Tuesday, September 1, 2009

i'm sure you've heard it all before

since my return to america has apparently started me on a blogging frenzy, i might as well continue. here are some interesting-ish facts i dugg up:

>>remember that mom that pretended to be a teenaged guy on myspace which resulted in the suicide of a girl she knew?? she couldnt be charged for causing the girl's suicide directly, but they charged her with three misdemeanors so she wouldnt get let off completely. a judge recently dismissed her case because it was too "vague."

>>defining a slave as someone who is "forced to work, held through fraud, under threat of violence, for no pay beyond subsistence," did you know that there are more slaves in the world today than ever before in human history? 27 million!

>>proof that girls rule and boys drool, godmothers are the new godfathers of the naples' crime scene, but way cooler. not only do they "rule their crime families with steely determination, [they] also raise the kids and stir the pasta." way more than the men used to do.

>>if you live in the uk, you can be fined and jailed for holding a fake designer bag. they go against counterfeit and copywright laws, and now the producers of the bags are not the only ones to get in trouble.

>>remember in science when we used to learn about molecules?? well for the first time ever, a single molecule has been pictured close-up with an Atomic Force Microscope.

>>we've all seen people with ridiculous reactions to things, but i think this dude takes the lead. he shot his girlfriend in the neck because she gave him aids. she died.

>>i say it a lot more than i probably should, as do most people i know, but is the word 'retarded' as bad as the "n word"? these people think so. i think the fact that it's becoming so main stream might make me want to stop saying it more than anything else.

>>just more proof that kids in this society can be cruel and vicious, a 15 year old boy was killed in a school yard fight. remember when kids used to be innocent??

>>sometimes, real life has story book endings too. at least it did for this family whose daughter showed up alive and healthy 18 years after she was abducted. she's probably traumatized, and she has two kids, but at least she was able to remember who she was.

>>because technology is awesome, they've discovered that studying the way you type can be used to give early warnings of dementia. speaking of health, chewing gum can help your memory. they dont know exactly why yet, only that it does.

>>the stethoscope as a symbol for doctors is universal and timeless, or so i always thought. the medical tool is beginning to be considered obsolete and dated. kinda sad.

>>according to these 12 signs you'll live to 100, it's a surprise i made it to 21. i can sure kiss seeing a triple digit age good-bye.


congratulations, you are now a marginally small amount more informed.

*Wonderwall - Oasis

1 comment:

  1. i love these posts you do.

    also. if i had gotten aids from my lover, i woulda tortured him first. like saw-style torture. for years. i'd always hurt him just to the last thread of patience, and then i'd let him get better. then i'd hurt him again. worse.

    until the aids got him.

    or me.

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