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Indian Navy Stops Pirates Again

The Indian naval fleet is on fire in the gulf of Aden against the Somalian pirates! On Saturday Indian warship INS Mysore and their commandos captured 23 pirates and their arms cache.

Soon after, steaming at full speed, the deadly INS Mysore also reached the spot. By then, all 23 pirates had clambered onto the 10-metre-long dhow -- later identified as `Salahaddin' -- in a bid to escape.

INS Mysore then opened fire across the dhow's bows with its heavy-calibre machine guns, forcing the sea bandits to come to a complete halt. A detachment of heavily-armed marine commandos promptly sped across to the pirate dhow in their fibre-glass inflatable boats.

"Seeing the Marcos, the pirates surrendered quite easily, even though for some time they pretended to be plain fishermen. A search of the dhow led to the discovery of the large arms cache and three outboard motors,'' he said.

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Last Night's Party: The Cosby Show Sweater Party

On Saturday night, along with the rest of the City it seems, my lovely roommates Kate and Sarah and I decided to throw a holiday party. Theme: Ugly festive sweaters in honor of the Cosby Show. I unfortunately did not take too many photos other than a few below. I may update this later if Kate hooks me up with some pictures she took. Beforehand I stopped by Melissa's beautiful apartment for her holiday party. Had a few Jack on the rocks then jumped into a cab to head to my party. I had a hilarious conversation with the cabbie and his lady on the side who was yelling at the two of us via his cell phone speaker. He also let me bum a rare cigarette from him.

Will's AMAZING sweater. The fact that it's short sleeve really pushes up this sweater to another level.

Me and Kate!

Hector!

One of Kate's friends brought her this wine as a present. We plan on drinking it on inauguration day!

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Billy Ripken's F*ck Face Baseball Card

It's the 20th anniversary of Billy Ripken's (yes, Cal Ripken Jr's brother) infamous baseball card, number 616 issued by Fleer where Ripken posed with his batting practice bat with the end of the handle visible.

What ensued was absolute chaos and—as the "error" card's price rose to nearly $500—there were some amazing stories. A kid, who happened to be a fan of Ripken, had purchased a huge lot of No. 616's from a dealer for $50. When the curse was found, the new worth of the cards was closer to $20,000.

Today it's worth around $5. .

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Amber Fossils From the Future

"Relics" by the Glue Society:

Commissioned to create an installation for the Pulse Contemporary Art Show in Miami last week, the Glue Society developed a series of amber fossils as an indication of what could be uncovered millions of years from now. Value is added to the disposable bits and bobs that are evidence of our odd existence to highlight the dangerous fact that what will be remembered might not be the most important.

This reminds me of an illustrated book I used to read as a child. I forgot the name but it imagines an archaeology dig hundreds of years in the future at a site of some US city (I think New York?) and of course they get everything all wrong. The TV is a place of worship. Toilet seat is a ceremonial headgear worn around the neck. Does this book sound familiar to anyone?

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Revenge "Music"

This CD (which comes with ear plugs) is the perfect gift to play for your annoying and loud neighbors. Here is the track list:

1) Drill 2) Party (At Least 200 People) 3) Orgasm (Outstanding) 4) Train 5) Drum (Played by a Child) 6) Inhuman Screams 7) Walking (High Heels) 8) Domestic Squabble 9) Doors Banging 10) Bowling 11) Unhappy Dog 12) Practicing Scales (Violin) 13) Traffic Jam 14) Garbage Truck 15) Newborn 16) Phone Ringing 17) Ball Game 18) Pigeons 19) Spring Cleaning 20) Cock-a-Doodle-Doo!

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