No - this is not about the 'shutdown', though that is of course pretty scary. I thought i'd take a break from writing about that to cover a few things that got stuck in my queue after the semi-hiatus brought on by the stomach flu. As I looked over my collection, I realized I had a theme of scary stuff I had collected, and with Halloween just around the corner, why not go with it... so without further adieu, here's some
SCARY STUFF
(see - it's scary because it's in Trebuchet font and RED)
First up is this:
(http://www.willamette.edu/~gorr/classes/cs449/brain.html) |
Normally, somebody digging up an old brain is really not news. I mean, a guy's got to eat, am I right? But this report of scientist finding a really old brain in Turkey caught my eye. It turns out that the 4000 year old brain was preserved when the owner was burnt, and buried by an earthquake, and died. Talk about having a really bad day. What's cool is what the scientist can learn from such old brain matter.
In other old head related news there is this:
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine |
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_georges_church_graveyard_Carrington_Greater_Manchester.jpg no - this is not in Norway... |
Moving on to the scary things in the land of the living (dead):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/9119812/British-business-is-a-land-of-the-living-dead.html |
In another brilliant piece of jurist prudence, this guy just has to live with being declared dead. The truth is somewhat less entertaining. They guy left his wife and children, and after 8 years, she had him declared dead. This seems to me to be somewhat gaming the system. The wife got death benefits after the legal declaration of his death. Now the guy pops up and says he's alive and he wants is social security number back so he can get his retirement. I am guessing the best way for him to get it now is to say he is an illegal alien and get a green card. Hell is a demonstratively bad place and worthy of a grant asylum. He just have to prove that he came from there, which should be easy given the circumstances of how he left his wife, children, and and child support payments.
Turning to human organ related news:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-immigration-activists-march-in-hollywood-20131005,0,1018467.story |
Finally this feel good story from mother Russia:
A grown up 'wild boy' is discovered in the vast forest of Siberia where he had been living for 16 years after being abandoned by his parents. The officials who found him took the necessary steps to integrate him back into society. Of course in Russia, all that means is that they issued him an ID. "Papers! You must have papers!!! How else will you get health care?"
I just read this. Laughed- Thank you!!!
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