RIAA Keeps Settlement Money, Artists May Sue

"Despite collecting an estimated several hundred million dollars in P2P related settlements from the likes of Napster, Kazaa, and Bolt, prominent artists' managers are complaning, that so far, they haven't received any compesation from the labels. According to a lawyer, some are considering legal action."

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Pow! Right To The Moon

"Scientists are priming two spacecraft to slam into the moon's South Pole to see if the lunar double whammy reveals hidden ice water. The Earth-on-moon violence may raise eyebrows, but NASA's history shows that such missions can yield extremely useful scientific observations."

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Fail Dogs

"Thank you for the submissions!

We’d like to extend a huge thank you to all those who have submitted fail dogs so far.

We receive a lot of submissions so following these guidelines will improve your chance at getting a photo (and possible link) on the site:

-The photo should be funny
-The dog should actually be failing

Pretty easy!"

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Piranha On Steroids

Actually, the fish is a Goliath Tigerfish.  You may indeed want to think twice before skinny-dipping in the native waters of this fish, because, according to Bill Hansford-Steele, author of the African Fly-Fishing Handbook (New Holland Publishers, 2004), the goliath tiger "has the somewhat singular distinction of being the only African freshwater fish (excluding the Zambezi shark, which is really a saltwater fish) known to attack humans, and there are several recorded incidents from the Congo River.

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French Women Begs To Be Euthanized

"A FRENCH woman badly disfigured by facial tumours caused by a rare and incurable disease has appealed to President Nicolas Sarkozy to allow her to die by euthanasia."

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Octopus Loves Mr. Potato Head

'He's fascinated by it,' said Matt Slater, of the Blue Reef Aquarium in Newquay, Cornwall. 'He attacks the net we use to fish the toy out every time we try to take it away.' Mr Slater added: 'Octopuses are very intelligent and they like to be stimulated and busy.

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Fears From A Clown

"Decorating children's wards with paintings of clowns to create a nurturing atmosphere could backfire, research suggests.

A University of Sheffield study of more than 250 children, aged four to 16, found the images were widely disliked."

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As Cold As A Witch's Something Or Other...

I just got back from a trip to the grocery store. Boy, was it cold. The winds were cutting through my body. When I got back, I was curious to see how cold it was since it was rather warm on Saturday. According to accuweather.com it's 25 degrees F, but a "real feel" of 11 degrees F. Well, guess I'll stay in and get comfy in front of the tv.

Two Peas In A Pod

"A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him.It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park , told AFP."

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A Man Before His Time

Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii was a color photographer before his time, who undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire for Tsar Nicholas II. He was able to capture color by taking three pictures of each scene, each with a different red, green or blue color filter. Walter Frankhauser, a photographer contracted by the Library of Congress, manually registered and cleaned up some 120 of the original high-resolution scans, with breathtakingly beautiful results. The results of his effort can be seen at the online-exhibit The Empire That Was Russia - Color photographs from the Russian Empire taken a century ago (1909-1915).

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Travels with Charlie

"Charlie came into my life when he was just ten days old, orphaned after both his parents were killed. He lives with me and a tomcat in a one-room log cabin in Wyoming."

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Wednesday's Links

What Larry the Cable Guy really sounds like

Type in your favorite music group and listen to similar sounding bands

How to get rid of stuff...the flu, odors, pests, and much more

Some of the best b-sides in music history

Etsy - the ebay for handmade items

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Cat Burglars

"Forget the rims, and never mind the stereo. Modern thieves looking for a serious payoff are skipping the obvious old staples and crawling underneath your car in search of the real prize: the catalytic converter."

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An Oldie But A Goodie

I'm surprised at the number of people who've never heard of the website, "One Red Paperclip." Even though it's old hat now, I still think it makes for good reading for those not in the know.

"My name is Kyle MacDonald and I traded one red paperclip for a house. I started with one red paperclip on July 12 2005 and 14 trades later, on July 12, 2006 I traded with the Town of Kipling Saskatchewan for a house located at 503 Main St."

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The American Dream

"In a test of the American Dream, Adam Shepard started life from scratch with the clothes on his back and twenty-five dollars. Ten months later, he had an apartment, a car, and a small savings."

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Little Bastard's Curse

Last night, while flipping through the channels I came across a favorite cult film of mine..."Crash." In the film, there is mention of James Dean and his Porshe Spyder 550, known as "Little Bastard." As most people know, Dean was killed in a head on collision when an oncoming car turned in front of him.

He later died from a broken neck.

Well, after hearing this in the movie, curiosity got the best of me so I had to look this up on the internet. The most interesting aspect, to me, was how many people believed the car was "haunted." Before the wreck, Alec Guinness saw the car and told Dean: "If you get in that car, you will be found dead in it by this time next week." He made those comments due to the "sinister" looks of the car. Exactly one week later, Dean was involved in the tragic accident.

Since Dean's death, the car became infamous for the injuries and deaths that followed. George Barris, a legendary hot rodder, purchased the wrecked car for $2,500. Later, the car fell off the transport trailer and broke the legs of one of Barris' mechanics.

Soon afterwards, Barris sold the engine and transmission, respectively, to racing enthusiasts Troy McHenry and William Eschrid. While racing each other, McHenry would be killed instantly when his car spun out of control and crashed into a tree. Eschrid was injured when his car overturned while going into a curve. Eschrid, who survived the accident despite serious injuries, later said the car simply locked up going into the turn. Barris later sold two tires from the car, which malfunctioned as well. The tires, which were unharmed in Dean's accident, blew up simultaneously causing the buyer's automobile to go off the road.

The car's malevolent influence contined when a young teen was trying to steal the steering wheel. During the attempted theft, his arm was ripped open from a jagged piece of metal. Another youth was injured trying the steal the bloodstained front seat.

This turned out to be the final straw for Barris who decided to put the wrecked car into storage, but was persuaded by the California Highway Patrol to allow them to use the car to illustrate the importance of highway safety. Several day later, a fire gutted the building which housed the Spyder. Every car parked in the garage was destroyed, except for Little Bastard. In fact, it suffered almost no damage whatsoever.

Afterwards, the car was placed on display in Sacramento. It fell from its display and broke a teenager's hip. On the way to Salinas, the truck carrying the vehicle lost control, causing the driver to fall out, only to be crushed to death when the Spyder fell on top of him. The mishaps surrounding this car continued until 1960, when it was loaned to a safety exhibit in Miami, FL. When the exhibit was over, the wreckage, in transport to Los Angeles on truck, mysteriously vanished. The car hasn't been seen since.

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25 Most Ridiculous Band Names

"Here's a scenario: You start a rock band, which you just happen to name after spending several hours huffing paint and drinking bleach. You spend a few years playing small clubs until you're discovered by a major label and start selling a lot of records. And suddenly you realize that the stupid name you thought up when you were huffing all that paint is going to follow you around for the rest of your life.

Here are the 25 bands who, regardless of their own musical quality, have the stupidest names on record."

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Wednesday's Links

Furniture Hacks

Old Versions of your favorite programs

Movie bloopers and mistakes

Listen to old radio shows and news broadcasts

Want to know if a famous person is dead or alive?

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

"Growing up, Peter Neesley was an animal-lover who always took in strays around his Michigan home. So when his family heard that the Army sergeant was taking care of two dogs outside his Baghdad military base, no one was surprised."

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What Should Have Been At The Auto Show

Enuff Said.

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Buffalo Auto Show

Today, I went to the Buffalo Auto Show (with a co-worker and his daughter). The main reason I wanted to attend was the see the new Dodge Challenger, but more on that later.

It was fairly crowded as expected, especially on the Dodge/Chevy/Ford floor. Most of the people centered around the new Camaro, the Bullitt Ford Mustang, Corvette and the Dodge Charger "Super Bee."

The first display we went to was the Bullitt Mustang which had the new 2008 Mustang, in a dark Forest Green, and next to it was a flat screen display of the original chase scene straight out of the movie "Bullitt."

A lot of the older spectators were gathered around the screen talking about how they miss Steve McQueen and how they thought this was the best "chase scene" ever filmed. Overall, the Bullitt Mustang was one of the most crowded displays on the floor.

Afterward, I headed over to the Dodge/Chrysler part of the floor. It was then when the biggest disappointment of the day hit me...no Dodge Challenger. In fact, when people were looking at the Super Bee they were also complaining how let down they were since the Challenger was no where to be found. I must admit that was the biggest reason I wanted to go since I've always been fond of the Challengers and Barracudas of the 70's.

In all, it wasn't a bad day to spend a Saturday. I wish I could have gotten a pic of the Bullitt Mustang but people kept crowding the car and would even walk in front of those who were focusing their cameras on the car...some people just don't get it. Oh well, there's always next year.

Cloning America's Favorite Brand Name Foods

"Top Secret Recipes® contains scores of original clone recipes, insider secrets and food lore. From word-of-mouth alone, devoted fans have made this one of the fastest-growing specialty cooking sites on the Internet, with over 9 million impressions recorded each month!"

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Biofuels Are Not The Way To Go

"Not that anybody seems to have given them much thought in the first place. One problem with current subsidies is that they act as if all biofuels were created equal—while some may actually be worse for the environment than conventional gasoline. For instance, corn ethanol on average produces about 13 percent less greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline, according to Daniel Kammen, a public policy professor at the University of California at Berkeley. But when ethanol refineries burn coal to provide heat for fermentation, emissions are up to 20 percent worse for the environment than gasoline. Yet that ethanol still earns the full subsidy."

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Wednesday's Links

Top 50 fishing lures of all time

Injuries due to playing the Wii

Find out who called you

Top 47 Freeware Programs

More Wii injuries

A How-To manual on just about anything

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Cha-Ching

Something odd happened today...my boss handed me a $100.00 dollar bill stating it was a "belated christmas bonus." Everyone received a bonus, which is something that hasn't happened in several years (according to one employee). Considering he's cheaper than George Costanza I kept waiting for a meteor to hit the earth. Something had to be up since this man was parting with his money. Another employee stated "he still has his first communion money."

Anywho, it's all for naught as this money will be going towards two freaking birthday gifts this weekend. Easy come, easy go.

Karma Is A Bitch

18-1. Couldn't have happened to a nicer team. That's what happens when you patent "19-0" three weeks before the Super Bowl.

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Super Bowl Commercials Suck

I can't believe all the hype over the super bowl commercials...they have all been total crap!! At the moment, "Kick'n Chicken" is still the best commercial being shown on tv these days.

Freeware Review - JetAudio

I just had to comment on the new freeware program I have been using lately, called JetAudio Basic. Now, I have always hated how Windows Media Player can be bad about not playing certain video formats, especially a lot of the .avi files I download from various p2p programs. This player has played just about every format I've thrown its way.

JetAudio will play all major file formats, including WAV, MP3, MP3Pro, OGG, WMA, MPEG, AVI, WMV, MIDI, RM, and video and audio CD tracks. Other features include the ability to rip tracks, burn discs, record, and conversion of file formats. For anyone who would want to add some effects to an mp3 file, there is cross-fade, reverb, and x-bass.

Overall, it's a much easier program to use, compared to WMP, and has a more modern looking interface (as opposed to cartoon-ish look of WMP). If you are looking for an alternative to WMP, I would suggest giving JetAudio a go.

"Why Isn't My Dog's Pic On There Too...."

Well, my other sister saw the pug on here so next thing you know I receive an email loaded with hideous pictures (heh, heh) of her boxer, Sam. So, this is Sam.

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Fast Food In A Can

Apparently, fast food has now been made for the camping fanatic...Cheeseburger in a can.

My Lame "First Post."

I received some pics from my sister and, as usual, there were several of her pug, Miyo. So, she can be the first pic on my blog.