Word for the Wise
Word to the Wise: Efface To “efface” (ih-FAYS) – from the French – is to (1) wipe out or erase, or (2) shyly/modestly make yourself inconspicuous. Example (as used by Sylvia Plath in The Bell Jar): “Glancing at her – myopic, spinsterish, effaced – I wondered how she knew she had graduated at all, and, [...]
[you tube] The Animals with “The House of The Rising Sun
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRV9QCXLtHQ] Does anyone else see the BEATLES influence here??? The hair? The clothes? Is this Band Stand or The Ed Sullivan Show? ~The Baby Boomer Queen~
Child Rapist in New Orleans, could get DEATH penalty for raping an 8 year old…
Angels WEEP when a child is RAPED! In NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Louisiana’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a man may be executed for raping an 8-year-old girl, and lawyers say his case may become the test for whether the nation’s highest court upholds the death penalty for someone who rapes a child. Both sides say [...]
Free computer virus finds willing victims
From HELSINKI, Finland, Computer specialist Didier Stevens put up a simple text advertisement on the Internet offering downloads of a computer virus for people who did not have any. Surprisingly, he found as many as 409 people clicking on the ad saying “Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!” during a 6-month advertising campaign [...]
Two HUMPBACK WHALES treck 90 miles inland and get sicker from our polluted waters!!!
In from RIO VISTA, California, two whales that lost their way more than a week ago spent a second day circling near a Sacramento River bridge Tuesday, about 70 miles from the open waters of the Pacific Ocean. Both whales are wounded, apparently from a run-in with a boat’s propeller. “The wounds appear to have [...]
NY Fashion Writer Accused of SEXUAL Assault, pleads NOT GUILTY!
In NEW YORK, a fashion writer accused of sexually abusing a former co-worker while dressed as a firefighter, hoped to go to New Orleans and lead a gang of angry Hurricane Katrina survivors, a psychologist testified. Dr. William Barr, a neuropsychologist, said Monday that the plan was something Peter Braunstein told him he considered while [...]
Boston man plots to kill wife and 7 year old daughter…
In BOSTON, Massachusetts, a man tried to hire a hit man to kill his family, including his 7-year-old daughter, even requesting that she be shot in the chest and not the head so there could be an open casket at her funeral, authorities say. John Orlowski, 49, made a brief appearance in U.S. District Court [...]
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