December 2008
“Starting on Feb. 5, 1980, I remember everything. That was a Tuesday.”
– Jill Price
The Testicle Cookbook →
Elderly Japanese Turning to Petty Crime →
“Science students were also less likely to have had sex compared to their...”
– Stephen Carroll
“On a light note, do you wish your daughter would have married a better defensive...”
– Rob Parker, in an interview with Lions head coach Rod Marinelli about his son-in-law and defensive coordinator, Jow Barry, after a 47-7 loss to New Orleans.
Our Dumb World →
Burglar: Ghost held me captive for 3 days →
A burglar who broke into a house claims he was held captive by a “supernatural figure” for three days without food and water, officials said. Police official Abdul Marlik Hakim Johar told The Star newspaper the house’s owners found the 36-year-old man fatigued and dehydrated when they returned from vacation Thursday. He says they called an ambulance to take him to a hospital. The...
“Indeed, [Hideki Matsui’s] only eccentricity, if it can be called that, is...”
– Robert Whiting
“That’s the difference in a nutshell between knowledge and bullshit;...”
– Bill James
Apple Raisin Bread Pudding
Ingredients
2 cups whole milk 1 cup sugar 4 large eggs 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt 7 slices crustless white bread, cut into 3/4-inch cubes (about 3 1/2 cups) 1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, cut into 1/2-inch cubes 2/3 cup raisins Additional ground cinnamon
Procedure
1. Preheat oven to 350°F....
“I hypothesize that veganism is to be regarded [not] as an add-on to...”
– Ben Wolfson
Getting High on HIV Drugs →
Anti-retroviral drugs used to treat HIV/Aids are being bought and smoked by teenagers in South Africa to get high. Reports suggest that the drugs are being sold by patients and even healthcare staff for money. Schoolchildren have been spotted smoking the drugs, which are ground into powder and sometimes mixed with painkillers or marijuana. Aids patients themselves have been found smoking the drugs...
“Comb your hair and don’t wear sweats; control your hyperness and cut down...”
– Alex Greven, Colorado fourth-grader and author of “How to Talk to Girls,” a 46-page self-help tome.
“Our banks don’t do those goofy loans.”
– Justin Theel, North Dakotan
Lemon Shortbread
Ingredients
1 cup butter, softened 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1 tablespoon lemon zest 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Procedure
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl. Add lemon zest and blend well. By hand, stir in flour a little at a time. Dough will be crumbly, so dump it out onto a counter top or pastry board and work it together...
“A running mystery of cosmology is gamma-ray bursts, extremely strong energy...”
– Greg Easterbrook
Memories may be stored on your DNA →
Dancing Plague of 1518 →
