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Belief. What makes a bad book bad? Darwin Awards: Darwin Awards. Maine Man Boffed By Booby-Trap Maine Man Boffed By Booby-Trap Ronald Cyr, 65, was shot dead on Thanksgiving evening in the rural town of Van Buren. Upon investigation, it was determined that the shooter was none other than Ron Pilot Patrick's In-Flight ShowerWith 10,000 hours of flight time and an instructor certificate, when aviation fuel (AVGAS) entered the cockpit and sloshed around his feet Patrick's attitude was, 'What, Me Worry? ' Rhino Poacher Killed By ElephantIt makes a funny headline, but it's no laughing matter.

The elephant-trampled and lion-digested poacher had illegally crept into a national park with murder in mind, for there is Two Texans Die Trying May their experiment be a warning to you, my friend. The Missionary PositionJohn Allen Chau, a self proclaimed world explorer inspired by Livingston and Jesus, was killed by the very tribe of natives he was offering eternal life. GEOcaching Out! Road-Rage-AholicsA Darwin Double! Killer WhaleboneHistoric Darwin Award! Zap! Story. Soviet Cold War spy Zephyr dies | Top News. MOSCOW Tue Aug 19, 2008 6:20pm BST MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Soviet spy codenamed "Zephyr" who worked undercover with his wife in Europe and the United States for more than a quarter of a century has died aged 101, Russia's foreign intelligence agency (SVR) said on Tuesday.

The agency issued a glowing tribute to spy Mikhail Mukasei, whose death comes at a time when Russia's tense relations with the West and its conflict with Georgia are prompting many observers to draw parallels with the Cold War. Mukasei operated with his wife Elizaveta as an undercover team in an unnamed "West European country" from the 1950s until their return to Moscow in 1977, the agency said in a statement on its Internet site www.svr.gov.ru. "Their active work was as illegal operatives. The geographic operations of the Mukaseis were very extensive: they performed tasks for the motherland on several continents," the SVR's tribute said. (Reporting by Conor Sweeney, Editing by Meg Clothier) Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends on Google Video.

Weird Weekends was a BBC2 show (1998-2000) about weird people and weird movements in America: UFO hunters, survivalists, white supremacists, habitual Vegas gamblers, porn actors, swingers, and so on. It was hosted by Louis Theroux, son of writer Paul Theroux. A few days ago I downloaded a bunch of episodes of Weird Weekends from Google Video, and I have been enjoying them as much as any television I've ever seen. Even the ones I didn't think I'd be interested in (infomercial inventors) were fascinating. Theroux is funny without being obnoxious, and his sense of curiosity is strong enough to make him ask potentially embarrassing but profoundly revealing questions of his subjects. The people Theroux interviews immediately feel comfortable around him because he is so friendly and non-threatening, which makes them open right up to him.

Here are the videos I found (some are from later shows called When Louis Met... and another show called Louis and...). Word Perhect.