It should be remembered that these are the worst disasters in -America-, not world-wide.

emily: It's like I'm talkin' to a wall here...

I gather it's one of a hippo's major ways of warning interlopers they're trespassing on his turf..

I believe he has deliberately kept that voice because he considers it "his".

Once again, the bigotry of the right-handed majority rears its ugly head.

If you have any choice at all in the matter, stop using Outlook. Eudora is one attractive alternative.

My favorite song-creation story: the song "Maniac", which was made famous by the 80's film Flashdance, was originally written by its author Michael Sembello as a joking ode to a serial killer. The tape on which it had been recorded was sent to the studio by accident, and they liked it so much they him rewrite the lyrics into something more romantic.

The Mythbusters TV show on The Discovery Channel has covered some of this as well.

It probably isn't Cthulhu (it might not even be a monster movie at all), but I'm certainly hoping.

I imagine her lawyer picked the figure, and is hoping to get a relative fraction of it from McDonalds. Preferably before any actual trial, just to make the problem go away.

skh.pcola-

That was my thought as well; would it kill the manufacturers to clearly label the waving-spot?