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Brandon De Wilde...played the snot-nosed kid in the 1953 Academy Award winning Shane.

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...or these guys...

take ex-lax

I was watching this ESPN segment about a 60's era spy program whereby the US and India planned to mount a nuclear-powered listening device on the summit of Nanda Devi to eavesdrop on the Chinese. The expediton was abandon and it was decided (according to the CIA guy being interviewed)by the Indian contingent to strap the nuclear powered unit to a ledge until the next year when they could finish the mission. Not surprisingly the plan was then scrapped and the 4 pounds of plutonium subsequently went missing from the ledge. The CIA guy being interviewed said the sherpas liked carrying the 30-40 lb device because it was so warm. In the next sentence he said it was certain that the sherpas who carried the device died as a result. Not a new story, but new to me. Pete Takeda's perspective...

Quite the bummer when you have to explain such a lame-ass joke...

"Kicking the gong around."

Not this cowboy...

That's not Garth Brooks... It's the guy on the left...

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I remember that bugaboo on Model Worker @ Index always gave me the creeps. It was pounded in at a funky angle, but seemed to have a camming action when loaded. Still, I never wanted to fall on it. (Is it still there?)

"Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink." --Lady Astor to Winston Churchill "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it." --His reply ...

WHO ARE THESE JOHNNY-COME-LATELEES1?1?1? Shaw Clemens

A young boy went up to his father and asked him, "Dad, what is the difference between 'potentially' and 'realistically'?" The father thought for a moment, then answered, "Go ask your mother if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Then ask your sister if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars, and then, ask your brother if he'd sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars. Come back and tell me what you learn from that." So the boy went to his mother and asked, "Would you sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars?" The mother replied, "Of course, I would! We could really use that money to fix up the house and send you kids to a great university!" The boy then went to his sister and asked, "Would you sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars?" The girl replied, "Oh good heavens! I LOVE Brad Pitt and I would sleep with him in a heartbeat. Are you nuts?" The boy then went to his brother and asked, "Would you sleep with Brad Pitt for a million dollars?" "Of course," the brother replied. "Do you know how much a million bucks would buy?" The boy pondered the answers for a fewdays and then went back to his dad. His father asked him, "Did you find out the difference between 'potentially' and 'realistically'?" The boy replied: "Yes. 'Potentially,' you and I are sitting on three million dollars, but 'realistically,' we're living with two hookers and a future congressman.''

"The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is." "Humor is the great thing, the saving thing. The minute it crops up, all our irritations and resentments slip away and a sunny spirit takes their place." Shaw and Clemens

Russell and Zoe...

In other words, someone quite special...

From my 8 year old: "I think I'll go over there to hole number 187,000...

According to this site Bush is not as helplessly retarded as one might think.

If you do so, make sure is is someone you don't know, then keep repeating this mantra: "I was in fear for my life. I thought he had a gun."