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# Head Immortality: She'll freeze her head, wake up in future. Maria Camacho
is hoping to buy immortality for herself. Or, to be precise, immortality
for her head.The plan is that after her death, her head will be preserved
in a freezing process. One day, she hopes, when science has advanced
sufficiently to complete the job, her head will be defrosted and, with the
knowledge that will then exist, her brain will be treated to enable it to
live forever. http://www.dailystarnews.com/200002/07/n0020709.htm#BODY4
# 'GLASS IS HALF-FULL' TYPES LIVE LONGER. Minnesota researchers have come to
the conclusion that optimists live longer than pessimists. Stop worrying.
http://www.healthcentral.com/drdean/DeanFullTextTopics.cfm?ID=27241
# Longer Life? Put on a Happy Face, Study Says. Lift up that noble chin.
http://news.excite.com/news/r/000208/05/science-health-optimism
: Do you want to live forever? Are you happy with your life? Do you smile,
grimace, cackle, convulse with laughter? Are you charming? Is your head? Are
you worth saving/dominating/donating? Is your bed a coffin? Is orgasm "the
little death?" D'ya prefer little/big/no deaths? Is y'r life a living death?
# Dominatrix open charm school for crossdressers. A woman whose "bondage
bungalow" <http://www.canoe.ca/TorontoNews/ts.ts-02-09-0016.html> was
busted by cops is back in business, but using a new angle. Her "charm
school" includes a doll-filled adult nursery and dungeon equipped with
a bed of nails & velvet-lined coffin. [ Via http://www.obscurestore.com ]
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# Some folks making federal case of UFOs. They were there on a search for
truth, or at least their version of it. Federal court was jampacked with
observers, but they weren't there to watch the trial. The actual proceed-
ing mattered very little. In their minds, the verdict was already in:
Alien beings are among us, and the govt is engaged in an all-out campaign
to keep it hush-hush. http://www.azcentral.com/news/cols/0209ruelas.shtml
# Judge to Issue Written Decision in UFO Case http://caus.org/pn020700c.htm
# US District Court Reserves Decision On CAUS Triangular UFO Case:
http://www.sightings.com/politics6/tri.htm
: What's your favorite UFO lawsuit? Can you legally prove ET/govt conspirac-
ies? Can you get to court? Will you be adjudged, ridiculed, controlled, mind
wiped, killed? Can the conspirators allow you to continue? Are you diverting
public attention from the real conspiracy? How many layers has the onion?
@ ETs: What are They Waiting For? http://www.caus.org/mc020900.htm
# Are Earthlings alone in the universe? Some scientists say yes:
http://www.austin360.com:80/news/1metro/2000/02/08earthlings.html
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# Village Dispute Ends in Cannibalism. PORT MORESBY (Reuters) - A village
dispute in Papua New Guinea ended with a man tearing out the eyes, heart &
testicles of another and eating them. An argument between Silkapi & Makatu
earlier in the day left Makatu's house burnt to the ground. After a fight,
"Silkapi caught Makatu and smashed his head with a rock, killing him. He
then ate him." Yum. http://news.excite.com/news/r/000208/07/odd-dispute
# Man Kills Brother, Throws Self Off Church - no cannibalism involved
this time: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000207/07/odd-mexico
: How do you resolve disputes? Are interpersonal conflicts best settled over
a hearty meal, a glass of wine, a rubber chicken? Do the voices in your head
tell you what/when/who/how to eat/drink/fuck/scream? D'ya worship conflict?
# Therapy Chicken Helps Abused Children Conquer Fear. NEW YORK (Reuters)
Dogs may be man's best friend, but a chicken may be the best therapist.
Better than Freud: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000209/08/odd-chicken
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# Couple offers $100,000 to egg donor - want eggs of a bright, young, white
athlete: http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2564049789-766
# Single Strand of JFK's Hair for $800. LONDON (Reuters) Collectors with
$800 to spend can buy a hair cut from the head of U.S. President John F.
Kennedy four months before he was assassinated. Or you can buy one of
mine for just $10: http://news.excite.com/news/r/000209/08/odd-kennedy
: Would you rather buy/sell/clone/boil superior eggs? How much would you pay
for relics/eggs/tissues of athletes/presidents/physicists/dictators/messiahs
for you to nurture/clone/modify? Would the progeny be tourist attractions??
# Mystery Bearish Critter Stirring Australia. BRISBANE (AFP) - A mysterious
bear-like creature sighted several times near a tiny Queensland town could
become a big tourist draw akin to Scotland's Loch Ness monster. The metre-
high (3.3 feet) beast with black hair covering its body has been spotted
near Gayndah in the state's southeast, adding mystery to a legend that has
its roots in Aboriginal folklore. http://sightings.com/ufo6/bearlike.htm
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# Man was going to send vial tests to FCC. [ Via http://obscurestore.com ]
Police have arrested the man who has been placing liquid-filled vials on
utility poles around the metro Milwaukee area. The suspect, a paranoid
schizophrenic, sez he's being bombarded with a rock station's frequencies;
the vials were an experiment relating to the problem. Says a cop: "He told
our guys that when he put the vials up he could hear the sound change. He
was going to run the experiment and then send the results to the FCC."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb00/vials09020800.asp
# EARLIER: Weird vial distribution puzzles cops, see
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/feb00/vial07020600a.asp
# Broadcasters Seek To Kill New LoPowerFM: http://sightings.com/ufo6/fm.htm
: Would you rather be bombarded by lo- or hi-power signals? D'ya resonate?
Do liquids impede your resonance? What's your impedance? D'ya sell y'r anti-
broadcast vials on the Net? Is it legal? Would you rather be warned/pursued
by FCC, FDA, CIA, NSA, NBC, CBS, AOL, MTV, KGB? Are your results positive??
# FDA WARNS FOREIGN-BASED INTERNET DRUG SITES. US drug regulators emailed a
dozen operators of foreign-based Internet sites, warning that offering
prescription drugs to US customers online may be illegal. Call your
lawyers: http://www.healthcentral.com/news/newsfulltext.cfm?ID=26833
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