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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Kumar to teach at UPenn

Hollywood actor and producer Kal Penn is bringing his movie-industry insight to the University of Pennsylvania, where he'll teach two undergraduate classes next year, the school is slated to announce today.

So, Penn has landed a gig at Penn.

The 29-year-old actor, whose portrayal of Kumar Patel in the 2004 cult classic "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" put him on the pop-culture map, will be a guest instructor in the spring semester of 2008 for the Asian American Studies Program, said its director, Grace Kao.

Penn Masala's "The Facebook Skit"

Bald eagles set up shop in Philadelphia

America's national emblem is nesting in Philadelphia for the first time in more than 200 years but it may be on a collision course with developers.

A pair of bald eagles, a species that has recovered from the brink of extinction in the last 40 years, has built a nest in a former Navy yard on the south side of Philadelphia, the sixth-largest U.S. city and where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution were written.

"They have eggs in the nest and you can tell they are incubating by their behavior," said Doug Gross, an endangered bird specialist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission.

Philadelphia valet-crimes awareness

It seems you can't trust anyone anymore in crime-plagued Philadelphia - not even the parking valet.

Police warned the public yesterday to pay closer attention to where they park their vehicles while out and about in Center City.

Since November, investigators said, they've counted at least nine vehicles stolen from garages used by the Marriot Courtyard, across from City Hall, the Kennedy House apartment building on John F. Kennedy Boulevard near 19th Street, and various other valet lots.

Tecumseh's curse

The story of the so-called Tecumseh curse, although known in the world, is part of the American culture and is taught in schools in history classes. How else to explain the horrifying sequence of seven American presidents who did not live to see the end of their mandates in the strict periods of 20 years.

Death to the elected on zero year.

According to folklore, the curse also known as the Tippecanoe Curse, the President Curse or the Curse of the Zero Year arose after the victory over American Indians in the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. The famous Indian chief Tecumseh and his army was then defeated by the Americans led by General William Henry Harrison, a future presidential candidate. Tecumseh then cursed the American people. According to another version, his brother Tenskwatawa, also known as The Prophet, made the curse. Whoever passed the curse, it went like this: Harrison will die, I tell you. After his every big chief (meaning U.S. presidents) elected in the space of 20 years on the year ending with a zero will die during his term. And each time they die let them remember my people.

Doggles

So what are Doggles anyway? Doggles are protective eyewear for dogs. They are actually goggles for dogs, hence the name. Unlike ordinary sunglasses for dogs, Doggles actually protect dog’s eyes from foreign objects, wind, and UV light. What do Doggles look like? They are modeled after sports goggles. We currently have 2 styles of Doggles, fitting dogs 7 pounds and up. All models have flexible, snug-fitting frames, which have foam padding against the face; polycarbonate (shatterproof) and anti-fog lenses; and adjustable elastic head and chin straps to keep the Doggles securely on the dog. All pictures provided by Doggles and MidKnight Creations, LLC.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Sit-up competition

Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Most expensive luxury cars of 2007

When it comes to automotive opulence, the Europeans retain the crown, thanks to such legendary brands as Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Maserati. However, Japan's Lexus LS460 squeaks onto the list.

Friday, March 02, 2007

Can't resist... Rectum? Darn near killed him!

An inmate at an El Salvador jail was caught with a hand grenade stuffed up his backside -- a novel attempt to disguise his apparent escape plans.

Guards at the San Francisco Gotera prison outside the capital San Salvador found the V40 grenade, about the size of a golf ball, lodged up the man's rectum during a security clampdown, a prison spokesman said on Thursday.

They also caught another 16 inmates who each swallowed a mobile phone.

Happy Birthday Market Street El

The Market Street subway-elevated line turns 100 years old on Sunday, and riders get the birthday gift: free trips for the afternoon.

The birth of the Market Street Line, which allowed passengers to travel easily from 69th Street to the Delaware River, linked Center City to burgeoning new development in West Philadelphia. And it helped spawn more growth west of the Schuylkill, as 69th Street Terminal sprouted in the midst of cow pastures.

Philadelphia's oldest high-speed line - which has since grown into the Market-Frankford Subway-Elevated - emerged at the dawn of intraurban rail travel, coming just a decade after the last horse-drawn car finally left the streets, following the rise of cable cars and electric trolleys. New York, Chicago and Boston already had built elevated rail lines to whisk riders above congested streets, and Philadelphia had been contemplating one since the 1890s.

The best of Ollie Williams

Drunk squirrel

Thursday, March 01, 2007

7 genres we could all do without

Theodore Sturgeon, speculative fiction writer and visionary, once formulated a "Revelation": "90% of everything is crud," though "crap" seems to be the word he was groping for. Cruel, maybe. And frankly, does the half-good, the good-in-spots, or the really-bad-with-a-couple-of-redeeming-moments counts as crap? And the 9 out of 10 ratio means a lot of mulch for the talented 10%...I mean, in this 90 percent are plenty of examples of what not to do, or what could be done better. However, there are 7 genres that are just so consistently low standards that Sturgeon's Revelation seems like blatant optimism. I'm tempted to use the above as one genre example -- the title card from John McNaughton's 1994 movie comes from the ever-reliable shillpages.com -- but there were all more frequent offenders that didn't even have the benefit of catfights and shower scenes...

Haha... it's funny

They're at it again

A Pennsylvania restaurant thinks it has a winner. A Guinness World Record winner, that is.

Chefs at the Clearfield eatery said they've created the world's largest hamburger, all ready to order right off the menu.

Weighing in at 123 pounds, this giant burger features an 80-pound beef patty, a 30-pound bun, 12 tomatoes and 160 slices of cheese. Denny's Beer Barrel Pub also throws on a pound each of lettuce, ketchup, mustard and mayo -- and up to five onions.