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Thursday, July 1, 2010

Yankees Fan Hit In Face While Using Cell Phone (VIDEO)

SVG drawing of a baseball.Image via Wikipedia

Rule #1, from T-ball on up to the Major Leagues - player, parent, fan or ump - always keep your eye on the ball! Lesson learned for this chump!





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Naval Academy Superintendent Retiring After Slush Fund Discovery

US Naval Academy signImage via Wikipedia

Nothing like transparency and accountability, eh? You know, it never ceases to amaze me as just a peon professor in the university machine how administrators can indeed lose their perspective on things when they reach the top - even at a great institution such as the Naval Academy.

P.S. Well, I do hope it was good wine!



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Don't let this happen to you on your beach trip!: Woman impaled by umbrella



One word - owwwwwwwwwwwwww!

Watch the news story here below:



Happy July 4th! Be safe!

David


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Ryanair to sell £5 tickets for standing-room only flights





OK, just when you though air travel couldn't get any worse....Ryanair may be changing the game once again! And for those of you that don't follow the air travel market that closely, the things that Ryanair introduces in the European market tend to make their way to the U.S. market quite quickly (i.e. fees for checked baggage, boarding privileges, etc.).

Now, they've announced a once-unthinkable concept - standing-room ticketing for their flights. Is this coming to the U.S.? Would it be successful here? Why or why not?

Watch the video clip below from the Telegraph of London:


and for more detail, here's their news story on the Ryanair announcement:

Is this coming to AtlantaChicago, and Wichita? Would you pay JUST to go to the bathroom on the plane? This should draw some big discussion here on the blog - post your thoughts here and forward this on to your real - and virtual - friends (is there a difference anymore?).




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Yashi

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