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Tak yo, brotha

One thing you can say about Czechs is that they sure like saying "Yo." But they can't quite say it with the same macho musicality as our brothers from the 'hood. In fact, they sound downright whiteboy when they say it. I suggest they could benefit from some tutoring lessons or exchange program with the Eastside.

Update: Sveti correctly reminds me that Czechs say "jo", not "yo."

Flesh wound

Recently I was putting together some furniture and I made a mistake, installing the wrong type of screw fasteners. Since they were now bored into the wood, they were very difficult to remove and the only thing that seemed to work was prying with a knife. The knife slipped and I stabbed my left hand. It hurt.

Thank u, Yahoo

A great story from Yahoo news

Update: AP has since updated the story to make it more family friendly. While the hijacker was trying to escape bystanders after the crash, he crawled under the bus and apparently lost his pants. The landscape guy dragged him out by his foot to reveal a special surprise: the only garment our neighborhood hijacker was wearing was a condom. The hijacker was not completely naked as the AP reports, but was wearing some protection.

Ford Lookalike

Recently on my way to the office I've been encountering this guy who bears an uncanny resemblance to our former dear leader Gerald R. Ford. He looks kind of like the picture shown left.

Power Outage

There was a power outage in my girl's apartment, so I went outside to play with some wires, to see if I could help.

At the moment this picture was taken, I experienced a little electric shock. Maybe you can tell. But everything is fine now, my heart started beating again a little later with the help of another little electrical zap.

Bio essen

Me and my girl were recently discussing the German penchant for biological food stuffs---what we call "organic food" in my country. The terminology strikes me as a little strange, since it suggests that if we weren't eating bio-food we would normally be eating inorganic substances. According to Wikipedia, an inorganic substance is any compound not involving carbon---except certain carbonates, simple oxides of carbon and cyanides, as well as the allotropes of carbon. I am trying to think of how many inorganic materials out there that we humans can really ingest. My list so far is: water, salt (sodium chloride), and potassium chloride. In addition there are some substances which are probably OK to swallow but indigestable: elemental carbon, glass, various pure metals and semimetals. This list is probably longer. Do any of my loyal readers have any other substances to add to the list?

Update: The list should include MgSO_4 according to Sveti. I wonder how it tastes? Other comments were not as helpful.