In an article about another swine, Snopes says:
"Darrell Anderson, CEO of the Lafayette, Ind.-based National Swine Registry, said farm-raised hogs grow as large as 1,300 pounds and measure as long as 7 feet along the backbone from head to tail. "If you hang them by their hind legs and you have the front legs stretching out, you'll get another four or five feet," he said.
A hog that size would probably be 5 years old, he said. The animals will grow tusks in the wild. Domesticated, their tusks are trimmed because they are dangerous."
I know nothing about canned hunts, but I wonder if food is made available to the animals to make 'em more of a trophy. If so, this fellow was neither King Of The Hogs nor some kind of mutant. He was just a big ol' pig.
An impressively big ol' pig.
"museo de las momias - guanajuato, mexico (oct/nov 2003). [NOTE: some of these images are quite gruesome (i.e., page 3). view at own risk.]"
*clicks*
oh god. babies. page three is baby mummies. yhbw.
"museo de las momias - guanajuato, mexico (oct/nov 2003). [NOTE: some of these images are quite gruesome (i.e., page 3). view at own risk.]"
*clicks*
oh god. babies. page three is baby mummies. yhbw.
I drag the gravity bar up high, pile 'em up, watch 'em strain, then slide the bar all the way down and watch 'em all play. i like how they help each other leap as high as they can. they get so happy when i stop making their little lives crushingly difficult.
I can't turn off my tv or computer. if i did, i wouldnt be able to whine about how evil mass media is. i dont tihnk i could possibly make it a week without that.
Its above 50k now. How much do these things usually go for, and how long will the winning bidder get to keep it? He'll* have to pay to reregister every so often, right?
(Yeah. I think its a safe bet that the buyer will be a he. Or a group of he's.)
The statement by Sun-Kyung Cho, sister of Seung-Hui Cho, on behalf of herself and her family:
On behalf of our family, we are so deeply sorry for the devastation my brother has caused. No words can express our sadness that 32 innocent people lost their lives this week in such a terrible, senseless tragedy. We are heartbroken.
We grieve alongside the families, the Virginia Tech community, our State of Virginia, and the rest of the nation. And, the world.
Every day since April 16, my father, mother and I pray for students Ross Abdallah Alameddine, Brian Roy Bluhm, Ryan Christopher Clark, Austin Michelle Cloyd, Matthew Gregory Gwaltney, Caitlin Millar Hammaren, Jeremy Michael Herbstritt, Rachael Elizabeth Hill, Emily Jane Hilscher, Jarrett Lee Lane, Matthew Joseph La Porte, Henry J. Lee, Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan, Lauren Ashley McCain, Daniel Patrick O'Neil, J. Ortiz-Ortiz, Minal Hiralal Panchal, Daniel Alejandro Perez, Erin Nicole Peterson, Michael Steven Pohle, Jr., Julia Kathleen Pryde, Mary Karen Read, Reema Joseph Samaha, Waleed Mohamed Shaalan, Leslie Geraldine Sherman, Maxine Shelly Turner, Nicole White, Instructor Christopher James Bishop, and Professors Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, Kevin P. Granata, Liviu Librescu and G.V. Loganathan.
We pray for their families and loved ones who are experiencing so much excruciating grief. And we pray for those who were injured and for those whose lives are changed forever because of what they witnessed and experienced.
Each of these people had so much love, talent and gifts to offer, and their lives were cut short by a horrible and senseless act.
We are humbled by this darkness. We feel hopeless, helpless and lost. This is someone that I grew up with and loved. Now I feel like I didn't know this person.
We have always been a close, peaceful and loving family. My brother was quiet and reserved, yet struggled to fit in. We never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence.
He has made the world weep. We are living a nightmare.
There is much justified anger and disbelief at what my brother did, and a lot of questions are left unanswered. Our family will continue to cooperate fully and do whatever we can to help authorities understand why these senseless acts happened. We have many unanswered questions as well.
Our family is so very sorry for my brother's unspeakable actions. It is a terrible tragedy for all of us.
(Thought it'd be good to put this here.)
This guy writes even worse than he can act! Remind me never to use his ghost-writer.
posted by PatB 16 years ago
In "Boy kills giant boar. [NewsFilter] "
uh... I meant "Sacred And Legendary King Of The Hogs" It's important to get titles right.
posted by PatB 16 years ago
In ""Eventually, the universe will appear static," said Krauss. "All evidence of modern cosmology will have disappeared.""
Trillions of years from now, I'll have spent trillions of years of saying "See? I told you so." at every opportunity.
posted by PatB 16 years ago
In "Boy kills giant boar. [NewsFilter] "
In an article about another swine, Snopes says: "Darrell Anderson, CEO of the Lafayette, Ind.-based National Swine Registry, said farm-raised hogs grow as large as 1,300 pounds and measure as long as 7 feet along the backbone from head to tail. "If you hang them by their hind legs and you have the front legs stretching out, you'll get another four or five feet," he said. A hog that size would probably be 5 years old, he said. The animals will grow tusks in the wild. Domesticated, their tusks are trimmed because they are dangerous." I know nothing about canned hunts, but I wonder if food is made available to the animals to make 'em more of a trophy. If so, this fellow was neither King Of The Hogs nor some kind of mutant. He was just a big ol' pig. An impressively big ol' pig.
posted by PatB 16 years ago
meh. i kilt me a bar when i was only three.
posted by PatB 16 years ago
In "Thunderbird?"
This reminds me of the Howard Waldrop story The Ugly Chickens I love that story.
posted by PatB 16 years ago
In "Images from the Museo de las Momias"
twice!
posted by PatB 17 years ago
"museo de las momias - guanajuato, mexico (oct/nov 2003). [NOTE: some of these images are quite gruesome (i.e., page 3). view at own risk.]" *clicks* oh god. babies. page three is baby mummies. yhbw.
posted by PatB 17 years ago
"museo de las momias - guanajuato, mexico (oct/nov 2003). [NOTE: some of these images are quite gruesome (i.e., page 3). view at own risk.]" *clicks* oh god. babies. page three is baby mummies. yhbw.
posted by PatB 17 years ago
In "Acrobots!"
I drag the gravity bar up high, pile 'em up, watch 'em strain, then slide the bar all the way down and watch 'em all play. i like how they help each other leap as high as they can. they get so happy when i stop making their little lives crushingly difficult.
posted by PatB 17 years ago
In "TV Turnoff"
I can't turn off my tv or computer. if i did, i wouldnt be able to whine about how evil mass media is. i dont tihnk i could possibly make it a week without that.
posted by PatB 17 years ago
In "Sale of the century!"
$124,050 this can't possibly be for real. can it?
posted by PatB 17 years ago
In "the worlds most fantastic Praying Mantis photo"
ovipositor maybe?
posted by PatB 17 years ago
It looks like its saying 'you think you can take me, punk? bring it!' (i still wanted to dance when i saw it. thank you, hb)
posted by PatB 17 years ago
In "Sale of the century!"
Its above 50k now. How much do these things usually go for, and how long will the winning bidder get to keep it? He'll* have to pay to reregister every so often, right? (Yeah. I think its a safe bet that the buyer will be a he. Or a group of he's.)
posted by PatB 17 years ago
$40300 now.
posted by PatB 17 years ago
In "20 Killed at Virginia Tech Campus"
The statement by Sun-Kyung Cho, sister of Seung-Hui Cho, on behalf of herself and her family: On behalf of our family, we are so deeply sorry for the devastation my brother has caused. No words can express our sadness that 32 innocent people lost their lives this week in such a terrible, senseless tragedy. We are heartbroken. We grieve alongside the families, the Virginia Tech community, our State of Virginia, and the rest of the nation. And, the world. Every day since April 16, my father, mother and I pray for students Ross Abdallah Alameddine, Brian Roy Bluhm, Ryan Christopher Clark, Austin Michelle Cloyd, Matthew Gregory Gwaltney, Caitlin Millar Hammaren, Jeremy Michael Herbstritt, Rachael Elizabeth Hill, Emily Jane Hilscher, Jarrett Lee Lane, Matthew Joseph La Porte, Henry J. Lee, Partahi Mamora Halomoan Lumbantoruan, Lauren Ashley McCain, Daniel Patrick O'Neil, J. Ortiz-Ortiz, Minal Hiralal Panchal, Daniel Alejandro Perez, Erin Nicole Peterson, Michael Steven Pohle, Jr., Julia Kathleen Pryde, Mary Karen Read, Reema Joseph Samaha, Waleed Mohamed Shaalan, Leslie Geraldine Sherman, Maxine Shelly Turner, Nicole White, Instructor Christopher James Bishop, and Professors Jocelyne Couture-Nowak, Kevin P. Granata, Liviu Librescu and G.V. Loganathan. We pray for their families and loved ones who are experiencing so much excruciating grief. And we pray for those who were injured and for those whose lives are changed forever because of what they witnessed and experienced. Each of these people had so much love, talent and gifts to offer, and their lives were cut short by a horrible and senseless act. We are humbled by this darkness. We feel hopeless, helpless and lost. This is someone that I grew up with and loved. Now I feel like I didn't know this person. We have always been a close, peaceful and loving family. My brother was quiet and reserved, yet struggled to fit in. We never could have envisioned that he was capable of so much violence. He has made the world weep. We are living a nightmare. There is much justified anger and disbelief at what my brother did, and a lot of questions are left unanswered. Our family will continue to cooperate fully and do whatever we can to help authorities understand why these senseless acts happened. We have many unanswered questions as well. Our family is so very sorry for my brother's unspeakable actions. It is a terrible tragedy for all of us. (Thought it'd be good to put this here.)
posted by PatB 17 years ago
In "The Power of the Penis"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcuXfFvUQ7w Another one by the same woman.
posted by PatB 17 years ago
In "Kurt Vonnegut: 1922-2007"
I've been crying off and on since last night. Weird, huh? The guy made a big difference in my life, clearly. Or maybe its menopause.
posted by PatB 17 years ago
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