Unruly Ash, Base Running Blunders and $1.00 Hot Dogs

Will we ever see an end to the base running blunders made by professional baseball players? Professionals? Most of whom cash multi million dollar pay cheques to apply their craft can be found at baseball...

Chile volcano Llaima erupts, prompts evacuations

Llaima, one of the largest and most active volcanoes in Chile, has erupted over the weekend. Dozens of people are reported to have been evacuated due to the risk of mud avalanches as lava melts the snow on the...

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt erupts five times

Alaska volcano Mount Redoubt has erupted five times since Sunday night, sending clouds of smoke and ash into the air. The ash fallout has not happened yet. As a safety precaution, Alaska Airlines had to cancel 19...

AMPHIBIOUS VEHICLES WORK TO CLEAN UP TVA ASH SPILL

Nate Hendrickson took the time this morning after Sunday services (January 11) to take a couple of photos of the ongoing effort by TVA to clean up the ash spill near their Kingston Steam Plant.  A relatively...

Evacuation Ordered as Chilean Volcano Begins to Spew Ash

The Chaitén volcano in southern Chile blasted ash and what appeared tobe lava a dozen miles into the air on Tuesday, leading the governmentto order the immediate and complete evacuation of everyone livingwithin a...

Thousands leave homes as Chile volcano erupts

A 3,280-foot volcano has unexpectedly erupted in Chile, forcing the evacuation of more than 5,000 people. Experts say the volcano hasn't been active in more than 9,500 years, and is leaving a dangerous layer of...

Ash blankets town near Indonesian volcano

""We have checked with the volcano monitoring team, and they say that the ash does not come from Kelud, but from Semeru," he told AFP, referring to a volcano about 90 kilometres (55 miles) away. Semeru has been spewing ash on and off for months, scientists saying that the...

Mt. Bulusan in Philippines Erupts

A volcano in the central Philippines erupted early this morning, spewing ash dramatically -- but it's not a major eruption yet. "The 5,150-foot Mount Bulusan volcano has been showing signs of unrest with...

Ash Wednesday Mass Interrupted by Porno Recordings

"The Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi was evacuated during noon Mass on Ash Wednesday when three CD players duct-taped to the bottom of pews began blaring sexually explicit language. The players were set to turn on at 12:22 p.m. as parishioners were...

China's Poison for the Planet

"These kinds of clouds float above Europe for most of the year and they've traveled far to get there. By analyzing the makeup of particles in the cloud, European scientists were able to identify its origin. "There...

Mayon spewing lava and gas

"LEGAZPI, Philippines -- Fresh deposits of searing gas, rocks and ash have been found on the Philippines' restive Mayon volcano, and scientists warned Tuesday that more of the destructive flows are likely. Brief...

Ecuador volcano erupts and 3,600 villagers flee

"Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano spewed ash, gas and molten rock for a second day on Saturday, driving hundreds of evacuated villagers into nearby schools and churches in search of refuge"

Turkey slapped or how two housemates got ejected from the Big Brother house a...

In a most surprising development, John and Ash were ejected from the Big Brother Australia house for sexually harassing Camilla on Saturday morning at 04:30AM. A controversy has erupted over this, questioning the purpose of the actual show. In this post I cover Big Brother,...

PC Non Smoking

"We don't smoke everywhere, we can hardly smoke anywhere anymore, in fact we can't smoke in public period. And the draconian attacks on smokers go unabated, we are such whimps when it comes to standing up for our rights."

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