my tiny bits

random notes to myself (and you) about mostly anything maybe.

Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Boy was scared to death by a bear.

Lots of shark bites in Texas - maybe caused by the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico.

In Finland,Internet Addiction will get you out of the army. Whereas in Israel, stressed soldiers can legally get high.

Check out what Saudis & others got the Bushes for Christmas last year - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdallah... gave First Lady Laura Bush a matching set of diamond and sapphire jewelry valued by U.S. officials at $95,500. The Saudi royal also gave the president an $8500 mantel clock and the "first family" (that would be first daughters Jenna and Barbara) received Bulgari necklaces valued at $8500 and $8000 apiece. Other recipients of Saudi largesse were Chief of Staff Andrew Card and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, both of whom got small daggers priced at $1500. The foreign gifts are taken, the State Department report notes, since "non-acceptance would cause embarrassment to donor and U.S. Government."

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