UFO over Washington D.C.

By John Brown | November 25, 2008 - 12:40 pm |November 25, 2008 Zing

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I just ran across this. Published on Saturday, July 27, 2002 in the Washington Post F-16s Pursue Unknown Craft Over Region by Steve Vogel WASHINGTON — For Renny Rogers, it was strange enough that military jets were flying low over his home in Waldorf in the middle of the night. It was what he thinks →

Growing Your Own Replacement Parts

By John Brown | November 19, 2008 - 6:32 pm |November 25, 2008 Zing

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This is simply incredible. Watch the video about Claudia Castillo growing a replacement to part of her windpipe with her own stem cells. She didn’t grow the complete tube, but nevertheless… Ms Castillo, who was born in Colombia, had suffered a tuberculosis infection that ravaged her airways, leaving her unable to do simple domestic →

Dawn of the Pirate

By John Brown | November 18, 2008 - 9:34 pm |November 19, 2008 Zing

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So reads the headline at Drudge. Here is Abdul Hassan, 39. A Somali pirate nicknamed “the one who never sleeps.” Hassan is part of a pirate group called the Central Regional Coast Guard. It was formed three years ago, has 350 men in its ranks and about 100 speedboats. Zing, zing, zing, zing, zing! There →

“26 Monkeys, Also The Abyss” by Kij Johnson

By John Brown | November 18, 2008 - 4:53 pm |November 18, 2008 John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever

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Why is Kij smiling? Because she knows how the blasted monkeys do it! And she’s not telling, neither. Neener-neener. I just read Johnson’s story and enjoyed it. I enjoyed the inexplicable trick, the narrator, the transport to this odd and wonderful traveling troupe, and dang it, even the ending. Furthermore, there are moments in the story that capture the wonderousness →

Base Jumping & Wingsuits

By John Brown | November 17, 2008 - 3:35 pm |November 18, 2008 Zing

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Dude. What else is there to say? (btw, this is the best clip I’ve seen) One more… ma-ma. I would be so freaking tempted IF I had the skinny body of 20 years ago. As it is those little wings probably wouldn’t do a thing and I’d drop like a stone. Yeeeeehaaaaaaasplat.