Entries from August 2008

August 29, 2008

Neil Diamond Disappoints Fans

At a concert held at the University of Ohio, 67 year old Neil Diamond croaked through his performance much to the chagrin and disappointment of his fans. Some left the show before it was over and othrs asked for their money back.
 Diamond, the man with a unique voice never bothered to inform his audience that [...]

August 29, 2008

Two Athletic Greats in One Room

 
Michael Phelps the athlete of the moment and Tiger Woods were attendees at an EA (Electronic Arts) sports event in Manhattan New York and the two met in Wood’s private room. Woods was there to promote his new video game Tiger Woods new PGA Tour 2009.  The tiger is recuperating from a serious knee injury but is [...]

August 27, 2008

Dctator Mugabe jeered and disrespected

Mr. Mugabe, Zimbabwe self appointed dictator for life was treated with disrespect as he proceeded with the opening  of parliament. Many of the Members of Parliament sat while he entered and did not offer the usual respect of standing up. There were loud jeers and howls as he proceeded. What a disgrace for a man [...]

August 27, 2008

Laugh yourself silly with these whipper snappers

Came in my email today – good for a couple laughs – Have a laugh on me.
Here are the top nine comments made by NBC sports commentators so far during the Summer Olympics that they would like to take back
1 . Weightlifting commentator: ‘This is Gregorieva from Bulgaria . I saw her snatch this morning [...]

August 27, 2008

Finally a sensible weight loss book

Dr. Doug Sellman, Professor of Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine at the University of Otago Christchurch has written a practical and personal approach to really losing weight, and keeping it off long term, one that he can live with that is practical, sane and without unattainable quick fixes and leaves you with a bigger bulge.
   His [...]

August 27, 2008

UN Officials Take Part In African Meeting On Combating Racism And Xenophobia

According to a UN Press Release, United Nations officials, representatives of African governments and civil society experts have gathered in Nigeria today for a three-day conference on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related forms of intolerance.
The regional meeting, taking place in the capital, Abuja, serves as part of the preparations for a major global [...]

August 26, 2008

American Idol Judges Freshens Up With a Beautiful Addition

Paula Abdul will no longer be Queen on the American Idol judging team. The new season will see Kara DioGuardi, a Grammy-nominated songwriter  joining the happy bunch includingl join Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson.
  DioGuardi,  promises to be constructive and honest with her criticism and opinion. “If I feel I need to be hard with someone [...]

August 26, 2008

Pedophilia a mental illness

A disgraced rock and roll star, Gary Glitter, 64 years old, recently arrived in London after spending time in jail for sexually molesting young Vietnamese children – girls between 11 and 11 in 2006.
Glitter’s real name is Paul Francis Gadd.
Press Association says police officers were waiting to meet the old pervert. He had been refused entry to [...]

August 26, 2008

Interesting Human Body Facts – Trivial Pursuit

The largest cell in the human body? the female egg–and the smallest? the male sperm.
A full bladder is roughly the size of a softball.
It takes food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
One human hair can support 3 kg (6 lb).
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
The attachment of human muscles to skin [...]

August 24, 2008

The Cat is out the Bag

Barack Obama has chosen a running mate on the Democratic Presidential bid.  That man is Joe Biden of Delaware and one of the longest senators in the White House.  According to the political pundits, Biden an Irish Catholic is popular with the white working class people and he might also need some cultural sensitivity training.
Well [...]