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REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad (MALAYSIA)
Malaysia’s Tooth King Breaks World Record
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s Tooth King, Rathakrishnan Velu broke a new world record today when he completed a successful attempt using his teeth to pull three Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) commuter coaches, weighing 297.1 tonnes, for a distance of 2.8 metres.
The feat is his […]
I don’t conveniently forget about my forays into the crystal ball. The enclosed post was a response to the story about the New Seven Wonders poll in March.
I present for all to see that I failed to agree on even one of the winners. As it was an international poll, I can assuredly say […]
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April 30, 2007
London Times
If you must build an Ark, make sure the better half designs it
David Charter, Europe Correspondent
A devout Dutchman has spent two years and a million euros rebuilding Noah’s Ark after a dream that the Netherlands was suddenly submerged under water.
Johan Huibers, 48, a believer in the literal truth of the Bible, made […]
This was a Yahoo News headline this afternoon.
As usual, I jumped to the wrong conclusions.
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The universe is a string-net liquid
* 15 March 2007
* From New Scientist Print Edition.
* Zeeya Merali
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(Image: Elmar Lackner/Mindat)
In 1998, just after he won a share of the Nobel prize for physics, Robert Laughlin of Stanford University in California was asked how his discovery of “particles” with fractional charge, now called quasi-particles, would affect the lives […]
The Classic List
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World:
· Pyramids at Giza
· Colossus of Rhodes
· Hanging Gardens of Babylon
· Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria
· Statue of Zeus at Olympia
· Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
· Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
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The Seven Wonders Reconsidered
Internet Campaign Draws Millions of Votes, Both Predictable and Puzzling
By John Ward Anderson
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, March 13, […]
from the front page of the New York Times–below the fold.
“Hey, kids! It’s the Bonus Army–2006 edition.”
“December 25, 2006
Wall St. Bonuses: So Much Money, Too Few Ferraris
By JENNY ANDERSON
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For Wall Street’s elite, the sky may well be the limit.
In recent weeks, immense riches have been rained upon the top bankers and traders. […]
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Recently, much publicity has surrounded Franklin Graham’s plans for final, earthly resting of his father (Evangelist Billy Graham). The link to a lengthy Washington Post front page article about the trying intra-family battle, follows this post.
In a nutshell, Franklin wants to bury his father and mother in a 40,000 square foot barn/museum/mausoleum. Mourners and future […]
I found photographs and architectural drawings of many of the Federal Buildings named by the 109th Congress. Instead of belittling their work, we should praise the “Fightin’ 109th!”
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“Of the 383 pieces of legislation that were signed into law during the two-year 109th Congress, more than one-quarter dealt with naming or renaming federal buildings and structures […]
“Apropos of the Haggard business, the U.S. has too many
mega-churches. With so many clergymen running around, scandals like
this invariably happen. We need to cut down on the number of
congregations — consolidate them. What we need are a handful of
giga-churches — so America can maximize the reach of the few
remaining clergy of impeccable heterosexual credentials. The […]