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"You want a toe? I can get you a toe. Believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don't want to know about it, believe me. Hell, I can get you a toe by 3 o'clock this afternoon. With nail polish."

Most of the Speed Racer cast, including Matthew Fox, Emile Hersch, Susan Sarandon, and Christina Ricci, was on hand for the official unveiling of the Speed Racer car, dubbed Mach 5 (in ultra hi-res). The car was presented with great fanfare during a press conference last week. The upcoming Wachowski brothers film looks to be shaping up quite nicely, with the potential for a near universal appeal given its combination of G-rated subject matter, a hip cast, and 60s kitsch. Speed Racer won't see the light of day until sometime in 2008, but this video should suffice as a teaser for the time being. My bet that ill be pandering to PC save-the-children extremists.

"You have no frame of reference, Donny. You're like a child who walks into the middle of a movie..."

WASHINGTON, DC—In the latest in a long series of ominous public pronouncements, the Department of Evil released a statement Monday demanding that all residents of the United States must die. "There shall soon come an accounting in which all will fall before the Grim Reaper as wheat in winter, as lambs under the knife..." said a spokesman... read more | digg story

" I think anybody who doesn't think I'm smart enough to handle the job is underestimating. " - George W. Bush April 3, 2000 As reported in U.S. News & World Report.

i have always said that 'GOOGLE is your friend'. now it seems that some weird cousins are at the door. Charles K has compiled a list of specialized (ie ufo, ghosts, etc) search engines. head over and check it out . have one thats not on the list? send it to me!

Check out this 17 year old who built his own fusion reactor . Here is the open source fusor research consortium . For more plans, research, and this fusor built by Richard Hull. It's his fourth version - definitely worth checking out. Essentially, all the atmospheric air is removed via vacuum. Then you add a bit of deuterium gas, some high voltage and if you got it right, bask in the glow of your own personal fusion reaction. (Just watch out for X-ray leaks.)  More here and here .   

being a chicagoan, i am very glad to hear that the city of the big shoulders (aka the windy city/ chicago) is in the race for the 2016 olympiad...Chicago has seen off Los Angeles to become the US Olympic Committee's chosen venue for the 2016 Summer Games. Chicago, which has never staged an Olympics, joins several other cities hoping to be handed the Olympic flame after London in 2012. Madrid, Prague, Rome, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo may be joined by Azerbaijan and Qatar in the candidates' list. n 1904, Chicago was the first city in the United States chosen by the IOC to host a summer Olympics, but the Games were switched to St Louis. Chicago was considered for the 1952 and 1956 Games but failed to make it to the final round of voting. The United States last hosted the Summer Games in 1996 when the Centennial Olympics were staged in Atlanta. The 2002 Winter Olympics were held in Salt Lake City, Utah. Houston, Philadelphia and San Francisco were eliminated earlier in the US 2016 bi