tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44962918715820139332011-07-31T04:32:17.965-07:00News roundups and other things.Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220429838465816028noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496291871582013933.post-11727733125967641372009-04-30T08:41:00.000-07:002009-04-30T09:40:14.013-07:00New Zealand, to highly trained nurse: "No Fatties": <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5245555/Nurse-told-shes-too-fat-to-move-to-New-Zealand.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5245555/Nurse-told-shes-too-fat-to-move-to-New-Zealand.html</a><br /><br />Ok, but what's your fat name?: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1175216/Whats-fat-age-Celebrities-bodies-test-fascinating-results.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1175216/Whats-fat-age-Celebrities-bodies-test-fascinating-results.html</a><br /><br />New Hotness: Curling up and reading a book by the warm glow of your dog: <a href="http://www.ktla.com/landing_mostinteresting/?Scientists-Create-Puppies-that-Glow-in-t=1&amp;blockID=278985&amp;feedID=1080">http://www.ktla.com/landing_mostinteresting/?Scientists-Create-Puppies-that-Glow-in-t=1&amp;blockID=278985&amp;feedID=1080</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4496291871582013933-1172773312596764137?l=distractarama.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220429838465816028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496291871582013933.post-86305633762954726072009-04-27T08:17:00.000-07:002009-04-27T08:44:48.628-07:00The UK's entry in the equine moustache invitational 2009: <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5226950/Moustachioed-horse-evades-barbers.html">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5226950/Moustachioed-horse-evades-barbers.html</a><br /><br />Your Prius hates you: <a href="http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-04-22/news/the-flip-side-of-the-perfect-prius/">http://www.seattleweekly.com/2009-04-22/news/the-flip-side-of-the-perfect-prius/</a><br /><br />A new face every 24 hours: <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article2397001.ece">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/article2397001.ece</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4496291871582013933-8630563376295472607?l=distractarama.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220429838465816028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496291871582013933.post-15287431583406642912009-04-23T08:11:00.000-07:002009-04-23T09:08:11.651-07:00It Begins, Chapter 2: <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/missing.virus.sample/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/22/missing.virus.sample/index.html</a><br /><br />I think they got this idea from an episode of South Park: <a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/loophole/archive/2009/04/to_catch_a_pr-_strike_that_to.shtml">http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/loophole/archive/2009/04/to_catch_a_pr-_strike_that_to.shtml</a><br /><br />Only because I have a special place in my heart for the kids who strapped theirs to the back of their bikes and played music unrecognizable through ruined speakers through our neighborhood:<br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103363836">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103363836</a><br /><br /><br />Speaking of bikes: <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405429_jonessoda22.html">http://www.seattlepi.com/local/405429_jonessoda22.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4496291871582013933-1528743158340664291?l=distractarama.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220429838465816028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496291871582013933.post-91460737499754427562009-04-22T08:58:00.001-07:002009-04-22T09:37:40.193-07:00Inland Empire Skinhead Goodness: <a href="http://www.sbsun.com/business/ci_12186447">http://www.sbsun.com/business/ci_12186447</a><br /><br />Direct From the Virgin-Whore Complex: <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1654810320090420?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&amp;rpc=69">http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSN1654810320090420?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&amp;rpc=69</a><br /><br />Sugar &amp; shredded wheat won't make me a genius? Riddle my body with bullets, why don't you:<br /><a href="http://consumerist.com/5221576/kellogg-agrees-to-tone-down-frosted-mini+wheats-are-brain-food-nonsense">http://consumerist.com/5221576/kellogg-agrees-to-tone-down-frosted-mini+wheats-are-brain-food-nonsense</a><br /><br />It Begins: <a href="http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/?2-Children-Infected-with-Rare-Form-of-Sw=1&amp;blockID=272309&amp;feedID=171">http://www.ktla.com/landing_news/?2-Children-Infected-with-Rare-Form-of-Sw=1&amp;blockID=272309&amp;feedID=171</a><br /><br /><br />Lol Cat Video of the Day, to repair an infected soul: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkHBuh21AMg&amp;feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkHBuh21AMg&amp;feature=player_embedded</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4496291871582013933-9146073749975442756?l=distractarama.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220429838465816028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496291871582013933.post-86776593804176109982009-04-20T08:51:00.000-07:002009-04-20T09:13:28.935-07:00Snarky... mad<a href="http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25337683-5006003,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25337683-5006003,00.html</a><br /><br /><br />If the Gays could marry, it might threaten magic like this:<a href="http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/apr/19/honeymoon-topped-off-by-a-4-inch-beard/?woot">http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/apr/19/honeymoon-topped-off-by-a-4-inch-beard/?woot</a><br /><br /><br />Oscar not included: <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2386052.ece">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2386052.ece</a><br /><br /><br />Mmmm, sacrelicious: <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2385509.ece">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2385509.ece</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4496291871582013933-8677659380417610998?l=distractarama.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220429838465816028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496291871582013933.post-76021410964609839042009-04-08T10:35:00.000-07:002009-04-08T11:18:04.488-07:00Winner, Creepy News Item of the Day, 8 April 2009:<br /><a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEAD_SON_SPERM?SITE=AP">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DEAD_SON_SPERM?SITE=AP</a><br /><br /><br />"Hey, wouldn't it be fun to shoot horses with big hair?"<br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1168459/Pictured-The-hilarious-utterly-pointless-horses-hair-extensions.html">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1168459/Pictured-The-hilarious-utterly-pointless-horses-hair-extensions.html</a><br /><br /><br />Life-Bucket:<br /><a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25307008-1242,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25307008-1242,00.html</a><br /><br /><br />"Not appropriate for sale" (yes, this is from Florida)<br /><a href="http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/apr/07/071941/chia-obama-pulled-tampas-walgreens/">http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/apr/07/071941/chia-obama-pulled-tampas-walgreens/</a><br /><br /><br />"Legal Battle Destroyed Father-Daughter Relationship":<br /><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/04/07/mtl-quebecgirl-sues-dad-0407.html">http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/04/07/mtl-quebecgirl-sues-dad-0407.html</a><br /><br /><br />Um.<br /><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/article2367218.ece">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/health/health/article2367218.ece</a><br /><br /><br />The Sun's Version of the "Ultimate LA Getaway" for you and your best mate:<br /><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/fun/competitions/article2351943.ece">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/fun/competitions/article2351943.ece</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4496291871582013933-7602141096460983904?l=distractarama.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220429838465816028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496291871582013933.post-8925533821516608292009-04-07T10:40:00.000-07:002009-04-07T11:21:12.231-07:00Death by natural causes, I mean, by police baton to the back of the head, G-20 special:<br /><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/07/video-g20-police-assault">http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/apr/07/video-g20-police-assault</a><br /><br /><br />So many things wrong with this:<br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7984436.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7984436.stm</a><br /><br /><br />Fail: Swedish Police<br /><a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25302693-421,00.html">http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25302693-421,00.html</a><br /><br /><br />So many things <em>right</em> with this, including bonus dirty keyboard photo:<br /><a href="http://coloradoindependent.com/25840/focus-on-the-family-narrator-charged-with-luring-teenage-girl-for-sex-on-net">http://coloradoindependent.com/25840/focus-on-the-family-narrator-charged-with-luring-teenage-girl-for-sex-on-net</a><br /><br /><br />Megamouths are Megadelicious. Apparently: <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PHILIPPINES_RARE_SHARK?SITE=AP">http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AS_PHILIPPINES_RARE_SHARK?SITE=AP</a><br /><br />Segways are "niche form of transportation"?<br /><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10213863-54.html">http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10213863-54.html</a><br /><br />lol cat video of the day:<br /><a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/04/07/funny-pictures-video-cat-ambush/">http://icanhascheezburger.com/2009/04/07/funny-pictures-video-cat-ambush/</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4496291871582013933-892553382151660829?l=distractarama.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220429838465816028noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4496291871582013933.post-55697250946936048242009-04-03T13:49:00.000-07:002009-04-03T14:58:45.459-07:00This is either something out of Benny Hill, or preliminary evidence that when the machines rise against us (a la Battlestar Galactica), they will begin with the weakest among humanity:<br /><br /><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7981904.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/7981904.stm</a><br /><br /><br />I'm a fan of the Sun because pretty much anything counts as "news":<br /><a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2358830.ece">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2358830.ece</a><br />Bonus from the archives: Argentian Gnome!: <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece">http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article902014.ece</a><br /><br />For some reason, I thought Vin Diesel was retired and/or dead, but to make up for it, here's a list of VD (wow) trivia, courtesy of Yahoo!News:<br /><a href="http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/need-to-know-fast-and-furious.html">http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/need-to-know-fast-and-furious.html</a><br /><br />Winner, Creepy Story of the Day for 3 April 2009: <a href="http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1163007">http://news.bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1163007</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4496291871582013933-5569725094693604824?l=distractarama.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Irenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06220429838465816028noreply@blogger.com0