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Former Monkee Davy Jones dies at age 66 in Florida
19:09 Feb 29 2012 Times Read: 647
(Reuters) - Davy Jones, former lead singer of the 1960s made-for-television pop band The Monkees, died on Wednesday at a hospital in Florida, according to an official from the local medical examiner's office.
Jones, 66, born in Manchester, England, became the principal teen idol of the rock quartet featured on the NBC comedy series "The Monkees," which was inspired in part by the Beatles film "A Hard Day's Night" and ran from the fall of 1966 to August of 1968.
Although not allowed to play their own instruments on their early records, Jones and his three cohorts - Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork - had several hits that sold millions of copies, including "Last Train to Clarksville" and "I'm a Believer."
(Reporting by Christine Kearney; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Greg McCune and Vicki Allen
I need some people who are willing to go on a mission for me. Mostly because most of the places I go in the States no loner have this stuff.
I absolutely adore Champale Extra Dry Malt Liquor. I got seriously addicted when I was (lucky me) dating a guy when I was in college who owned his own liquor store.
I know, right?
I have a serious jones going here folks. I will happily pay for the stuff plus postage if anyone can hunt some up for me. Or at least find me a way to order it online and have it sent to Canada-
Check Vr messages hun I think I found a way for you to get it .
wow. Just, wow.....
18:52 Feb 23 2012 Times Read: 687
.February 23, 2012 | By Jason Buckland, MSN Money10 inventions you didn't know were Canadian
Made in Canada
Naked & Famous
You might not call it a landmark day in Canadian innovation, but heads turned earlier this month when Naked & Famous Denim, a Montreal clothier, released a new pair of pants you'd have to smell to believe. For $150, shoppers can get their hands on a uniquely Canadian set of scratch-and-sniff jeans, coated in micro-capsules that release the scent of raspberry when met with a fingernail.
The telephone it is not, though scratch-and-sniff jeans, for better or worse, will be a Canadian invention many Canucks won't know came from home. What other exported products came from the labour of local minds? From staple kitchen items to a car gizmo you look at everyday, here are 10 popular inventions you might not know are Canadian.
I am still looking for a plastic monkey to take scuba diving, so it can have pictures made wiff da fishes!
wow...Soylent green really is people...
19:10 Feb 22 2012 Times Read: 713
It cost $330,000 to develop. By October, it will be on a celebrity taster’s plate.
Dutch scientist Mark Post and his team are creating the world’s first lab-grown burger. Post’s first “pinkish, yellowish” patty is just half-an-inch wide. By fall, he hopes to be able to make one ready for serving. Within a decade or so, he expects full industrialization.
“The patty will be much like a regular quarter-pounder — but with one big difference: This one will be created by growing bovine stem cells in a vat, transforming them into thousands of thin layers of beef muscle cells, mincing them into tiny pieces, then combining the bits with lab-grown animal fat to form a lump of meat the size of a golf ball,” MSNBC reports.
Post claims that this new technology can be a solution to impending meat shortages:
"Technologically, we can make small pieces of muscle and therefore meat," he told Swedish Ekot. "We are rapidly heading toward a meat crisis. Meat consumption is going to double in the next 40 years."
[See also: Chemical could make food last forever]
“If successful, scientists estimate the experimental meat could require 40% less energy to produce than real animal meat uses now,” Newser reports.
The second burger won’t cost $300,000. Instead, it will be offered for “an extreme reduction in price” — $263,000.
In case you were wondering, yes, PETA is on board with the concept.
If price weren’t an object — or let’s assume further price reductions would eventually rival what we’re used to paying for our burger fix — would you opt for a lab-grown burger?
Reminds me of the amazing break through that was going to help people lower obesity rates: high fructose corn syrup and partially hydrogenated oils. We thought using high fructose people would use less sugars and that the complex molecular structure of the oils would also equate to less need as the complex molecular bond would take more energy to break.
Instead we eat more sugar, and our bodies simply don't digest the other.
If it can make food last forever, how are we supposed to digest it? They are acting like we'll die if we can't stuff ourselves with meat... I'm not a vegetarian but that just sounds stupid.
Just from the description as affects how appetizing it is. it sounds vile.
Yup.
04:24 Feb 21 2012 Times Read: 737
Knowed it was going to happen, I did.
2 years ago, Michael Jackson does something stupid one time too many, and for the next year, every dj at every wedding I worked played no less than 5 of his songs.
This year, Whitney Houston does one stupid thing too many, and now, here it goes. Same thing.
It just amazes me that when they were alive, no one seemed to think that maybe, just maybe someone should step in and help these people. That maybe, just maybe, lambasting them in the press and picking on them incessantly was NOT the way to go.
But no. They're dead, so now we can idolize them again and not look stupid doing so.
The difference being, I don't care about Houston. I'm mean I know :)
Cause I can
23:36 Feb 20 2012 Times Read: 750
So, Canada has been industriously trying to set it up so that every month up here has a stat holiday- more stat holidays, more three-day weekends, etc. So today is officially Family Day, but only in Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Ontario (that one must be for Saharia). So in the spirit of helping out my adoptive country, I hereby volunteer the following:
National Rat Day - April 4th
Go pat your favorite Rat on the head....namely Vampirewitch...lol
National Cat Day - October 29th
Go pet your pussy for loving you
and always being there. This one would apply to Nightgame, of course....
National Bird Day - January 5th
Couldn't find one that was more specific, so this one is shared between my two favorite bird brains. Throw some seed out for Owl (Lady Chordewa) and Birdy (Elemental)
National Horse Day - December 13th (of course...)
Strap on your favorite feed bag, no matter who she is, and give thanks to Khayman for giving us that stunning imagery to have and to hold.....
National Rubber Duck Day - January 13th (again, no surprise there...lol)
I know her by Ducky, since she has changed her profile name, and I have been woefully behind in keeping up. Give a squeak for her once a year. You'll be glad you did.
Otter Day - March 3rd (But only in Kansas)
I have no idea why something as adorable as an otter doesn't have it's own national holiday. I'm thinking of lobbying for a National Sea Otter Day in Canada for March. Apparently St. Patricks day doesn't count....So take pictures of Otters, cause everybody knows that otters make the best people for that sort of thing...My fav being Ms. Morrigon.
And last, but certainly not least, we have:
National Badger Day - June 16th
This should be a day of unending sex, good food, and the occasional spanking. I'm just saying....lol Send a red assed picture to Ms. Requiem for her viewing pleasure on her day.
So there you have it folks. National Holidays for the best in my zoo. Mark your calenders, show some love, and don't forget the presents.
Having read through some of my fav journals, I noticed the challenge that Joli had set in several of them. After reading through several, I decided it was high time I chimed in. So, while it might not make sense to everyone, it will make sense to some:
1) I am thankful for my first husband, because had it not been for him, I wouldn't know what an absolute jewel I have in Scott now.
2) I am thankful that my first set of inlaws were so unforgiving and understanding. Because now, I know what it is like to be truly happy with a family who cares about me and wants to be around me.
3) Most of all, I am thankful for God not listening to me when I said please don't let me be pregnant. If He had, I wouldn't have a son who covered me up when I was half dead on the couch after Daddy's funeral, patted me on the head and whispered "seep, mommy. I take care of you", and who now tells me that he loves me, giggles at me, and wants to be around me.
4) While I know it is only supposed to be three, I also want to be thankful to the guy I met on the internet who only wanted to screw me. Because I didn't screw him, but he did give me something WAY more important.....
COMMENTS
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captainglobehead
19:17 Feb 29 2012
It's a sad, sad day.
Joli
04:07 Mar 01 2012
Way sad. I had quite the crush on him as a youngster.
Elemental
04:21 Mar 01 2012
The theme song from the Monkees often runs through my head even now.