Category Archives: Advice

A Warning Repeated

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Gaius

Peter Brown, who is the assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, has a bit of cautionary advice for the politicians in Washington playing politics with the troops in Iraq. He repeats something that Bill Clinton said in 2002 … Continue reading →

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Deadly Deer’s Dangerous Drool

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

There is a variant of mad cow disease (Properly named Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE)) that effects affects deer and elk. Known as Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). It is just as scary as the one that strikes cattle or the human … Continue reading →

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A Warning From Drug Manufacturers

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Gaius

A very important reminder from German drug manufacturer Schering. Please pay attention here: Do not use hemorrhoid ointment on your face. The warning came after a male stylist said on Norwegian television that many photo models used the cream in … Continue reading →

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How Not To Treat A Snakebite

Posted on October 4, 2006 by Gaius

You know all those movie Westerns where someone gets bitten by a rattlesnake? The hero always puts on a tourniquet, then slices ope the wound and sucks the venom out. All heroic and all, right? The best way to save … Continue reading →

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Health Warning

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Gaius

The FDA is advising people not to eat bagged raw spinach. They have traced an outbreak of E. coli infections to the product but are unable to determine what brands it was sold under or exactly where it was distributed. One … Continue reading →

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Madness

Posted on September 9, 2006 by Gaius

MSNBC helps provide more fuel to the 9/11 conspiracy fires by writing about a number of the people who are part of this particular mass psychosis. There is a form of madness sweeping this country that is fueled, I suspect, … Continue reading →

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Timely Advice For Men – Round Two

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Gaius

When trying to sneak away for a weekend away from your wife, it could be argued that faking your own disappearance at sea is not the smartest thing to do. Matthew Harvey, 35, was reported missing by his wife Katie … Continue reading →

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Some Timely Advice For Men

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Gaius

Should you have occasion to take a drive down the highway, it would be best to leave your penis pump at home. Police said the 42-year-old man, driving an old Citroen in the Slovak town of Levice, had ignored a … Continue reading →

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What Vitriolic Rhetoric Brings

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Gaius

I read a report like this one, and I despair for what is going on here in the US. A uniformed member of the National Guard from Washington State was brutally attacked by five men. They called the serviceman a … Continue reading →

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Travel Alert For Brazil

Posted on August 30, 2006 by Gaius

If you are heading down to Rio de Janeiro for a vacation or on business, Blue Crab Boulevard just wants you to remember this handy-dandy, really important travel alert. WHATEVER you do, DO NOT park illegally. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil … Continue reading →

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Department Of Really Bad Ideas

Posted on August 9, 2006 by Gaius

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard pride ourselves on being the number one Google search engine hit if you should happen to query "40mm cannon shell". We reached this pinnacle of success by bringing the world accurate and timely advice … Continue reading →

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A Shocking Increase

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Gaius

In the number of deaths caused by lightning in the US this year. 14 people were killed in the last half of the month of July alone, bringing the total for 2006 to 27 in 19 different states. Experts at … Continue reading →

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Personally, I Wouldn’t Put That On My Lap

Posted on June 28, 2006 by Gaius

Dell Computers is officially investigating a report of an exploding laptop computer, pictures of which were posted on the internet. (Pictures are here – and it really is quite impressive). "We have captured the notebook and have begun investigating the … Continue reading →

Posted in Advice, Geek Stuff, Weird Stuff, World news | 2 Comments

Do Yourself A Favor, Wear A Helmet

Posted on June 12, 2006 by Gaius

The quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Ben Roethlisberger, has been injured in a motorcycle accident. Reports indicate he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the crash. Roethlisberger was in serious but stable condition, said Dr. Larry Jones, chief … Continue reading →

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I Anticipate Injuries

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Gaius

We here at Blue Crab Boulevard wish to alert people to the following safety advisory: do not get in the path of any man suffering from hair loss when he reads of this study just released in the May issue … Continue reading →

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