August, 2004

Vol.5. NO.8...........................................................Pages14-15

 WEIRD NEWS

Bright Ideas

Kenny Borger survived a one-car crash in upstate New York on May 1, but his passenger was killed, and Borger decided to surreptitiously bring the body home to Hamilton, N.J., in the damaged car and then figure out what to do next. What he
decided on was to commandeer a backhoe one night from a previous employer, scoop
up the body, drive it about five miles out of town, dig a 13-foot-deep hole with the backhoe, and bury the body. He was later arrested and charged with tampering with evidence. Said Mercer County prosecutor Joseph Bocchini Jr., describing Borger's
plan, "I couldn't make this stuff up." [Philadelphia Inquirer, 5-8-04]  

First Things First

(1) Police in Fort Myers, Fla., arrested Carlos Chereza, 17, in April and charged him
with hiring a hit man to kill his mother and to make it look like a burglary; as is often
the case, the "hit man" was actually an undercover detective, who by the way said
Chereza's main concern was to pull off the job without damaging the family's TV set.
(2) In March, Thailand's agriculture minister criticized health officials' proposal to embed microchips in the nation's 200,000 fighting roosters, to help deal with the avian flu scare sweeping Asia; the minister's main concern was that the implants would hamper the
cocks' aggressiveness. [CNN-Reuters, 2004Apr15] [Associated Press, 2004Mar17]  

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People With Too Much Time on Their Hands

Recently, Britain's BBC televised an educational program in which scientist Mike Leahy and pal Zeron Gibson undertook certain activities in the weeks leading up to the program and then live on April 15, the men's sperm was shown, by microscope, in a "race" inside tiny glass tubes, in an experiment to gauge the effects of different lifestyle choices on sperm motility. Gibson's won. (BBC News, 2004Apro9)

In March, U.S. Rep. Major Jones of Brooklyn, N.Y., proudly claimed authorship of a controversial rap-music play being seriously considered for staging in New York City. Rep. Jones' "The Viagra Monologues" champions male sexuality, with lines like (according to a New York Post story), "Monogamy is for changes" and "Boyhood self esteem dies / Gawking at the other guy's size / What deal with the angels / Awarded
him a better tubular prized" (New York Post, 2004Mar21-22)

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BOOK REVIEWS

Beyond The 9th Wave by Jen Delyth

This wonderful DVD features nine animated films; Celtic music;
100 pages of poetry, text and colorful symbols to explore onscreen, and a full color booklet. The running length is 50 minutes, though
one can spend many happy exploring this interactive
presentation thoroughly. Viewers may navigate menus with a
DVD remote, a ‘ computer mouse or keyboard.

From Poverty to Power

From Poverty to Power by James Allen contents include The Path of Prosperity, World a Reflex of Mental States, The Way Out of Undesirable Conditions, Silent Power of Thought, Controlling and Directing One’s Forces, The Secret of Health, Success, and
Power, The Way of Peace including Power of Meditation, The
Two Masters, Self and Truth, The Acquirement of Spiritual Power, Realization of Selfless Love, Entering into the Infinite, Perfect Peace, and more.

It's Time To Wake Up

Reiki is a simple, yet elegant energy modality that will enhance your spiritual practices and perspective. The formal practice of Reiki provides a simple set of protocols that bring your intention and focus so completely in the present moment that a sacred space is created, allowing deep relaxation, healing, insight, and wisdom.

It’s Time to Wake Up is an explanation of the workings of
Reiki and a collection of insights and tools that will accelerate your awakening process. Before you know it, you will be living more fully in the Eternal Moment of Now, which is, of course, the only time and place we can ever truly be.

Careless Love

Careless Love, Or the Land of Promise by Kate Horsley,
takes young Thomas Hall from Boston to New Mexico in the late 1800s. From the time he could remember, his mother has told
Hall that his father was killed in the Civil War and she alone must bare the burden of properly nurturing her son to be a cultured, respectable man, totally unlike the contemptuous Germans, Italians, and Irish, especially the Irish, who arrive daily in Boston.

Well into his teen years, Hall awakened to his mother’s
preference for falsehoods over truths and her fondness for wealth above all else. He realized his father couldn’t have been killed during the Civil War;
Hall was born two years after the War ended. Searching through his mother’s writing desk, he discovered he wasn’t really “Thomas Hall.” His father was “Patrick Michael O’Hallahan” who abandoned his young family when he understood he could not
satisfy his wife’s desire for wealth and social advancement. Thomas Hall was the son
of an Irish father and an Irish mother. He was exactly what his mother didn’t want him to be.

Check It Out!

• lwv.org  Website of The League of Women Voters, great IMPARTIAL site for getting info on national, state, and local candidates.
• electoral-vote.com  Electoral vote predictor based on the most recent polls has Kerry beating Bush by over 100 electoral votes (7/19/04). Fascinating, updated very often.
• editorandpublisher.com  Website covers those who cover the news in print -- interesting behind the scenes reading.
• reclaimdemocracy.org  Website "is dedicated to revoking the power of money and corporations to control government and civil society."
• outfoxed.org  Website of the film "Outfoxed" that exposes Fox News as a partisan, right wing news outlet.
• abooksource.com  Great source for motivational and inspirational books.

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