Monthly Archive for October, 2007

Funny Chinese Knock-Offs

clipped from berimbauone.blogspot.com

Funny Chinese Knock-Offs

KFC is known as “Ken de ji fried chicken” in China.

But you have to wash down your junk-food with some soda pop right? “Can’t beat the real thing“? Oh, but you can…have some Cala Cala.
Or chug-down some Shanghai-Cola (any similarity with other softdrinks is purely coincidental).

Nice logo-work

You’re lying on a lounge chair at a white-sand beach. You gaze calmly at a turquoise sea and a clear horizon, the view only interrupted by slanting palm trees and a distant multi-colored sail.

You twist open your Cerono Extra. Ay, que refrescante!

Or, for a quick sugar/caffeine rush you can dunk your cookies in a venti frapuchina from SunBucks..check out the dragon logo.
Yuppie coffee calls for yuppie Rolls Royre cars.. er clothing?

This Polystation comes with a 600+ game cartridge including Mario 1, 2 and 3 (NES) and Turtles 5??

Or a Yontendo..Wee!!

Is that an inflatable Penelope doll or is she just happy to see him? This one might not be a knock-off ;-)

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The 10 Strangest (Real) Things in Space

clipped from orbitingfrog.com

I recently saw a Digg article which linked to a space.com page about the 10 Strangest Things in Space. All but 2 of the items were not pictures at all but computer simulations, or artists impressions. So here to correct this injustice to phenomena everywhere I present the REAL 10 Strangest Things in Space - or at least in my opinion.

V838 Monoceroti Expansion (Hubble)

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The Egg Nebula (Hubble)

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The Sun in UV (SOHO)

In this video you can make out large flares erupting from the surface and the striking magnetic loops that seem to whirl about them as they go. (Full 512×512 MPEG Here)

Red Square Nebula Nebula

Red Square Nebula

Abell 39 (NOAO)

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Saturn’s Rings (Cassini)

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The Horsehead Nebula Swallowed Something (SCUBA)

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Gomez’s Hamburger (Hubble)

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The Solar Spectrum (NOAO)

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The Sombrero Galaxy in Infrared (Spitzer)

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Oddities in the Orion Nebula (Hubble)

Orion disks
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The red glowing is a protostars attempting to burst through and the dark disks are thick dust regions where one day planets may form.

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ONE-OF-EVERYTHING LENTIL SOUP

Serves 3-4, and makes a spectacular lunch with salad and a grilled cheese sandwich on the side.

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 small onion, diced
1 cup lentils
1 quart chicken stock (homemade or low-sodium storebought)
1 potato, diced
1 tomato, diced
1 cup water
Fresh ground black pepper, to taste

In a three-quart saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add onion, and sauté for 2 minutes, until translucent. Add lentils and stock. Bring the stock to a boil, then reduce to simmer and cook, covered, for 10 minutes. Add potato, tomato, and water, and continue to cook until potatoes and lentils are cooked through. If you’re using homemade stock, you may need to add salt at this point; if storebought stock (I use Swanson 99% Fat Free), you’ll have plenty of salt in the soup. Season with lots of fresh black pepper to taste.

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Rats

clipped from www.truthdig.com

Hillary’s Secret Weapon

Oct 16, 2007

By Mr. Fish

Hillary and Bill

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Sinking Ship

Oct 16, 2007

By Mike Luckovich

sinking ship

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