Jesus & St. Peter - a shaggy dog story

By Mona Goldwater, Folk tales Ed.

[quarried from several Internet sites; author/originator unknown]

Jesus and Saint Peter are golfing. 

St. Peter steps up to the tee on a par three and hits one long and straight. It reaches the green. 

Jesus is up next. He slices it.  The ball heads over the fence into traffic on an adjacent street. Bounces off a truck, onto the roof of a nearby shack and into the rain gutter, down the drain spout and onto a lily pad at the edge of a lake. A frog jumps up and snatches the ball in his mouth. An eagle swoops down and grabs the frog. As the eagle flies over the green, the frog croaks and drops the ball. It’s in the hole. 

Saint Peter looks at Jesus, exasperated. “Are you gonna play golf?” he asks “or are you just gonna f*** around?”  

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Painting: in the warp

By Jack Brummet

click to enlarge

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The best motivational poster ever?

By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.

The best motivational poster ever?  Well, maybe not, but it's way up there. . .

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Two toboggan photos: Women in swimsuits on Mount Rainier and President Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger play in the snow

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Painting: Flower #43 - unknown flower

By Jack Brummet

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Painting: Sea Dog

by Jack Brummet

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Painting: Flower #43 - Zinnia

By Jack Brummet

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Amazing images of Robert F. Kennedy on the campaign trail

Images quarried and selected By Pablo Fanque, National Affairs Ed.

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Project 1794/WS 606A, a/k/a The Avrocar: the U.S.-made UFO

By Jack Brummet, Alien Lore/UFO Ed.

The Avrocar in storage at the Smithsonian Institution in 1984. 

Project Project 1794/WS 606A, a/k/a The Avrocar, never really went anywhere or got past its early test phases.  In the end, it ended up being a hovercar proptotype.

The test models suffered from dangerous oil leaks that resulted in three fires, and eventually the staff were afraid of the machine, even when they were safely nestled in an observation booth of bullet-proof glass and quarter-inch-thick steel.   A final, and disastrous engine test in 1956 involved a Viper jet engine "running wild" and convinced the agencies involved that a less dangerous test vehicle was necessary.

A second Avrocar logged about 75 flight hours, but was also a failure; it couldn't lift itself safely more than a few feet off the ground, and its bulbous design  caused unbearable heat and screaming exhaust noise, which made it impractical for the military.  One person pointed out that, although it was a technical failure, its design was a rubber water skirt shy of being the world's first hovercraft, 

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Raise giant frogs (circa 1936)

By Jack Brummet, Animal Husbandry Ed.

Raise Giant Frogs

A New, Uncrowded Industry

Good Profits – No Competition
Each pair of “Nufond Giant” breeders lay 10,000 eggs every year. With modern methods, up to 90% turn into frogs.

Giant frogs sell up to $5.00 per dozen everywhere. Think of the profit possibilities! Competition is unknown because the wild supply is practically exhausted.

Backyard Pond Starts You

A small backyard pond 20×25 feed with a little bank space is all you need to start. The pond is very shallow; little water is needed. Expand with the offspring.
Any kind of drinking water is suitable. Running water is not required. Flowers, lilies and plants make the pond very attractive.

Any Climate Suitable

“Nufond Giants” are a hardy breed of “North American” bull-frogs. You can raise them in the North or South, even in Canada.

Costs Little to Start

A frog pond is easy to make. There is nothing to buy except fence! You even raise the food right in the pond with the frogs! What other livestock offers you such advantages?

WORLDS LARGEST FROG MARKET
As originators of canned frog legs, we have developed the largest market for frogs in the world. Our products are on sale in principal cities throughout the country.

Write for our big, illustrated frog book. It explains our money-making proposition in detail.

AMERICAN FROG CANNING COMPANY
Dept. 119-A New Orleans, Louisiana

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Auto-Brewery Syndrome

By Pablo Fanque, Beverage Ed.

This story was reported on NPR in September, 2013.  Whew.

"A 61-year-old Texas man admitted to a hospital not long ago appearing to be falling-down-drunk even though denying having had even a single drink was discovered to be unintentionally manufacturing beer in his stomach. "

"With 'Auto-Brewery Syndrome,' stomach-based yeast automatically ferments all starches (even vegetables or grains) passing through, converting them into ethanol. Normally, natural stomach bacteria control the yeast, but if, for example, antibiotics had inadvertently eliminated the bacteria, the yeast would prevail. The case was reported in a recent International Journal of Clinical Medicine."

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Painting: Flowers #42 - Checkerbloom

By Jack Brummet

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