After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on Earth.
According to Reuters, the English are some of the least attractive people on the planet—at least as measured by their 12.5 (for men) and 15 percent (for women) acceptance rates into beautifulpeople.com, an “elite dating site” where hopeful members submit a picture to be voted on whether they’re beautiful or not. Of course, the voters were themselves inducted based on read more »
After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on Earth.
In this time of economic turmoil, everybody seems to be looking for extra cash. And those people who happen to have enough cash are keeping quiet about it. But such is not the case in Germany.
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After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on Earth.
Take a long, hard look at this bird. It doesn’t look as if he or his brethren would ever do any harm to you, now does it? Think again.
Apparently, just such a jackdaw (yes, that’s what they’re called) has been terrorizing a village in England. The residents of Cromwell, Nottinghamshire have reported that a local jackdaw has gotten a bit out-of-hand. read more »
After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on earth.
Last week, former French president Jacques Chirac was attacked by his clinically depressed Maltese poodle. Um … wow. We don’t know what’s worst here: the fact that this poodle is depressed and on meds, the fact that Chirac suffered at the hands (paws?) of said poodle or the fact that this is even a story. Are we really horrible people if we’re laughing?
Chirac is doing OK now, but the Daily Mail goes as far to say he was “savaged” by his cute and fluffy dog. We think the real victim here is the dog, who obviously has the unrealizable dream of becoming something more than just a Maltese poodle. Le sigh.
Image Source: The Chaninator under Creative Commons
Former French President Chirac hospitalised after mauling by his clinically depressed poodle [Daily Mail]
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After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on earth.
Zut alors! Even the French are feeling the sting of the declining economy and slim trans-Atlantic wallets. With an average of two cafes closing everyday, France shows that the U.S. isn’t the only one sweating finances.
Want more numbers? In 1960, France teemed with 200,000 cafes. Compare that to today’s less-than 41,500–and diminishing. Merde, indeed.
Small businesses are suffering, but the shrinking numbers also show a culture at risk. What is the Frenchman without his beret, baguette, cafe and cigarette? (Oh, and wine and cheese and an official Federation of Cafes, Brasseries and Discotheques.) Not much, apparently:
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After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on earth.
There are only three countries in the world that have not adopted the metric system for standard use: Liberia, Burma and the United States. Yeah, we know. Look at all that gray.
The U.S. does not use the metric system for commercial or standard activities, but it is the preferred system of measurement for all things technical: science, government, medicine and the like.
But metrication just won’t catch in the States. Honestly, can you imagine living in a world in which you ask your neighbor for a quarter-liter of sugar? It is only American to measure in cups, damnit.
Metric System [Catalytic Triad]
Weights and Measures [World Factbook]
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And we’re not talking solar rays. A (manta? sting?) ray was found on the sidewalk in San Francisco Friday, apparently deposited by some cruel passerby.
According to a witness, the ray was rumored to have flapped 20 feet before it came to its final resting place. Police came, tried to water the poor fellow, but it was all for naught.
It’ll only be a few hours before some distraught family posts up “Missing: Ray” posters around their neighborhood, and then someone will have to tell Timmy that the ray is in a better place. Like the pissed sidewalk of Market Street.
At least somewhere Steve Irwin must be smiling, right?
Image Source: jon hanson under Creative Commons
Manta Ray Flaps to Its Death on Market Street [SFist]
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After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on Earth.
You know it’s truly the eve of Armageddon when even Bigfoot packs up and ships out to the next planet over. The Internet is abuzz with a recent picture released by NASA–a picture that seems to show an alien lady or Bigfoot waiting on a rock. Or it could be just a weird rock with a scraggly jutting formation, but that’s clearly not the case.
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After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on earth.
This feature has covered some crazy news from around the world, but this week’s story is truly mind-blowing and even had us stunned.
So off to Poland we go where we find ourselves at a brothel. (OK by merely the mention of the word “brothel” you know this story is going to be good.)
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After discovering the latest omen of the world’s coming demise, the Clog encourages Berkeley students to put down their books and enjoy their short-lived time on earth.
After watching macaque monkeys for nearly 20-months, Dr. Michael Gumert has come up with a novel theory: male monkeys pay for sex by grooming their female counterparts.
He based this theory on his observations of monkeys being three times as likely to have intercourse if grooming occurred compared to instances when it did not.
Dr. Gumert failed to mention if this trend was also found in humans, but we’re hoping Memorial Glade is filled with groomers this coming semester.
The sex part is great and all, but some Berkeleyites could just really use a good cleaning.
Image Source: LeaMaimone under GNU Free Documentation License
Study: Monkeys ‘pay’ for sex by grooming [USA Today]
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