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The Unexplained Incident at Dyatlov Pass
2008-03-28 00:00:00 In 1959, nine experienced cross country skiers were trapped in a snowstorm and decided to set camp and sleep it out. What on earth would frighten them so bad they would tear apart their tents from the inside and run for their lives in minus 30 degree temps in their... More About: Pass , Incident
Freestyle Rapping in Iraq
2008-03-04 00:00:00 This clip is what the real meaning of hip-hop is all about: If you want to see more soldiers freestyling, read the full story.... More About: Iraq , Freestyle
A Grateful Lion
2008-02-26 00:00:00 Article - CALI, Colombia: Through the bars of his cage, a 110-kilogram (240-pound) African lion named Jupiter stretches his giant paws around the neck of Ana Julia Torres — and plants a kiss on her puckered lips. It could be a kiss of gratitude: Since Jupiter was rescued six years ago... More About: Lion
Some thoughts on my dying goldfish
2008-02-09 00:00:00 One of my goldfish is dying. “Minnow,” the name I affectionately gave the fish 14 years ago when I was a kid, has been lying on the gravel for over a week now and everyday it struggles harder and harder to eat the red and yellow flakes I drop in.... More About: Thoughts , Dying , Goldfish
Gay is the New Green
2008-02-03 00:00:00 Gay is the New Green : A sociological look at how we should be embracing homosexuality By Dr. Jennifer Gans
Remember when Love actually lasted "'Till Death"?
2008-01-28 00:00:00 Zega: Just in time for Valentines Day, I'd thought I'd share a love story from the good old "Norman Rockwell" days you can now only dream of in faded black and white pictures...the days your Grandmother used to tell you about....you know, when love actually lasted forever - or at... More About: Love , Death
Bicycle Day: The First (Bad) LSD Trip Ever
2008-01-21 00:00:00 This is an excerpt from Dr. Albert Hofmann's journal when he his first experimented with LSD several years after discovering it in 1938. During this experiment, he ingested 250 µg of the substance (a single hit today is about 25 µg) and proceeded to have the grandfather of all bad trips. You... More About: Trip , Bicycle
Steph Davis Free Solo Climbs the Diamond
2008-01-10 00:00:00 If you like my story, read about all my adventures at my blog: HighInfatuation.com Free solo climbing — rock climbing with no safety equipment — is a rare and highly dangerous extreme sport. Now try doing that on one of the most unforgiving alpine walls in North America (the Diamond is... More About: Solo , Davis , The Diamond
A Visit from a Four-Legged Elf
2008-01-01 00:00:00 This Christmas, we had a visit from a four-legged elf. I present the story to you in verse.... More About: Visit
Beyond the Call - Risking Your Life for Humanitarianism
2007-12-17 00:00:00 Here's an amazing documentary about modern day "Knights" who have gone around the world eight or nine times, helping the poorest people in the most remote and hostile places on earth - just beacuse. Article: Modern Day "Knights" Help Needy Worldwide ... More About: Life , Call , The Call
The Most Extreme of Extreme Sports: Wingsuit BASE Jumping
2007-12-08 00:00:00 Wingsuit flying is the most hardcore of extreme sports. It is more like flying than falling and, as you can see in the videos, the experience would humble the most intense fighter pilot. Its bounds are limited only by the imagination of the thrill seeker — some are base jumpers, others dive from planes or... More About: Sports , Extreme , Extreme sports , Base , Jumping
Padma Lakshmi is Almost Flawless
2007-11-24 00:00:00 Zega: I was flipping through a 944 magazine when I came across this article featuring a stunning Indian beauty I had never seen before. I learned she is a model named Padma Lakshmi and she was the host on Bravo's reality show 'Top Chef'. The article was written to promote some... More About: Flawless
Rants and Confessions from a Denver Escort
2007-11-10 00:00:00 First and Foremost: I work for the President (Ummm the light bulb inventor) Benjamin Franklin…. Rants from an upscale Denver Escort who started at the bottom…the agency…. P.S Anyone writing me hate notes after reading this....then it must apply to you, and if you are the wife of one... More About: Confessions , Cort , Fess
I'm a Comedian. My Brother is an Accused Serial Killer. This is No Joke.
2007-11-01 00:00:00 *The following story contains both commentary and satire. None of this is meant to reflect any opinion on the court case/s of Dale Hausner. Dale Hausner is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. My family and I continue to assert that.* It took me over a... More About: Joke , Comedian , Killer , Brother , My Brother
Medal of Honor Recipients from the War on Terror
2007-10-26 00:00:00 From left to right, the Army, Navy/Marine Corps and Air Force medals The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "…conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk... More About: War On Terror , Terror , Medal of Honor
Music of a Warchild
2007-10-13 00:00:00 Source: CNN.com When he was a little boy in Sudan, singer Emmanuel Jal's mother was killed. Soldiers raped his sister. At the age of 9, filled with longings for revenge, he became a child soldier. "I had a lot of hatred, I had a lot of bitterness," he says.... More About: Music , Warchild
A Hui Hou Hawai'i (Until We Meet Again Hawai'i)
2007-10-07 00:00:00 A few years ago, I decided to add traveling to new places on my "list of things-to-do-before-I-die." I travel for a living but only to places within the continental United States. My boyfriend has seen most of the world already but has his summers off every year so decided... More About: Meet
A Stand-up Comic's Worst Nightmare...
2007-10-07 00:00:00 In Case of Emergency, Jump! But Where to? There's Nowhere to Go.... As the scene fades in, we see a spotlight on a stage. A microphone and stand stretches out into the beams of the bright lights shooting down from the ceiling. A name is murmured and a man crosses the stage... More About: Nightmare , Stand Up , Stand , Stand-Up
Weekend Getaway: Wineries and Ghost Towns
2007-10-03 00:00:00 DOC: June 2007 Another great road trip in Arizona... We explore its most famous ghost town and indulge in some (surprisingly) fantastic local wine. ... More About: Ghost , Wineries , Weekend , Getaway , Towns
Misadventure on a Grand Scale - 3 Weeks in an Iraqi Jail
2007-09-23 00:00:00 Visit www.chrisafir.com for more stories and photos In March 2005, my friend Zim and I thought we would leave Turkey and go to northern Iraq. We were essentially kidnapped at the border by the Iraqi security services who drove us further in to the country and put us in a jail where we spent the best... More About: Grand , Jail , Scale , Advent
Randy Pausch's Last Lecture: Words of Wisdom from a Dying Professor
2007-09-23 00:00:00 A Rapidly Dying 47-Year-Old Professor gives an exuberant last lecture about following your childhood dreams: 'Read Full Story' to view entire lecture.... More About: Words , Randy , Wisdom , Words of Wisdom
I've been wearing "rose colored glasses" and I'm afraid to take t
2007-09-23 00:00:00 We got the letter in the mail on a random weekend in April. It didn't really matter because we already decided we weren't going. Who did they think they were anyway... Putting Jason on a wait list and expecting us to pack everything up in 3 weeks and move all... More About: Rose , Glasses , Been , Raid
Exploring the East - A Real Adventure in China
2007-09-23 00:00:00 Hello, To all of you hard core adventure travelers. I know you can sympathize with my undying passion to take traveling to another level. I am not interested in taking cheesy photos posing in popular tourist hot spots and you will rarely find me with my head buried in travel... More About: China , Adventure , East , Real , Exploring
What the Hell
2007-09-23 00:00:00 The greatest country in the world is turning into a shit hole.... More About: Hell
I heard Gasparilla was fun...
More articles from this author:2007-09-23 00:00:00 Like a crack head looking for a hit or a hooker looking for a john, you are anxious on the eve of Gasparilla. It's like a local Mardi Gras for the city of Tampa, truly a great day that begins with a pirate invasion while everyone partakes in drunken debauchery. It's not a question... More About: Spar 1, 2 |
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