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Why I Don’t Have an iPhone

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

Any device for which the following can be written in a serious news story is one that I can’t imagine having any use for: Early this year, iFart Mobile was one of the more popular titles on the AppStore, where there are currently over 75 fart-themed titles on offer. The bloom may be off the [...]

This is Your Brain on Viruses

Friday, January 16th, 2009

When I read this headline: Study: Gore doesn’t motivate video game players: I swear I read it as Al Gore. And for a moment I was thinking, “How stupid, but predictable, that someone wanted to give Al Gore credit for this, as well.” Meh, on the story itself. Whatever, I say. My my, but this [...]

Boy George Just Can’t Buy Love

Friday, December 5th, 2008

And he’d just about have to, wouldn’t he?: Boy George guilty of false imprisonment: Boy George, the flamboyant former Culture Club front man, was convicted Friday of falsely imprisoning a male escort. Norwegian escort Audun Carlsen had alleged he was handcuffed to a wall hook at the singer’s east London apartment on April 28, 2007. [...]

Not-so-Stupid Human Tricks

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Strange stuff: Persistent sexual arousal syndrome. An allergy to cold temperatures. Music-induced seizures. They are conditions that you may be hard-pressed to find in the medical literature. Bring them up in front of a physician, and in some cases you may get little more than a blank stare. But they exist. And while such rare [...]

John Lennon’s Soul Rests Easier After Vatican Forgives

Monday, November 24th, 2008

That’s big of ‘em: Vatican forgives John Lennon for Jesus quip: The Vatican’s newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a “boast” by a young man grappling with sudden fame. Now maybe his soul can cross the pearly gates. Or something.

Worms!

Monday, November 24th, 2008

This falls squarely in “good news, bad news” territory: Late last summer, Rosemary Alvarez of Phoenix thought she had a brain tumor. But on the operating table her doctor discovered something even more unsightly — a parasitic worm eating her brain. … Yet at a key moment during the operation to remove [a] fingernail-sized tumor, [...]

Cringe-Worthy: Woman Awake During Surgery

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Wasn’t there a movie about something like this? An Australian woman says she will have nightmares for the rest of her life after a horrific operation gone wrong. During the ordeal, Rebecca Jones, 24, claims she woke up during abdominal surgery at a hospital in Alice Springs, located in Australia’s Northern Territory. She could feel [...]

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