Sickening Sundays

*** WARNING: These pictures are disturbing. I'm linking to them because... well, I don't know why, maybe because now that I've seen them, I can't UNSEE them; I need someone to suffer with me. ***

Long distance and marathon runners often lose toenails. Sometimes they fall out, other times they have to be removed. By itself this isn't a big deal. But someone decided to make a necklace out of them.

If you're still with me, how about the sad story of the man from Romania with keratin-growths on his hands and feet? On the bright-side, they are getting better, thanks to a dremel saw. Poor guy!

Hamsters in Hats?

Animal Madness:
Animals? (translated)
and
Hamsters in Hats

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine...

(via)

World's Fastest Human - Joe Kittinger

Joe Kittinger reached over 614 miles per hour, without a vehicle. Have you ever skydived from space? He has. You can listen to him describe the jump here and here.

Kittinger's first jump, which occurred on November 16, 1959, was a near disaster. After jumping from an altitude of 76,000, Kittinger's small parachute malfunctioned, opening early and catching Kittinger around the neck, causing him to spiral down towards Earth and lose consciousness. Luckily, his emergency automatic parachute activated at 10,000 feet, saving his life. Despite this near-death experience, Kittinger still flew a few more Project Excelsior missions.

100 Best Products of 2007

PCWorld.com published their list of the 100 best products of 2007. Doesn't that seem a little premature? Anyway, get out your scorecard, and see how many you have. If you've got all 100, YOU WIN!

Uncle Chuck

Uncle Chuck had his eye removed.
WARNING: Don't click the link if you're eating, squeamish, or possibly Curtis.

Water Buffalo vs. Lions vs. Crocodiles

I present, for your viewing pleasure, a water buffalo attacked by a pride of lions and two crocodiles, rescued by the herd in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. I'm sure there's a disney movie in there somewhere.

au jour d'aujourd'hui?

I've been wondering about the french word "aujourd'hui", which means "today". It seems like a word made up of several other words, and I wondered why. Well apparently in old french "hui" was the word for today. You might notice that it's very similar to the spanish word for today, "hoy". They both come from the common latin root of "hodie", as does "oggi" in italian. Apparently "hui" wasn't clear enough for the french, so they added "aujourd'" to it, which means literally "on this day of [today]". And that my friends is why aujour'hui is such as strange word.

Talk Like a Pilot Day

You might have heard of International Talk Like a Pirate Day (mark your calendars), but did you know that today is the first Talk Like a Pilot Day? Choose your pilot carefully.

Babies, Why'd It Have to be Babies?

What's in a name?

I, Andrew Lewis, do hereby recount to you some of the many interesting and bizarre stories of my life. I am a police detective that pulled someone out of a burning car. Or am I actually a police captain in the Bay City? Some still celebrate the legend of my ghost in Salem. I drove my Volkswagon in the Daytona season openner, and set the overall fastest lap record for the race. I like baseball, in fact I even play for the Health Workforce Solutions Red Sox in the AA division in Alameda, California. And, I sure do love cricket, maybe it's because I'm so good at it.. In my spare time, I like to surf, in fact, I'm representing Barbados at the world junior championships. I don't seem to run as well as I surf, as I only placed 7th in a local track-meet.
Politics has always been a hobby of mine, that's why I decided to be the federal deputy leader of the Green party of Canada. I suppose I should have predicted that I would rise so far, afterall, I was praised for my high grades in the 1st grade. You can tell I'm a bit of a renaissance man, interested in sports, law, racing, and of course, conducting the Apollo Chorus at the First United Church of Oak Park.
Oh, but I have a thousand other stories to tell you, perhaps next time I'll share the story of when I met George Washington, or travelled into the jungles of Burma to find a cure for athletes foot. Stick around, who knows what I'll do next?

Don't make clock spider angry!

...or the Chicken Eating Spider.

Edmonchuk

Or as I like to call it, Sherwood Park. I know you're probably not interested in pictures of my niece and nephews, but someone out there is, so here you go:

http://picasaweb.google.com/andlewis/EdmonchukMay2007