This blog describes the battle that lasted over three hours and took the combined efforts of 200 warriors from three various (and sometimes fighting) guilds. Sony was totally freaked that they would even attempt this, and was forced to remove the dragon after he was killed. Think about it–200 grown men (mostly) gathered together over the net to fight for three hours against a virtual enemy. It’s staggering. Just staggering….]]>
Mars Rover loses contact. Uh-oh. Guess it got jacked by some Martians.]]>
dog story from San Jose? A women has and loves a dog, teaches it to respond in Greek. Loses dog one day and cannot find it at the shelter. Visits three times but no dog is there? Enter a 10-year old who wants to adopt a dog. She adopts the missing dog (which was at the shelter “”somewhere””) and bonds with the dog. Woman comes back to the shelter, sees her dog and says “”My dog!”” Shelter says “”sorry, you didn’t claim it in the alloted five days and now it belongs to someone else.”” Well, the women threatened a lawsuit, and now the young girl has given up her dog. A really sad story for someone. Here’s my take: This very nice dog came in to the shelter and the employees knew there was a little girl looking for a new dog. They “”set her aside”” so the little girl could get a well trained and clean dog, only to later have the owner return. We’ll probably never know, but the excuses the shelter employees are giving about where the dog was for the five days are really lame and flakey. ]]>
CNN is reporting that the latest issue of Britian’s top hiking magazine contained a route that would lead climbers off the edge of a cliff on Britain’s tallest peak. The February edition of Trail magazine gives advice to walkers caught in bad weather on Ben Nevis in Scotland about how to make a safe descent. Unfortunately, they forgot a few things and the path directed would take them right over the edge.]]>
Moscow Times talks about this quest.]]>
Belly dancers get $3,000 a NIGHT in Cairo. WTF?]]>
The Washington Times (which I rarely read) has a disturbing story about the recent suicide bomber in Israel. She was a 22-year old mother who was atonning for adultery by becoming a martyr. Apparently the radical freaks in Israel are so desparate for bombers they are going after unfaithful women with a tale that the only way to get away for their sin is to blow up some Israelis. ]]>
tearing down old box stores when they are no longer in use. Pretty cool story in the Post today.]]>
This is where the Russian Orthodox enter the water in Moscow every January for the Celebration of the Epiphany. You can tell by the thickness of the ice it is a bit cold. The Moscow Times has more photos. ]]>