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Randy Pausch was a professor at Carnegie Mellon who was diagnosed with Pancreatic cancer in September 2006. He had DELIVERED one of the most INSPIRATIONAL speeches titled "The last lecture". I'm sure most of you have heard of him and the things he has done. I have read the book he published with the help of Jeffery Zaslow twice and watched the ACTUAL lecture he made more than a few times. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo The book is amazingly close the the lecture itself, YET i highly recommend both reading the book and watching the lecture, just because both have information that the other doesn't. His view on life is just more than amazing. How he recognizes the PEOPLE in his life that have helped him to the place were he was.

This post was just to see if anyone else have read the book, or even heard of him.

go to yahoo news to see it or http://itn.co.uk/


Unflappable Newsreader Ignores Giant Seagull
11 hours 17 mins ago

© Sky News 2009 Buzz Up! Print Story Australian newsreader Peter Hitchiner has been upstaged by a special GUEST during a bulletin - a giant seagull. Skip related content
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The bird stole the show as it walked past the studio's camera filming the Melbourne skyline.

The Channel 9 newsreader was reading a story about a 27-year-old being murdered at the time.

Peter Hitchiner told a Melbourne RADIO station: "I was reading away...and I suddenly thought 'Oh gosh that seagull's back again', because we had a bit of a problem last night.

"About 50 seconds to six o'clock this seagull arrived and started pecking at the camera and it had the beadiest huge eyes you've ever seen in your life."

Luckily Hitchiner is an experienced campaigner and the bird failed to ruffle his feathers.
Page does not load...i used this link with no problem works fine

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6408150/Seagull-invades-Australian-news-bulletin.html






If you don't stop using caps I'm sure your posts will be modified or deleted.Is this really all that interesting? Has no one seen SEAGULLS outside of Australia? I live here and true... giant seagulls are a problem and a DANGER... but nothing exciting. Quote from: BC_Programmer on OCTOBER 22, 2009, 10:54:51 PM

If you don't stop using caps I'm sure your posts will be modified or deleted.

Is this really all that interesting? Has no one seen seagulls outside of Australia? I live here and true... giant seagulls are a problem and a danger... but nothing exciting.

I was actually talking to tranc3r, who was posting in all caps yesterday under the false pretense it was "caps lock" day.

...can not be unseen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n77auNQDiPk&feature=related

Creepy dude is creepy.

what's your hobby?Do you have various hobbies?
I always think that I have interested in everything.but still keep a short time.So I think I have no hobby.Hang out with my WIFE, watch a movie, etc...I'm unmarried and had graduated two years.I have way too many hobbies I crochet, paint, basically anything crafty and right now I'm addicted to wii Ea Active and Wii fit plus. I also like reading and helping the local animal shelter.im a hardcore gamer right now, i play upto 6 hours of xbox a day. i guess that counts as a hobby lol I don't have much time for hobbies right now.. I'm unemployed so I spend almost all my time with my nose in various computer hardware and software books. With a baby on the way (my wife is due in March), I'm racing to learn as much as I can before I take my first step into the IT industry. Although it would seem that sometimes I make a hobby out of learning about computers because if I get fixed on wanting to know something and finally FIGURE it out, it's a "rush"...and I do like that rush


After I'm settled into a job though, I plan on doing various experimenting in electronics and more particularly, lasers.My hobbies are crocheting, gardening, digital drawing with a mouse and of course reading here and other places on the net. Quote from: webeye on October 24, 2009, 08:59:29 PM

My hobbies are crocheting, gardening, digital drawing with a mouse and of course reading here and other places on the net.

I started watching a film this evening just because I needed a BREAK from scripting. Imagine my horror when on E4 (british T.V) there was wife swap USA. *censored* I thought let me look elsewhere. BBC 1 'news at 10' BBC 2 'Autumnwatch unsprung' ITV 'News at ten & weather' Channel 4 'Peep show' Channel 5 'Flashforward' what ever the *censored* that is..
I can't watch this crap anymore I could go on watching Date movie on Film4 but I don't want to die yet. SKY3 has the animals do the most boringist things if that's even a word..
ITV2 has the 'Matrix Revoulutions' on.. but lets be fair, seen it once seen it 100 TIMES.
Oh my word ITV4 Is showing Raw Deal... Sigh***

I have run out of faith in TV...





I don't like much of todays tv Also. Espiecially the newer cartoons they have on saturday mornings on the major networks. Most of um are ninja robotic are transformer like cartoons. I likle tv land espn stuff like dirtiest jobs diedliest catch are SOMETHING on the history channel. Are older shows likle leave it to beaver happy days i dream of jeanie bewitched the munsters the andy griffith show star trek little house on the prairie. And stuff like that i don't even have a show i like to watch now i wish there was still shows like frasier are andy griffith. To quote Bruce Springsteen, "57 channels and nothin' on"I have over 350 channels and there's NOTHING good on maybe i need to get over 1000

A Tivo, or any DVR, and some planning ahead makes a big difference. I always keep at least 30 to 40 hours of programming on my DVR for the times there is nothing on regular TV that looks interesting.TV....or not TV.....that is the question.tv or not tv isn't how i read it are you sure he meant that. of course hardly no body is going to stop watching tv all togetherI hadn't read this for years though the one one quote is famous.

Quote

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause: there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life;
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely,
The pangs of disprized love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscover'd country from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry,
And lose the name of action.[

the only thing i look forward to every week is something for the weekend on bbc1 or 2 on a sunday morning.

IRISH MEDICAL DICTIONARY

Artery.......................... The study of paintings.
Bacteria....................... Back door to cafeteria.
Barium.......................... What doctors do when patients die.
Benign........................ What you be, after you be eight.
Caesarean Section.........A neighbourhood in Rome ..
Catscan.......................... Searching for Kitty.
CAUTERIZE....................... MADE eye contact with her.
Colic........................... A sheep dog.
Coma........................... A punctuation mark.
Dilate.......................... To live long.
Enema............................ Not a friend.
Fester.......................... Quicker than someone else.
Fibula......................... A small lie.
Impotent....................... Distinguished, well known..
Labour Pain.....................Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff..................... A Doctor's cane.
Morbid............................ A higher offer.
Nitrates....................... Cheaper than day RATES.
Node........................... I knew it.
Outpatient..................... A person who has fainted.
Pelvis......................... Second cousin to Elvis.
Post Operative................. A letter carrier.
Recovery Room................Place to do upholstery.
Rectum.......................... Nearly killed him.
Secretion....................... Hiding something.
Seizure......................... Roman emperor.
Tablet............................ A small table.
Terminal Illness............... Getting sick at the airport.
Tumour..........................One PLUS one more.
Urine.......................... Opposite of you're out.
what's a dictioary??

very nice harry, VERY nice. As you say:
Quote

don't take life to seriously . . . no one get's out alive ! so smile and be happy

ohh come ooooon. I was stressed, and needed something to joke with. I WAS JUST kidding....anyway, won't do that again (to keep your head health)

i was wondering, is it too expensive to REPLACE a laptop screen, or should we just buy another laptop?i understand different model have different price..it hard to TELL, but is it worth to fix?

any comment? How old is the laptop? You may be able to get it fixed for free via Warranty.NO..I'm not fixing anything, just for opinion.HuH ? ?Quote from: patio on October 26, 2009, 11:23:19 AM

HuH ? ?

I've got an old serial mouse that I plugged in a LITTLE while ago. Vista loaded the driver right up and it WORKS GREAT. But no scroll wheel...

I got a new PENCIL. It works much better than my last one, but it has no rubber on the end..... LOL huh? I have a trackball that plugs into the serial port on one of my Linux computers.Quote from: JJ 3000 on October 30, 2009, 12:51:27 AM

I have a trackball that plugs into the serial port on one of my Linux computers.

Does anyone know if Windows 7 has eliminted DOS? No Windows SINCE Windows 2000 has been built on MS-DOS, if that is what you mean by "DOS". If you were asking whether Windows 7 has GOT RID of the command line INTERFACE that Windows 2000, XP and VISTA had, which was provided by cmd.exe, then the answer is "no".

Hi all, can someone help me with my laptop? I want to do a system restore but having no LUCK with the system restore APP on the pc. I want to take the pc back to ORIGINAL state WITHOUT ERASING the hard drive. Any help is appreciated

It sounds like this review and instructions was authored by one of CH's esteemed Members...

See it Here...That's FUNNY!That's Vizio, not Visio. I THOUGHT you were talking about the MS product. My spelling skills have dropped off dramatically due to my recent accident....accident?Walked into a Bar...That's usually the INTENTIONAL PART for me.

The accident usually occurs after the seventh beer.Long see ...no time Quantos...YES, I've been working out of town.

The camp I was in had no internet.Welcome Back ...!Thanks

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It's not even a NEW truck!

I didn't, I went through a stack of phone books......

Darn, you got me on that one.You can't USE the phone BOOK! All it does is let you call someone who'll use the internet themselves!

In order to solve any problem, you must consult the BONES!! I arranged the phone books into a comfy chair?

ILL Be Back LATER, See Yah *censored* !This topic is being locked. And Crinale819, we would really appreciate it if you would stop abusing the Report To Moderator link. You only NEED to use it once.

Look at this http://techgeeks-online.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=171


The 1st video is the one we see in the US - the co-INVENTOR of USB.

The 2ND one is (i think) ran in Japan with the inventor of USB.

I just POSTED this because they're 2 separate commercials but they're both so similar. I don't know how to embed VIDEOS in this forum.In both commercials, actors are portraying Ajay Bhatt. One of the TV news magizines interviewed the real co-inventor.Who watches commercials ? ? Much less finding them on utube ? ?Not everyone has Tivo.I don't even have CABLE......

Hi all,

I'm sure MANY, if not all of us, have browsed through the more-than-finite number of clips at youtube.com - a more-than-finite number of times.

But selection is a NATURAL process, so...what is your FAVORITE youtube clip?

Just as a source of entertainment for the rest of CH.

i'll start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fmtkuNjw80http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrQZV5pxpPA

My music, Dubstep. But this video and remix are AMAZING!



Chris
xxQuote from: JXY on September 26, 2009, 02:48:22 AM

i'll start: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fmtkuNjw80

Check this one out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhf3OvRXKg

Check this one out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhf3OvRXKg

I can't put my favourite on here as there is to much swearing but loved the others very cool.

Beautiful.

I love this. Just sit back, and close you eyes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZJDNSp1QJA&feature=channel_page

I am slightly biased but here's one of my favs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4N930AuxWwU

i want to translate chinese web pages to ENGISH and the only way i can work out how to do it is :-

get the web page , copy to the PC , or print and copy to pc , copy and paste sections to babelfish and then copy english to pc




any other METHODS please ??

Right click on the page....SELECT all accelerators.....Translate with Live Search....i'll have a go to-morrow , taTranslate.google.com

From:
http://www.nationalpost.com/story.html?id=2155193

Quote

"I just want to know what her problem is"


LANGLEY, B.C. -- Police in Langley are investigating after a woman kicked a man in the groin so hard he lost a testicle -- the latest in a series of SIMILAR assaults.

"I just want to know what her problem is," victim Anthony Clark, 22, said this week. "People like her shouldn't be on the streets."

Mr. Clark was walking in the Brookswood area of Langley in early September when he passed his assailant on the sidewalk.

"I was looking down and then I took a passing glance and saw her walk up to me," he said.

That's when the young woman inexplicably kicked him in the groin hard enough to send one of his TESTICLES into his abdomen.

Mr. Clark said he wasn't aware of the severity of his injury until later that night when he "noticed something was missing."

He consulted his doctor and a specialist, both of whom believed his testicle could be brought down again with surgery.

It wasn't until he woke up afterwards that he discovered the doctors were wrong - the force of the assault had caused his testicle to rupture. It had to be removed and will be replaced by a prosthetic before Christmas.

"My doctors say I will STILL be able to have children," Mr. Clark said. "But at 22 that's not something I want a stranger, this woman, to decide."

Embarrassed by the situation, Mr. Clark didn't go to the police until nearly four weeks after the attack.

Constables have told him there have been three or four similar assaults on other men, Mr. Clark said.

Langley RCMP said they would like to speak to other victims, although there have been no official reported incidents, spokeswoman Const. Holly Marks said.

The suspect is described as a Caucasian woman, in her late teens or early 20s. She was between five-foot-five and five-foot-seven and 130 pounds with a slim build and brown hair.

I am lying to you.

Hehehe, paradox inducing, amirite?Does someone need to go to detox?
i know , my grandson puts bread into the vcr to toast itQuote from: harry 48 on November 08, 2009, 03:52:14 PM

i know , my grandson puts bread into the vcr to toast it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqQz_CBQKhw&feature=player_embedded

what is the world coming to!!

A 60,000-mile-high wave of super-hot PLASMA blazing across the sun’s surface at 560,000 mph?

I believe he MEANS you can CHANGE the content of a quoted REPLY (EDIT the content between the "quotes")

We don't have Thanksgiving in our country, as we aren't the US. Why does everybody in America think that it's the whole world?

OK did you post that in the wrong thread? If you don't have or celebrate Thanksgiving then just ignore all the Thanksgiving stuff don't go ranting about how every one in the U.S. thinks the whole world celebrates it because I can assure not every one thinks that way. Heck not every on in the U.S. even celebrates it.

What do you mean not everyone celebrates it???


Well said.

Nowadays it is more of just a reason to stuff our faces even more. Sad.

We don't have Thanksgiving in our country, as we aren't the US. Why does everybody in America think that it's the whole world?

Hi, I have a new blog and I am looking for authors to write reviews on it.

Anyone interested?

HTTP://thetecreview.blogspot.com/I have a new blog too.

But I didn't tell anybody about it. I figure, the whole concept of "attracting" people to ones blog is both foolish as well as completely self-defeating; the whole idea is to simply write, and allow others to read what was written if they find it interesting, not to write what you THINK others WANT to read.

oh err... sorry that was a bit random I suppose.Well yes, and no. Some blogs are like that, others are for people to read things that are interesting. So you want to write [reviews] on products of software that will allow them to find out if it is good or not.Quote from: BC_Programmer on November 27, 2009, 09:35:40 AM

But I didn't tell anybody about it. I figure, the whole concept of "attracting" people to ones blog is both foolish as well as completely self-defeating; the whole idea is to simply write, and allow others to read what was written if they find it interesting, not to write what you think others want to read.

I have a new blog too.

But I didn't tell anybody about it. I figure, the whole concept of "attracting" people to ones blog is both foolish as well as completely self-defeating; the whole idea is to simply write, and allow others to read what was written if they find it interesting, not to write what you think others want to read.

oh err... sorry that was a bit random I suppose.

Now you've piqued our interest. Link us please.

alright then

http://bc-programming.com

the link to the blog can be found in the navigation bar.

that was great

AMAZING!!
just one question.. whats basecamp?

i know its early but i thought you might like this

http://video.telegraph.co.uk/services/player/bcpid1529569286?bctid=5524339001 It's not early!

http://christmas0.com/And a happy new YEAR!nice one harry... I needed to laughniiiice one. Didn't GET lyrics THOUGH. Need to listen harder!Have a nice Valentines day....... ---->LOL

Please help -- my son's notebook lid needs to be REPLACED before I can send it in for WARRANTY work. It's not on HP warranty but thru COMP USA when BOUGHT almost 3 yrs ago; weird, but they won't repair it unless the lid is whole.
So all I need is a lid to fit this model. Anyone suggests a GOOD site?Here is a link that lists various laptop models and appropriate display problems and solutions. Have a look at this. This may help you.

http://repair4laptop.org/notebook_lcd_display.htmlI'm not gonna be the one who asks what happened to the lid....What happened to the lid?

Hello.............



EverybodySup?So I was all like "HAI" and this dude comes up and he's thinkin he's so cool 'cause he's like "Sup" and then this random guy pops up and he was all like "So I was all like "HAI" and this dude comes up and he's thinkin he's so cool 'cause he's like "Sup" and then this random guy pops up and he was all like "So I was all like "HAI" and this dude comes up and he's thinkin he's so cool 'cause he's like "Sup" and then this random guy pops up and he was all like "So I was all like "HAI" and this dude comes up and he's thinkin he's so cool 'cause he's like "Sup" and then this random guy pops up and he was all like "So I was all like "HAI" and this dude comes up and he's thinkin he's so cool 'cause he's like "Sup" and then this random guy pops up and he was all like "So I was all like "HAI" and this dude comes up and he's thinkin he's so cool 'cause he's like "Sup" and then this random guy pops up and he was all like "Why do people write "HAI" instead if "HI"? Is it some game thing, you know like "all your BASE are belong to us"?
Quote from: SALMON Trout on December 06, 2009, 06:23:56 AM

Why do people write "HAI" instead if "HI"? Is it some game thing, you know like "all your bases are belong to us"?

Well HAI! us just some fail way of saying Hi! I find it dumb. "all your base are belong to us" is an example of a failed translation from Japanese to English. For more examples of translations like that, go to www.translationparty.com .

Quote from: soybean on December 07, 2009, 04:11:36 PM

I hope you explore some a change in diet and life STYLE, with a VIEW toward avoiding a long-term dependency on medication to control your CHOLESTEROL and tryglycerides.

Quote from: patio on December 04, 2009, 08:14:21 AM

I disagree...
All Man's achievements and inventions last long after that Man has passed...

I read about how they choose a pope recently. Apparently, the Cardinals choose a new pope. I just had one question.

Why the heck does a baseball team get to choose?

I disagree...
All Man's achievements and inventions last long after that Man has passed...

Man cannot and will not ever have the capacity to destroy Earth.

fresh water will dry up

Our technological evolution is advancing exponentially

Well this thread went downhill fast. I thought that this was a discussion about charity and love for people.

Anyway...
@ Patio: What I think Juice was referring to was the fact that one day the entire human race, and even this planet will be dead and there will be no one to remember our deeds. When he "said" man he was referring to mankind. This reminds me of the classic, Neil Armstrong quote: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind", where he should have said: "one small step for a man".

But, who's to say, really? Mankind may outlive this planet. Our technological evolution is advancing exponentially. There may come a day when mankind has spread though our galaxy.

Any of those can be remotely possible.

Anyone KNOW is the COMPTIA Network + CERTIFICATION expires at any point, once you obtain it?Well, I FOUND SOMETHING here:

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/28952


thx anyway

How do you KNOW this?

How do you MAKE moving avatars work right? When I copy a moving avatar code they never move like they're suppose to..Seems to be moving.Yah but it's in my signature area... If I paste the code so it SITS in the avatar section, it doesn't moveI think animation in avatars is disabled. At least, that what I heard.Broni's avatar moves good point.

I have no idea why it wouldn't work then, unless it was too big or long or SOMETHING like that.I AdBlock them anyway...but have at it.I've google around, and file size does seem to be a factor in some people's situations..

There's .gif file editors you can get but I haven't TRIED using any of them

vote on your favorite DOS colorif you choose other send oyur color NAME after 25 the anwer will apearOMFG.

stop with the nonsense polls.ENOUGH POLLSSTOP PUTTING WASTEFUL POLLS! THEY'RE TAKING UP SPACE WHERE A REAL TOPIC SHOULD BE!This person needs watching.
:-\TOO BADsorry if you don't like the topic or poll get out with your empty faceThe COUNTDOWN begins...
The PROBLEM is that people are responding to his threads. If everyone ignores him the problem will disappear.........

Got some free time ? ?

See Here...cool



QUOTE from: EEVIAC on December 11, 2009, 10:44:02 AM

cool



Some nerd must have been really bored

Got some free time ? ?

See Here...

Some nerd must have been really bored.

If I took a 100 hard drives and started gluing them together it would look like a piece of junk.

DO NOT LOOK if you are new to Windows OS!

Network World did a bit on HACKING videos on you tube.
They are FUNNY, in a DARK way.

If you think your computer is safe, you might want to look.
Or, maybe you are better off not KNOWING?

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/37420?netht=rn_012009&nladname=012009dailynewspmal
You have been warned!
Hmmmmm......Interesting.....There is an xBox live VERSION of this...isn't there?that was funny, in a horrific way.

Quote from: Mr. GOOGLE on January 19, 2009, 04:46:03 PM

Yea maybe I should just delete it...

Quote from: Mr. Google on January 19, 2009, 04:46:03 PM

Yea maybe I should just delete it...

Nah, let it archive itself.

This is a first (for me) a flatbed scanner MOD, and a PRETTY NICE one at that.

http://www.datamancer.net/projects/optitran/optitran.htmNice, i would love to have a scanner like that and SHOW off to all my FRIENDS Aww... my scanner is too fat to fit in a book.

Looks like I need to get one thats not from 1998...

how the counters of softwares works that are BASICALLY TRIAL VERSIONS

I've been trying to fix a printer problem at my church for three months. The secretary says that she has to reboot her computer every morning or else everything gets locked up in the printer queue and she can't print anything. Even after rebooting, stuff can still be STUCK in the queue, so she goes around and unplugs all of the printers and the print server. After letting everything sit without power for 15 minutes she plugs it in and can finally print again. She says she does this every morning! And then she comes to me and tells me all about it and her frustrations. And I understand how frustrating it can be to lose pace when working on projects that require PRINTING.

The bad thing about it is that the printers ALWAYS work fine when I go to troubleshoot! I spent three hours last weekend pushing her machine and the printers to the limit. I opened up Word, Excel, Publisher, Powerpoint, Outlook, and IE7 and tried to print from all of them at the same..... to all of the printers..... AND I COULDN'T GET IT TO ERROR! It worked fine!!!!!!!

But when I'm not there, things get stuck in the queue, which affects the other print queues and nothing will print on any of the printers. I did a little looking around on the computer and found it didn't have SP3 for Office 2003, so I installed that (shouldn't make any difference). My father-in-law also removed one printer that has a problematic scanner (I think the buld is dead). There's no serious spyware or malware on it; just the usual useless cookies that don't matter.

The only thing I can think of is maybe it's a hardware problem. The secretary's computer used to be the previous youth pastor's computer. He thought he knew everything about computers and would pull parts and PIECES out of the computer without any concern about static or pins or shock. He didn't even bother to put cpu grease on the cpu before putting the heat sink on. So maybe he messed something up internally so we're having more problems elsewhere..... I don't know.

I'm about ready to give up on it. If it would just show the problems when I'm around, I could probably fix it. But it won't!
Quote from: michaewlewis on December 10, 2007, 10:35:58 AM

I've been trying to fix a printer problem at my church for three months. The secretary says that she has to reboot her computer every morning
....
If it would just show the problems when I'm around, I could probably fix it. But it won't!

Could just be a case of PEBCAK.

1.
21 May 2004, Texas | Michael was an alcoholic. And not an ordinary
alcoholic, but an alcoholic who liked to take his liquor... well,
rectally. His wife said he was "addicted to enemas" and often used
alcohol in this manner. The result was the same: inebriation.

The machine shop owner couldn't imbibe alcohol by mouth due to
a painful throat ailment, so he elected to receive his favorite
beverage VIA enema. And tonight, Michael was in for one *censored* of
a party. Two 1.5 litre bottles of sherry, more than 100 fluid
ounces, right up the old address!

When the rest of us have had enough, we either stop drinking or
pass out. When Michael had had enough (and subsequently passed out)
the alcohol remaining in his rectal cavity continued to be absorbed.
The next morning, Michael was dead.

The 58-year-old did a pretty good job of embalming himself.
According to toxicology reports, his blood alcohol level was 0.47%.

In order to qualify for a Darwin Award, a person must remove himself
from the gene pool via an "astounding misapplication of judgment."
Three litres of sherry up the *censored* can only be described as
astounding. Unsurprisingly, his neighbors said they were surprised
to learn of the incident.

2.
2007, India | Increased mining and recent rains in southeast India
have unsettled the wildife. In the past months, MIGRATING elephants
have killed eleven people in southeast India. A team of journalists
decided to interview this herd of rogue elephants.

The four reporters went into the forest in search of the rogues -- on
foot.

Elephants are big, and elephants are fast. As the recent deaths
illustrate, a person can't out-run an elephant. But these intrepid
journalists apparently assumed that a press pass grants immunity.

With a nose for news, the journalists sniffed out the herd. Once
located, it was only natural that they should capture the photogenic
animals on film. Unfortunately, the elephants were camera shy.
Angered by the flash, the irritated herd charged the paparazzi,
miraculously killing only one of the four.

His remains could not be retrieved.

3.
August 2006, Leicester, England | Darren's death was a mystery.
The The 33-year-old was found slumped in the hallway of his house,
bleeding from stab wounds to his chest. Police initially assumed
that an assailant had attacked him, but they could find no supporting
evidence. A year later, the inquest revealed why Darren can stake
his claim to a place among the winners of the Darwin Award.

Darren had called a friend, but minutes after he hung up, rang back
to ask for an ambulance. The front door was ajar, and Darren was
found lying near a bloodstained lock-knife he had purchased whilst
on holiday in Spain. Forensics investigators saw no indication of a
struggle, and the coroner reported that the stab wounds SEEMED to be
self-inflicted. However, Darren had shown no suicidal tendencies.

His wife, who was on holiday at the time of the incident, cleared up
the mystery, and revealed why our subject will go down in history as
a Darwin Award winner. As she was leaving for the holiday, she
remembered Darren wondering whether his new jacket was 'stab-proof'.

That's right. Darren had decided to find out if his jacket could
withstand a knife attack. Did he choose to test his jacket while
it was draped over the back of a chair? No, our man decided that
the best approach would be to wear the garment and stab himself.
Sadly, his choice of armor proved less resistant to a sharp blade
than he had hoped.

The coroner reached a verdict of accidental death by 'misadventure'.

4.
2003, California | John, a Los Angeles real estate attorney, was
skimming leaves from his pool when he noticed a palm frond caught
i the POWER lines. His education had equipped him with sufficient
acumen to become a successful litigator. Yet he was not shrewd
enough to avoid becoming a toasty critter, when he reached up
with the long metal pole and poked at the palm frond.

John was, for once, the path of least resistance.

Perhaps as an homage to his litigation skills, his family sued
both the utility company and the pool supply store, for failure
to disclose the danger of poking a metal rod into the power lines