*Mermaid bounty in Israel?…A mermaid that performs tricks at sunset and then vanishes into the mysterious deep…..

An alleged mermaid, said to resemble a cross between a fish and a young girl, only appears at sunset. It performs a few tricks for onlookers before disappearing for the night.

*The sci-fi future that wont stop: SPACE-TAXI’S: The United States is retiring its fleet of space shuttles next year after seven more missions to complete construction of the $100 billion International Space Station, which orbits about 225 miles above Earth.

*In the time honored tradition of time wasters (half of which this site is dedicated towards) I give you Digi-Whack. This is the FAQ which as always is a good place to start. This is alot like the grouphug project which loses its luster after a few minutes but after a month of neglect becomes shiny again, if only for a moment.
Do what you will, but it is Friday…your probably unemployed and already drunk.

*Breaking Cow news, a doubleheader: Creepy cow with two heads and its probable cousin; the EVIL LOOKING 5 legged bastard.

*MTV Cribs: Rodent Edition. Mouse builds nest in ATM lined with 20$ bills.

*Go ahead, do your laundry in Manhattan:

Employees at Gracie Laundry in Morningside Heights found the four-feet-long, nine-pound female snake curled in between bags of clothes Tuesday morning.

*Giant meat eating plant discovered in Phillipines named after David Attenborough:

Word that this new species of pitcher plant existed initially came from two Christian missionaries who in 2000 attempted to scale Mount Victoria, a rarely visited peak in central Palawan in the Philippines.

With little preparation, the missionaries attempted to climb the mountain but became lost for 13 days before being rescued from the slopes.