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April 15th - 19th is Consumer Awareness Week . April 17th is World Hemophilia Day , I doubt it entails any celebration, but promotes awareness and generates donations. Apparently, April 18th is National Record Store Day , where everyone is encouraged to hang out at their local (or distant) record st...

Truly, this is the same Cookie we knew and loved. ^_^ It's good to have you back, you suspicious fella.

A young hairdresser in Kaluga, Central Russia, locked a robber who tried to steal her money in the basement of the beauty salon. After that, she has brutally raped her hostage for three days. A court in Kaluga has filed criminal charges against both of them, the Russian website Newsru.com reports. ...

I haven't been able to find it to verify it, but this short list is supposed to be Simple Living Magazine's Top Six Scary Books. Anyone care to agree or disagree with their (alleged) findings? 1. The Exorcist - William Peter 2. The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson 3. The House on the Borderl...

CBKA wrote:Its about 20 minutes of running to make a real impact on your aerobic fitness. You start burning calories straight away

My mistake, thank you. ^_^

And in general it seems like most of us are trying to figure out what's the least amount of work for maximum impact.

On another board there's a small comic forum and there was a discussion/argument about where graphic novels should be placed in bookstores. A few people said all the graphic novels shouldn't be lumped together in one section because they disapprove of horror/literary/historical graphic novels being ...

A study into spam has blamed it for the production of more than 33bn kilowatt-hours of energy every year, enough to power more than 2.4m homes. The Carbon Footprint of e-mail Spam report estimated that 62 trillion spam emails are sent globally every year. This amounted to emissions of more than 17 ...

An Australian airliner was grounded after four baby pythons escaped from their container in the aircraft's hold.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8001644.stm

Okay... so this is more like Baby Snakes on a Plane, but it's still kinda cute... and kinda scary...

I've heard/read that it takes about 20 minutes of sustained running to start to make a real impact on your calorie burning.

I forgot to add, start slow on the run and rev up the pace gradually. For me, starting slow's the difference between 4 miles and 6.5 miles on the elliptical machine.

I hate running, and it's not great for the joints. I prefer the low impact cardio stuff, like the elliptical machine or rollerblading. But if you're gonna go out running, pick a cool time of the day to do it (early or late in the day) and bring plenty of water. ^_^

I'm from Canada. If it ain't snowing, it's a heat wave.

And mind you, 40 degrees in Canada means our brains are melting (104F).

Anyone getting an exercise in these days? Heading to the gym, walking more, got some classes they attend? Spring's a great time to get up and get moving. ^_^ We have a fiendish elliptical machine, but I love how low impact it is. We have a gym membership too, but well, we haven't used it in a while....

Don't bowl with Mike. To my horror (and previous knowledge) he's pretty good at it. Cleaned the floor with me. >.<

My brother, the eternal spoil-sport talked me out of it with the only argument that wuz gonna work. Not the ridiculousness of dressing up, but the ridiculousness of a twenty-something dressing up as a five-or-so-year old. Sigh. There wuz no arguing with that. Remind me (a twenty-something) to act l...

We picked up Scalped volume 1 & 2 yesterday. I was going to spring for the 3rd (Dead Mothers) but Adam strayed and wanted to buy Doktor Sleepless, heh. ^_^ I've only read the first chapter of Scalped 1, but I've enjoyed it thus far. And I think Arn's earned himself a rep for being the most vocal abo...

Yeah, the password 'peanut' in in the sub forum description.

I am so sorry Eddie. :bigcry: Andy Hallett, who starred as Lorne ("the Host") on the TV series Angel, died of heart failure last night at age 33, according to his longtime agent and friend Pat Brady. The actor passed away at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles after a five-year battle with heart di...

Stocky Boy wrote:Am I ahead of him now?

By almost fifty posts now, you dancing banana fool, you. ^_^

There's too many people reading Girls, I have to get Girls. >.<