Archive | August 2012
Agatha Christie commemorative statue to be erected in Covent Garden, London
I owe it all to “the leetle grey-cells”!
Julian Assange, USA: Wikileaks; Sweden: Willi-leaks
Asange seeks sanctuary to avoid extradition to Sweden for Rape charges
Car Wars!
Self-driving cars will be a reality by 2025, say auto executives.
Putin takes personal revenge on Pussy Riot
3 young women from Punk Rock “Pussy Riot” sentenced to 2 years hard labour for anti-Putin protest performance
Enbridge omits 1,000 sq. kilometres of islands from map of Douglas Channel included in Northern Gateway Pipeline proposal
“Strange. None of those islands exist on my map.”
Scrabble Scandal: drawing blanks
A young Scrabble player was ejected from a Florida tournament for hoarding extra blank tiles.
Farewell to the Ultimate “Gurley-Girl”
Helen Gurley Brown, famed editor of “Cosmopolitan” magazine and author of best-seller “Sex and the Single Girl”, dead at age 90
No Blind Mice, No Blind Mice, See How They See..
Blind mice see after New York scientists crack retinal code
Poop Power?
Microbes used to treat human waste could also generate enough power to run sewage plant, scientists say.
Hung, Drawn and Cultured 