Archive for the ‘NEWSpaper stuff’ Category

We Are All Liars

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

The Washington Post recently has an article about lying. It's titled The Truth About Lying. It asserts that all of us are liars. Yes, people will in some point of their daily lives will either a) lie about what they ate at breafast, b) say that a friends looks great ...

stained finger

Monday, May 14th, 2007

today was a little bit chaotic, although not very busy. for the first time, i got to exercise my right (and duty) to vote. doesn't the indelible ink look very pretty in my finger? it was actually really exciting (tehee!) to vote for the first. i actually felt a bit important. you ...

hitler’s and mine

Monday, April 23rd, 2007

shocker... i was browsing around and then read about this: i actually share the same birthday with hitler... yes, the megalomaniac murderer, adolf hitler. funny though, how i never really knew this. but then, i was never really interested in hitler. :D so, i was thinking. if i believe in things ...

apple is getting richer

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

NEW YORK, April 9 (Reuters Life!) - Apple Inc. has sold its 100 millionth iPod in just over five years, boasting on Monday that the digital device was "the fastest selling music player in history" that appeals to both young and old. Since its November 2001 launch, ...

reuse and recycle

Monday, April 9th, 2007

The original art for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 received 47 bids on eBay and broke records after selling for $250,099. Included were the 40 pages of original artwork, the original pen and ink cover and the original logo design, a first printing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, the ...

bad news: office workers more prone to blood clots

Tuesday, March 13th, 2007

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Office workers glued to computer screens are at greater risk of deadly blood clots forming in their legs than long-distance air travelers, the author of a New Zealand study on thrombosis said Monday. The study found that 34 per cent of patients admitted to hospital with ...

this squid is big

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

A fishing crew has caught a colossal squid that could weigh a half-ton and prove to be the biggest specimen ever landed, a fisheries official said Thursday. The squid, weighing an estimated 990 lbs and about 39 feet long, took two hours to land in Antarctic waters, New Zealand Fisheries ...