SKorean Scientists Clone Cats That Glow - World on The Huffington Post

SKorean Scientists Clone Cats That Glow - World on The Huffington Post: "SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean scientists have cloned cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays, an achievement that could help develop cures for human genetic diseases, the Science and Technology Ministry said."

Places to go, people to see...

I'm back on the road today. Here's to good car mojo and the city I love.

The CAS is going to be incredible. I drove by it everyday going to my old place of work.

The 53 Places to Go in 2008:

"39. SAN FRANCISCO When the California Academy of Sciences (www.calacademy.org) opens next fall in Golden Gate Park, it won't just be a stunning architectural addition to San Francisco. The $500 million building, designed by the Pritzker Prize winner Renzo Piano, will feature a 2.5-acre living roof covered with native plants and aims to be the greenest museum in the world."

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This is not good.... unless you're a Republican with your head stuck in the sand.

Ominous Arctic melt worries experts:

"WASHINGTON - An already relentless melting of the Arctic greatly accelerated this summer, a warning sign that some scientists worry could mean global warming has passed an ominous tipping point. One even speculated that summer sea ice would be gone in five years."

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That's going to be some damn good cheese. Problem is will one be able to stop eating it?

Pot-growing cave sold to cheesemaker:

"A home built above a large cave that once housed a sophisticated underground marijuana operation may have a delicious — and legal — future. Authorities seized the home in 2005 after finding more than 850 marijuana plants growing under lights in two secured, 100-yard-long underground rooms connected to the home"

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Screw those airport rules!

Man Nearly Dies Downing Vodka at Airport:

"A man nearly died from alcohol poisoning after quaffing two pints of vodka at an airport security check instead of handing it over to comply with new rules about carrying liquids aboard a plane, police said Wednesday."

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Gettin' Squat

Maverick's isn't too far from San Francisco.

Check out Flea cheating the eff out of death in the pictures. "Massive balls" doesn't even begin to describe these people.

Master surfer cheats death in biggest swell of season at Maverick's:

"(12-10) 20:38 PST PRINCETON BY THE SEA -- Through a blanket of fog, it was a vision of death. Darryl Virostko, the big-wave surfer known as Flea, was taking what witnesses described as the worst-looking wipeout they ever saw. It was a gloomy day at Maverick's last week, and a handful of riders were meeting the challenge of their lives."

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Hmmmm, I'm starting to rethink my supportive position on government healthcare after reading the lead on this story.

Don't eff with nurses.

Nurses: Cheney 'would probably be dead' but for government healthcare:

"Campaigning for politicians to address universal healthcare, a nurses' group purchased provocative newspaper ads that warn Vice President Dick Cheney would 'probably be dead by now' if he was not part of a single-payer government run healthcare system that keeps his oft-adled heart ticking. The California Nurses Association purchased the eye-catching ads in 10 Iowa newspapers Tuesday, pointing out what the group says is another irony of the heatlhcare crisis -- that politicians receive health coverage from a government-run program, not insurance companies."

"Dick Cheney, with his heart trouble, would probably be dead now if he were an ordinary American forced to search for cardiac care in a thicket of mercenary insurers and heartless HMOs," Shum Preston wrote on the Nurses' association blog. "Cheney gets guaranteed healthcare; we get squat."

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Yeah, if we'd just kept that shite in latin we would have any problems.....

Historian: First English Bible Fueled First Fundamentalists

The translation of the Bible into English marked the birth of religious fundamentalism in medieval times, as well as the persecution that often comes with radical adherence in any era, according to a new book.

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.... like, say, oh, I don't know..... The Huckster sayin' bitches need to submit or get the jeebus back hand...

Huckabee: women's role in marriage is to "graciously submit":

"Huckabee's opinion on gay marriage is out there, but we should also be publicizing Huckabee's opinions on heterosexual marriage. Specifically, what he believes about a women's role in a marriage. In August of 1998, Huckabee was one of 131 signatories to a full page USA Today Ad which declared: 'I affirm the statement on the family issued by the 1998 Southern Baptist Convention.' What was in the family statement from the SBC? 'A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ.'"

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I'll take "Heart Healthy Diets" for $1000 Alex.

Alex Trebek Suffers Mild Heart Attack:

"LOS ANGELES — Longtime 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek was hospitalized Tuesday after a minor heart attack, a spokesman for the game show said."

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And as we wind on down the road.....

More on the rigged election and rigged imprisonment of Alabama Governor Siegelman.

Not a damn peep about any of this in the 'traditional media'.

'Incestuous' US attorneys downed Democratic governor:

"Siegelman, then the Democratic incumbent, was running against Republican Bob Riley in the 2002 election, and had by all appearances won the election against Riley, by a margin of roughly 3,000 votes. However, overnight, more ballots for Riley were 'found' and counted by an all-Republican panel and subsequently sealed by then-Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor. A 'cabal' of Republicans recounted the votes, determined Riley the winner, and the Attorney General then sealed the ballots. In order for Democrats to even challenge the ballots, they would have to get a court order. 'To this day,' says Alexandrovna, 'those ballots remain sealed.' 'Pryor...' says Papantonio, 'everybody understands--that have followed his career at all--he was the guy that gets the midnight appointment during the recess. He's a recess appointment by Bush, because everybody realized what a thug--and he is a thug. I'm down here in the south and I'm very familiar with Alabama--the legal system up there. He is absolutely a thug. And he then gets appointed to the appellate court as a recess appointment.'"

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They hate him. They really, really hate him.

Poll: Bush approval plummets among military families:

"There is a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg pollout today that shows that a majority of those with military connections -- active duty, vets and families -- disapprove of Bush and his war and only 36 percent believe the war was worth it."

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I see Paris, I see France, I see your underpants through my security cam.

LOOK :: Official Motion Picture Website

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Daddy Needs a Drink

Nutters doing what they do best. Being outraged.

Fox: 'Atheist Outrage' over holiday 'Tree of Knowledge':

"You do not own Christmas,' Downey broke in. 'You do not own the winter holiday.'"

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Romney the uniter. Uniting all of the religious wack-jobs under one fundie umbrella. Uniting them to hate on my people.

So, where are those golden tablets, Mittster? Did a Scientologist thetan fly the tablets to whatever made up crazy ass off world they believe in.

You want a fight, Mitt. Bring it on.

The money quote: "'It is as if they're intent on establishing a new religion in America – the religion of secularism. They're wrong,'"

Yeah, who would ever be crazy enough to establish a new religion in America... oh, wait.

Romney Spokesman Won't Say If Atheists Have Place In America:

"A spokesman for the Mitt Romney campaign is thus far refusing to say whether Romney sees any positive role in America for atheists and other non-believers, after Election Central inquired about the topic yesterday It's a sign that Romney may be seeking to submerge evangelical distaste for Mormonism by uniting the two groups together in a wider culture war. Romney's speech has come under some criticism, even from conservatives like David Brooks and Ramesh Ponnuru, for positively mentioning many prominent religions but failing to include anything positive about atheists and agnostics. Indeed, the only mentions of non-believers were very much negative. 'It is as if they're intent on establishing a new religion in America – the religion of secularism. They're wrong,' Romney said, being met by applause from the audience."

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A progressives' take on God. We're always funnier.

God commands you to read this / Honestly, I won't mind if you don't. But the Lord visited me personally. Do it!:

"Richard Roberts told students at Oral Roberts University that he did not want to resign as president of the scandal-plagued evangelical school, but he did so because God insisted. —Associated Press There I was, calmly enjoying some Thanksgiving leftovers and offering some divine gratitude for this truly fine '04 Pinot when suddenly boom, there was God, right across the table, helping Himself to some stuffing and the choicest hunks of dark meat, which He totally knows is my favorite. Clearly, He wanted my attention. 'Oh hey, it's you,' I said, feigning nonchalance, as if this sort of thing happens to me every day (I always like to throw God off a bit, given how He's so accustomed to those melodramatic, fall-to-your-knees-in-terror reactions He always gets from the nutball evangelicals whenever He swings through their nightmares in his classic fire/brimstone persona. That always cracks Him up). 'What's up?'"

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You can't ever stop the nasty. You can't even hope to contain it.

Why fund abstinence-only programs that don't work?:

"A new study has concluded that abstinence-only education programs do nothing to reduce or delay sexual activity among teenagers, confirming a Congressional report released last spring. Yet these programs are receiving nearly $200 million in federal funding and Congress is prepared to increase this by another $28 million. MSNBC host Dan Abrams commented on the proposed increase, saying, 'It seems to me absurd that Democrats in Congress can't say 'We're going to cut it off.' Instead they're using this as bait and constantly saying, 'Oh, you know, we'll trade you.''"

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Deadliest Catch... San Francisco edition.

Two San Leandro crabbers presumed dead after boat disappears:

"12-05) 09:47 PST PILLAR POINT - -- The waves rolling across the fishing grounds off the San Mateo County coast were well over 20 feet Tuesday, big enough to keep most veteran fishermen in port. Two San Leandro men who had laid their crab pots a few days before decided to chance it. The men, Benjamin Hannaberg, 58, and James Davis, 57, apparently paid for that decision with their lives."

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Oh my god... or zenu... or Joseph Smith... or effin' whatever....

Daddy needs a drink. A really expensive drink.

81-year-old Scotch sells for $54,000:

"NEW YORK - A bottle of 81-year-old Scotch sold for $54,000 at this New York's first liquor auction since Prohibition."

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My Athens Georgia Getaway

What I did on my Fall vacation in Athens, GA

This tale will be of the disjointed variety. It'll have more joints than a Chinese plate spinner. Most everything I write has yellow bus jointed issues anyway. I made sure to jot down this and that from my recent trip to Athens, GA during the week of my stay. Problem is that I'm just getting around to doing the editing today so my memory ain't as fresh as it use to be coupled with the fact that I've been on the debauchery and witchcraft and everything wild express the past few weeks as I've traipsed across the country and part of the way back..

Ah, but Athens, GA. What a wonderful little city. Full of history and music, pixies and gnomes, characters and caricatures. A mighty fine town full of mighty fine folks.

The mightiest of the mighty fine, JennB put me up at her beautiful casa in the woods. Here's what my temporary office looked like from Jenn's new deck. Pretty damn sporty, eh?:

Fall had begun to fall in Athens supplying the town with beautiful colors that, hopefully, took the Athenian mind off of the serious lack of water affecting GA.

Jenn's got some great art work in her home:

I arrived on a Monday and was promptly dispatched downtown to start my alcohol training. But first a base of very fine pizza was applied to the stomach lining at Little Italy Pizzeria.

Then next door to have a drink at.... shit.... I think it was The Roadhouse. DBT and Slobberbone playing on the juke box. Roadhouse is where the nights usually ended.

I like the night life. I like to boogie. And boogie you can in downtown Athens. Much time was spent at Cutters, a fine establishment that played DBT and Slobberbone songs on their jukebox.

Cutters Pub, 120 E Clayton St, Athens, GA on Yahoo! Local

As I've cataloged my adventures and done the research on some of the folks I met, I am bit awed and quite a bit bothered by this insistent thought, "What in the world did my drunk as say to some of these notable folks". Whiskey don't make you do a thing, it just let's you. Eff' that, Jameson had me by the balls on a couple of occasions and I'm certain that I could prove in a court of law that my reasoning ability had been kidnapped by a sweet golden slightly viscous liquid captured in a green glass glory holder.... and PBR.

I was forced to do a chipmunk (we men call it a oil slick)... and Jager shooters (half Jager half Redbull. Talk about oxymoron) but my true love remains Jamesons.

Here's the crew from night #2. That's Jenn, Jayne, Shayne and the tall mofo is Bo Bedingfield.

Bo has committed to name his next album after the title popped out of my mouth during a conversation about necrobeastialty: "Dead Dog Fuckers of Yore" (TM, C, R, LMNOP, etc by ME). Since Bedingfield writes all pretty and serious (I effing love all of his music and Talk Show may be my favorite song of the past couple of years) and if he won't run with that piece of freakin genius then I'm going to Cooley with it. It seems more his style anyway. Best make a decision, Bo!

Jayne and I entered into several conversations of the greatness of The Drams. Jubilee remains a favorite for both Jayne and I.

They there's Shame... I mean, Shayne. Here's a picture of Jenn and Shayne on Halloween. Shayne is the one dressed like a bag of cocaine and the sign that says "Will Work for Lohan". Really, not much else needs to be said about Shayne, but I'm going to any way.

Shayne knows how to verbally eff a person up and that's something I appreciate and am not too inept at myself. Within 5 minutes of our meeting Shayne looks at me and states "You know who to play this game don't you?". My answer "Yes.... Yes I do". Then it was on.

Her verbal ass raping of a 'ginger haired hippy' who happened to request a cigarette was a thing of hilarity. She almost made the guy cry. Never mind that Shayne's frock of locks is far closer to ginger than Mary Ann.

Shaynes pretty cool for a WASP with a Jewish streak. You know, as far as chicks like that go.

Friday night had Jenn, Shayne in I in not too rare form. We barn stormed bars up and downtown Athens, GA.

Final stop was the hallowed 40 Watt. I declined to take my camera out that night because, usually the most fun occurs sans photo gadget.

Once inside Shayne insists I view the greenroom where Curt Cobain signed the wall. This is the same greenroom featured in DBT's DVD Live at the 40 Watt.

I told Shayne before entering that Curt's autograph was supposedly cut out of the wall per the Live at the 40 Watt DVD.

Ignoring me completely as Shayne is want to do, we march through the back stage maze acting like we owned 40% of the 40 Watt.

We arrive at the greenroom door and Shayne slings it open and enters. There sits Brooke Waggoner and her band.

The band is huddled together on the couch with a camera man sitting in a chair. An obvious rock-u-mentary being conducted. I'm sure that the post show coitus was creating the money shot scene as the band members relived the experience of playing in front of a crowd... well, people... at the hallowed of hallowed, The 40 Watt. Just as that golden moment was going to be captured by 1 and 0s, we enter and Shayne waves an arm at me and states, "This is Jason... He has a blog".

The camera man swings the camera in my direction and I slur, "Howdy, I'm Jason. I have a blog".

Seemed to be all the explanation those frightened souls needed.

We have a little meet and great, check out the wall (Cobain's name had been cut out... I think.... It was kinda dark and all of the writing on the wall looked mighty blurry) say our good byes and we are out the door.

So, in short, Shayne and I could be featured in Brooke Waggnor's documentary.

Here's Shayne telling me that I'm a winner. God she thought I was so cool because I live in San Francisco. It was almost embarrassing with all of the fawning and questions. (I have a blog, Shayne. I can delete any contradiction you make in the comments).

Shayne's husband is Todd McBride. Back in the day Todd was in a band called Dashboard Saviors.

Dashboard Saviors: Information and Much More from Answers.com:

"The Dashboard Saviors are an Athens, GA-based roots-rock band consisting of songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Todd McBride, Michael Gibson (guitar), Rob Veal (bass) and John Crist (drums). R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, a longtime champion of the band, produced the Dashboard Saviors' debut album, Kitty. The group's songs often delve into sketches of small-town Southern life, as titles such as 'Coach's Wife' and ''A Trailer's a Trailer' would suggest. "

McBride's uncle was in a country and western band, and early on McBride decided that kind of life was for him. Before the Dashboard Saviors, he was in a group called the La Di Da's, which also consisted of fellow Athens notable Vic Chesnutt. It was through that group that McBride first became acquainted with Peter Buck.

Brent Best has been quoted as saying that Dashboard Saviors were a huge influence on him early on. That right there makes Todd a God.

But Todd is as down to earth as they come. A great guy with whom I had some hilarious conversations.

Todd has a couple of great stories about Andy Griffin. Andy can get a little randy.

Here's Todd's current band:

MySpace.com - Todd McBride & The Cooler Heads - ATHENS, US - Rock - www.myspace.com/thecoolerheads

Middle week I took a few days off from the bar scene to let my liver recover. Jenn had some beautiful Athenian women over for wining and dining. I had the pleasure of hanging out with this crew.

Here's Wendy (from Southern Bitch), Sweet KellyD (The Matadors better half) beautiful Jenn and Kimberly Morgan (EZB's better half).

Lots of fun hanging with these ladies. All y'all are the best.

Highlight of the week was a lunch date with Mr. Patterson Hood.

I drove over to Patterson's house around noon to have morning coffee. First time I've had the pleasure of meeting Rebecca. Patterson has a mighty find mate in Rebecca. She's done an incredible job decorating the Hood casa. It is a really, really, cool house.

First time meeting Ava, too. She shuffles around the corner as we're sipping coffee with her britches around her ankles. I told her that I've been in that position several times myself though usually in the early a.m. I also thought to myself, My that girl looks just like her daddy. What an adorable child. She could be trouble.

Patterson and I had lunch at a nice Indian Buffet on College St

We talked about everything under the sun. Politics taking up good portion of the time.

Patterson and the band are ready to get on the road and rock. He likened the past year to a prize fighter training with one arm tied behind their back then switching to the other arm. I can guarantee that the Home Front tour will be one of the loudest and punkiest tours yet from DBT. Be prepared to have the doors blown off every venue in the States and Eurpoe. DBT is ready to ROCK!

Patterson gave me a copy of the new record. I tried to act all cool but inside I was giggling like a little kid. I'm working on a song by song write up that hopefully will see the light of day in the next week or two.

It's really good, y'all.

Some random recollections:

My sincerest apologies to pretty much all of The Drams and their phones and voice messages. They had to endure a shock and awe campaign by 3 very intoxicated drunk dialers. I just feel so damn nostalgic every time I think about The Drams... and so do others. Sorry dudes.

At one bar I played Wiii for the first time. Bowling I think it was.

There's something in my memory about the Dictatortots.

If you are ever around Jenn's man Matt you have to have him tell you the story of the gnome. This was the funniest story I heard all week (and I heard a shit load of hilarity) and Matt has this story down stone cold.

My final day in Athens Jenn, Matt and I had brunch at The Globe. Great place that you should definitely visit if you ever find yourself in Athens.

The Globe - Esquire:

"A decade-long territory war has been waged over rights to this downtown bar. In the late nineties, it was every grad student's go-to spot. Pipes were smoked, Foucault was quoted, professorial teets suckled upon."

Here are some random pics of Athens.

School Kids Records: Athens GA:

"In the heart of downtown Athens, is Schoolkids Records, just steps from the infamous Georgia Theatre and 40 Watt club. If these venues could speak, they would sit on your porch, and tell you stories till the cow jumped over the moon as you sip on a cold glass of sweet tea. There have been many towns that have influenced music, but none like Athens, GA."

Welcome to Wuxtry

Probably a lot that I missed in this post. Sometimes it is hard to blog and travel.

Much thanks and love to JennB for putting me up and putting up with me. Jayne, Shayne, Bo, Todd and the rest... You guys are a fine collection of individuals. I'm very glad to know you all.

Thanks, Athens, GA!

Update: Via JennB

Patton Oswalt on living in Athens, GA:

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Movie Madness

Hmmmm. Lots of rumors floating about this one. I'm surprised BushCo didn't off Spurlock 'cause we all know they don't want to find Bin Laden. He works quite nicely as a boogie man.

Daily Kos: Did Morgan Spurlock find Bin Laden?:

"Scant news on this story, but there are some rumors floating about that Morgan Spurlock, creator of the documentary 'Supersize Me' and the TV show '30 Days', may have done what the Bush Administration has been unable to do in over 6 years, find Osama Bin Laden. Join me below the fold!"

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No problem with the anti-semite snuff film The Passion of Christ. But they get a little agressive when there's a peak behind the curtain of there fairy tale.

Jesus loves 'His Dark Materials' / Shrill Bible-thumpers boycott 'The Golden Compass'; world's children grin devilishly:

"It goes like this: If there is some sort of creation, a piece of art, a TV show, a column or a book or a movie or a statue or a blog or a movement, a wine bottle or sexual position or Jesus-shaped dildo that somehow deeply threatens the various ultraconservative sects of Christian-blasted America to the point where their pale, dour representatives demand boycotts and distribute angry pamphlets and try to stop people from experiencing said hunk of culture because of how negatively it portrays their seething, condemnatory God, well, you know it's time to break out the Champagne. Or buy that book. Or get very, very naked. Or all of the above. Depending."

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Love this flick. Can't wait to see the newest version.

Review: 'Blade Runner':

"'Blade Runner: The Final Cut,' in limited theatrical release this weekend with a DVD box set arriving on Dec. 18, is the first version of the movie that truly seems like a finished product. The film is a few minutes longer, yet seems leaner, with a tighter narrative that is now worthy of the outstanding art direction and cinematography. This definitive print should be the last little push that 'Blade Runner' needs to complete its 25-year journey from box office failure to cult favorite to full-blown classic."

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The future is now.... well soon.... well several years from now.

Exoskeleton Is Wicked Nasty, I Need One - Geekologie

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Cool, but it ain't the original recipe. They've removed most of the good stuff (wormwood).

Legendary Liquor Coming To Bay Area Store Shelves:

"ALAMEDA, Calif. -- Absinthe, a legendary liquor known for its use and abuse by major literary and artistic figures, is about to hit local store shelves. "

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Sushi and Jazz

Very cool. Not bloody likely to make a dent in the problem, but cool none the less.

Electricity revives Bali coral reefs:

"PEMUTERAN BAY, Indonesia - Just a few years ago, the lush coral reefs off Bali island were dying out, bleached by rising temperatures, blasted by dynamite fishing and poisoned by cyanide. Now they are coming back, thanks to an unlikely remedy: electricity."

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Recently, he did a 5 hour set in San Francisco. That's a lot of jokes, y'all.

Dave Chappelle Breaks His Standup Record:

"Dave Chappelle has broken his own Laugh Factory endurance record. The 34-year-old comedian topped his record of six hours and seven minutes, set in mid-April, by taking to the stage Sunday and telling jokes for six hours and 12 minutes."

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I'm anxious to get back to San Francisco for some sushi and jazz. I've watched them build this place over the past couple of years and it just opened. About a block from The Fillmore.

Yoshi's new S.F. site wins accolades from both sides of the stage:

"The new $10 million nightclub and restaurant, which occupies the ground floor of the new 12-story Fillmore Heritage Center that houses condos and a planned jazz museum, looks and feels a lot like its graceful East Bay sister. Designed by the same architectural firm, Morimoto Matano Kang Architects, the high-ceilinged space has curving walls, wave-like soffits and a mix of light and dark woods. The club itself, washed in pale lavender light glowing from inside Plexiglas entry panels, is a two-story fan-shaped amphitheater with a semi-circular stage and seating for about 100 in the mezzanine. There are no poles blocking anybody's view of the stage."

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Behold! The future.... for other countries... actually reality in other countries.... never gonna happen in the U.S.

Can't figure out why we can't put forth the effort to create a national high speed rail system. We created the interstate and went to the moon but we can't have national high speed rail.

I'd never drive again.

Maglev and Steel-Wheel Train Plans :

"As a proof of concept, the General Atomics maglev is impressive, but to fully grasp the potential of high-speed trains in this country, you still have to use your imagination. Here’s how it could work: You board a train in downtown Anaheim, Calif., at 5:30 on a Friday evening, destined for Las Vegas. Instead of inching out of the traffic-choked Los Angeles metro area on what is typically a 4- to 6-hour drive, or gambling that the 1-hour, 15-minute flight will depart on time, you glide out of the city, accelerating toward Barstow. As the train fires through the Mojave Desert, it hits a top speed of more than 300 mph, and then pulls into Vegas just 90 minutes after departure—in time for dinner before an 8:00 show."

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RIP Evel, RIP

Words from the Dope.

Papal encyclical attacks atheism, lauds hope:

"VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, in an encyclical released on Friday, said atheism was responsible for some of the 'greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice' in history."

Lying sack of shite. Really?! Atheism is responsible for some of the 'greatest forms of cruelty and violations of justice' in history?

Name one war. Name one event in which a group of atheist have slaughtered thousands.

And what about these?

Religiously based civil unrest and warfare
Inquisition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Salem witch trials - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Just scratches the surface of the hell of earth religious organizations often force upon this earth.

Eff you Pope Dick.

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STFU. Otherwise, no comment.

Silence is Golden, But Only for Women

"In the land of romance, ladies might do well to shut their traps, while men can continue to blab."

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A little late with this but I owned a crap load of Evel Knievel toys back in the day. I thought he was the nuts.

Had about every toy on this page:

Evel Knievel - Ideal Toys

RIP, EK. RIP

Evel Knievel dies at 69:

"Evel Knievel, the hard-living motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s, died Friday. He was 69."

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Apparently we can't all get along and we never will. At least he was riding a bike.... but he was drunk. Good ol' Rodney.

Rodney King shot, wounded near California home:

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rodney King, whose videotaped beating once made him an international symbol of police brutality, suffered minor injuries after getting hit by a shotgun blast, authorities in California said on Thursday.

An intoxicated King summoned officers to his home in Rialto, about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, on Wednesday night to report he had been shot, said Sgt. Don Lewis of the Rialto Police Department."

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I can't up with anything wittier than what the Geekology guys says.

Orgasmo Alarm Clock:

"The Orgasmo Clock wakes you up in the morning to the invigorating moan of a woman having an orgasm. Which is pretty freaking awesome if you ask me. It costs $25. I don't need one though, because I almost always wake up to a woman having an orgasm. Unfortunately it's my girlfriend having sex with my roommate. :("

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Alabama Gypsy Rose

I'm SO close to having the Athens GA post done. Close... but no cigar... yet.

One of my favorite people in the world joins the blogosphere. Huzzah!

Pointy Pointy

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This comes in just a tad cooler than Cooley's new baby's name:

De Matteo a New Mom:

"Former 'The Sopranos' star Drea De Matteo is celebrating after becoming a mom. The actress and longtime partner Shooter Jennings welcomed baby Alabama Gypsy Rose into the world on Wednesday."

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My hero.

Thief makes off with 180 Guinness kegs:

"DUBLIN (Reuters) - A thief made off with 180 kegs of Guinness beer after smoothly driving into the Dublin brewery which makes the black stout and snatching a trailer load of drink, police said on Thursday."

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If Guinness owned one of these there wouldn't of been a problem.

The Beer Pager: Never Lose Your Beer Again

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How could marketing candy like it was crack ever be a problem? Crazy world.

Jill Porter | Mint or drug: Is Hershey's cracked?

"FAMILY COURT Judge Lori Dumas Brooks wanted to make sure she wasn't overreacting. So she held the small blue packet of powdered substance in her palm and showed it around at work yesterday."

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After all of the beer and minty crack you just might need to find one of these in your stocking.

U.S. Patent 6313371: Underwear Deodorizer:

"Just in time for Thanksgiving leftovers comes U.S. Patent 6313371. It describes the Flatulence Deodorizer, which is a 'non-intrusive' pad you tape 'inside briefs or panties in the anal area'. It's basically a little activated carbon patch that neutralizes odors"

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Effing WEEEEEEEEEE!!!! 100 miles an hour on a zip line! So fast you have to have a fin between your feet.

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