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Axl Rose Pissed at Dr. Pepper
CNN is reporting that Guns N Roses had nothing to do with Dr. Pepper’s promise of “free soda for everyone in America” if the band (which at this point is basically Axl Rose) would just release the album “Chinese Democracy.” The Register says that Rose may have undermined his legal case by praising the Pep in a press release that mentions guitarist Buckethead. (I used to think Rock and Roll wasn’t dead, but maybe it is.)
At press time, Mr. Brownstone had no comment.
Source: CNN
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Sandisk Cyber Monday Deals
Memory cards, USB thumb drives and lil’ tiny Sansa MP3 players. Pretty cheap (like $20 for a 4GB USB stick) and free shipping.
Poppa Plaxico Shoots Self in Leg
From the “you gotta be kidding me” file, Plaxico Burress, father of a little boy named Elijah (named after Giants QB Eli Manning, Plax’s teammate), has shot himself in the leg. Read more »
Tryptophan Doesn’t Make You Tired, It’s All Those Carbs
I stumbled onto this little tidbit from HowStuffWorks. Basically, it says that while tryptophan (an amino acid not naturally found in the human body) can act as a “calming agent” and is present in turkey, that’s not why you feel like taking a long winter’s nap after your third drumstick. “Most likely, it’s the whole traditional Thanksgiving meal that can produce that after-dinner lethargy.”
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Lohan Drinking Video Could Be Fake
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Real Life Gamma Rays – Is Real Life Hulk Next?
My never ending quest to believe that superheroes could one day exist in the real world is boosted by this news item:
Nov. 24, 2008 — When space shuttle astronauts dispatched NASA’s Compton Gamma Ray Telescope into orbit in 1991, scientists figured they would learn more about supernovas, black holes and other phenomena that blast off high-energy rays.
They never expected to uncover gamma ray flashes coming from Earth itself.
It gets all technical and sciency, but to my comic book-addled brain Read more »
