1. “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage — to move in the opposite direction.”

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Have you heard of Jaime Rascone?  I’m sure answers will vary significantly if you ask a hundred people if his job is better than theirs.  Jamie is an occasional male model, DJ, and a prostitute…tester.   Apparently, to perform for high society, ladies have to go through some vigorous testing.  The last part of the test is the making of love.  The Digitally Blonde website says “He takes diligent notes on, say, how they moved their hips and whether their groans were adequate, and makes recommendations to the madam.”  Life does present some interesting challenges.

Johnny Htoo and Luther Htoo (born circa 1988) are twin brothers who jointly led the God’s Army guerrilla group—a splinter group of Karen National Union in Myanmar (Burma) during the late 1990s.

According to them and their followers, the twins gained fame in 1997 when they commanded the defenders of their village after troops of the Karen National Union had retreated.

Various legends claimed that the twins had numerous magical powers, including invulnerability to bullets and mines and that they could hand out magical bullets. Supposedly, they could kill by pointing a rifle at the ground and concentrating. One tale claims that Johnny turned himself into an old man and back when bathing in a river. Luther claimed he had 250,000 invisible soldiers in his command when Johnny had 150,000. Their flesh-and-blood followers amounted to between 150 and 300 men. Their men referred to them as Bu Lu and Bu Joh. Both were chain smokers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_and_Luther_Htoo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IkebbEAAqWA

Kenya’s oldest pupil, Kimani Nganga Maruge, has died in Nairobi aged 90.

The great-grandfather held the Guinness World Record for being the oldest person to start primary school, at the age of 84.

His house in the Rift Valley was burnt down in post-election violence last year and he was later moved from a camp to an old people’s home in the capital.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8202378.stm

Andre the Giant, not only was he a legend in the ring:

• he consumed 7,000 calories per day in alcohol;
• he once was awarded a case of wine after a wrestling match in Japan. He had a four-hour drive to his next gig and polished off the last of the 16 bottles as he arrived; and,
• he holds the world record for the largest number of beers consumed in a single sitting. During a six-hour period, Andre drank 119 standard 12-ounce bottles of beer.