Day: August 17, 2006

Dear Science,
Please work on further enhancing this gene. Please do not incorporate it into cougars. Or mosquitoes. Or possibly bees. No, definitely not bees.

Thank you,
Not quite an apiphobic, but still not too keen on bees

The King died on his throne 29 years ago yesterday (sorry, we forgot to tell you). Everyone knows he died like that. And yet sightings of Elvis Presley persist to this day.

However, diehard (HAR!) Elvis fan and filmmaker Adam Muckiewicz is offering $3 million to anyone who can find The Pelvis alive. Muckiewicz is making a film, called “The Truth About Elvis,” tracking him down, based on sightings–much like how scientists track Big Foot. He has even set up a website, ElvisWanted.com, to help collect more information.

In a related story, peanut butter and fried banana sandwich sales have not dropped since Elvis’ death.

–OOOOOOOO!

Oh wait. It’s more of a joke than anything.

Cambodia has cancelled its “Ms. Cambodia” Beauty Pageant. This blog could not be reached for comment, as it was at the beach, which is where swimsuits are, as opposed to them being in Cambodia.

Just have the paper delivered to your door. (Warning: possible Not Safe For Work picture in the article)

Think on the bright side ladies: at least it‘s not a full cavity search.

Apparently Buddhist monks are actually very violent people. According to Reuters, a pro-war faction of monks clashed with anti-war protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The country has been in a civil war for two decades.

Reporters always have the coolest names–Christiane Amanpour, Stone Phillips, Wolf Blitzer, but one Washington Post reporter has them beat.