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He saved it all up, all of it, for his wife of 10 years. Ramjeet Raghav, of Kharkhoda, told The Times of India that he was a bachelor who practiced celibacy for his entire life before meeting his wife, Davi, 52. The man’s age is recorded in the government’s social welfare department.
Raghav, a field hand and former wrestler, reportedly first broke the “World’s Oldest New Dad” record when he became a father to his first son in November 2010.
Ramjeet’s wife is apparently ready for another go. “I think it’s very important for a husband and wife to have sex regularly and when she asks I will go on all night, but for the sake of my child I’ve put our needs aside for now.”
“I am very capable of having more babies,” the 96-year-old lives on a diet of milk, butter and almonds.
He is done fathering, though, for financial reasons. “I have asked my wife to be sterilized now. I don’t want more children, we can’t afford it. I want my boys to go to a school and study. I will do my best to give them what they need in life.”
For however long he is with us, that is.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/17/96-year-old-dad-ramjeet-raghav-worlds-oldest-new-father_n_1974673.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
When you die, donate your body to science. To be mummified! After being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, Alan Billis, a father of three from England, responded to an advertisement seeking a volunteer to be mummified.
“People have been leaving their bodies to science for years,” he said of his decision, “and if people don’t volunteer for anything nothing gets found out.”
When Billis died in January of 2011, Dr. Stephen Buckley and Dr. Jo Fletcher, both archaeology fellows from the University of York, collected his body, intending to preserve it by using the same techniques last practiced by the ancient Egyptians more than 3,000 years ago.
According to the BBC, the mummification techniques used on Billis relied heavily on beeswax, oils, and resins, in addition to long amounts of time in natron, a particularly caustic salt thought to be used by the ancient Egyptians.
The full results of Alan’s mummification will be televised on “I Was Mummified,” a Discovery Channel show set to air on Sunday, Oct. 21.
As for Alan, if the researchers performed their jobs correctly, his body may be around for several thousand years.
Watch a clip from the show HERE.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/12/alan-billis-mummy-_n_1961820.html?utm_hp_ref=science
This was no ordinary peeved waiter. Last week, an employee at a Chicago Chuck E. Cheese stands accused of allegedly stabbing a difficult diner’s companion with a box cutter.
The Sept. 30 incident at the Southwest Side restaurant arcade reportedly began with a confrontation over a salad plate. According to CBS, police said 19-year-old employee Shardonnae Pruitt took a 40-year-old man’s plate away, and he responded by throwing his utensils on the floor and insisting on seeing a manager to make a formal complaint.
After her manager left, Pruitt allegedly threatened the offended diner and stabbed the 25-year-old woman with him, according to the Chicago Tribune. The woman was taken to a hospital and released.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/shardonnae-pruitt-chuck-e-cheese-stabbing_n_1954501.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago
Fear not, these apparitions have never been known to injure anyone. Scare the pants off, perhaps, but never to hurt.
While pop-up, Halloween-themed amusement parks and “haunted” houses proliferate the Chicago scene this time of year, why not skip the hoopla and try your hand at witnessing the “real” thing — all while knocking back a beer and chowing on some grub?
Huffington Post has identified ten local “haunts” where you may get a bonus with your food or drink…a visit from beyond the grave. If you’re lucky, you might just have an experience of your own to boast about.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/10/haunted-restaurants-in-ch_n_1955685.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago
Did you catch this week’s episode of South Park? Now in the middle of its 16th season, “South Park” has skewered most of reality TV’s most absurd creations. But on this week’s episode, Trey Parker and Matt Stone are taking on today’s most controversial reality star: Alana “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” Thompson.
In the preview clip of “Raising The Bar” above, we see Alana and her mama June shopping for pigs (we don’t even want to know) as they search for the one with the most “pizzazz.”
SEE CLIP
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/02/south-park-takes-on-honey-boo-video_n_1933404.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
For the price tag, the coffee better be the most exquisite tasting ever brewed. Named more like a rocket ship than a Mr. Coffee competitor, the Blossom One Limited is, in fact, a gorgeous, $11,000 coffee machine.
An apparent improvement-by-miles on the simple, mundane kitchen coffee machine, the Blossom One Limited was designed and developed by three impressively-credentialed young coffeephiles — all recent university grads with stints at Apple, NASA, BMW, and Tesla Motors on their collective résumés.
Why the Blossom One Limited? Too much variation in the copious amounts of coffee consumed during late night study sessions.
And so Jeremy Kuempel, President of Blossom One Limited, then a thermodynamic engineering student at MIT, set out to define what was causing these slight variations in the quality of his coffee. After much experimentation, controlling for the beans and amount of water he was using, he found that there were essentially six variables in the coffee-making process that determine the flavor, aroma, and level of perfection of a given serving of joe. They are (get out your pad and paper, coffee snobs): temperature of the water; amount of agitation (stirring) over the course of the preparation; ratio of coffee to water; pressure; and amount of time the coffee is in contact with the water.
The Blossom One Limited controls all that. But with the price tag, I would expect to only find this machine in the most discerning coffee drinker’s kitchen. Remember the percolator?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/blossom-one-limited-apple-nasa-coffee-machine_n_1920529.html?ir=Technology
Well, just look at what the HuffPost has discovered.
Brought to you by the meat-loving collective known simply as ManBQue, these meaty cups are described as the perfect serving size for bacon vodka or a Bloody Mary. But why stop there? Melted cheese, gazpacho, RAMEN SHOOTERS? Don’t get us started. We’ll never stop.
READ MORE & GET RECIPE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/meat-shot-glasses_n_1929949.html?ir=Food
Thirsty? The Chicago Beer Festival is exactly the sort of thing you’ve been looking for. On Saturday, 60 breweries ranging from local favorites to nationally-recognized brands will take over Union Station downtown to serve up some 200 varieties running the gamut from pale ales and ciders to porters and seasonals.
Tickets to the festival run $40 and cover — wait for it — unlimited tastings at one of two three-hour event sessions, either 1-4 p.m. or 6-9 p.m. Saturday. Food is sold separately.
In addition to the tastings, Marty Nachel, author of “Beer For Dummies,” will be leading free classes on the brewing process and beer evaluations.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/03/chicago-beer-festival-201_n_1936339.html?utm_hp_ref=chicago
Sheriff’s deputies responding to a burglary call say they found a 20-year-old man asleep on the kitchen floor of a home in Oregon.
The Washington County sheriff’s office says the homeowner discovered the sleeping stranger early Friday. Deputies arrived to find Cristian Villarreal-Castillo, who had in his pockets small electronic devices believed to be stolen from unlocked vehicles.
He is charged with burglary, attempted theft, trespassing and criminal mischief. What about sleeping on the job? Investigators also linked him to a burglary that happened a few hours before his arrest.
Perhaps a visit to the doctor or Narcoleptics Anonymous will be in order.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/cristian-villarreal-castillo_n_1908390.html
“Saturday Night Live” writer Mike O’Brien’s webseries “7 Minutes in Heaven” has been entertaining us for a while now. In it, he interviews celebs from a closet and — true to the show’s name — tries to get a little makeout action at the end of their time together.
YouTuber Daviddglynn had the inspired idea to cut all of the awful kisses together into one reel. Check it out:
WATCH
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/24/7-minutes-in-heaven-awkward-kisses-video_n_1908898.html
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