Shenoa Vild hates to wear makeup. Face goop is simply not for her. She happens to think she has a naturally healthy, vibrant complexion. After meeting her, I have to agree.

But Vild, a waitress, says her former boss had an entirely different opinion.

He wanted Vild to wear makeup.

She wouldn't.

So, she says, she got canned. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

Frank Buckles, at age 108 is the last surviving soldier of World War I. In the year 1917 at age 16, Frank was too young to enlist. So he said he lied to the army recruiter and joined the world war against Germany, who planned world domination. "I didn't lie, I just misrepresented," Frank says with a laugh picked by mutil8or 6 months ago

After almost 70 years, Archie, the perpetual teenager will finally choose which girl he really wants and will propose in the issue that will be available September 8.
In the story, Archie has finally graduated from Riverdale High School; in fact, he’s five years older and a college graduate. He may even have an actual job when he gets engaged. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Call me radical, call me a maverick. Rather than slavishly swallowing the scientific orthodoxy from establishment textbooks, I decided to go back to the original papers. I have identified several embarassing errors of mathematics and physical reasoning in Einstein’s original 1905 paper on the “Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies”, the alleged beginning of “special relativity&#... read full post picked by bornbad 6 months ago

The television show “Deadliest Catch” depicts commercial crab fishermen in the Bering Sea. Another, “Dirty Jobs,” shows all kinds of grueling work; one episode featured a guy who inseminates turkeys for a living. The weird fascination of these shows must lie partly in the fact that such confrontations with material reality have become exotically unfamiliar. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

The Amazons seem to be winning. If outrage continues to mount, it will soon be not just uncool and politically incorrect for a man to urinate while standing up, but out-and-out ILLEGAL.

*I don’t give a piss* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Passers-by and cars were soaked in blood and body parts were sprayed over a road after the bursting of the whale, which was being carried on a trailer
*Thursday, 29 January, 2004* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Catholic Archbishop Rembert G Weakland: Accepted naively the common view that it was not necessary to worry about the effects on the youngsters: either they would not remember or they would ‘grow out of it’. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

If you want to drive like a rocketeer, or maybe you just don't want to be bothered with checking your air pressure, then take a look at the Tweel. Airless tires could solve a number of problems associated with pneumatic tire technology. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Great question submitted to Yahoo Answers. A student is wondering if his response to book banning is proper or not. picked by bernardblack 6 months ago

Photoshop pics of Celebs being apparently 'ordinary' I.E. FAT... Looks like some people need to re think what 'ordinary' is picked by DAVEthefish 6 months ago

Judge for yourself. picked by meggysue 6 months ago

A Chinese man was pushed off a bridge by an angry passer-by after his threat to commit suicide held up traffic for five hours.
Retired soldier Lian Jiansheng, 66, broke through a police cordon and reached out to shake the hand of would-be jumper Chen Fuchao before shoving him off the bridge. picked by bingo 6 months ago

Apple has rejected Eucalyptus, an ebook reader that facilitates downloading public domain books from Project Gutenberg, because some Victorian books mention sex.

*Link to the app's author story picked by nikneven 6 months ago

An unwanted day off on the Space Shuttle Atlantis should have been filled by watching DVDs brought from Earth on the laptop. Despite an hour of effort from Mission Control, missing software drivers meant the STS-125 team had to find other ways to fill their time. picked by equinox 6 months ago

Obama will soon be added to Disney's Hall of Presidents. picked by orfnerwerdna 6 months ago

A would-be gangster shot himself in the crotch when his gun went off half cocked in his pocket.

*you can't make up stuff like this* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

The performance of the power tower plant, PS20, exceeded design output during its three-day production and operational testing period. The new 20 megawatt solar power plant, near Seville, Spain, will produce enough energy to supply 10,000 homes. picked by rambler 6 months ago

The catacomb of Domitilla with its 15 km of subterranean galleries is not only the largest catacomb of Rome , it also provides an extensive insight into all phases and phenomena of an Early-Christian necropolis.
On the basis of a digital documentation using the newest 3D-laserscan techniques, a virtual model is being generated for the first time. picked by rambler 6 months ago

From Obama's speech. 2/3 of Guantanamo detainees were released by Bush. Obama proposes that certain detainees can't be tried and must be imprisoned indefinitely as a preventive nature, for crimes they may commit. More links and discussion here. picked by 2manyusernames 6 months ago

A MAN who was horrifically disfigured after falling on electrified rail tracks today spoke of his joy as he revealed his new look following a face transplant. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

"So many of our grandparents were racist, and some of our parents are homophobes. Which of our own closely held beliefs will our own children and grandchildren by appalled by?" picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Wakata's fellow astronauts may have noticed that he does not change his underpants very often. picked by bornbad 6 months ago

Marcus Johnson, 33, faces 122 months of incarceration after crashing through a set of glass doors at City Hall in January 2008 and continuing through the building before slamming into the west wall of the parking garage.

*be sure to watch the video* picked by bornbad 6 months ago

"When I put this T-shirt on for the first time, my wife left me! Thank you, Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt," wrote one wag, while another said that "the Three Wolf Moon T-Shirt gave me a +10 resistance to energy attacks, +8 Strength... and I have successfully solved 7 crimes in my city". picked by bornbad 6 months ago