Worst Last Names In History

May 14th, 2006 I was watching a TV infomercial which argued in favor of HIV positive children attending schools with other HIV negative students. On the surface it appears the humanly thing to do but is it really logical (and humanly) to allow HIV+ students to attend normal schools? In school children are known to get into fights, bruises from various causes are common.

July 21st, 2005 A 30-year study of 1037 children has found that those who watch the most TV are least likely to go to university and get a degree. "Those who watched little television had the best chance of going on to university and earning a degree," said researcher Bob Hancox, deputy director of the Dunedin Research Unit.

July 21st, 2006 I was recently asked why do we keep donating our smartest people to other countries? It reminded me of a story of Gautama Buddha, founder of Buddhism. Once he was passing by a village full of very good and very bright people.

December 18th, 2008 Google has compiled the names of this year's mega celebrities. The popularity is anything but to leave out  because its just not another list.

February 23rd, 2009 Discovering the roots of an ancestry or a family tree makes for an interesting hobby. Of course there are professional genealogists pursuing extensive research.

August 7th, 2006 Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer from its database on Monday after an urgent review of his work showed he had altered two images from the conflict between Israel and the armed group Hizbollah. Global Picture Editor Tom Szlukovenyi called the measure precautionary but said the fact that two of the images by photographer Adnan Hajj had been manipulated undermined trust in his entire body of work.

January 23rd, 2007 Übermensch is often incorrectly translated in English as Superman. The word Superman lacks the German connotation of mastery of a sphere beyond human knowledge and power.

September 9th, 2005 Some college kid decides to sell each pixel on his home page for 1$ in minimum slots of 10X10 pixels or 100$. He is aiming for 1 million dollars.

November 15th, 2006 A few bits of dark chocolate a day can have the same benefit as aspirin in reducing blood clots and preventing heart attacks, researchers from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine concluded in a study of chocolate lovers. "What these chocolate 'offenders' taught us is that the chemical in cocoa beans has a biochemical effect similar to aspirin in reducing platelet clumping which can be fatal if a clot forms and blocks a blood vessel, causing a heart attack," lead researcher Diane Becker from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine told the annual conference of the American Heart Association, in Chicago.

November 5th, 2006 Batman has grown old, very old. Most of his crime-fighting colleagues have passed on years ago.

September 2nd, 2005 Randall Robinson reported in The Huffinton Post that "black hurricane victims in New Orleans have begun eating corpses to survive". Note: I briefly searched google news for corroborating evidence/reporting.

October 3rd, 2008 What do you mean by a virtual world? A place where you can come and work and chat and play and leave. What if I tell you about a whole new world where you can live, breathe, play, sing, dance, do every damn thing you can do in this (sorry?) life of yours? And what if "I make you an offer that you can't refuse?" No I am no Godfather.