What a strange world we live in.

Apparently Andy Kaufman faked his own death. He currently resides in New York City.

Thanks to sophiaserpentia and myelectricsheep for the info.

Edit: Several of my friends dispute this claim. So I offer it with lots of grains of salt. I don't mean to spread false information.

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I had a wonderful lunch at the Olive Garden with rikhei. If she gets a job in town, we'll be getting together more regularly.

I got very little sleep last night. After our meal, I'm just about ready to zonk. Only three more hours to go....

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Re: Andy Kaufman: I'm a big sucker. I really thought I could depend on Yahoo! News.

Anyway, check out this story on a pre-Inca graveyard found near Lima.

Ahahahaha....

Hastert Lectures McCain on War, Sacrifice

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Damn straight that baby was delivered C-section.

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Sun Was Born in a Violent Burst, Experts Say

The sun burst into existence in a brilliant explosion of supernovas, rather than being born quietly from swirling dust and gases in a dark corner of the universe, U.S. astronomers proposed on Thursday.

The discovery of fingerprints left by certain rare forms of iron make it clear that the birth of our solar system was violent, the team at Arizona State University said.

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Oh thank God.

Judge Dismisses Greenpeace Charges

A federal judge dismissed criminal charges Wednesday against the environmental group Greenpeace, ending an unusual case that drew the ire of free-speech advocates and critics of the Bush administration.

The activist group, known for its high-profile demonstrations, was criminally charged after two members were caught in April 2002 boarding a ship off Miami Beach that they believed was carrying 70 tons of illegally imported Brazilian mahogany.

The activists spent a weekend in jail. But the case became a national cause celebre when the U.S. attorney's office here took the unprecedented step of seeking a criminal indictment of the organization itself, using an obscure 1872 law intended to dissuade brothel owners from boarding ships to lure sailors with prostitutes and liquor. The law had not been used in 113 years.

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