As the Kookosphere gathers steam...

There are numerous people commenting that John Mark Karr (the person who has confessed to killing JonBenet Ramsey) and Lee Harvey Oswald are near identical doubles.

( Judge for yourselves )

Making things better, both appear to travel with no visible means of support, both issue conflicting stories about their backgrounds, and both have wives who claim that their husbands couldn't have done the crime.

This of course goes back to the infamous multiple Oswalds that were running around Dallas in 1963.

One of the Boys from Brazil got out of the tank before he was quite done?

Why we have a Second Amendment.

Public Stoning: Not Just for the Taliban Anymore
By John Sugg, Church and State
Posted on August 15, 2006, Printed on August 16, 2006
http://www.alternet.org/story/40318/
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Sigh. An inevitable consequence of getting older, I suppose.

I was a good Samaritan today. While in the wilds of eastern Contra Costa County (mostly agricultural and open space) I came across two very attractive young ladies standing by the side of the road next to a VW that had obviously run over something very, very jagged. Front right tire was shredded. The waved me down, and I pulled over.

To make a long story very short, neither of them knew how to change a tire, they were both 18, and staring UC Davis this fall. We chatted a bit while I changed the flat for them (thank Ghu someone made sure they had a good jack and all the necessary tools in with the spare) about cars, college, and the importance of getting a new tire to replace the doughnut spare. I finished, stood up, and they both kissed me on the cheek! I think I actually blushed, since they caught me a bit off guard. That was the high.

The low came as I was packing my warning triangles back into their box. The girls thanked me again, then spoke to each other.

Blonde: "He was so nice!"
Redhead: "Yeah, he reminded me of my dad."

Her dad???.

(Does the math)

Shit.

My riding stats are a state secret.

No riding stats today, or for the immediate future. On the second leg of the trip in today, the computer just stopped registering. I checked the placement of the magnet and the sensor, and what I could see of the wires, and everything seems okay, but no registration of data.

This gives me an excuse to buy a better unit. :)