Extravagant marriage proposal triggers UFO alert in German town

By my count, this is the best UFO-related story since October 31, 2007, when U.S.presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich defended his alien-sighting on national T.V."A young man's creative marriage proposal apparently...

Artist paints tiny Mona Lisa a quarter the size of a postage stamp

"A Hampshire artist has painted the world's smallest Mona Lisa - and it's less than a quarter the size of a postage stamp. The tiny replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's most famous painting is just 11mm high and seven millimetres wide."

When Strings Are Attached, Quirky Gifts Can Limit Universities

Here is an 'entertaining' angle on problems associated with private donations to universities. I'm more concerned by donations that limit academic freedom. We all know about university "studies" which are paid for by vested interests.  Think how much better off we would...

Lonely farmer's wedding night letdown A German farmer who married a woman he ...

"Lonely farmer's wedding night letdown A German farmer who married a woman he met on the internet has asked for the marriage to be annulled after finding out 'she' was a he."

Real life Garfield

"Real life Garfield"

Wounded angels spark panic!

A Chinese artist provoked a public scare when he hung naked mannequins from the outside of skyscrapers.Shanghai artist Liu Jin put up four mannequins and put wings on their backs for the work, entitled Wounded...

Traffic policemen in a Romanian town have started taking ballet lessons to ma...

"Traffic policemen in a Romanian town have started taking ballet lessons to make them more graceful."

'Pigcasso' stuns art world

"""A pot-bellied pig that paints pictures has become a hit for his canvases of abstract expressionism."

Wanted: Donkey to help with shopping

"Gloucestershire villagers have applied for a council grant to buy a donkey to help them lug their shopping up a steep hill."

Jason Reitman's Juno nets Independent Spirit nomination

This week's Independent Spirit Awards nominations (for many, this writer included, the last real barometer of good filmmaking in North America) netted a number of significant nods for Canadian filmmakers and actors....

When A Good Ad Campaign Goes Bad - Really Bad :: MAXINE

UPDATED MATERIAL 2-2-07 "Ok, ok! Some say bad publicity is better than no publicity at all, but I am willing to guess that some executive at The Cartoon Network is sketching himself an "OUT" (a trap door, maybe?)...

Creative People Often Quirky and Unreliable

 What? Being creative doesn't mean that you won't show up for work on time? Why do I read this garbage.. "By no means a comprehensive list, this sampling offers an alternative to the stereotype, and shows that...

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