Rescue teams found Richard Kral drunk and staggering along a mountain path four days after his Audi car was buried in the Slovak Tatra mountains. He told them that after the avalanche, he had opened his car window and tried to dig his way out. But as he dug with his hands, he realised the snow would fill his car before he managed to break through.

He had 60 half-litre bottles of beer in his car as he was going on holiday, and after cracking one open to think about the problem he realised he could urinate on the snow to melt it, local media reported.

He said: "I was scooping the snow from above me and packing it down below the window, and then I peed on it to melt it. It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took on holiday turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there."

[article via hp]

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"The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up."

-- Paul Valery

As I was heading to my car after school today, I noticed one of my students/runners playing around out in the field. When I looked a little closer, however, I screamed with joy ... Phillip had fashioned, hands-down, the most amazing snowman I've ever seen. His mom is an art teacher, and it shows.

Isn't that fantastic?

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Harvard president Larry Summers' recently made a speech where he claimed that innate differences between men and women may have something to do with the balance of the genders represented in science and engineering fields. Summers was promptly roasted in academia and in the press for his "insensitivity" (and forced to apologize).

Here's the real irony ... facts and inquiry are supposedly the basis for true scientific methodology. Feminists (and their "fans"), however, seem to be ignoring the data and insisting on unfounded politically-correct suppositions. They're disproving their own point by relying on emotion and running from scientific inquiry. Whoops.

Sometimes I wonder how far this whole politically-correct thing will go. Of course men and women are innately different (unlike differences between races) ... we're physically different in very significant ways, we're psychologically and emotionally different, and we play different roles our society and families. Moreover, the structures of school, academia, and the business world naturally cater to the male. Other arenas, like social networking, consumer marketing, aesthetic appreciation, and child psychology, clearly cater to the female.

Just some thoughts. Feel free to roast me as well. :)

Imagine turning your back on your kid for a few minutes and finding that he crawled through a space the size of a sheet of paper just to get a toy.

Have you ever wondered how zipcodes are assigned? Check out this website by Ben Fry ... and make sure to turn on the zoom option as you type in a zip code. Sweet!

Ah, nothing says "dignified" like a sidecar hearse. The winner of the Best Modern Hearse award at the Hearse of the Year competition, this high-performance machine can go from 0 to 60mph in 5.79 seconds.

Now that's the way to go (again).

Yeah, I've always been a big fan of romance novels. In fact, I used to be a Christian romance novelist.

[pics via Jules]

I'll readily admit that I'm not a very big fan of cats, but this site is still pretty amusing. My favorite is the clip entitled "Proper Training."

I've got to admit ... the dude's funny. I have a feeling I'm going to waste a lot of time on his website.

Check this out ... a man escaped from prison last June by hanging onto the underside of a truck. He then found an abandoned Circuit City and moved into one of the closets there. He re-routed water from a nearby Toys-R-Us, watched DVD's and played basketball, and even installed a smoke detector in his little home. Not bad, eh?!

Play the piano? Here's some sheet music for you.

[via Kottke]

[via missives anonymous]

[dibs to caroline]

Well, it looks like my upgrade of the server that webeldotnet is on is complete. It'll probably be a while before this looks any different, so don't get your hopes up or anything ... but at least now there's a whole host of new toys to play around with ... PHP, CGI, Perl, MySQL, SSL, formmail, photo galleries, MT, commerce, calendars, passwords, chat. I'll hardly end up using any of those for this particular website, but perhaps I'll at least get to play around a little, eh?

About a month ago, my cousin Austin completed his list of The Top 100 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became An Evil Overlord. If you've got a little time, you definitely need to read it. It's absolutely hilarious.

Here are my personal top 10:

2. My ventilation ducts will be too small to crawl through.

7. When I've captured my adversary and he says, "Look, before you kill me, will you at least tell me what this is all about?'' I'll say, "No.'' and shoot him. No, on second thought I'll shoot him then say "No.''

12. One of my advisors will be an average five-year-old child. Any flaws in my plan that he is able to spot will be corrected before implementation.

42. When I capture the hero, I will make sure I also get his dog, monkey, ferret, or whatever sickeningly cute little animal capable of untying ropes and filching keys happens to follow him around.

46. If an advisor says to me "My liege, he is but one man. What can one man possibly do?'', I will reply, "This.'' and kill the advisor.

52. I will hire a team of board-certified architects and surveyors to examine my castle and inform me of any secret passages and abandoned tunnels that I might not know about.

56. My Legions of Terror will be trained in basic marksmanship. Any who cannot learn to hit a man-sized target at 10 meters will be used for target practice.

62. I will design fortress hallways with no alcoves or protruding structural supports which intruders could use for cover in a firefight.

80. If my weakest troops fail to eliminate a hero, I will send out my best troops instead of wasting time with progressively stronger ones as he gets closer and closer to my fortress.

87. My vats of hazardous chemicals will be covered when not in use. Also, I will not construct walkways above them.

98. If an attractive young couple enters my realm, I will carefully monitor their activities. If I find they are happy and affectionate, I will ignore them. However if circumstance have forced them together against their will and they spend all their time bickering and criticizing each other except during the intermittent occasions when they are saving
each others' lives at which point there are hints of sexual tension, I will immediately order their execution.

99. Any data file of crucial importance will be padded to 1.45Mb in size.

I know, there are 12 of them listed. Wanna complain? My Legions of Terror are waiting.

[via hp]

Over the past few weeks, I've been browsing CincyMLS almost daily, getting my finances in order, reading 4 books on homebuying, researching tax rates and insurance costs, visiting open houses, and talking to realtors.

Maybe this is all overrated ... I should just take Steve Jobs' mansion instead. He's giving it away, after all.

A year ago I came very close to starting a new life, moving to Africa and giving up everything back here.

Now I'm very close to starting a new life, moving into my own home and giving up to everything back here.

Yeah ... you know I'm feeling unmotivated when I post on Earlobe Info more often than I post here. But these lazy days have come to an end. School starts tomorrow morning, and I'm gonna have to find a way to actually wake up and get there before 8:45am. It should be a challenge ... I couldn't even wake up by 10am this morning.

Goodwill was having a 50% off sale yesterday, so I bought a new (to me) desk. This, in turn, encouraged me to clean out and reorganize my room. Needless to say, I'm very satisfied ... I've got even less stuff and I put together an entertainment center (complete with projector and "surround sound"). Next I'll be going through the last remaining boxes of my childhood that my parents made me take home from their house in Akron. It's always hard to throw away memories, but I'd rather live a clean lifestyle. I guess.

One thing I'm thankful for ... we still have 2 weeks left in the semester, so I don't have to go right back and start over with new lesson plans and everything right now. I can start slowly, taking evenings off and continuing to clean out my life (does the process ever end?).

My roommate will be going to India on a mission trip for the next week and a half. As you can read in the linked article, they're going to be taking thousands of pounds of food, water, medical supplies, clothes, and other goods to families and individuals whose loves have been devastated by the tsunami. Keep them in your prayers, yo.

I'm planning to upgrade the server webeldotnet is on and install MT sometime this week (after I get the whole site backed up, that is). Don't be alarmed if it becomes inaccessible for a few days (or weeks, or months) ... if you need your fix you can just call me and and I'll fill you in on what's up.

Ok, I'm going to go trick my body into getting tired by taking a hot bath. Hopefully it'll work!