Blessed Ignorance

Bloomin' at Lehigh

Training camp is a time of optimism and hype.  Jeremy Bloom is at the center of it on the Philadelphia Eagles squad.  Bloom was out of football for his final 2 years of college.  Drafted by the Eagles in the 5th round of 2006 draft, he never saw the field.  Stuck on injured reserve all season with various injuries attributed to his lack of football shape, Bloom studied and rebuilt his form.  After running a 4.49 at the pre-draft combine, he is now hitting the clock in the 4.2's.  All hope was that Bloom would become a star Returner.  Things are now changing.  Bloom is getting a lot of reps as a receiver, and he is making the best of the opportunity.  Hype it is, only time will tell.


Time To Say It: Bloom Is A Football Player

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A Solution to the War in Iraq- Buy it on eBay for $100mil

This is awesome! I hope Larry King invites him on. Link below.

I am offering the winning bidder the solution to the war in Iraq. This is not a flippant or facetious offer. There will be no joke forwarded to you if you are the winning bidder. If you are the high bidder, I will send you a viable solution to the conflict in which we are currently engaged. I am a Military Intelligence officer in the United States Army with an extensive background in the Middle East. I speak the language and understand the culture, history, and religion, well enough to construct a fair, honorable, and successful plan. I have spent time in Iraq as an enlisted intelligence Soldier during Desert Storm in 1991 and as an intelligence officer during this latest action.

eBay: A Solution to the War in Iraq (item 150141399174 end time Jul-22-07 05:24:36 PDT)

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Why can't we grow new body parts? (video)

A very pragmatic and inspiring presentation. Watching this was possibly the best 20 minutes I've spent all year. The presentation begins with the current state of healthcare and it's near future. Alan Russell then goes on to discuss regenerative cell generation and the amazing things that will be possible with proper funding.  I noticed some technology leaders in the audience, including Burt Rutan, the designer of SpaceShipOne.

Just Incredible!  You must watch. 

Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury by helping the body to rebuild itself. He shows how engineered tissue that "speaks the body's language" has helped a man regrow his lost fingertip, how stem cells can rebuild damaged heart muscle, and how cell therapy can regenerate the skin of burned soldiers. This new, low-impact medicine comes just in time, Russell says -- our aging population, with its steeply rising medical bills, will otherwise (and soon) cause a crisis in health care systems around the world. Some graphic medical imagery.

TED | Talks | Alan Russell: Why can't we grow new body parts? (video)

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Apple Iphone is Telecom Bling -- Reporters missed the real story --- This is a Wireless story about Control of the wireless networks, cost of service, speed, and service restrictions

Before you buy an Apple iPhone, you should read the ‘fine print’ in AT&T’s wireless service contract. The first question every customer should ask is ---Why did Apple, the standard for innovative techno-cool, partner with a telecom curmudgeon that has a penchant for not caring about their customers. AT&T’s “Data Connect Unlimited” wireless network used for the iPhone is slow, expensive and a downright restrictive network, not ‘unlimited” as the name implies. Most reporters have been praising Apple’s new phone. Yet it is clear that while the phone is the new wunderkind of industrial design and customer interface, the reporters missed the main issue --- This is a wireless phone and broadband service, and an AT&T control issue -- not a techno-toy issue. And the fine print and tricks of the wireless trade are downright offensive and need to be addressed.

Apple Iphone is Telecom Bling -- Reporters missed the real story --- This is a Wireless story about Control of the wireless networks, cost of service, speed, and service restrictions

Total Screw, why bother with the thing!

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The Weird Things People Eat Around the World - Gadling

Half the fun of traveling is getting out and enjoying all sorts of foods you're not used to eating. A simple trip to the corner market or grocery store in a foreign land can keep you amused for hours. Take the example above for instance: Cone Pizza! This picture was snapped in Seoul, South Korea, and you know what? It looks pretty damn tasty. Can I get one in the States yet? Anywho, check out some other weird foods from around the world, and be sure and share your own experiences in the comments!

The Weird Things People Eat Around the World - Gadling


Cone pizza's look like a great idea.  I'm always a fan for edible packaging.  The rest of the stuff is, well, not too appetizing.

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Update to the Blog Sidebar

I've added a few features to the Blog Sidebar:

• Twitter - It's a mini-blogging tool.  Very simple.  It works with phones through SMS, but I'm using it my Flock browser.  I'll post little comments or URL's as I browser the web.  Get an account, it's free.
• Ma.gnolia bookmarks. - Since I run on so many PC's, I'm now posting my Bookmarks up to the web.  The Ma.gnolia feed will show my latest bookmarks.
• Stumbleupon - When bored, I Stumble.  The feed on the left will show you the latest Stumbles that I've found cool.
  

Rebirth Of An Old Laptop

I dusted off an old laptop thats been sitting on my shelf.  A fresh install of XP and it's back in working order.  This machine is going to be used almost strictly for the web.  I won't be installing my typical apps on it, only web necessities.  With that said, I'll run down the list of what I have installed on this machine:

• Browsers and Mail
  
• IE by default, of course
• Firefox 2.0
  
• Flock 0.9
• Mozilla Thunderbird, connecting to my Gmail account
• Mozilla Sunbird, a calendar application
• Security and Maintenance
  
• CrapCleaner - deletes all of the excess junk that builds up
  
• AusLogics Disk Defrag - Windows Defrag sucks
• Spyware Doctor
• Adaware from LavaSoft
• Additional Software
• Yahoo Instant Messenger
• WebCam software
• Will be adding Trillian and a good text Editor

I was toying with doing a dual boot with Ubuntu Linux, but I think that may go against my goal here.  I simply want a fast web browsing laptop.  Hopefully, I'll be able to keep it that way.

From Egg to Chick

Can you imagine the progress from an egg to a chick? It’s amazing to see such progress in pictures. I hope they are not too disgusted to viewers. This is not what we usually seen on tv or magizines.

From Egg to Chick

This will undoubtedly gross you out. And no, they didn't kill a whole bunch of chickys to take these photos. I'm sure it was all done in a petri dish.

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Jimmy Kimmel - High Firefighter

Hilarious!

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Her name is Rachel Spector, and she just won me away from the Overstock 'O' Girl

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Good luck Chevy

NASCAR sponsor to push for switch to ethanol fuel

By Lisa Zagaroli

McClatchy NewspapersWASHINGTON -

One of NASCAR's top sponsors plans to file a formal petition asking that it join other racing leagues and start using ethanol to power its racecars.The recommendation by General Motors Corp., planned for later this year, comes as NASCAR adjusts to using unleaded gasoline, decades behind the commercial marketplace.GM sponsors 22 NASCAR vehicles under its Chevrolet nameplate, about half the vehicles that start any given race. It's been promoting more environmentally friendly fuel for months, and now it plans to proceed with an official presentation to NASCAR ownership."We do have the technical know-how," said Brent Dewar, the vice president of GM North America sales, service and marketing. "It's something we would have to work in conjunction with NASCAR on. NASCAR would have to encourage other manufacturers to do it as well."

McClatchy Washington Bureau | 05/04/2007 | NASCAR sponsor to push for switch to ethanol fuel

Once upon a time, I was a NASCAR fan.  It was before NASCAR became such a pop-culture, show me the money sport.  Now, it feels like I'm watching a soccer mom's sport.  I'll hang on to that rant for later. 

Chevy is waking up to reality.  Move to ethanol, which is used in so many other sports.  For years, going back to when I was a viewer, Environmental groups have snubbed NASCAR for running leaded fuel.  Now they are changing to unleaded.  Why not just make the jump to ethanol and advertise the benefits of the fuel.  Oh yeah, it's all about the money now.

technorati tags:nascar, ethanol

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Star Wars parody from Adult Swim

DEATH STAR | Send To Friends | Animated Cartoons at JibJab

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Boyscout-Built Breeder Reactor

Growing up next to the "Bomb Plant", I'm always interested in Nuclear stuff. David Hahn, persuing his Eagle Scout merits, built a Breeder Reactor in his shed. All of the parts were available, it just took some digging to get everything needed. After irradiating the neighborhood, he dismantled it, but was soon discovered. Read the whole story below.

What happened when a teenager tried a dangerous experiment in his back yard

Tale of the Radioactive Boy Scout.

FROM HARPER'S MAGAZINE BY KEN SILVERSTEIN

Golf Manor, a subdivision in Commerce Township, Mich., some 25 miles outside of Detroit, is the kind of place where nothing unusual is supposed to happen, where the only thing lurking around the corner is an ice-cream truck. But June 26, 1995, was not a typical day.Ask Dottie Pease. Cruising down Pinto Drive, Pease saw half a dozen men crossing her neighbor's lawn. Three, in respirators and white moon suits, were dismantling her next-door neighbor's shed with electric saws, stuffing the pieces into large steel drums emblazoned with radioactive warning signs.Huddled with a group of neighbors, Pease was nervous. "I was pretty disturbed," she recalls. Publicly, the employees of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that day said there was nothing to fear. The truth is far more bizarre: the shed was dangerously irradiated and, according to the EPA, up to 40,000 residents of the area could be at risk.The cleanup was provoked by the boy next door, David Hahn. He had attempted to build a nuclear reactor in his mother's shed following a Boy Scout merit-badge project.

The Radioactive Boy Scout

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Tilted Room

Hilarious!

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The Snatch! - Extraordinary Rendition

Extraordinary Rendition is process of "Snatching" a suspected bad guy from another nation or an American airport and outsourcing their torture to other countries.Osama Hassan Mustafa Nasr, a muslim cleric, was snatched as he left his mosque in 2001. The Italian government has issued warrants for CIA operatives. A similar case occurred with a Canadian who was snatched at JFK. The canadian government conveniently swept it under the carpet for money. Diplomacy at it's best!

Egypt Cleric Says Americans Tortured Him

By NADIA ABOU EL-MAGD Associated Press Writer

February 25,2007 | CAIRO, Egypt -- An Egyptian cleric allegedly kidnapped off the streets of Italy by CIA agents in 2003 claimed Sunday that the Americans who abducted him "savagely" tortured him while deporting him to Egypt for interrogation.The allegations by Osama Hassan Mustafa Nasr, who also is known as Abu Omar, are likely to intensify criticism of the United States' "extraordinary rendition" program. Italy has indicted 26 Americans and five Italian agents accused of seizing the cleric in 2003.Nasr told the pan-Arab satellite TV station Al-Jazeera that he "was savagely tortured by the CIA when kidnapped and during my deportation" to Egypt.

Salon.com | News Wires

technorati tags:extraordinary, rendition, cia, torture, nasr, abu, omar, italy, kidnap

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Jesus' Family Tomb - Found!

For the last thirty years, Israeli archaeologists have been excavating, preserving, and translating relics found in a Jerusalem cave. Their findings will rock the Christian world. Ten coffins total were found. The more interesting ones were labeled Jesus of Nazareth, Mary, Mary Magdalene, and Judah Son of Jesus. Whoa, how about that last one! The findings will be officially announced Monday, so make sure you Tivo the 700 Club for added amusement. James Cameron is producing a documentary for the Discovery Channel.

Jesus’ burial site found - film claims

New film documents discovery of Jerusalem cave containing ten caskets believed to hold remains of Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalene and othersAriella Ringel-HoffmanPublished: 02.23.07, 10:26 / Israel Culture

Jesus’ burial site found - film claims - Israel Culture, Ynetnews

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Guatemala Sinkhole

I read about this the other day. I believe it was on CNN, so I filed it under dramatic fluff. Well, here's the pictures. Amazing! Follow the link below.

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.

http://www.ordena.com/digg/sinkhole.html

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Incredible Story - Human Ecolocation

Ben Underwood had his eyes surgically removed at the age of three due to cancer. He discovered human echolocation at the age of seven and now uses it to accomplish such feats as running, rollerblading, foosball and playing video games.

The Human Marvels

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Mickey Avalon : Train Wreck = Amusing Rhymes... And Simon Rex Is Involved!

With a childhood rough enough to guarantee him rock star success, by the time he was out of his teenage years -- at least according to the few details he's given -- Mickey Avalon had sold pot (with his mother), been addicted to heroin and dope, worked as a graffiti artist in L.A., converted to Orthodox Judaism (his parents were both non-practicing Jews, and his paternal grandparents were survivors of Auschwitz), got married and had a daughter, prostituted himself for drug money, watched his father die, and found his sister's dead body. All of this gave ample material for his rhymes, which he started writing after his pal, the former MTV VJ Simon Rex, encouraged him to compose his own songs.

allmusic ((( Mickey Avalon > Biography )))

Mickey Avalon - Myspace Music - Check out 'Jane Fonda'

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Don't Laugh

BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- Two clowns were shot and killed by an unidentified gunman during their performance at a traveling circus in the eastern Colombian town of Cucuta, police said Wednesday.

Gunman kills 2 clowns in Colombian circus - CNN.com

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Keilly and Roeters

This is absolutely hilarious. Check out their other work as well, links are below.

Keilly & Roeters Youtube Page
http://www.keillyandroeters.com/

technorati tags:improv, boobs

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Would It Sell?

Stuck in traffic, staring at the ass-end of a car I can't afford, it came to me. Something that can sum up the mornings of the average Joe here in the "Nutmeg" state. Yes, it is a bumper sticker slogan:

"Brake if you love Connecticut Highways"

Had to mention it. Just spent an hour traveling 13 miles.

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Want To Waste A Few Hours?

VideoJug is chock full of instructional videos. Cooking, fixing household appliances, and health are just some of the categories. A few choice, more amusing videos are cited below.

VideoJug is every aspect of life explained and illustrated through an ever-growing number of common sense, informative, helpful and entertaining videos. It’s like having an army of top-class experts at your fingertips 24/7 to “show you how” and to help you out. And you can contribute your own knowledge, experience, wisdom and tips too, as we’re aiming to create a place that people come to share — as well as find — knowledge.

VideoJug

How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend

How To Be The Perfect Girlfriend (Relationships & Family: Dating & Marriage)

How To Be The Perfect Boyfriend

How To Be The Perfect Boyfriend (Relationships & Family: Dating & Marriage)

technorati tags:surfing, videos, entertainment

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Obama Smacks Down Aussie PM

Pres Candidate Obama is clearly against the troop "Surge". Australian PM John Howard in turn declares Al Qaeda is rooting for Obama. The Senator responds with the following smackdown. I think these guys should meet on The View.

"If he's ginned up to fight the good fight in Iraq, I would suggest that he calls up another 20,000 Australians and sends them to Iraq. Otherwise it's just a bunch of empty rhetoric," Obama said.

New York Daily News - Politics - Obama blows off Aussie dis

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Bash!

Bash.org is a frequent stop during my web travels. Originally a dumping ground for IRC users, Bash has grown greatly with the popularity of other chat programs. Basically, it's copies of hilarious or thought provoking chat transcripts. Check it out, it's updated frequently...but not nearly enough.

• BEN174 : If they only realized 90% of the overtime they pay me is only cause i like staying here playing with Kazaa when the bandwidth picks up after hours.
• CHRISLMB : If any of my employees did that they'd be fired instantly.
• BEN174 : Where u work?
• CHRISLMB : I'm the CTO at LowerMyBills.com
• *** Ben174 (BenWright@TeraPro33-41.LowerMyBills.com) Quit (Leaving)

QDB: Top 100 Quotes

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Oh My!

I could come up with some catchy "Vixen of the Week" type slogan here, but then I would be required to actively search for the cute, relative unknowns on a periodic basis. Nathalie was the only highlight of the IQ deterioriating movie, Tokyo Drift. So yes, I had to Google her. She was born in Peru and raised in Australia, creating quite an exotic package.

Nathalie Kelley (born in Lima, Peru in March 10, 1985) is an Australian actress, most notable for playing Lucas Black's love interest in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.Born in Lima, Peru, to a Peruvian mother and Argentine father, Kelley moved to Sydney, Australia at the age of 2. She dreamed about being an actress when she was 13 years old, and coincidentally attended the same school as Nicole Kidman, North Sydney Girls High School on Sydney's north shore. She studied Politics and International Relations at the University of New South Wales, and also worked as a volunteer with indigenous Australian youth in the inner-city suburb of Redfern before moving to Los Angeles and becoming an actress.Kelley began her acting career with the lead part in a WB pilot Mermaid, and in 2006 appeared in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift alongside Bow Wow and Lucas Black. In 2007 she will appear in a movie called Loaded alongside Jesse Metcalfe.

Nathalie Kelley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Betting Odds - Father of Anna Nicole Smiths baby

Morbid curiousity drove me to Google this. People will bet on anything today, so I had a funny feeling there was a line for this.

Who is the father of Anna Nicole Smith Baby?

• Larry Birkhead - 1/5
• Howard K Stern - 4/1
• Other - 10/1
• Test will be inconclusive - 5/1
• Test will not be administered before 12/31/07 - 4/1

Betting Odds on the Father of Anna Nicole's Baby

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Flock

Here I am. Just downloaded Flock, and new flavor of FireFox. Blogging was always tedious for me, but I'm gonna take a shot at it again using Flock. We'll see how it goes.