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McDonald’s has phased out the “Supersize” option from its menu. Now, a person has to order “Large” to receive a suitable-sized meal, and while the fries are the same size, the drink is not. My transformation into the unofficial-official Wendy’s spokesperson is almost complete. By the way, everyone eat at Wendy’s everyday, […]

97 year old Alberta Martin died at an Alabama nursing home yesterday. She had married 81 year old William Martin in 1927, who was still receiving his $50 per month Confederate veteran pension. Two months after his death, she married his grandson, in 1931.
In other Memorial Day news, Vietnam veteran Senator John Kerry […]

Here is a fun little game that I found. I think it is kinda fun. Blocks only move on one axis; only up and down or side-to-side. Get the blue block to the exit in as few moves as possible for each level. Try it out (requires Flash plugin). Click “continue […]

There is a new edition of Larknews.com. Just remember that if you laugh, then you are a bad person. Archives are available.

Madness!

Fifteen month old child in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia weighs over 55 lbs. Child continues to grow at a rate of five pounds per month. (Abusive) Parents unconcerned.

Madness!!!

Robert Novak really, really messed up. It’s getting worse. Stupid Robert Novak.
Madness!!!

Incredible tornado caught on film. My mirror of the tornado photograph.

Louisville Plastic Surgeons at U of L Medical School seek permission from ethics panel to perform face transplants. The proceedure would benefit those who have recieved severe disfiguration from burns, cancer, or gunshot wounds. The researchers are confident, however, that the new reconstructed face would resemble neither the donor nor the original […]

As most of you have probably already noticed, unless you are using rdf, I have changed the header portion of the page to a moving applet. I have been playing around with javascript, and found one to integrate on the main page. It mostly looks correct on Netscape.
This has caused me to reflect on why […]

This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever.
-Sigmund Freud (about the Irish)
I am planning a trip to Ireland in January of 2005. I hope to buy a ticket by the end of next month. It is my first […]

Blandus recently suggested I read the “Our Philosophy” section of www.opinionjournal.com, the Wall Street Journal’s Online Editorial section. While we cannot say that the WSJ has always followed its own standard, the standard itself is laudable, and has no-doubt helped preserve the good name of the WSJ in these troubled times for print media. […]

“We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we can always be free.”

Only moments ago, our current President said this is “a sad hour in the life of America”. President Ronald Wilson Reagan, (Feb. 6, 1911, to June 5, 2004) died today at his home in California. Easily […]