CNN has a story about a website that claims that, for a fee, it can tell prospective home buyers if someone once died in a home those buyers are considering. I’m not vouching for the website, but here’s this week’s question: would you want to know if someone had died in a house under your…
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Cats, Weird Tales
Friday Catbloging: Drug-Smuggling Cat
by JOHN ADAMS •
Free Markets, Politics, Weird Tales
Do Rally Monkeys Really Spark Market Rallies?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Over at the Financial Times, there’s a post that has a video of a rally monkey, and the possibilty of a market rally if there’s a House-Obama compromise on the debt-ceiling (and perhaps on the shutdown, too.) Well, a political pact might spark a rally, but what role does the monkey, himself, play? Most likely none,…
Poll, Weird Tales
Friday Poll: Bigfoot Found at Last?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, University, Weird Tales
The Fox @ UW-W
by JOHN ADAMS •
There have been sightings of a fox on campus. Why he’s here, one cannot say, and in any event the best course is to leave a wild animal alone. For the curious, though, I’ve embedded a video documentary describing that very fox’s life with complete accuracy and absolutely sensitivity to the highest standards of nature…
Poll, Weird Tales
Friday Poll: Dog or… Chupacabra?!?
by JOHN ADAMS •
So, has Dr. Phyllis Canion found a chupacabra, that mysterious and legendary blood-sucking animal that haunts farms and dreams? Alternatively, is her find nothing but a screwy-looking dog? ….I never dreamt in a million years that I would see the most bizarre animal of all, on my own ranch in Cuero, Texas: an animal that…
Animals, Weird Tales
Motorcyclist Hits Bear at 87 MPH in Canada
by JOHN ADAMS •
The footage shows the view from the biker’s helmet as he is thrown from the vehicle. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) the incident occurred on Highway 7 on June 30, 2013. After ensuring the biker received medical attention the RCMP officer recovered the helmet and camera. To their surprise police watching the…
Animals, Cats, Press, Weird Tales
Chicago Tribune Accidentally Puts Cat Photo on Homepage
by JOHN ADAMS •
Music, Weird Tales
Monday Music: Classic Sci Fi Themes
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Animals, Weird Tales
Wild Peacocks Terrorize Timid Residents of Crybaby Town
by JOHN ADAMS •
CNN reports from Union Gap, Washington, where the hypersensitive genteel residents of that six-thousand-person town are sweating out a few wild peacocks. I’m not sure what to make of it — when I look at a map, Union Gap, Washington is plainly part of America. And yet, and yet, America’s the place that confronted and…