MONDAY #2066

NEWSY BITS

Can we assume they chose the wrong photograph for that story?
It's hard not to be concerned about helping the virus spread, no matter how careful they are going to be...

 This is the logical approach...

But fear of a disease that rots your body is not entirely irrational.

Fire in northern California...

Huge Gas Explosion Disaster In Taiwan 

 How big, you ask?

I just can't get my head around war as a spectator sport...

 But then again, what's the difference between that and being glued to your TV set?

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Islamic State fighters seized control of Iraq's biggest dam, an oilfield and three more towns on Sunday after inflicting their first major defeat on Kurdish forces since sweeping through the region in June.

(and those Kurds are some badass fighters)

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I watched a clip about this family "robot" named Jibo...

You might want to Youtube it.

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There's a fascinating story in the American Buddhist magazine Shambala Sun about the Burmese Buddhists who are killing and harassing their Muslim neighbors.

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Radio Shack is on its deathbed: $62 million in cash left which apparently isn't even enough to close the 1,100 stores it needs to shut down to stay on life support.

I still remember my first kiss. Her breath was awful, but in her defense, she was a Golden Retriever.

What are the chances....

Beauty is simply reality seen through the filter of lust.

Body modification from Fuckthatshitville...

This one piercing can make a girl go from a 9 to a 4…

 This is a light and battery...

Pretty much the most awful looking thing in the history of awful looking things.

Fear does not stop death. Fear just makes you shit yourself when it arrives.

10,000 faces punched out of steel are distributed on the ground of the “Memory Void,” the only “voided” space of the Libeskind Building that can be entered. Israeli artist Menashe Kadishman dedicated his artwork not only to Jews killed during the Shoah, but to all victims of violence and war. Visitors are invited to walk on the faces and listen to the sounds created by the metal sheets, as they clang and rattle against one another.

Still find this funny...

Beautiful things happen when you distance yourself from poor people.

The smile on my face doesn’t mean my life is perfect. It means I appreciate never having had my felonies prosecuted.

How very, very sad.

Have you ever tried to pick up a woman in a bar just by uttering the words, “I drive a Porsche”?

Have you ever looked out a downtown hotel window and tried to pick out the perfect sniper position?

I used to do shit like this...

You know why blind people don’t find blind jokes offensive? Blind people can’t find anything.

I’m not like the other teens. I’m 68.

And then there's women who find it insulting that they are asked to change their last name after marriage, but they are not insulted that her fiance put himself in deep debt to buy her that big ass ring.

Okay, I'm impressed...

My bartender was talking about a camping trip when he and some drunk friends shot guns. I said (meaning it) that I never shoot weapons or handle power tools while I’m drinking. Then while I had everyone’s attention I added, “Which pretty much rules out evenings….afternoons… and late mornings.” A good time was had by all.

Since Orange is now the new cool, jail switched by to stripes...

“I want to shower every day and wear a tie and work in a cubicle,” said no young man ever.

Photography...

The five-senses - “sight, sound, smell, taste touch” - model we've all learned actually dates back to Aristotle, circa 300 B.C. Needless to say, conventional scientific wisdom has changed a bit since then. Though researchers still debate the exact number of senses, most agree that humans have at least 10 or 11 senses, while some researchers believe that humans have 21 senses or more. The Harvard School of Medicine would add the following six senses to your list: "equilibrioception," or the sense of balance, "nociception," or the sense of pain, "proprioception," or the awareness of where your body parts are, "thermoception," or the sense of heat and cold, "temporal perception," or the perception of time, and "interoception," or the awareness of the physiological conditions of the inner body. Other debated senses include hunger, thirst and joint position.

UPS driver couldn't resist...

Stupidest thing a parent can do....teaching a child it's cool to climb in a refrigerator...

Choose a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life because that field isn't hiring.

 One Of My Very Own...

The problem is that too few women study for their pregnancy test.

 Well, not with that attitude!

What a wonderful idea...

(I hope that's true)

The truth is, I peaked at about 18.

I just ran into a doorknob and swore at it vilely, but in all honesty, 99.9% of my doorknob interactions all-time have been positive & helpful.

Easter Island?.......Easter fucking Island?!?! 

Overheard my wife talking to a new bride: “It’s not like a romantic situation…it’s more of a task.”

"Date Syrup".

Scientist = -15?!?!?! WTF!
(I don't like to brag, but I scored very high on this test)

New tech startup idea: It’s like Tinder, but for people who want to fight.

Drunk sports are the best sports.

People who don't take advice from billboards...

And a good time was had by all...

Laughter is like taking a mini-vacation in the middle of the day.

My love affair with counter-demonstrations continues...

If women are so bloody perfect at multitasking, How come they can't have a headache and sex at the same time?

Talk about mixed messages...

BTW, there is an Atheist TV online. You might want to look into that.

You say tomato, I say tomato.

Rethinking busstops...

You may call it being a smart ass.
I call it explaining why you're an idiot.

It is not a matter of if the data will be abused, 
it is only a matter of when it will be abused.

AND THEN THERE'S THIS...
I don't get tears often, but...Not too long clip, once you get through the ad...
http://boingboing.net/2014/08/02/this-tv-ad-for-a-canadian-bank.html