MAN SELLS HIS SOUL IN ONLINE AUCTION

Online auctions just keep getting stranger and stranger. People seem to be getting more bizarre about what they sell online all the time. One guy sells his wife, another auctions his life, now we have a New Zealand man putting up his soul to the highest bidder. I thought you were just supposed to meet up with the devil at a crossroads or in the dead of night for that kind of transaction. Walter Scott is selling his soul online. He’s not to be confused with the 17^th century writer Sir Walter Scott, the soul’s not that cool, but he does say that it is a “merry old soul” and not a “funk soul brother” though he would like to think there is a little funk in there somewhere. Scott said he had been thinking about selling his soul for ages. “I can’t see it, touch it or feel it, but I can sell it, so I’m going to palm it off to the highest bidder,” he said. It was in “pretty good nick” except for a rough patch six years ago when he reached the legal drinking age, he said. Hmm, a few miles on it, but overall, in reasonable condition. The thing I wonder about is what do you do with a soul after you get it. Do you become a “soul collector?” Is one soul better than another and when you buy the soul is it truly a binding contract? Advice from a lawyer was that the winning bidder would not be entitled to anything but Scott’s soul and would not be able to own or control him in any way, he said. The successful bidder will receive a framed deed of “soul ownership,” Scott said. I wonder if it will be signed in blood? TradeMe, which is the website hosting the auction, business manager Michael O’Donnell said the auction complied with the site’s rules because a physical object, the deed of ownership, would change hands. Well at least you have the paperwork when all is said and done.”I think he has entered into the spirit of the online community and he’s also responded to our request to have a physical thing for sale and he’s put together a nice looking deed for ownership,” O’Donnell said. Admittedly it’s something you could brag about to your friends down at the pub. “Hey I just bought this crazy guy’s soul on the internet.”  “Wow, how much did you have to give for that?” “Just a couple of hundred.” “Does it come with a four-speed?” “No, but they do come in black.” I just can’t see doing something like this. I’ve worked hard on my soul. It’s definately been a bit used and abused but still it’s mine and I intend to keep it. I just can’t see someone else having the paperwork on it. 

ROSWELL UFO FESTIVAL ATTRACTS ALIENS FROM EVERYWHERE

Alien people, alien canines, alien children, alien rock bands, alien hunters, were all in attendance at the annual Roswell, New Mexico, UFO Festival 2008. Heck I wouldn’t have been surprised to see Sigourney Weaver and a couple of Jedis walking around. The only thing missing was the real aliens and I’m sure that if they would have turned up, I don’t think anyone would have noticed. They would have blended right in. This gathering, which celebrates and calls attention to the Roswell UFO crash mystery and is held on the anniversary of the crash (it was convenient that the aliens crashed near the 4^th of July), brings UFO enthusiasts from all over into the community for some fun and some seriousness as well. UFO sightings are running rampant lately and there has never been more visual evidence available. Since the popularity of video on cellphones and video cameras, digital cameras, virtually everyone has them at their fingertips, so whenever someone sees something weird, UFO or not, it is getting recorded.  Certainly the prime purpose of all of this is to have fun, and yet there is an undercurrent of seriousness laced with cover-ups and government disinformation. It makes for a strange mix. The attendance was up over 25% for a total of 7216 registered alien enthusiasts. That’s big business for a little town like Roswell especially considering the high price of travel right now. Appearances by celebrity guests Dee Wallace Stone, known for her role in “E.T.,” and Keir Duella, who played the lead role in “2001: A Space Odyssey,” proved to be the biggest hits during the festival. Top researchers and authors presented their work and offered serious lectures on the possibility of extraterrestrial life, as has come to be expected. Between all that there was entertainment, including a band that claims an alien drummer, of course a showing of the movie Roswell, and alien look alike contests including one for dogs. I didn’t know there were alien dogs. The CBS Early Show even showed up and got in on the act, must have been a slow news week. Now if they could only get a spaceship to land.

 

SOME LINKS SO YOU CAN CHECK OUT THE FUN:

http://www.roswellufofestival.com/

http://www.roswell-record.com/main.asp?SectionID=69&TM=8437.657

http://www.uforoswell.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=36&Itemid=46

STUNT JUMPER DIVES HEAD FIRST OFF NIAGARA FALLS TOWER

Niagara Falls is famous for idiots trying to go over the Falls inside of a barrel. It’s not something I would try even in a drunken bet. Well this new stunt, which in my opinion is just as stupid, ranks right alongside the rest of the Niagara craziness. With just his hands to slow him down, daredevil Dean Sullivan jumped face-first off the Skylon Tower, attached to only a rope and landed safely 520 feet to the ground below as hundreds of spectators cheered the fact that he didn’t go splat and make a huge mess on the pavement. The jump, which took place with no mechanical safety devices, occurred around noon so that he was assured a maximum crowd to nauseate if he screwed up. “You have to be pretty courageous to do something like that. I would never be able to do it,” said Morgan Potts, who watched the jump with her friend Erika Helder. Maybe you’ve got more sense than he does. Where anyone gets courageous out of this baffling, brain dead maybe. “He must be pretty proud of himself, I know I would be,” added Helder. “We thought it would be pretty cool to come and see it, and it was.” I don’t know about proud but definitely relieved he’s alive. What Sullivan does is basically rappelling, but the main difference is he comes down face-first, essentially, bass ackwards. While Sullivan has performed this type of a stunt for many years, his performance on Monday was the first time he has been able to do it legally. In 2002 and 2007, he did jumps near Niagara Falls, where he had to flee immediately after in order to avoid getting caught and receiving hefty fines. Niagara Falls city councillor Wayne Thomson, who is chairman of the Daredevil Days Committee, said that after people visit the Falls the one thing that fascinates them the most has been our daredevils. There’s nothing like honoring the village idiots. “That’s what people want to see and do,” said Thomson, who has been an avid supporter of these types of events because they help bring visitors to our city and stimulate the economy. Yea it’s like going to a race just hoping to see a wreck. Ryan Kerwin, a visitor from Prince Edward Island, said he had no idea the stunt was going to take place and found out about it while taking a tour. “I thought he was a little bit nuts, but quite entertaining. He seemed prepared for it and I was actually a little shocked when I saw him go over the side. He went over fairly quickly so it caught me a little bit off guard.” Kerwin said this will definitely be one of the highlights of their trip and something they will be taking about when they return home and see their friends. Yep it would definitely be something to retell over a few cocktails.Sullivan’s next big event will take place on Aug. 16 at Daredevils Days on Queen Street in downtown Niagara Falls. He will attempt to break a world record by jumping 1,000 feet from a Niagara Helicopter, face first. He’s just determined to end up as a smear on the pavement. Well, we know one thing, if he makes a mistake, it’ll be his last.

This is a video of the jump. Bear with it as there is some scenery shots of Niagara Falls in the beginning, but it does get to the actual stunt.