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How fast do you read? The two tests are by no means definitive though. Reading speed is often subjective, varying due to content, syntax difficulty and typography.

what's your source?? Hezbollah!!!

Here's a quite interesting radio call in...
Remember your source when quoting someone or describing some incident, event and the like..
Very action packed..
haha...

short-Radio-clip link..

Welcome to WoRld StuPidity AwaRds
just for laughs..

Black said the awards "celebrate the pros" and "perfection in idiocy" because real stupidity is hard work.

"This year my people, we scaled the Everest of stupidity and we stand upon its peak."

The nominations were judged by experts in their fields - "a bunch of idiots" and overseen by the Academy for Recognizing Stupidity Everywhere

 

much much more @ the site...

XP

Welcome to Duke University. _Here's your iPod._

Time for our NUS to follow suit, no? =P

Funny...

My brother sent me the url for this advert. Apparently, it won some award at the asia pacific ad festival. Hehe...I found it pretty funny lah.

My Pet Goat

Amazon users review My Pet Goat.  Read them all before they get deleted. =P
 
A quick background for the unfamiliar. While it is commonly known that President Bush was with a classroom full of children on the morning of Sept 11, 2001, the perhaps lesser popularised story book in question has now gained noteriety after movie viewers had more than ample time to stare at and listen to its reading during Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 while observing Bush's reaction to being told of the terrorist attacks. 

A reader (Washington, DC) also assigns 5 stars: This Book Saved My Skin! 
I never like to read - I don' like to make my brain work that hard. But I think this is the most wonderful book in the world. When I was sittin' in that class, and Andy told me the US was under attack - why, I just had no idea what to do! I sat for a while waitin' for somebody to come and tell me what to do, but they did'n. Then I decided I just better do somethin' to make me look busy and like I knew whut I was doin'. So I picked up this book and acted like I was readin' it. I think the kids where real impressed that I was readin'. But what I don' understand is why that teacher was zoomin' that camera in on my face the whole time. 
 
The Beast of the Apocalypse 666 gives 5 stars: Fabulously Riveting!!!!!!
I just couldn't put it down! Certainly much more interesting than Richard Clarke's memo of August 6, 2001 entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States". Why, hell! Clarke didn't include any illustrated pop-ups!

If anyone is interested in the story itself, Ledge of Liberty provides text and scans. But he warns: read at you own risk, this story may distract you for up to 7 minutes. 
 
Enthralled by the book but Amazon's out of stock? Never fear, eBay's here.

The Subservient Chicken

This isn't exactly hot off the press, but if you haven't visited the Subservient Chicken, an interactive advertising gimmick from Burger King, why not check it out.
 
While visitors usually start off with simple commands such as Walk or Jump, the garter-clad chicken is actually capable of a whole lot more. Try Act like a dog, Build a Fort, Do the splits, Take a drink, Do the moonwalk and even Pray for deliverance.
 
For those who want to know how it works, the chicken has a repertoire of over 300 actions triggered by some 3000 keywords. Oh, and typing Crispin will allow you to see the team behind this site.
 
Have fun. =P

Moore: pirate my film, no problem

Controversial film-maker Michael Moore has welcomed the appearance on the internet of pirated copies of his anti-Bush documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 and claimed he is happy for anybody to download it free of charge.

The activist, author and director told the Sunday Herald that, as long as pirated copies of his film were not being sold, he had no problem with it being downloaded.

“I don’t agree with the copyright laws and I don’t have a problem with people downloading the movie and sharing it with people as long as they’re not trying to make a profit off my labour. I would oppose that,” he said.

“I do well enough already and I made this film because I want the world, to change. The more people who see it the better, so I’m happy this is happening.”

Great. Now, Moore is pissing off the MPAA as well. He da man! =P

Show me the money!

Here's an oddly interesting site. Campaign endorsements by Hollywood stars and the like are sometimes highly publicised events. But not all celebrities make a big deal out of whom they support on the political front. NewsMeat, using Federal Election Commission data, now allows us to see which campaigns, everyone has donated to.

Stephen King - $10000 to the DNC. And Neko might be happy to hear that Ben Affleck gave $1000 to Kucinich For President. Pierce Brosnan and Lucy Liu both dropped $2000 to John Kerry For President. Aaron Sorkin certainly is generous: $25000 just this year to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee.

The list goes on. But I do want to qualify that this wasn’t a deliberate Democrat-roll call. Bush supporters just turned up less often during my random clicking.

Candaian court tells SM Lee to stick it where the sun don't shine

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/topstories/story/0,4386,260069,00.html

yeah

Canada rules!!!

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

Traditions...when do they cross the line?

I came across this article about female circumcision in Africa. It kind of got me thinking about all the so-called traditions that women have had to go through in the past. Bound feet, circumcision, it all sounds super barbaric and painful. I think it’s worse when they use religion as an excuse. =_=

About 15 percent of those who undergo genital mutilation, mainly women in the Horn of Africa, suffer the most dangerous and extreme version, infibulation. Isnino Shuriye, who was also at the Nairobi meeting, performed infibulations among the Somali community in northern Kenya. She would cut off the clitoris and all the labia of 7-year-old girls. She would sew up the girls to be totally smooth, with a pencil eraser-sized opening for menses and urine. Each girl's legs were bound together for weeks so scars could form. Ms. Shuriye used no anesthetic.

All types of female circumcision have huge psychological and physical dangers. Some girls bleed to death during the operation, or die of tetanus or infection shortly after. But for infibulated women, the dangers are even greater. Many infibulated women suffer constant infections and other health problems because urine and blood back up. Their husbands must bring a knife to their wedding night to cut them open. Childbirth often is fatal for infibulated women and their babies, and their wounds make them much more vulnerable to the AIDS virus.

I wonder why women in the past went through with it. It’s just unimaginable for me. And the fact that things like that is still happening in the present is shocking to say the least. I was cringing in pain when I read the article... thank goodness I was not born in Africa! >_<