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This story is crazy, and might be better titled "How to tell when you have used up the rest of your entire life's luck." CHESTER, S.C. — A Georgia-based soldier says his military training helped him land safely on his first skydiving jump after the instructor strapped to his back died from an apparent heart attack. Daniel Pharr says he knew something was wrong when George Steele stopped answering his questions after their parachute deployed Saturday afternoon above South Carolina. They jumped from 13,500 feet. Pharr says he didn't panic because of his Army training, and he knew from watching television to use the parachute toggles to steer. The 25-year-old, stationed at Fort Gordon, Ga., says the nonmilitary jump was a Christmas gift from his girlfriend. Pharr says he tried unsuccessfully to revive Steele with CPR when they landed.

This is how I managed to sit all the way through the Super Bowl without a trip to the bathroom. One of Saturday Night Lives finest!

LegalMist has presented me with an award called the "Premio Dardos," which is Italian for "Darts Award" or "Darts Prize." Check out this beauty: Here is the official text that accompanies it: "This award acknowledges the values that every Blogger displays in their effort to transmit cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values with each message they write. Awards like this have been created with the intention of promoting community among Bloggers. It's a way to show appreciation and gratitude for work that adds value to the Web." Many, many thanks LegalMist for this gracious graphic, and as I understand the rules, I am supposed to tag 15 others. But I am lazy, and that requires a lot of cut and paste, which is prone to error. I would almost certainly foul up somebody's URL and wind up sending everybody to a farm animal porn site, so let's just say that I am doing you all a favor by not tagging. Suffice to say that if you are on ...

My buddy Jack just sent this to me and it was too good not to share! A young man moved into a new apartment of his own and went to the lobby to put his name on his mailbox. While there, an attractive young lady came out of the apartment next to the mailboxes, wearing a robe. The boy smiled at the young woman and she started a conversation with him. As they talked, her robe slipped open, and it was obvious that she had nothing else on. The poor kid broke into a sweat trying to maintain eye contact After a few minutes, she placed her hand on his arm and said, 'Let's go to my apartment,... I hear someone coming.' He followed her into her apartment; she closed the door and leaned against it, allowing her robe to fall off completely. Now nude, she purred at him, 'What would you say is my best feature?' Flustered and embarrassed, he finally squeaked, 'It's got to be your ears.' Astounded, and a little hurt she asked, 'My ears? Look at these breasts; they a...

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