Procrastinating… don’t much feel like doing chores yet today. Surfy-surfing, messing around with the orange boy, listening to reruns of MadTV or shuffling mp3s.

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I would like a black t-shirt with “Henchman” on the front in white block lettering, to wear with a black knit cap, and a domino mask.

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EwwWw. Dirty-undies money safe.

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Louisiana police no longer need search warrants?

The 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in a Baton Rouge case that authorities don’t need an arrest or search warrant to conduct a swift sweep of private property to ensure their own safety.

Any evidence discovered during that search now is admissible in court as long as the search is a “cursory inspection,” and if police entered the site for a legitimate law-enforcement purpose and believed it may be dangerous.

Hm… sounds like a slippery slope. Beware of camera phones and stuff, guys.

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Top doc backs picking your nose and eating it

Picking your nose and eating it is one of the best ways to stay healthy, according to a top Austrian doctor.

Innsbruck-based lung specialist Prof Dr Friedrich Bischinger said people who pick their noses with their fingers were healthy, happier and probably better in tune with their bodies.

He says society should adopt a new approach to nose-picking and encourage children to take it up.

Dr Bischinger said: “With the finger you can get to places you just can’t reach with a handkerchief, keeping your nose far cleaner.

“And eating the dry remains of what you pull out is a great way of strengthening the body’s immune system.

“Medically it makes great sense and is a perfectly natural thing to do. In terms of the immune system the nose is a filter in which a great deal of bacteria are collected, and when this mixture arrives in the intestines it works just like a medicine.

“Modern medicine is constantly trying to do the same thing through far more complicated methods, people who pick their nose and eat it get a natural boost to their immune system for free.”

He pointed out that children happily pick their noses, yet by the time they have become adults they have stopped under pressure from a society that has branded it disgusting and anti social.

He said: “I would recommend a new approach where children are encouraged to pick their nose. It is a completely natural response and medically a good idea as well.”

And he pointed out that if anyone was really worried about what their neighbor was thinking, they could still enjoy picking their nose in private if they still wanted to get the benefits it offered.

Um… I think I’ll abstain, thanks. I’ve never eaten one, and don’t plan on it now. *gag*

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In the 1950s and 1960s, Hoover manufactured a line of flying-saucer-shaped “floating cannister vacuums” that rode on a cushion of their own exhaust, hovering over your carpet. This vacuum cleaner fan site has great photos, scanned ads and details for several of Hoover’s most futuristic vacuum cleaners.

Man, I want one! Well, that’s guilted me back in to housework, so I’ll catch you later, dear journal.