Thursday, 23. July 2009

10 Reasons Why Douglas Adams Might as Well Be a Guru


When I was in college I read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy 10 Reasons Why Douglas Adams Might as Well Be a Guru novels by Doulgas Adams, or as they are often referred to, “a trilogy in five parts”. I didn’t realize it at the time, but everything I needed to know about life, the universe, and everything was somewhere in those books. Granted, I had to sift through a considerable amount of nonsense to get to the good stuff, but then, isn’t that exactly how life works?

10 Reasons Why Douglas Adams Might as Well Be a Guru

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10 Things The ‘iPod Generation’ Will Never Experience


Hey you kids! Get the hell off my lawn! With your gameboys and iPods and knife crime. You don’t know you’re born. Back in my day we’d walk seven miles to pick up a CD from our local record store. Uphill. Both ways. The guy there would look down at us from behind the counter and we’d feel small. And we LIKED IT…

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Sharing is caring - Why the pirates are on the rise in Sweden


Newsnight's Matt Prodger visits Sweden's Peace and Love music festival in Borlange to investigate what it is about the Swedes that has put them at the heart of a raging debate about internet freedom.

For 24-hour party people a visit to the land of the midnight sun is a must. For one thing, the Swedes are serious when it comes to having fun - and at this time of year the sun never sets.

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Undercover cops arrest undercover cop


In a triumph of covert police work, undercover officers in North Carolina arrested another undercover officer from a different force after buying drugs off him.

metro.co.uk Arrest mix-up raises questions

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Very Important Potheads - Changing the Face of Cannabis


Famous Pot Smoker's Name or Picture to Get the Full Story

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California city taxes weed to escape deficit


Against the backdrop of budget deficits across the Golden State, the Californian city of Oakland votes yes to a proposal to tax the sale of medical marijuana.

Nearly 80 percent of Oakland voters endorsed the idea to make the city the first in the United States to impose taxes on medical marijuana proceeds.

To celebrate the approval, supporters hand-rolled marijuana cigarettes at Oaksterdam University where some students train to work in the marijuana industry.

Cannabis is California's biggest cash crop. It is valued at $14 billion annually.

presstv.com High Stakes: A Call to Legalize Marijuana cnn Video

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Längsten Sonnenfinsternis des 21. Jahrhundert


Aufgenommen am frühen Mittwochmorgen (Ortszeit) in Iwo Jima, Japan. Ich empfehle den Sound auszumachen und irgendwas…

Längsten Sonnenfinsternis des 21. Jahrhundert

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