Lost Journal: Quest for the Four-bounce Homer
Lost Journal entry: April 21, 1978 (age 9) To hit a home run in the St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary school parking lot, the ball has to hit or … Read more
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Lost Journal: ‘Ski Club’ is an Appropriately Violent Phrase
Journal entry: December 14, 1981 (age 12) The staff of the Greek Peak ski resort cringes when they see our Ski Club bus approaching. My middle school, St. … Read more
Lost Journal: Greater Binghamton Means Greater Neighbors
Journal entry: February 1, 2007 (age 37) Before returning to Binghamton in 2002, I lived in the Washington, D.C. area for 9 years. The bumper-to-bumper traffic, the mild … Read more
Lost Journal: Karma Kick-back from Arizona Strangers
Journal entry: November 17, 2006 (age 37) “Sedona likes you.” That’s how our new friend, Liz Love, explained the streak of good luck my wife, Amanda, and I … Read more
‘Human Breast Milk’ From Chinese Cows
Chinese scientists have produced a herd of genetically modified cows that make milk that could substitute for human breast milk.
Chinese researchers have successfully introduced human genetic material into Holstein embryos and t…
In American Capitalist Republic, The Books Read You!
Your e-book may be tracking your reading habits. The major players in e-book publishing can easily track how much time you spend on a page, whether you take notes or underline, and how many pages you read at a sitting. They can also trac…
It All Started With a Fence…
Gijsbert Rider claimed that he and his wife felt “threatened” by two of the residents at a mobile home park near his home in the south of the Netherlands. He proceeded to build a fence around his property. A dispute arose with the local …
No Pants, No Shirt: Free Groceries (NSFW)
When the owner of a new supermarket in the city of Süderlügum, near the German/ Danish border, offered a basket of free groceries worth €270 to the first hundred shoppers willing to shop naked, he rea…
Toiling in Obscurity: Sprayin’ The Blues Away
How to rise above a life of back office obscurity By Elena Bonsignori I don’t get to sign my work or discuss it with Oprah. Every single fat … Read more
Not a Crime Scene, Just My Rec Room
Last week a couple of men were walking a dog in the Swedish woods on their way to a fishing competition when they happened upon an abandoned bunker from the Second World War. When they explored inside they found a bed, several c…
