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Good week for: Poop power, Hugging, Sarah Palin, Inc.; Bad week for: Buddhist jokes, Just following orders, Listening to your own impulses
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Poop power, after the Toronto Zoo agreed to send 3,000 tons of feces from rhinoceroses, giraffes, bison, and other animals to a new biogas plant. The power plant will convert the zoo’s poop and food waste into heat, electricity, and fertilizer.
Hugging, after Brian Feldman, a Florida conceptual artist, spent Father’s Day giving his dad a 24-hour hug while the two stood in a boxing ring. Feldman called it “both a healing and transformative experience.’’
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Sarah Palin, Inc., after the former Alaska governor registered a trademark on her name, barring others from using it for commercial or political marketing unless they pay her for the privilege.
Bad week for:
Buddhist jokes, after the host of an Australian TV show tried to make the Dalai Lama crack up by telling him a joke: “The Dalai Lama walks into a pizza shop, and says, ‘Can you make me one with everything?’” The Dalai Lama, apparently confused by the reference to pizza, looked at him blankly.
Just following orders, after a Washington state woman drove her SUV down a boat ramp and into a lake because her GPS told her to. The woman and two passengers were able to swim to shore.
Listening to your own impulses, after the Portland, Ore., Water Bureau drained a reservoir of 7.8 million gallons of drinking water after 21-year-old Joshua Seater urinated into it. “I had a pleasant buzz and I should have known better,’’ Seater admitted.
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