These are from a book called ‘Disorder in the American Courts‘ and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? [...]
As a not extremely frequent flier, but one who has had to fly a few times recently I’m come to sympathize with those that have to fly often. The hurdles and lines you have to deal with. And its stories like the below one that make me cringe and wonder what the people pushing for [...]
Its a tool that is often used in school. A tool that in retrospect I would of assumed was just a typical Apple program. But the story behind it, show that it was anything but typical. [...]Graphing Calculator 1.0, which Apple bundled with the original PowerPC computers, originated under unique circumstances. I used to be [...]
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When one thinks of a blog now-a-days generally one thinks of news or entertaining articles. But they were started as sort of an online diary. Well I just ran across a blog of a more classic sort. The relative of a English Soldier in the trenches of WWI has taken his grandfather’s letters and started [...]
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I got passed the below story by a friend. He knew immediately what my reaction was going to be. If you have a weak stomach, or would rather not be shocked, then please do not read on.
Over the last three decades, Paul Dimitriu has designed jewelry for astronauts (and their spouses). More than 1,500 of his pieces, often inspired by a mission’s official crew patch, have traveled to space on more than 100 space shuttle flights. In Air & Space Smithsonian magazine, astronaut Rick Hauck profiles NASA’s unofficial jewelery designer. From [...]
Scott Adams worked in some of the more institutional of companies, and though he has been out of that culture for a long while. He comes up with strips that sound like he had a camera in the office recently. Work gives bennies like vacation time as an enticement to keep employees. And the better [...]
Freaking funny story I got from email. I’m sure this must provide a lot of entertainment for the residents that frequent the market. In case you this this is a spoof, here is a BBC article about the bird. So, this bird walks into a store……… Rest of story and video after fold since the [...]
In wandering around I ran across a great little sci-fi short story I thought I’d pass on, if you like it: “So what you’re saying is,” Brithpth said slowly and distinctly, “is that you eat with the same orifice you breathe with?” “Yup,” I replied. My guest did that thing again. He paused, in the [...]
A high school student who tricked football fans from a crosstown rival into holding up signs that together spelled out, “We Suck,” was suspended for the prank, students said. He said he was inspired by a similar prank pulled by Yale students in 2004, when Harvard fans were duped into holding up cards with the [...]
