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1. Something disconcerting that I had not heard of...Starbucks charging some rescue workers for water on 9/11.

2. Woman is finally able to lead a normal life...after having a pencil removed from her head. I am wondering how a pencil could be so well preserved after such a long time....what is there in the head/brain that would cause it not to have significant deterioration on its own?

3. Lifegem:

The LifeGem® is a certified, high-quality diamond created from the carbon of your loved one as a memorial to their unique life.
Well...if it can't be done with a lock of hair, I would like to get something like this done for me & my husband while we are still living. The cost are about the same as those for a wedding ring. When we are ready for anniversary rings, Husband & I are planning on clear diamonds for each other...and Husband will design the settings himself.

4. Man is rescued from the sea at a Dutch resort....turns out to be a giant Lego man.
Update I am wondering if this was something that a fan decided to do for the company's 75th anniversary.

5. Why you should wear your weddding ring on the fourth finger. What a charming story. This afternoon my husband tried it....it was a fun moment for us. There is some sadness to the eventual leave-takings though if you stop to think about it. I suppose that you can also look at it from the point of view though that, like the two fingers, good husbands and wives support each other with a lot of strength. :-)

6. I don't know if this is true but look at this alternative French clothing tag. Do you think Bush is an idiot by the way? I think with Dan Quayle, the idiot personification would have worn off....I perceived him as actually being intelligent & likely compassionate to the needs of our country. Interestingly, with Bush he has taken on the idiot personification after assuming office.

7. Chemical found in hard plastic linked to reproductive disorders
The compound, which is used in a variety of consumer items such as polycarbonate plastic baby bottles, microwave oven dishes and sports bottles, often seeps from containers and enters the bodies of humans.
-----My husband and I were talking about this today. If we ever have children, we will be using glass bottles (and/or nursing).

8. I didn't know that Laura Bush used to be a teacher (and a librarian). Anyway she called Barbara Morgan...the teacher who is going up in space.
I am glad to read that the shuttle launch preparations for Endeavor are going well.
-----Update-Endeavor blasted off!!! I hope that they make it safely to the International Space Station & that the whole mission goes well.

9. A company has been indicted in the Big Tunnel death in New York....that was the one where a panel fell on top of a lady & killed her. Did I read that right???....the maximum penalty is a 1 thousand dollar fine????

10. I am dancing at Ambrosia Dance Club in Second Life right now. I just go & dance by myself....no synchro dancing & I like to talk about the music. They just did Prince's "Let's Go Crazy." I have been listening to a band called "Lumpfish" that does a pretty good cover of that song.
------One thing I like about the Ambrosia Club is that it has places to just sit without making a spectacle of yourself...I like to do that while I am blogging. It gives me something great to listen to without worrying about bumping into people while I am typing. Also, no one comes up to you & says off-color things. Plus...when I sat down, the program rested me up against a pillar...so, I look pretty cool.
------I actually found myself outside the doors of a strip club in Second Life today. This was not included in the description. Not pleased about that one. But on an amusing note, I was talking about Nickelback (which was playing at the Ambrosia Club) & Husband is positive I said "Nippleback."
------Cheers to "DJ Venus" who did a good job in Ambrosia. However, she inspired Husband to dance to trance music....don't want a picture of this as he was disco-dancing to trance music . :-)
-----Speaking of Husband he was dancing the other day with what looked like gang symbols....fingers all over the place in positions a lot like Spock or some surfer sign. I told him to stop flashing gang symbols if that was what he was doing....he told me those were his "Rob Zombie fingers."
-------Other things playing at The Ambrosia Club:

• Let's Get Rocked...Def Leppard
• Green Day's version of "Brown-Eyed Girl"
• Nine Inch Nails. My lion in the "Shameless Lions Writing Group" is named Nin. :-)
  
• Rammstein's "Du Hast"
  

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12. I never really thought about it but George W. Bush does have a lot of resemblance to Barbara Bush, too. Everyone always talks about his father & his brother...but no one much mentions Barbara anymore. t

13. R.I.P. Osama Bin Chewin'....the pessimistic woodchuck in the backyard. No one has seen him for some time now. Maybe he is hiding out in a hole someplace just waiting to unleash his army of big-toothed wood lovers. No, we don't really miss him but he was amusing to talk about. The trees are very happy now...no longer terrorized by the threat of weapons of bi-cuspid destruction.

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