Spotted on Rian van Heerden’s profile: “I was interviewing a woman who survived a suicide attempt. She shot herself through the head and without realising exactly what I was saying, I asked: ‘So what’s the first thing that went through your head when you pulled the trigger?’ “
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It's a public service thing, one day when the mail server achieves self awareness, we don't want it's young little mind corrupted with this garbage. Garbage in, garbage out as they like to teach first day programming students.
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It's been a while since I last tinkered with the SANCL site. No major comps happening and everyone's watching the Rock and Road trip with Adam Ondra.
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One day a guy dies and finds himself in hell. Walking around, he runs into the devil.
Devil: Why are you so sad?
Guy: Why do you think? I’m in hell.
Devil: Hell’s not so bad. We actually have a lot of fun down here. You a drinkin’ man?
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Yes, I should be working, and I have deadlines, but this a lot more interesting at the moment. Today I'm adding "Stir of Echoes" to my must see list. Another oldie, yes, but definitely a goodie.
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Either the owner's parents had a sick sense of humour, or they are farming some unusual crops.
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The number of 'procedures' on laboratory animals rose by 14 per cent in 2008. It is the seventh year in a row that the figure has gone up and follows pledges from scientists and the Government that they want to reduce animal suffering. "'It has repeatedly been shown how irrelevant to human patients animal...
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Mercedes has confirmed the rumors that have been flying about - they will revive the classic Gullwing Mercedes as an all electric dynamo car. Not only is it a beautiful update to the classic model, but it’s got the horsepower to back it up - 526 horsepower to be exact.
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What's the difference?
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A woman was in town on a shopping trip. She began her day finding the most perfect shoes in the first shop and a beautiful dress on sale in the second. In the third everything had just been reduced by 50 percent when her cell phone rang. It was a female doctor notifying her...
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