Raiméis

Tragic news about the two kids (ages 4 & 2) who drowned on friday evening in a neighbours pool.

Ireland 77 41 Australia: A good performance by the Irish gave them a deserved win in the first test against the Aussies. The second test of the International Rules Series should be closer as the Aussies should be more used to the round ball, and maybe won’t have such a relaxed attitude for the next game.

…oh and while I have your attention I’ll just remind you about the Firefox browser. Rather than using mind control (just one of my many non-existent talents) i’ll take the honest approach and tell you straight of the dangers of using IE. Did you realise that computer viruses can actually be passed to humans when using IE?? True, not a word of a lie! Surely that’s reason enough to make the switch?

I just got another security upgrade for IE yesterday (or was it the day before?), and according to Techspot 22 new flaws have been discovered in Microsoft products!
Good thing I dropped IE long ago in favour of the more secure and stable Mozilla Firefox. (not to mention switching my email client etc to non-IE versions).

Very interesting subject paleontology. I was just reading that in the famous (eh?) fossil beds of Liaoning province scientists discovered a “sleeping dragon”, a dinosaur which was taking a nap and seemingly never woke up. The 130-million-year-old fossil is the earliest known example of an animal in a “bird-like repose”.
A few days ago the BBC posted news that in the same famous (eh?) fossil beds scientists discovered a relative of the T-Rex which actually lived 60 to 70 million years before (blimey!) T. rex. But get this, the dinosaur Dilong paradoxus was actually covered in fluffy feathers! “Not too camp?” “Nooooo!”

I was reading about this last week and today decided to check the details. Someone from Fermanagh is selling a bottle on eBay which supposedly contains a genuine ghost. The bottle contains black power, a page from a bible and is sealed with candle wax. It is supposedly over 100 years old. Obviously someone believes in this kind of stuff because the latest bid on eBay is GB£1,550.

Just thought this was interesting news from the weekend. A new giant ape group has been discovered in the jungles of the Congo. They are two meters tall and are described as ‘ferocious’ and have even been known to kill lions. So far they haven’t figured out are they a new species of ape, giant chimpanzees or some form of hybrid. Interesting, ceapaim.

Sad to hear that Christopher Reeves has died yesterday. he’ll only really be remembered for the Superman flicks but they are one of the fondest memories from my childhood. Sad news indeed.

I’ve been following this Canadian submarine drama over the past couple of days. Latest news today is that one of the three crew who were airlifted to Sligo General Hospital has died. The sub is now within Irish waters but as of yet hasn’t been brought in to the coast for shelter.

This is an old one but I just spotted it (& staying in malaysia).
Courts in Malaysia have decided that a man can divorce his wife by sending a mobile text message! As long as the message is clear and unambiguous it is valid under Islamic Sharia law!! Astonishing! The only drawback is that men who declare divorce outside a court may face a fine and jail time.