Archive for October, 2007

Older Women Make Better Mothers

Technorati tags: news, study, mothering, children So much for the ticking biological clock: According to a new study, older women make much better mothers than their young counterparts. Older women are more likely to be financially secure and in stable relationships. Something I absolutely agree with, it makes perfect sense. I don’t think there’s that […]

Britain’s Weird Tombstones

Technorati tags: bbc news, bbc history, history, graves, tombstones, britain, weird tombstones It’s (almost) Halloween, and the BBC History Magazine has compiled a list of mostly unusual, weird and mysterious memorials. The winner of the “Mysterious Memorials” is Sarah Johnson, aged 28 when she died in 1819. She apparently had 28 operations on her abdomen. […]

Meet Mississippi Mayor Frank Melton

Technorati Tags: mayor , frank melton , mississippi On August 26, 2006, Mayor Frank Melton had taken an entourage of police officers and teenagers (some with criminal records) to a duplex in a poor neighborhood. Stating that the duplex was home to drug dealers, Mayor Melton then directed the odd mix of cops and teenagers […]

Disney’s Small World Ride Going Bigger

Technorati Tags: disneyland , anaheim , disney ride , obesity Disneyland’s small world ride is going to be closed for almost a year beginning in January for refurbishing or in other words: the ride isn’t built to accommodate today’s average passengers’ body weights. There you have it. Obesity yet again, taking over the Anaheim Disneyland. […]