Oh Jack (I forgot to mention that Jack is 3)

LONDON (Reuters) - Jack Neal briefly became the proud owner of a pink convertible car after he managed to buy it for 9,000 pounds ($17,000) on the Internet despite being only three years old.

Jack's mother told the BBC she had left her password for the eBay auction site in her computer and her son used the "buy it now" option to complete the purchase.

Jack's a whizz on the PC and just pressed all the right buttons," Rachel Neal said.
The seller of the second-hand car, a dealer from Worcestershire, central England, was amused by the bid and agreed not to force the sale through.
"Luckily he saw the funny side and said he would re-advertise," Neal said.

Ouch

This poor lady had it rough. She was a track and field judge in Brazil.

U.S. Health Care System

A recent survey gave the U.S. Healthcare system a D. This was an extensive survey.
I would give it an F personally. I'm at the point where I would prefer to go abroad to receive medical attention. Most people know that the US has the lowest life expectancy of industrialized nations. Our health care is on average three times more expensive than other countries.

I have been to many doctors lately. I am lucky to be able to see a doctor for five minutes. I sit there in a waiting room that is standing room only seeing three other people with appointments with the same doctor as myself at the same time. When I finally see the doctor after an hour he has no time to see me. I wish this was an isolated incident but the truth is it happens every time.

--One-third of all adults under 65 have problems paying their medical bills or have medical debt they are paying over time.
--Only 17% of U.S. doctors use electronic medical records, compared with 80% in the top three countries.
--The study estimates that each year 115 out of 100,000 U.S. deaths could have been avoided with timely and appropriate medical attention. Only Ireland, Britain, and Portugal scored worse in this category, while France scored the best, with 75 preventable deaths per 100,000.
--The survey was carried out by 18 academic and private-sector health-care leaders, who rate the system on 37 different measures. The poor grade is particularly discomfiting, the researchers note, because the U.S. spends more on medicine, by far, than any other country. Approximately 16% of the nation's gross domestic product is devoted to health care, compared with 10% or less in other industrialized nations.

Roar is on DVD!

I was scrolling through upcoming DVD's, mainly at Battlestar, and noticed that Roar is now on DVD! This show was a huge deal when it came out and quickly became one of the worst shows ever made.(It was not that bad but could have been much better.) A lot of people loved it but it was cancelled when Ledger left the show. Anyways I'm probably the only one who remembers this. If you're bored and want a funny show with a bunch of people running around Roaring, this is the it!

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/30117

You agitatin my dots?

Dots!

The Hobbit

Will Peter Jackson be doing the Hobbit before some of his actors get too old?
This interview with Jackson goes into great detail.

Crazy cat wheel

In the theme of crazy cats here is a crazy cat wheel.

Here is a robot cat!

Off to play some diskgolf.

Stingrays

Now that the croc hunter's death has reached every corner of the world dead stingrays are starting to pop up in Australia. Normally fishers let these animals go when caught in their nets but perhaps as a retaliation for Steve Irwin's death, dead stingrays are showing up on beaches.

What's too bad about this is that exactly what Irwin would not want to happen.

I thpught the Croc Hunter was up there with Spongebob as the coolest

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This movie looks pretty good.
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I know the original Office is supposed to be the best but I never liked it that much. I liked the main actor who gave one of the funniest performances ever, but it is not as good as the office on NBC. Part of this is the fact that the British office only had 16 episodes or so while American TV puts out 20-24 a year. Season 1 was not so great but season two was one of the best shows on television.

Lost was kind of mixed for me. It was not near as good as season 1 however adding Echo, Henry gale, and Desmond will probably make this the a better show in the future. It is rare for a television show to add the three best cast members in season 2. Disk 7 of the season 2 DVD is worth checking out.

Grey's Anatomy: This is pretty good. I'm not sure if it deserves the title best television show but it's watchable.

The Wire: Pretty much every newspaper is calling this the best show on television. I guess I'll check out season one although there is a very lengthy wait due to everyone probably reading about this.

Studio 60: This should be one of the best shows this year. Mathew Perry and Bradly Whitford make for a fun team.

Battlestar Gallactica: This goes without saying. One of the best shows ever made.

Entourage: This is up there as a great show.

Rome: Over hyped, like Deadwood it throws a lot of sex and vulgarity at you.

The Dead Zone: A great show now in it's fourth of maybe fifth season. I'm a bit of a sci fi fan so I like the largly Star Trek cast/producers.

Cats

Silly Cat.

Cats

Watch this after you watch the one above, very funny.

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I went to Acadia for a wek but do not really ave much for pictures. I have been there for so many years that I have enough pictures. I'll post a few perhaps.