Maybe my favorite thing to do is wake up without an alarm clock. Just let the sunshine do it. Because then you stretch out and curl up further into your blankets. The only thing that makes it better is when my dog is around and he’ll come up and poke you straight in the face in a way that says, get up, you lazyass motherfucker, and take me outside.
It’s funny how sometimes you have to think hard to remember what’s beautiful about, well, anything. Waking up in the morning like that and walking at night until I’m numb from the cold always remind me of how good everything can be. For some reason, the shitty winter weather and walking outside in it, it really does that. Then again, I suppose everything looks beautiful at night—for the most part.
Cuba erects billboard attacking U.S. Retaliation for U.S. diplomatic mission's Christmas display
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Cuba retaliated for the U.S. diplomatic mission's Christmas display supporting Cuban dissidents by putting up a billboard Friday emblazoned with photographs of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners and a huge swastika overlaid with a "Made in the U.S.A." stamp.
Poll: Majority of seniors support medical marijuana
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly three-fourths of older Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use, according to a poll done for the nation's largest advocacy group for seniors.
200 children attend party at Neverland
Jackson spent 10 minutes talking to kids
Poll shows U.S. views on Muslim-Americans
Nearly half of those surveyed say some rights should be restricted
A recent survey by Cornell University found that found 44 percent of Americans favor at least some restrictions on the civil liberties of Muslim Americans. Forty-eight percent said liberties should not be restricted in any way.
Stem cells from fat used to repair girl's skull
Doctors report damaged bone grew back after surgery
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:01 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2004
Surgeons have used stem cells from fat to help repair skull damage in a 7-year-old girl in Germany, in what’s apparently the first time such fat-derived cells have been exploited to grow bone in a human
American Express to cut 2,000 jobs
Company sees pretax charge of up to $120 million
NEW YORK - American Express Friday said it expects to record a fourth-quarter pretax charge of up to $120 million and cut 2,000 jobs related primarily to a restructuring of its business travel unit and the sale of some overseas banking operations.
2nd-graders charged for bringing gun to school
Two N.C. boys also suspended from school for 10 days
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:36 a.m. ET Dec. 18, 2004
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. - Two second-graders were charged after one of the boys brought a .22-caliber pistol to school and let the other boy handle it, authorities said.
There she is ... China’s ‘Miss Plastic Surgery’
Pageant winner has surgeon to thank for her artificial beauty
BEIJING - China chose its first Miss Artificial Beauty on Saturday, giving the crown to a 22-year-old from the northeastern city of Jilin who couldn’t have done it without the help of her plastic surgeon.
Eleven indicted in school corruption probe
Friday, December 17, 2004 Posted: 12:29 PM EST (1729 GMT
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Eleven people, including teachers and school secretaries, were indicted Thursday on fraud and theft charges in a continuing FBI probe of corruption in the city's school system.
Kansas death penalty ruled unconstitutional
State's high court throws out law in decision affecting 6 inmates
Friday, December 17, 2004 Posted: 3:56 PM EST (2056 GMT
(CNN) -- Six inmates will be resentenced and avoid execution after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's death penalty law is unconstitutional.
Harrison Ford may lead charge in Falluja movie
Saturday, December 18, 2004 Posted: 9:49 AM EST (1449 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Producers at Universal Pictures are developing what would be Hollywood's first feature film about the war in Iraq, with actor Harrison Ford ready to portray a U.S. general in the movie, the studio said on Friday.
Pinochet Hospitalized After Feeling Ill
SANTIAGO, Chile - Gen. Augusto Pinochet was hospitalized in Santiago's Army Hospital Saturday after feeling ill, and will likely undergo a series of tests, his spokesman said.
In other news, I picked up Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. I've read the first essay. Brian/Tank was right--I did read it going, YES YES! THAT IS SO RIGHT, while I laughed and felt sad all at the same time. I'm guessing that I'll be finished with it by Sunday and then I'll start into the other book I picked up, John Krakauer's Into Thin Air. His other book, Under the Banner of Heaven--holy cow, talk about good. A bit biased, but a good source of information--you know, the kind you take with a grain of salt. For the most part.
It’s funny how sometimes you have to think hard to remember what’s beautiful about, well, anything. Waking up in the morning like that and walking at night until I’m numb from the cold always remind me of how good everything can be. For some reason, the shitty winter weather and walking outside in it, it really does that. Then again, I suppose everything looks beautiful at night—for the most part.
Cuba erects billboard attacking U.S. Retaliation for U.S. diplomatic mission's Christmas display
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) -- Cuba retaliated for the U.S. diplomatic mission's Christmas display supporting Cuban dissidents by putting up a billboard Friday emblazoned with photographs of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners and a huge swastika overlaid with a "Made in the U.S.A." stamp.
Poll: Majority of seniors support medical marijuana
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nearly three-fourths of older Americans support legalizing marijuana for medical use, according to a poll done for the nation's largest advocacy group for seniors.
200 children attend party at Neverland
Jackson spent 10 minutes talking to kids
Poll shows U.S. views on Muslim-Americans
Nearly half of those surveyed say some rights should be restricted
A recent survey by Cornell University found that found 44 percent of Americans favor at least some restrictions on the civil liberties of Muslim Americans. Forty-eight percent said liberties should not be restricted in any way.
Stem cells from fat used to repair girl's skull
Doctors report damaged bone grew back after surgery
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:01 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2004
Surgeons have used stem cells from fat to help repair skull damage in a 7-year-old girl in Germany, in what’s apparently the first time such fat-derived cells have been exploited to grow bone in a human
American Express to cut 2,000 jobs
Company sees pretax charge of up to $120 million
NEW YORK - American Express Friday said it expects to record a fourth-quarter pretax charge of up to $120 million and cut 2,000 jobs related primarily to a restructuring of its business travel unit and the sale of some overseas banking operations.
2nd-graders charged for bringing gun to school
Two N.C. boys also suspended from school for 10 days
The Associated Press
Updated: 7:36 a.m. ET Dec. 18, 2004
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. - Two second-graders were charged after one of the boys brought a .22-caliber pistol to school and let the other boy handle it, authorities said.
There she is ... China’s ‘Miss Plastic Surgery’
Pageant winner has surgeon to thank for her artificial beauty
BEIJING - China chose its first Miss Artificial Beauty on Saturday, giving the crown to a 22-year-old from the northeastern city of Jilin who couldn’t have done it without the help of her plastic surgeon.
Eleven indicted in school corruption probe
Friday, December 17, 2004 Posted: 12:29 PM EST (1729 GMT
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Eleven people, including teachers and school secretaries, were indicted Thursday on fraud and theft charges in a continuing FBI probe of corruption in the city's school system.
Kansas death penalty ruled unconstitutional
State's high court throws out law in decision affecting 6 inmates
Friday, December 17, 2004 Posted: 3:56 PM EST (2056 GMT
(CNN) -- Six inmates will be resentenced and avoid execution after the Kansas Supreme Court ruled Friday that the state's death penalty law is unconstitutional.
Harrison Ford may lead charge in Falluja movie
Saturday, December 18, 2004 Posted: 9:49 AM EST (1449 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Producers at Universal Pictures are developing what would be Hollywood's first feature film about the war in Iraq, with actor Harrison Ford ready to portray a U.S. general in the movie, the studio said on Friday.
Pinochet Hospitalized After Feeling Ill
SANTIAGO, Chile - Gen. Augusto Pinochet was hospitalized in Santiago's Army Hospital Saturday after feeling ill, and will likely undergo a series of tests, his spokesman said.
In other news, I picked up Chuck Klosterman's Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. I've read the first essay. Brian/Tank was right--I did read it going, YES YES! THAT IS SO RIGHT, while I laughed and felt sad all at the same time. I'm guessing that I'll be finished with it by Sunday and then I'll start into the other book I picked up, John Krakauer's Into Thin Air. His other book, Under the Banner of Heaven--holy cow, talk about good. A bit biased, but a good source of information--you know, the kind you take with a grain of salt. For the most part.
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