and
still managed to survive.

"The whole concept behind my dog is faith and I named her
Faith. And I can't give up hope or give up faith," added Stringfellow.
Finally, the airline tracked Faith down, saying she was accidentally placed on a different flight to Orlando.

American Airlines called it their mistake. A spokesperson said they are investigating.

swarovski encrusted giant madagascar hissing cockroach brooch

A little information on our little friends. These insects come in varied patterns and are decorated with the finest Austrian Swarovski crystal. Each roach takes about an hour of painstaking work to achieve his final magical glory. All roaches are male to ensure sterility, and come complete with a leash set. This consists of a gorgeous pin you attach to your clothing with a chain that clasps to the cockroach's carapace to keep him from running amok. The lifespan of these animals is approximately one year if housed and fed properly. This is not a guarantee, it is an estimate. Roaches love fresh bananas and must have access to fresh water at all times, a very damp paper towel or cotton ball will do the trick. Dehydration is the main cause of death. Keep him in a little terrarium in the dark and he will love you and be very responsive to your touch. Roaches are shipped overnight in a box and can be kept in this box for up to 4 days without food or water while you secure him more hospitable accommodations.
check 'em out here

hunter s. thompson

hunting with guns by hunter s. thompson

M+B gallery and AMMO Books are pleased to present GONZO, the debut exhibition of photography by famed American author Hunter S. Thompson. The exhibition coincides with the release of Thompson's final book, of the same name, and chronicles his life through his own photographs and memorabilia.

GONZO began as a personal collaboration with Thompson prior to his untimely death, and has since come to completion with the support of his family and estate. The show will feature many never before seen photographs from Thompson's personal archive, including shots from his early days as a foreign correspondent in Puerto Rico, living in Big Sur in the 1960s, time on the road with the Hell's Angels, illuminating self-portraits, and many personal moments with friends and family throughout the years.

GONZO is a visual tour de force that will take you on an incredible journey through the life and times of the legendary writer Hunter S. Thompson. The iconoclastic American author developed his own style of writing that became known as "gonzo journalism"-a completely truthful, but not always factual, hands on method of reporting. With his numerous articles for Rolling Stone and other magazines, his acclaimed books including Hell's Angels , The Rum Diary , Curse of Lono and the seminal Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , Thompson influenced generations and established himself as an original and powerful voice in the political and literary world.

Immortalized on film by good friends Johnny Depp (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998) and Bill Murray (Where the Buffalo Roa, 1980), Hunter became a cult hero to counter-culture youth, intellectuals and celebrities alike. Notoriously fond of firearms and hallucinogens, Thompson lived in his self-described "heavily fortified compound" in Woody Creek, Colorado. One of his most famous quotes summed up his anarchist and acerbic philosophy on life, "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."

deputies: "man on crack when alligator attacked"

LAKELAND -- A man who was attacked by an alligator this morning was naked and smoking crack at the time, Polk County deputies who rescued him said today.
The alligator had the man in his jaws when deputies arrived at Lake Parker in Lakeland about 4 a.m. today. They were called by nearby residents who reported hearing a man yelling for help.
The first deputy on the scene was unable to free the man, Adrian J. Apgar, from the alligator's mouth. It wasn't until 3 or 4 of them were in chest-deep water that they were able to pull him free after the tug-of-war.
Apgar, 45, of Polk City, suffered a broken arm, partially amputated left arm and trauma to his left leg. Doctors are trying to reattach the arm at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, where was listed in critical condition.
"We don't know whether he'll make it or not," said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.
According to a news release from the Polk Sheriff's Office, "The very dark conditions and risk of injuring the victim made shooting the alligator impossible, leaving deputies to contend with their own safety after becoming exhausted in waist deep mud. All deputies made it out of the water without injury."
State fish and wildlife officials captured an 11-foot alligator that they think was the biter.
Deputy Billy Osborne first heard the man's cries for help but couldn't see him through the thick brush and dark sky.
"'I have two broken arms and an alligator's got me pinned. I can't move. Please help me,'" the Polk County deputy sheriff related at a news conference today.
As Osborne listened, he followed the voice through more than 20 yards of brush in Lake Parker's murky, chest-deep water about 4 a.m.
Then he saw them: a naked man crouched down in the jaws of an alligator amidst thick cattails in bloodied water.
Other deputies pursued, following the man's cries, Osborne's voice and the sounds of the alligator thrashing around in the water.
Osborne grabbed onto the man's arm and tried to pull him free.
"We were pretty much playing tug-of-war," Osborne, 26, said.
After about 30 seconds, the alligator released the man.
Judd said Apgar told deputies he was smoking crack-cocaine at the adjacent park, but it was unclear why he was naked or why he was attacked by the alligator.
No one answered the door of Apgar's home in rural community and neighbors knew little about him.

blood scarf.

Blood Scarf depicts a scarf knit out of clear vinyl tubing. An intravenous device emerging out of the user's hand fills the scarf with blood. The implied narrative is a paradoxical one in which the device keeps the user warm with their blood while at the same time draining their blood drip by drip.
laura splan

oooohhhh...... sparking vodka

even though i am morally
opposed to vodka,
(i'm sure that many of you
have heard my rants about
how much i hate this substance)
here is something that may
be very very exciting.


sparkling vodka...
ooohhhh.....

mountains of coke 2: how coke is made

emotionally insecure dinosaur robot!!

Ugobe, however, hopes to change that next year with a cheaper, more versatile toy called the Pleo. Pleo is a robotic dinosaur coming in the second quarter of 2007 that reacts "emotionally" to its surroundings.

If you talk to it in a coo, it becomes more responsive, wagging its tail and offering to shake hands. If you are curt, it can display signs of being depressed--its back slumps, it emits a mooing sound and its tail drags plaintively. It can express joy and aggression. It can also yawn, sigh, sniff, sniffle, snore, cough, hiccup and sneeze.

mountains of coke

Coca products were taboo for a long time in Colombia. Now Colombians can purchase coca wine, coca tea and coca cookies. The newest product is called Coca-Sek, an energy drink that is fast developing an international reputation -- much to the irritation of the Coca Cola company.
This sign at the coca plantation indicates that coca cultivation is being supported by the children's rights organization Terres des Hommes.


In other news, Last year, a study instigated by SPIEGEL ONLINE made big headlines: Experts had foraged Germany's rivers for a substance produced by the human body during cocaine consumption, and the results were bountiful. The extrapolated numbers revealed, among other things, that residents around the river Rhine's drainage basin near Düsseldorf consume roughly 11 tons of cocaine each year. The street value: around €1.64 billion.

Now the experts at Nuremberg's Institute for Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research (IBMP) have expanded their method to other EU countries and the US. The results are similar to those of 2005: Previous official estimates for cocaine use, which rely heavily on police statistics, are apparently way too low.

For example in New York, IBMP teams searched the Hudson River and found the by-products of a projected cocaine consumption totaling 16.4 tons per year. There are approximately 3.4 million people aged 15 to 65 living in the Hudson's watershed. According to the United Nations "World Drug Report," 2.8 percent of Americans in this age group use cocaine at least once a year. That would mean that about 95,000 people are responsible for an annual consumption of 16.4 tons of pure cocaine -- a per capita rate of 172 grams per year.

Strong variations

But the "World Drug Report" says the average user, at least in Central and Western Europe, consumes only 35 grams of pure cocaine per year. Unless the appetite of the average American is considerably greater, present estimates of overall consumption are likely to be too low. Either there are more coke-heads than reflected by the official statistics, or they snort far more Charlie per year than yet realized.

And there's more. IBMP Director Fritz Sörgel says there are a number of further lessons provided by his study:

• Good news for Germany -- cocaine consumption has, according to his data -- stagnated.

• New York continues its reign as the Cocaine Capital of the World. One is almost tempted to upbraid them for wasting the stuff. Nowhere did researchers find as much pure cocaine as they did in the Hudson River.

• Europe is catching up in cocaine consumption, with Spain bravely leading the way. The British and Italians also display a ravenous appetite for blow.

The details vary, though, from city to city. In Washington's Potomac, IBMP chemists found traces of an annual per capita consumption of 73 grams of cocaine, while the San Francisco Bay indicates an annual use of little more than 40 grams per person.

In Europe, the pattern is similar. According to current estimates by the European Union, about 1 percent of Germany's 18 to 59-year-old population consumes cocaine at least once a year. Based on the IBMP measurements, that would mean that the average cocaine user in Nuremberg consumes a mere six grams per year, while in Mannheim the number is closer to 55 grams.

thanksgiving.

word up to the real deal.
fuck hallmark and fuck christopher columbuses slave trade.

robot kangaroooooos!!!

dancing robot squid!!!!

The Hakodate civic association, local businesses, and the Hakodate National College of Technology have gotten together to build a giant dancing robot squid that stands over 2 meters tall.
dancing squids!!! robot squids!!! dancing robot squids!!! crank up that fucking new young pony club motherfuckers!!
oh.. and you can control it's 500 different movements over wifi. hot damn!

squid and tea

happy thanksgiving from good old wild bill burroughs

smoking girls you tube scandal

apparently.. some very intelligent people with a shitload of free time on their hands have viewed 27,000 you tube videos featuring girls smoking and determined that its a big tobacco conspiracy.
you decide. in the meantime i'm going to go smoke a cigarette.

thanksgiving nose jobs

so this fine couple right here are featured in MAKE explaining how to make the ultimate vegetarian turkey. out of paper nonetheless. what i'm concerned about is their noses. maybe in the spirit of the holidays can we all chip in to get them nose jobs for christmas? anyway, here's the link for the video. i don't want to watch it, i'm afraid of the noses.. but i'm sure it's a clever origami feat.

Kids! Accept Jesus Christ as Your Lord and Savior and Get a Free PlayStation 3!

Hey kids! If your Mom and Dad can't get you a PlayStation 3 for Christmas, you can still get one FOR FREE! Have you ever heard of Jesus Christ? Well, He's heard of you! And He wants you to have all the cool toys your parents are too cheap to buy! In fact, the Lord Jesus is very upset with your parents that they won't give you all the latest stuff that every kid in America deserves! And Jesus has got your back, because He is your homeboy! If you've never heard of Jesus, He is an invisible cloud-dwelling deity (infinite lives!) who loves you very much and wants nothing more than to give you a free PlayStation 3!


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plur

so i'm totally obsessed with new rave.

death to death from above

from the myspace of death from above 1979
hey

i know its been forever since i wrote anything on here. im sure by now most of you assume the band isnt happening anymore since there are no shows, no work on a new album, etc. well. i wanted to let you know that your assumptions are correct. we decided to stop doing the band... actually we decided that almost a year ago. we finished off our scheduled tour dates because there were good people working for us who relied on us to make a living and buy christmas presents and pay rent etc. we couldnt just cancel everything and leave them out to dry... plus i think we wanted to see if we would reconsider after being out on the road. our label was really hoping that we would change our minds, so they asked us to keep quiet about the decision for at first. well, its been quite awhile now and we are still very sure the band wont happen again, so i guess its time to say something.

we started as a punk band with pop aspirations and we met every goal we set for ourselves. a few weeks ago, the album finally went gold in canada and that was the final mark i really wanted to reach.. it was my goal to see how big we could become without ever compromising or changing what we did right from the start... and now i know. we did way more than i ever expected and i like to think the fans (you?) enjoyed it as much as we did.... watching us sneak our way onto network tv, big festivals and sports arenas... playing music that most people assumed only belonged in basements and dirty rock clubs. we played our first show in a living room on long island for about 12 people and played our last in the calgary saddledome for 12,000. ha! what more could i have ever asked for? ive been in lots of punk bands over the last 15 years and i played every basement, squat, hole and alley from here to eastern europe. dfa79 was the first time i ever really played on a stage, yet i really didnt change what i was doing from what id been doing in the past... hell i was even using the same amplifiers!

i never would have imagined that the wall of noise i love so much could have come this far. to see my silly elephant trunk idea become so popular... im sure its the greatest piece of graphic design ill ever do.over the last 3 years of touring, sebastien and i had grown apart to such an extent that the only real time we spoke was just before we would play and during interviews. we both changed so much that the people we were by the end of it, probably wouldnt have been friends if they were to meet for the first time again. its a totally normal function of growing up. like how your high school bf/gf that meant so much to you would probably be the last person you would date at 30, ya know? thats where we got to. its not sad.

it would be more sad if we stopped changing and growing and kept playing the same songs for 40 years like the rolling stones. for me that would be a nightmare.

thank you so much for your support from beginning to end. thanks ache records for giving us that first 325 dollars and thanks last gang for taking us the rest of the way. thanks to everyone who came out to our shows, wrote letters just to say hi, baked cakes and made your own t-shirts. i kept everything you gave me. thanks so much to the kids who came really early to see us when were were opening for bigger bands... that meant so much to me.

i hope i have been a positive example and not a bad influence and i really want you to know that when you stop me on the street and i dont know what to say, its not because i dont appreciate you, its just not something ill ever really get used to.

thanks again.

j f k

sir richard bishop

at the knitting factory

raga blues in manchester

esoterica of abyssinia from torch of the mystics.