Did the room clear?
Do pigs fly?
Do cars use gas?

IS GOOGLE BREAKING ITS PRIVACY PLEDGE? 

Just a few

Data collection vs privacy: Lots of fear..

Monica Lewinsky returns ..

Peter Kantorowski wanted his 98-year-old mother to move into a nursing home or live with him. She wouldn’t go; she didn’t want to leave her home of nearly 60 year.. so now he is trying to evict her!

The newest drug fads dangerous to teenagers..

The New York Police Department monitored Muslim college students far more broadly than previously known, at schools far beyond the city limits, including the elite Ivy League colleges of Yale and the University of Pennsylvania, The Associated Press has learned..

The ‘nodding disease’ in Africa confounding scientists and now killing children..

Mercury set to shine bright..

Diet soda linked to heart attacks..

Weekend box office..


A big hot bowl of shark fin soup causes trouble for President Obama.. The President was ‘not aware’ than the banned product was still being served at the restaurant where he ordered take out (and got his rear end grabbed numerous times)..

Paranormal investigators hold seminar in Ohio..

Supposed South Carolina UFO sighting may be a hoax..

Michio Kaku maps out massive changes coming..

"Solar flares are the greatest threat to the net"

So that is what Stonehenge is!

…wait, what does someone think Stonehenge is again?

Inspired by a sound illusion..?

So even if this ‘illusion’ was the inspiration, why build up the giant stones together just to mimic it? It just still does not add up.

And one more point on Abraham Lincoln as a vampire hunter: I think this may be one of the best movies ever. Can’t wait to see it. Wondering what the thoughts of the masses are on honest Abe slicing and dicing into his way to American horror hero?

Some other news or noise bites from the land of Earth

Let’s begin with something light (sarcasm): John Hogue writes: “Nostradamus: Iran, the River of Blood in Syria”

Religion of love. 

Amid controversy and chaos, Benedict names 22 new Cardinals..
"VatiLeaks" embarasses Holy See
An American could be Pope..
So can a Canadian..
And I hope no one names themselves Peter the Roman..The atheists are coming! Big march on the National Mall in March..

What Josh Powell left behind: 400 images of cartoon sex and incest

Bird flu research to be vetted..
Flu will stay secret—for now..

Ancient meteorite standing between Iowa town and its water supply..

The citizens fight back? Against … citizens.. Shoot down private surveillance drone..

The 50 cent stamp coming!?
Images revealed of the ‘vast solar tornado’ on the sun..

Secrets of the DARK KNIGHT revealed..

Reviews lackluster for GHOST RIDER: SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE
Nic Cage performance mocked..

Pattison may be too old to return to TWILIGHT films..


Abe Lincoln: America’s first superhero?
ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER CALLED ‘FAR OUT THERE’
The movie may already have a sequel!

My son is a year old... and I'm just wondering from other parents, is this the age when a child officially stops wanting to go to sleep? Ever?

Women had their chance.. and they grabbed at it.

San Fran grabs Obama where it counts.

Good Friday evening everyone. Be safe

Church of money

Vatican cardinal ceremony clouded by reports of money laundering, infighting and administrative chaos

This weekend, DC and Baltimore will get around 3-6 inches of snow. Roanoke could get 10 inches

My snow-starved backyard will get nothing…..

Why does something tell  me a storm will hit next Saturday when we attempt to have Ayden’s first birthday party..?

Wet snow and wind ... the winter isn't over

Wet snow and wind ... the winter isn't over

Just don’t feed it after midnight! The Little Pekingese the big winnerat dog show

A must watch: American kids forced to eat rats due to hunger

No joke. It comes from the BBC

Yet again, American media has freedom of press and doesn’t use it.. the UK isn’t as free but better information flows from them. Something is wrong here.

A must watch: American kids forced to eat rats due to hunger

It's gained more than 1 million new users in the past 30 days, taking it to 25 million registered users

guardian:

Myspace… it’s back!

The MySpace generation comes back home.

It's gained more than 1 million new users in the past 30 days, taking it to 25 million registered users

Mr Karp, are you willing to answer a few things? 1) what do you think of SOPA and other related attempts to censor? 2) what do you think of Google’s new policy to censor their blogger accounts? 3) will Tumblr ever be censored? and 4) do bloggers own their own content on Tumblr?

Something I asked David Karp tonight on Tumblr. Hoping for a response…..

*As long as there is no censorship, I could care less about downtime…………

I guess it is a shark eat shark world.

NO really.. IT’S A SHARK EAT SHARK WORLD

The struggle in the Catholic Church: The "Monsignors' Mutiny" now revealed

The struggle inside the Holy See may even have a longer-term effect, on the choice of the man to succeed Benedict when he dies…

And if it’s Peter the Roman, I’ll conclude that the Prophecy of the Popes is right and the world is quickly coming to an end……….. really.

The struggle in the Catholic Church: The "Monsignors' Mutiny" now revealed

At first I was surprised today at how many people I know or work without didn't know the real meaning of Valentine's Day

…and then I discovered just how many meanings there were. I learned something myself..

Roman gods of fertility..

Ancient Pagan Festival of Lupercus..

…saints…

….little lovely signs of love..

Lots.

And then I realized why it was so easy for corporations, Hallmark, and chocolate companies to take over the holiday and do what they do best: Profit off of it.

I used to work in the restaurant industry (and still miss it.) Therefore I can only predict diners and dives across America are filled tonight.. bad chicken and tough steak … being served as we speak. Lovers out to eat.. balloons.. kisses.. and sour stomachs to follow.

Yes, indeed. Tonight is the  night of love.

As for my wife and I? We took a more simple approach.. I gave Tara a balloon, a card, and a cheese steak. She gave me Cadbury Mini Eggs and David’s Jumbo Sunflower Seeds. And Ayden gave her an Elmo picture. A simple, kind, nice.. and meaningful Valentine’s Day 2012. Whatever Valentine’s Day means anyway..

The earth still moaning..

Strange booms startle Salem, Ohio..

Strange sounds.. and lights.. over Peoria..

Rumbling in Washington state..

Strange sounds in the sky: Oregon..

Weird noises: Arizona..

PTC targets MTV over I JUST WANT MY PANTS BACK

MTV just wants its pants back