Episode 20 of my new favorite situational comedy has Kirk and Ray finding themselves on the streets of San Francisco in the midst of many many many gay men. What’s the correct way for a couple of bible thumping preaching men to save these rainbow colored souls?
Day: April 24, 2006
Rape accused ‘had sex with wrong woman’
Paul John Chappell, 31, was invited back to the editor’s Bondi flat after they met during a night out.
The pair went to bed and Mr Chappell later got up to use the bathroom.
But Mr Chappell claims he mistakenly returned to the wrong bedroom, where the editor’s 23-year-old flatmate was asleep.
He got into bed with the flatmate and initiated sex, allegedly believing she was the other woman.
The flatmate participated because she thought it was her own boyfriend who had come to bed after falling asleep in the loungeroom.
When she turned on the light, the “hysterical” woman saw Mr Chappell in her bed and realised her boyfriend was still asleep on the couch.
Mr Chappell intends to plead not guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent.
Fantazy Land, An Egyptian Theme Park
A photo tour of a theme park in Egypt which looks like one of those deserted theme parks that has been closed for years except this one is still running.
I had heard that there was a kiddie credit at a place called Fantazy Land but could not find anyone who had been there. Anyway We finally found the park and it was the worst run park I have ever been to.
On the net I had found that the entry fee was 7 Egyptian Pounds, around $1.50. However when I got there they said it was 13 Pounds. I went back to the car as or whole group was going to go in, but when we got back to the pay window it was now 30 Pounds each, Anyway, I decided to go in on my own to get some photos.
The True Story of Laika the Dog
The Space Age had started less than a month before, with the launch of the first Soviet satellite on October 4, 1957. Sputnik 1, a 40-pound sphere, carried a simple transmitter and was considered very heavy compared to the U.S. spacecraft under development at the time.
Enter Sputnik 2. The Soviet press boasted about the 250-pound object equipped with a cabin, providing all the necessary life support for a dog named Laika. Well, almost. The Soviets admitted soon after the launch that the spacecraft would not return, meaning that the animal was doomed from the start. Years after Sputnik 2 burned up in the atmosphere, conflicting scenarios of Laika’s death were circulating in the West.
Related:
Wikipedia’s entry on Laika and Sputnik 2.
Chinese Space Program Posters
Cost of War Heading toward One Trillion Dollars
From Juan Cole:
(Thanks PVC)
The Atheist’s Nightmare
Mike Seaver introduces the atheist’s nightmare in the form of a….. banana.
The entire video can be found here. I have to admit, this is much funnier than Growing Pains.