Drowning Pool lead singer dies - August 15, 2002

One less shitty band in the world.

US helicopters swoop on sunbathers

American crew cut brain-dead jocko's trying to get a good look at some tits.

$1 trillion lawsuit filed by 9/11 families

"Calling themselves Families United to Bankrupt Terrorism, the plaintiffs are suing seven international banks; eight Islamic foundations, charities and their subsidiaries; individual terrorist financiers; the Saudi bin Laden Group; three Saudi princes; and the government of Sudan for allegedly bankrolling the terrorist al Qaeda network, Osama bin Laden and the Taliban."

- Bankrupt those responsible for terrorism? The American economy already is in shambles.

Maurice Bennett - The Toast Artist

Check out the gallery for some toast portraits!

Battlemech Treehouse

This guy goes over the steps he went thru to build a 38% to scale Battlemech for his kids to play in.

Analysis of Bush presidency suggests a nation overthrown

A list of symptoms as to why our country is in trouble.

Ex-Enron Execs Seek Millions in Severance

"Frevert, who was made vice chairman after Skilling's shock departure on Aug. 14, 2001, was paid $17.3 million in the year before Enron crashed. He claims that he is owed $6.6 million in severance, a calculation that was based in part on his performance bonus, court records show."

Funny you stupid fuck - there are how many Enron employees who lost their retirement? Why aren't these ex-Enron employees lynching these people?

Minnesota's close encounter of another kind

"On a steamy September night in 1979, Olson, equipped with a propane torch and burlap sacks on his feet, spent five hours creating two huge circles simulating UFO landings in his nephew's cornfields outside Lake City, Minn."

Forbes.com: Top-Earning Dead Celebrities

Celebrities that make more in a year DEAD than I do in 10 years ALIVE. Disenchanting at best.

The ConferenceBike is....

"The ConferenceBike is pedalled by 7 riders sitting in a circle, elbow to elbow. On fo them steers; The others are free to pedal or not as it glides effortlessly along..."

Pope John Paul II named Honorary Harlem Globetrotter

"Mannie Jackson, Owner and Chairman of the Harlem Globetrotters, named Pope John Paul II just the seventh Honorary Harlem Globetrotter in the 74-year history of the organization. The presentation took place following the Pope’s weekly General Audience, before a crowd of over 50,000 on Nov. 29th in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican."

Salary Doubler

Double your salary with the push of a button!

No Need to Guzzle All That Water, Expert Says

Breaking the "8 cups of water a day" myth.

Workmen are cone idle

"Workmen painting double yellow lines couldn’t be bothered to move a cone in their way — so they swerved round it."

Pirate Lingerie?

I guess if I had to pick - the Ahoy Matey would be my favorite.

Crocodiles tear apart Thai suicide woman - August 11, 2002

"A Thai woman killed herself by jumping into a pit of more than 100 crocodiles, shocking crowds of onlookers at a Bangkok reptile farm."

Breakthrough Algorithm

Always interesting when breakthroughs in math happen - "Neeraj Kayal, and Nitin Saxena, have solved a centuries old open problem of mathematics: they have discovered a polynomial time algorithm (i.e. an algorithm that is efficient in terms of time it takes to compute) to test if a given number is prime or not."

WE COME IN PEACE

Some strange tales with some strange creatures.

BUSH SUMMER WARNING: I GOT TOO MUCH SUN!

"Reporters following President Bush this weekend in Kennebunkport were stunned at the appearance of elder Bush -- who sported bright red sores on his cheeks from sun-induced lesions."

Penis amputated 'by accident'

"The alleged amputation happened in September 2000 when a man visited the clinic for a routine circumcision operation, in which only the foreskin of the penis is removed."