There are plenty of people in the world who cannot read Chinese (or Japanese). Yet a significant portion of these people insist on getting tattooed with Chinese (or Japanese) characters. Here are their stories.
London is amazingly unfriendly to the disabled. It has many old buildings which are (unsurprisingly) inaccessible. Most of the tube stations require that patrons traverse stairs, nevermind the conundrum of minding the gap while in a wheelchair. Apparently the brains behind the 2012 Olympics are extending this inaccessibility to the internet, as well.
A man in Michigan had his life saved when his dog ate his toe. His toe was infected — and deadly — and the dog only ate the infected area. No non-infected flesh eating.
Medical story #2: The case of the impatient tailor.
A man in Sweden was waiting in the hospital for over an hour. He needed stitches in his leg. Eventually he got tired of waiting and sewed himself up. Unimpressed, the medical staff decided to have him charged with a crime. He did, after all, use their thread.
This story has monkeys and flying squirrels in it. Both of which are awesome in their own right, and join the cats and dogs already present this morning to make for quite the menagerie. But even better than the awesome animals is that the article reveals that there are scientists who study how to best annoy monkeys.
If I knew this was an option in my adolescence, my career would be entirely different, I tell you.
Warning: I am listening to Dire Straits’ Money for Nothing while writing this morning. And things are going to happen OUT OF ORDER.
We are apparently wired for incest, and naturally attracted to people who look like family members. As family members look like family members … well … hello Oedipus.
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