Abiogenesis-The hypothetical development of living organisms from non-living matter.
Monday, December 31, 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE MAGGOTX BLOG.....!!!!!
Saturday, December 29, 2007
A Beautiful Friday for Disc Golf
Coming up next month will be the Tyler and Rutgers Ice Bowls....can't wait....mag
photo by Cubby... http://cubbysdiscgolfworld.blogspot.com/
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Say a Prayer for Benazir
Monday, December 24, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007
Ohhhh... This is do Baaaaaahhhhddd...!!!...What's a Goat to Do...And where can he/she do IT.....?
The law in Oklahoma says that it is illegal for any two animals to have sex in public within Dibble city limits - even if the animal is fenced in on private land.
But when the owner Carol Medenhall found out about the charges, she said: 'I kind of thought if anyone was caught having sex in public, it could have been me.'
Thursday, December 20, 2007
A Great WET Day of Disc Golf During 12/16/07 NorEaster'
For Rob's Birthday Bash the Fellas got together at his Bunker Hill DG Course for a few "Rounds-in-the -Rain". It was a blast.....for more extended coverage and pics check out Cubby's website at:
cubbysdiscgolfworld.blogspot.com
Anyway, thanks to Rob & Laura for their hospitality, Carrot cake and hot Pizza. It was a great time. Here are some pics with Maggotx.....
Maggotx trying to Putt out from a drive into the pines.
Afterwards we headed out to Green Acres, Tim's DG course for one last wet round.
Monday, December 17, 2007
For Gangs, Tattoos are out....College Look is in...!!!!
CHIMALTENANGO, Guatemala (AP) - Tattoos, baggy pants and tank tops are out. Smart blazers and university recruits are in.
It's an extreme makeover for Central America's gangs. Facing harsh crackdowns by government security forces and citizen vigilante groups, they are trying to lower their profile.
The Mara 18 and Mara Salvatrucha gangs are known throughout Central America and the U.S. for their brazen tactics, including beheading their enemies and covering entire buildings and even their bodies with gang symbols.
Now, according to anti-gang operatives, these traditionally uneducated and aimless youth have begun recruiting high school and college students, and are expanding their criminal repertoire from minor robbery to large-scale extortion, prostitution, car theft and kidnappings.
"These days we can't even go out onto the street, where the police look at us and we end up dead," said Giovanni Estrada, 25, an imprisoned gang member with tattooed face who goes by the nickname of "Little Crazy." "That's why we tell (new gang members) not to paint their faces." The gangs' increasingly lucrative pursuits have attracted high school and college students looking to make a buck. It's a breed apart from the dropouts and other gang members whose main aim was a need to belong.
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Friday, December 14, 2007
Chuck Norris is THE MAN...from the Chuck Norris Fact Generator....a Maggotx Fav
Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits.
Chuck Norris does not hunt because the word hunting infers the probability of failure. Chuck Norris goes killing.
The Dinosaurs looked at Chuck Norris the wrong way once. ONCE.
If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can’t see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.
If at first you don’t succeed, you’re obviously not Chuck Norris.
The chief export of Chuck Norris is pain.
Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
Chuck Norris has already been to Mars; that’s why there are no signs of life there.
Chuck Norris built a time machine and went back in time to stop the JFK assassination. As Oswald shot, Norris met all three bullets with his beard, deflecting them. JFK’s head exploded out of sheer amazement.
When Chuck Norris sends in his taxes, he sends blank forms and includes only a picture of himself, crouched and ready to attack. Chuck Norris has not had to pay taxes ever.
As a teen Chuck Norris impregnated every nun in a convent tucked away in the hills of Tuscany. Nine months later the nuns gave birth to the 1972 Miami Dolphins, the only undefeated and untied team in professional football history.
A blind man once stepped on Chuck Norris’ shoe. Wilson replied, “Don’t you know who I am? I’m Chuck Norris!” The mere mention of his name cured this man blindness. Sadly the first, last, and only thing this man ever saw, was a fatal roundhouse delivered by Chuck Norris.
Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He stares them down until he gets the information he wants.
To prove it isn’t that big of a deal to beat cancer. Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and acquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes.
Before he forgot a gift for Chuck Norris, Santa Claus was real.
Someone once tried to tell Chuck Norris that roundhouse kicks aren’t the best way to kick someone. This has been recorded by historians as the worst mistake anyone has ever made.
When an episode of Walker Texas Ranger was aired in France, the French surrendered to Chuck Norris just to be on the safe side.
According to Einstein’s theory of relativity, Chuck Norris can actually roundhouse kick you yesterday.
Every time Chuck Norris smiles it saves the life of a dying man. Ironically, Chuck Norris only smiles after he kills someone.
Chuck Norris died ten years ago, but the Grim Reaper can’t get up the courage to tell him.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
A Windy Day of Disc Golf with a Sick Cubby
A Heartwarming (should I say Shocking) Christmas Story....
Japan eel wishes you an electric Christmas
TOKYO (Reuters) - Not even a blackout could put a damper on festivities at one Japanese aquarium where an electric eel is being used to light up its Christmas tree.
Two aluminum panels inside the eel's tank work as electrodes to catch its power. Cables attached to the panels supply the lights on the nearby tree with electricity.
Inventor Kazuhiko Minawa said it took him more than a month to devise a system that would effectively harness eel power.
"If we could gather all electric eels from all around the world, we would be able to light up an unimaginably giant Christmas tree," Minawa told Reuters Television. ( NOW THERE'S A THOUGHT...!!!!...mag)
Eels are widely eaten in Japan, especially in the summer, when their vitamin-rich flesh is seen as a way to regain stamina sapped by the heat.
The tree, which will stay illuminated until December 25, is proving a popular attraction, drawing tourists from all over the country. "I would love to have an eel like this at home. This is very nature-friendly," said visitor Harumi Yayoi.
Wow.....Like Rock It Dude.....This is how they do Driftin' in the Ukraine....
Another Momentous Event in Cultural History...Damien Hirst Donates his Pickled Split Cow...!!!
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/information/
LONDON (Reuters) - Multi-millionaire artist Damien Hirst said on Thursday he was donating four major works to the Tate Gallery, including a sliced and pickled cow and calf.
It is the first time Hirst, who recently sold a diamond-encrusted skull for $100 million (49 million pounds), has made a major donation to a museum.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Alright......Make Fun Of Me....Go Ahead and Laugh....But I didn't Make This Up.....!!!!!
South Korean scientists tinkering with fluorescence protein genes say they have bred white Turkish Angora cats to glow red under ultraviolet light.
The pair of cats cloned from a mother's altered skin cell are nearly a year old. The researchers stated that their work could help unravel mysteries of some 250 genetic diseases suffered by both humans and cats. The findings also could be used to clone endangered tigers, leopards, and other animals, the report said.
Monday, December 10, 2007
A REAL AMERICAN HERO...Maybe More of us Should Carry Firearms..!!!!!....Had she been in Virginia Tech she might have saved a lot of Student's Lives.
Jeanne Assam, 42, a member of New Life Church, said she remained calm and focused by putting her faith in God during the intense, ear-splitting gunfight in Colorado Springs.
Armed with a handgun, she calmly confronted Matthew J. Murray, 24, who was armed with an assault rifle, two handguns and 1,000 rounds of ammunition, police said.
"It was scary," the former Twin Cities patrol officer said this afternoon at a Colorado Springs news conference. "I'll never forget the guns were so loud."
"But ... God was with me and I asked him to be with me. And he never left my side," she said.
New Life Senior Pastor Brady Boyd credited Assam with stopping the bloodshed that claimed the lives of two teenage sisters. Murray had killed two people and wounded two others earlier Sunday at an Arvada missionary training center.
Assam shot Murray dead after he ignored her commands to drop his weapon and fired on her.
"When the shots were fired, she rushed toward the scene and encountered the attacker there in a hallway," Boyd said. "There could have been a great loss of life yesterday, and she probably saved over 100 lives."
Sunday, December 09, 2007
WOW...Talk about the Consequence of Rising Fuel Costs...I'll take mine Medium Rare.....true story
HONG KONG, Dec 7 (Reuters) - China's worst fuel crunch in years has led a crematorium to dump half-burnt corpses to try to save on diesel costs, a Hong Kong newspaper said on Friday.
Villagers in Hengyang county, in the southern province of Hunan, discovered the practice when an "unbearable stench" started coming from the site, and tried to block a road on Wednesday to stop funeral vehicles from delivering more bodies.
The village sent people to investigate the smell and the South China Morning Post said they saw "crematorium workers putting half-burnt human remains and organs in plastic bags and throwing them into a nearby ditch".
"As the price of diesel rose, we saw more and more bags thrown out from the crematorium," the paper quoted Xiao Gaoyi, a village representative and one of the witnesses, as saying.
Friday, December 07, 2007
.......and the Moron of The Year Award goes to this Penn State Student....!!!
Wednesday, December 05, 2007
Yo Dude.....as fast as you are....you're not going to outrun a Happy Hippo...! good thing they can't run very far..!!
A terrified gamekeeper had a lucky escape after he managed to sprint to safety from a charging hippopotamus.
The dangerous beast chased the experienced ranger for more than 100 metres before it stopped for a rest at the Murchison Falls National Park in Uganda.
The aggressive animals weigh up to two tons and have been known to reach speeds of up to 30mph on land.
Thanks to Lindsay "Crazy Woman" from TCNJ...... for her contribution to the Blog...Good Job LB....mag
Monday, December 03, 2007
Wow...This Guy is Wacked Out...plans to play every Disc Golf Course in the US in 3 years....Crazier than Cubby..????
To answer the second question first; possibly. But this is not why he is doing this. The reason for this tour is to create awareness of the sport on a national level through the press and at the grass roots level. While on this tour, Alan will be confirming information in the course listings directory at the PDGA and submitting suggested updates. Along the way, Alan will be promoting the PDGA and his sponsors in hopes of increasing disc golf awareness and promoting PDGA membership.
I'm skeptical he hasn't posted any pictures of himself on his Blog or web page ...Hmmmmm...does this guy really exist....??????
This is a Great way to "Grow The Sport".......mag
Friday, November 30, 2007
Wow...I'm Beginning to Feel It....Maybe the Musilm Faith is a Kinder more Caring and Understanding Religion...Good example Below..!!!
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) - Thousands of Sudanese, many armed with clubs and swords and beating drums, burned pictures of a British teacher Friday and demanded her execution for insulting Islam by letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad.
Many in the protesting crowd shouted "Kill her! Kill her by firing squad!"
In their mosque sermons Friday, several Muslim clerics harshly denounced Gibbons, saying she had intentionally insulted the prophet, but they not call for protests and said the punishment ordered by the court was sufficient.
Still, after prayers, several thousand people converged on Khartoum's Martyrs Square, near the presidential palace, and began calling for Gibbons' execution. Many seemed to be from Sufi groups, religious sects that emphasize reverence for the prophet.
Some angrily denounced the teacher, but others smiled as they beat drums and burned newspapers with Gibbons' picture, waving swords and clubs and green banners, the color of Islam.
Chants of "Kill her!" and "No tolerance: Execution!" rang out as hundreds of police in riot gear stood by, keeping the crowd contained but not moving against the rally.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Saturday, November 24, 2007
From Fark...........under 13 close your eyes....TRUE STORY.....
The case against a Sheboygan man accused of abducting a 17-year-old Oshkosh girl was dismissed this week after the teen admitted she lied about her two-week disappearance.
Angelina Lor initially claimed that Pheuk Kue, 37, a convicted sex offender, took her to Green Bay against her will in September and held her there until she was able to escape about two weeks later. But in an e-mail earlier this month to Kue's lawyer, Lor acknowledged that she made up the story because she feared her parents' reaction to her running off with an older man.
CLICK TITLE FOR LINK......(I Wonder if he's related to Suk Mai Wong or to Sum Yung Chik)
Real Mug Shot Picures of People who wore Stupid T-shirts when they were Arrested
click link below for more attractive Pictures of Real Mug Shots
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1123071mugs1.html
WOW.... I couldn't get a Picture of this one....but I'll keep trying...where else but in Berlin..!!.
Man under suspicion of shaving swastika on dog
BERLIN (Reuters) - German police are investigating a 29-year-old man suspected of shaving banned Nazi symbols into his dog's fur.
Police in the Bavarian town of Straubing said Thursday they had found the dog with a swastika and the insignia of Hitler's elite Waffen-SS troops marked on its body.
They made the discovery when the suspect's ex-girlfriend requested police help to collect her belongings from his apartment because she was afraid of him.
It was not clear if the man, who has not commented on the markings, had shown the dog in public, a police spokesman said.
"That still needs to be proved," he said. "If he only kept the dog inside the apartment, it wouldn't be public."
Public display of Nazi symbols is illegal in Germany. If found guilty, the man faces a jail term of up to three years.
Thursday, November 22, 2007
Thanksgiving Joke....I guess now I can't try this on my Kids.....
"Pop, what are you talking about?" the son screams. We can't stand the sight of each other any longer," the father says. "We're sick of each other, and I'm sick of talking about this, so you call your sister in
Frantic, the son calls his sister, who explodes on the phone. "Like heck they're getting divorced," she shouts, "I'll take care of this,"
She calls
The old man hangs up his phone and turns to his wife. "Okay," he says, "they're coming for Thanksgiving and paying their own way."
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Thanks to Erin for introducing us to "The Vacuum-Cleaner Dinosaur" ..
Dinosaur found with vacuum-cleaner mouth
WASHINGTON - A dinosaur with a strange jaw designed to hoover-up food grazed in what is now the Sahara Desert 110 million years ago. Remains of the creature that "flabbergasted" paleontologist Paul Sereno went on display Thursday at the headquarters of the National Geographic Society, where they will remain until March.
While Nigersaurus' (Hooversaurus) mouth is shaped like the wide intake slot of a vacuum, it has something lacking in most cleaners — hundreds of tiny, sharp teeth to grind up its food.
The 30-foot-long Nigersaurus had a feather-light skull held close to the ground to graze like an ancient cow. Sereno described it as a younger cousin of the North American dinosaur Diplodicus.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Ok ....one more Babe...Here is Supermodel Hilary Rhoda....Best of all She's an Ex- Field Hockey Player !!!!!!
Thursday, November 15, 2007
A Maggotx Recommendation......recommended in turn by MiggyG
http://www.pidgin.im/
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
What better way to commemorate Veteran's Day than Disc Golf with a Retired Navy Veteran like Cubby
Monday, November 12, 2007
By next week you'll be Paying $3.20-$3.50 for a Gallon of Gas....thought you'd like to know where your money is going...!!!!! TRUE STORY
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - In the annals of excess, it could be a new high: a more than $300 million dollar, super-sized luxury airplane, bought and outfitted solely for the private comfort of a Saudi Arabian billionaire.
Once done, the Airbus A380, the world's biggest passenger plane, will be a "flying palace" for Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the manufacturer announced Monday.
Airbus SAS would not give a specific price tag for the VIP double- decker jet, with its football field-length wings, saying only that it would cost more than the aircraft's list price of $320 million. That doesn't even include the money the prince will spend to custom fit the nearly 6,000-square foot plane to include whatever he wants. The options include private bedrooms, a movie theater or even a gym with a jacuzzi. He'll also need a flight crew of about 15 to operate the luxury liner.
"Prince Alwaleed is the first, and so far the only customer of this aircraft," said David Velupillai, the spokesman of the Airbus, which announced the luxury order at the Dubai International Airshow.
It's all just spending cash for bin Talal—Citigroup Inc.'s biggest individual shareholder and the world's 13th richest person with assets around $20 billion.
As a member of the Saudi royal family, he benefits from the country's vast oil wealth. But much of bin Talal's huge fortune comes from his investment firm, the $25-billion Kingdom Holding Co., which has stakes in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp., Fairmont Raffles Hotels International Inc., Time Warner Inc., Apple Inc., PepsiCo Inc., Walt Disney Co. to name a few major corporations.
The prince, who is in his early 50s, appears to have a taste for super-sized jumbo jets. He already is the only private owner of a Boeing 747-400, Airbus said. Take out the seats, and the plane can be transformed into a flying mansion.
"It seems the Saudis really like these huge planes, and they have the money to do it," said Bain, who believes about a dozen other individuals own commercial jets. "Very few people buy commercial planes. It's a bit over the top."Could This Be the FINAL Straw...Could this push us over the edge to War with Iran...????
WASHINGTON—Barely two months after U.N. inspectors in Iran failed to find evidence of an active nuclear weapons program, the Department of Homeland Security uncovered new information Monday proving the Middle Eastern nation has obtained literally trillions of atoms—the same particles sometimes used to make atomic bombs—for unknown purposes.
"We have no doubt that Iran now possesses an alarming number of atoms within its borders, despite countless warnings from the international community," Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said at a press conference Monday afternoon.
Earlier this month, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a visit to the region, where she reportedly observed atoms being smuggled across the border from neighboring countries Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as daily shipments of atoms from as far away as Russia, China, and the troposphere. Secretary Rice also witnessed atoms being strategically used to deliver televised press conferences regarding the nonproliferation of Iranian atoms.
"Security checkpoints have been unable to stop the flow of atoms into Iran," Rice said. "Even with the best equipment available, it is nearly impossible to distinguish dangerous atoms that could be used in fission for the purposes of massive destruction from the kind of atoms that are functioning primarily as mechanical pencils."
Iranian officials claim the atoms are being used only for peaceful, life-sustaining purposes, and that it is physically impossible for Iran or any government to create or destroy matter in order to comply with U.S. regulations.Sunday, November 11, 2007
Cabellas in Reading PA a visit by Ali & Morgie
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Pyramids Disc Golf
Maggotx and Mrs.X enjoy a round of Disc Golf with BokieMole' and Family. The course was difficult and partway through the first round we realized why it's called Pyramids. It seems that one hole goes uphill and the next hole is downhill, then uphill, then downhill. This is not a course you can rush through. It was a lot of fun and the Pro Shop is outstanding. click link below for Marshall Street info: any questions just call and ask Jason......
marshallstreetdiscgolf.com
Biker Bar a few miles from Marshall Street (note: Bikers Welcome ALL the Time)
Pictured Below are two Champion Firebirds which Cubby ordered to replenish his dwindling supply of Discs retired by being Aced. How long will they last in his bag?