Holy Jesus

Farmer Caught in Baler Saws Off Own Arm

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"The American people need to know that their president is equipped to handle a trouble spot like Slovenia," Mr. Bush said. "Serbia, I mean Serbia," he added, his head jerking violently.

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Gnome Liberation Front

I had to close my office door, I was laughing so hard at this.

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"No, but I got a hug and a handshake, and that's better than an autograph"

He just makes me weak in the knees.

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Oh, H A H A

What was the first thing that came blaring out of my car stereo as I was leaving work tonight? Mick Jagger singing the opening line of "Mother's Little Helper."

What a drag it is getting old.

Very funny.

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ID, please.



I'm how old?

Happy Birthday to Me,
Happy Birthday to Me,
Happy Birthday Dear Mee-eeee,
Haaaappy Biiiirthday tooooooo Meeeeeee!

Oh man, how sad is that? Not as sad, I suppose, as the fact that I am seriously considering watching Chicken Run prior to the chicken documentary I mentioned below, giving the night a general chicken theme. Oh, the depths to which I have sunk.

Never fear, faithful readers. I will be hitting the town on Friday night to celebrate with friends, so life is not quite so desperate. Yet.

And if I'm really lucky, I'll get carded at the bar.

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The Natural History of the Chicken

Most people best know the chicken from their dinner plates -- whether as thigh, wing or drumstick. Consumers barely pause a moment to consider the bird's many virtues. Filmmaker Mark Lewis (Cane Toads: An Unnatural History and Rat) expands the frontiers of popular awareness and delightfully reveals that this small, common and seemingly simple animal is as complex and grand as any of Earth's creatures.

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Invisibles!

Invisibles #31 - come and get it! I think I should win a prize for the Most Consistent Scoring. Mhm, I got 5 out of 8. If you'd like to see the answers to last week's quiz, um, click on what I just typed. Sorry, didn't think that last sentence through.

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Well, Whadya Know

Do identical twins have identical fingerprints?

Identical twins are born virtually indistinguishable, mirror images from the same egg. But that's only the half of it. As they age, life leaves separate tracks on each in the forms of scars and more subtle markings. It's the same with their fingerprints, which are very similar but also different on close examination. In addition to the influence of their environment after birth, they are even born with very slightly different prints due to chance occurrences in the womb, such as position, etc. - what scientists cryptically call "random events."

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In the Get-A-Life Category...

I suppose this dodo thinks everything else in the Harry Potter books is real.

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Could somebody open a window, please??

Thankfully this was just a false alarm, but I think someone needs to ask the crew what they had for lunch. ;-)

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The enormity of this son-of-a-bitch's crime makes it almost unfathomable.

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My sister will be out of town for the next couple of days for business and will be away for my birthday (tomorrow...*wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge*). Anyhoo, I woke to find a birthday card this morning, with this message:

I hope you wake up the morning after in a strange bathtub with your underpants on your head and a carrot in your navel and absolutely no recollection of the previous 12 hours.

Well, hell...so do I!

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GeekSpeak

XF-related news: Much to our shared pleasure, Red has taken up writing her CRCs (Character Report Cards) once again. If you miss them at the XPA Board, you can find them at GeekSpeak. For those of you unfamiliar with GeekSpeak, well, it's an archive, of sorts, of fan commentary from this past season of The X-Files. You should really check it out - it makes for some interesting reading, whether you're a fan of the show or not.

[yes, some of the commentary posted at GeekSpeak is my own. just what are you implying?]

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Oh, give me a B R E A K.

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