Ozzfest

This one's dedicated to Raquel![Technorati tags: Cartoons, Chickens, Heavy Metal, Ozzy Osbourne, Ozzfest, Hearing]

Horses, Kids, Babies, and Mountain Dew

We worked calves Saturday morning, and because it's the middle of July and the temperature becomes unbearably, oppressively, desperately hot by seven, we had to get out of bed at--gulp---4:00 am, get the kids dressed, saddle the horses, and start gathering the cattle before daylight, not at daylight, ...

Russians to dive below North Pole

Russia is sending a submarine to explore the ocean floor below the North Pole to support claims to the Arctic.

Scientists map elephant evolution

Scientists say they have worked out the date the African and Asian elephants diverged, putting it at 7.6 million years ago.

Amazing floor through 2br convertable to 3br-Prime Location 14th / 3rd (East Village) $4900 2bd

This a-maze-ing floor through 2br can easily accomodate a 3rd bedroom with out losing its living room. Beautifully renovated wood floors, open kitchen, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, washer/driyer and dish/washer!! <br> <br> Location: E. 14th Street, corner of Third Avenue, ...

Guides 'want advice on safe sex'

Girl guides, best known for skills such as starting fires, want to learn about safe sex, a survey suggests.

Featured Windows Download: Add tabs to Windows desktop with Stick

Windows only: Freeware app Stick adds tabs for RSS, calendar, explorer, notes, and the calculator to the Windows desktop. Stick tabs are highly customizable and can be relocated to any part of the screen. Stick leaves a light (10MB) memory footprint and opens Explorer, Calculator, and the calendar much ...

Dinosaurs' slow rise to dominance

The dinosaurs might have gone out with a sudden bang, but their rise to dominance was a gradual ascent, experts say.

Insound - Mix Vol 2

Insound has released the second volume in their mix series entitled Let's Get Digital. I was, pleasantly, surprised to find that all of the songs in the mix are individual tracks - not one big podcast style audio file. So if you aren't down with that new Architecture in Helsinki song, you can nix it ...

First Swim at the North Pole

Lewis Pugh took the plunge and became the first man to swim at the North Pole! The 36-year-old Londoner spent almost 19 minutes at minus 1.8C as he front crawled for a full kilometre - more than half a mile in the coldest water a human has ever swum. "It was like jumping into a dark black [...]

KAWSone HUGE

Wow. And only $2500.

Megaflood 'made Island Britain'

Britain became separated from mainland Europe after a catastrophic flood some time before 200,000 years ago, a sonar study of the English Channel confirms.

Viking treasure hoard uncovered

A hoard of Viking treasure unearthed by a father and son is the most important find in 150 years, experts say.

Short sex offender's probation upheld (AP)

AP - A judge had valid reasons for sentencing a 5-foot-1 sex offender to probation, even though she cited the offender's height as part of her rationale, the Nebraska Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

The Reality of Magazine Cover Model

Jezebel blog has an article about how already-beautiful people are photoshopped into skinnier and even more beautiful cover models. Here’s Faith Hill, the real, amazing country singer and the Redbook cover version: Link - Thanks M.H.!

Tiny tax bill gives couple big trouble (AP)

AP - A missing property tax bill for $1.63 has given Kermit and Dolores Atwood "seven years of emotional hell" in a fight to keep their home.

Smooshtacts

The iPhone Contact Smoosh is a brilliant idea... only made that much better by the random Blankenship cameo.

Need a passport in a hurry? Good luck (AP)

AP - Need a passport in a hurry? Good luck!

At Home with Hitler.

Simon Waldman found a 1938 issue of Homes and Gardens magazine, containing an article called “Hitler?s Mountain Home”, about the dictator?s private retreat. He scanned the pages and posted them (not without some controversy), along with readable-size text. Link -via Reddit

Oprah Winfrey's Beloved Golden Retriever Dies

Though stunned by the loss, the TV host says, "Everything in life happens to help us live"