Richard Wright R.I.P.

This is turning into posthumous page... What's going on?

EX-YU: Amila

Gift from Above

Mohammed Bello Abubakar, 84, a Muslim preacher in the western Nigerian state of Niger, told a BBC reporter in August that, although he personally has 86 wives (and 170 children), other men could not handle that many. "(M)y own power is given by Allah," he said. "That is why I have been able to control 86 of them." The usual maximum for Muslims is four, but Bello Abubakar said the Quran does not specify punishment for violation. Besides, he said, "I don't go looking for (women). They come to me" because of his reputation as a healer. (Two weeks later, Reuters reported that local clerics were pressuring Bello Abubakar to divorce 82 wives of his choice, but a spokesman for the preacher said he was resisting.)

EX-YU: Dino Dvornik R.I.P.

Olympic Quotes

Some comments made by NBC sports commentators during the Summer Olympics they probably like to take back:

1. Weight-lifting commentator: "This is Gregoriava from Bulgaria. I saw her snatch this morning during her warm up and it was amazing."

2. Dressage commentator: "This is really a lovely horse and I speak from personal experience since I once mounted her mother."

3. Paul Hamm, Gymnast: "I owe a lot to my parents, especially my mother and father."

4. Boxing Analyst: "Sure there have been injuries and even some deaths in boxing, but none of them really that serious."

5. Softball announcer: "If history repeats itself, I should think we can expect the same thing again. In fact you can see it all over their faces."

7. At the rowing medal ceremony: "Ah, isn't that nice, the wife of the IOC president is hugging the cox of the British crew."

8. Soccer commentator: "Julian Dicks is everywhere. It's like they've got eleven Dicks on the field."

9. Tennis commentator: "One of the reasons Andy is playing so well is that, before the final round, his wife takes out his balls and kisses them... Oh, my God, what have I just said?"

Believers

Rocky Twyman of Washington, D.C., started Pray at the Pump, a brief, scattered national campaign in June to urge prayer to bring down gas prices. A colleague in St. Louis claimed his prayer sessions caused the price drop in July, pointing to his use of the civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome" (and his new verse, "We'll have lower gas prices")!!!!!

Salinas, Calif., Mayor Dennis Donohue, frustrated at this year's dramatic surge in gang violence, kicked off a campaign to urge a citywide fast, which he said was a proven technique in achieving social justice!!!!!

Spanish Art

The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University presents the exhibition, El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III, made for this Spanish court four centuries ago. The show will also introduce great unknown masters of painting and sculpture. The exhibition includes 52 master paintings, including seven late works by El Greco and three early works by Velázquez, monumental altar pieces, life-sized portraits, some of the earliest still-life paintings in Europe, full-length carved and painted wooden sculptures of Spanish saints and more than 50 pieces of period glass and ceramics.

Here's Juan Sánchez Cotán, "Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon, and Cucumber"



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Can't touch this

Because of his search for evidence on the existence of UFOs, 40-year-old Briton hacker Gary McKinnon is in trouble, awaiting extradition to the USA from his London home. He had raided official NASA site and is facing a 70-year prison sentence.
Gary claims he saw photos of alien space crafts on NASA`s site. He says he was inspired for his action by Hugh Cornwall`s Guide for Hackers and his main interest are secrets of the American government on alien space crafts and high technology. He claims he has found documents recording 400 testimonies of unidentified flying objects.
Flight controllers and persons in charge of controlling nuclear missiles wrote down their unusual encounters with UFOs. Witnesses spoke of up to date technology which they took over from UFOs or destroyed it. NASA is in possession of a large amount of photos and processed and unprocessed documents. When asked if this was just another strategic game of the American Army or a reconstruction of a hypothetic situation, Gary responded that anything was possible because it is widely known that the army wants complete sky domination.

Who? The Jam! It's raining all over...

George Benson

Kids In Church

3-year-old Reese :
Our Father, Who does art in heaven, Harold is His name. Amen.

A little boy was overheard praying:
Lord, if you can't make me a better boy, don't worry about it. I'm having a real good time like I am.'

After the christening of his baby brother in church, Jason sobbed all the way home in the back seat of the car. His father asked him three times what was wrong. Finally, the boy replied:
That preacher said he wanted us brought up in a Christian home, and I wanted to stay with you guys.

One particular four-year-old prayed:
And forgive us our trash baskets as we forgive those who put trash in our baskets.

A Sunday school teacher asked her children as they were on the way to church service: And why is it necessary to be quiet in church?
One bright little girl replied:
Because people are sleeping.

A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin 5, and Ryan 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson: If Jesus were sitting here, He would say,'Let my brother have the first pancake, I can wait.'
Kevin turned to his younger brother and said:
Ryan, you be Jesus!

A father was at the beach with his children when the four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore where a seagull lay dead in the sand:
Daddy, what happened to him? the son asked.
He died and went to Heaven, the Dad replied.
The boy thought a moment and then said:
Did God throw him back down?

A wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to their six-year-old daughter and said: Would you like to say the blessing?
I wouldn't know what to say, the girl replied.
Just say what you hear Mommy say, the wife answered.
The daughter bowed her head and said:
Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?


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Sass Jordan

People or Animals

*Evolution scientists at Switzerland's University of Lausanne just reported that over the course of 30 to 40 generations, ordinary flies tend to live longer if they're stupid. The researchers guessed that heightened neural activity overtaxed their systems.
*A farmer in Jilin province of China had been found with a tortoise that is addicted to nicotine. The farmer, a smoker himself, said he was surprised when the pet puffed on a cigarette he had playfully stuck in its mouth, and since then, he occasionally shares smokes with it.

Atomic Rooster

Soccer Fever Tribute

If you're a soccer (or the "real" football) fan you'd make sense out of these nicknames given to some of the most famous football players:

Edson Arantes do Nascimento = Pele
(Used to pretend he was a goal-keeper and would say, 'I'm am Bile' -name of a goal-keeper of those times, after each save. 'Pele' came from the wrong pronunciation of 'Bile')

Manoel dos Santos = Garrincha
(One of the greatest forwards to play for Brazil with Pele. 'Garrincha' is the name of a bird that Manoel liked to hunt when he was a child)

Diego Maradona = El Pibe de Oro

Lev Yashin = The Black Spider USSR
(Had the best anticipation ever seen in a goalkeeper)

Franz Beckenbauer = The Kaiser

Gerd Muller = Bomber

Ferenc Puskas = The Galloping Major (A little left footed genius from the famous Hungary side of the early 1950's)

Jack Charlton = The Giraffe

Marco Van Basten = The Swan of Utrecht

Ruud Gullit = Il Tulipo Nero
(The black tulip)

Stuart Pearce = Psycho
(Would run through a brick wall for his team)

Paul Gascoigne = Gazza

David Beckham = Goldenballs
(Named by his wife ' Posh' in her autobiography)

Eusebio = The 'Black Panther'

Zinedine Zidane = 'Zizou'

Kevin Keegan = Mighty Mouse

SOCCER PEARLS:

*It's now 4-3 to Oldham, the goals are going in like dominoes

*I felt a lump in my mouth as the ball went in

*It slid away from his left boot which was poised with the trigger cocked

*We have been saying this, both pre-season and before the season started

*But as you know, the result for City is not as bad as it sounds on paper

*Well actually we got the winner up there with three minutes to go, but then they equalised

*Ian Rush, deadly ten times out of ten, but that wasn't one of them

*It was a fair decision, the penalty, even though it was debatable whether it was inside or outside the box

*Believe it or not, goals can change a game

*You'll be hoping that this run of injuries will stop earlier than it started

*Ian Durant has grown both physically and metaphorically in the close season

*It will be a shame if either side lose, and that applies to both sides

*Peter Shilton conceded five, you don't get many of those to the dozen

*Everything in our favour was against us

*I think everyone in the stadium went home happy, except all those people in Rumania

*We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game

*Who ever wins today will win the championship no matter who wins

*I am a firm believer that if you score one goal the other team have to score two to win

*Here's Brian Flynn. His official height is five feet five and he doesn't look much taller than that

*Wilkins sends an inch perfect pass to no one in particular

*Even when you're dead you shouldn't lie down and let yourself be buried

*And Ritchie has now scored 11 goals, exactly double the number he scored last year

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Pearls Before Swine

Alan Ford (Italian)

For admirers of this comic no translation is needed. I do hope they will make these cartoons in English, too. Note: Slow load. Give it some time to download before you watch it in one piece.



Briefly about the group TNT:

Milla Jovovich

Wild Horses

I watched this show about Sable Island (SE of Nova Scotia) last night and it just took my breath away. Am so unbelievably happy such place on Earth still exists. But will it last?
The future of these magnificent animals on Sable Island is in question, and the Government of Canada is considering various options - one of which is to close the Station, ending 200 years of full-time human presence and stewardship. This option would put not only the horses, but all the island's flora and fauna at serious risk.
If this really happens I will officially have had no more hope for the mankind!
Check out the site with more info.
Beautiful pics here.

Wanna help to preserve this place? See how here.