Bumper crop of conspiracy-theory stuff.

Wow! Rense.com has a whole bunch of fabulous stuff for all you conspiracy theorists out there covering the Mexico UFOs and the alleged beheading of Nick Berg in Iraq.

Winston Churchill is quoted as having said,

"You can always count on the Americans to do what's right. But only
after they've tried everything else."

If you're a pilot,

you'll appreciate this handy flow-chart on how to react to GPWS - Ground Proximity Warning System (I'm not sure "enjoy" is accurate.....)

You got a problem, buddy?

Maybe you need a R.I.O.T. Wheel.

Further to my earlier posting

about rap history, if you should find yourself in the mood to throw a street party in the classic Jamaican stylee, you could do worse than check out Trax in Wax.

Best piano on Earth?

Well, it probably depends on personal preferance. I prefer the Fazioli, which is the nicest feeling and sounding piano I've ever had the honour to play. I just wish I could afford one. Oh, and if you're wondering if Steinway really is the best, this has some insight on the truth about Steinways and some of the other options in fine piano ownership.

As the gap between the haves and have-nots grows,

the poor get poorer and the rich get, well, more toys, of course. So is the AirBoard the latest, coolest way to enjoy the snowy slopes and surf the seas or just a totally-cool way to face plant a stand of pine trees? Can't wait to see the first lawsuits in America.

Freak waves really suck.

Literally they do. Read about how a 30m freak wave can strike a ship at see with a force some 6 times greater than ships are designed to withstand and you'll never want to venture out into the deep ocean again. Oh, and quantum theory - Schroedinger, no less - is involved so it's extra cool.

Scientific proof people have too much time on their hands.

And something else, apparently.....Masturbate-a-Thon.

Well, it's a pretty impressive world in which we live.

Despite all the problems around us, it's still quite remarkable that a group of amateur enthusiasts can realistically attempt to put a payload in space. /. has the thread. What's next - MySpaceProgram.com? Actually, yes.

The Vietnamese are trying to stretch things a bit, aren't they?

What a truly odd time in which we live: all the dark people want to be light, all the light people want to be dark, the short people want to be tall, the tall people want to be short. To cap it all off, we've had a black number 1 golfer and a white number 1 rapper. The women I know all think they're too thin, too fat, too ugly or too something else and the people who think they're too beautiful wish they had some brains and a little personality. Now this: Vietnam plan to make people taller

Yes, Virginia, there is justice in this world.

Paedophile 'kills himself' in Bali. It's such a shame, the damage all of this will have caused to that community, the boys, their families and the families of the convicted man.

Wow, this is a sad story.

Man Raised As a Girl Commits Suicide. I just hope that cretin Gary Perch gets his just desserts.

This is funny.

b3ta.com have a regular Photoshopping competition. Sometimes the results are stupid, sometimes they're offensive, sometimes they're just senseless but this week's prehistoric 419 scam is pure genius.

I don't know where the US military gets its idea of how to win "hearts and minds"

but this it most definitely ain't.