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Who Says Golf Is Boring?:
26/Nov/08

A sharp-eyed clerk at a Salt Lake golf course pro shop noticed a man wearing underwear on his head and wielding a big knife. After a struggle, the brief-or-boxer wearing thief fled. Exciting golf-cart chase and capture ensued, with golfers no doubt brandishing 9-irons and mashie niblicks or whatever. Prosecutors charge alleged robber who wore underwear mask - Salt Lake Tribune A man wearing underwear on his head to hide his identity during a stickup was charged Wednesday with aggravated robbery. The 48-year-old man was chased down two days earlier by customers in a golf cart outside a South Salt Lake pro shop, police said. And yet, it seems so boring when it’s on TV. Who knew?

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IDiocy and IDiosyncasies:
24/Nov/08

While commenting at a well-known science blog, I was casting around for some background on the science of dating things by counting tree rings - AKA dendrochronology. Yes, the Intelligent Design crowd also attempts to refute any scientific discipline that threatens the Genesis story. And they have a website full of talking points: Tree ring dating (dendrochronology)

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Wait, Whut?:
23/Nov/08

BBC NEWS | Middle East | Jail terms for Israeli neo-Nazis Eight teenagers have been sentenced to time in jail by a court in Israel for carrying out a series of neo-Nazi attacks that shocked the nation. That’s what I thought you said. Some male teens will do anything to work off those crazy hormones…

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