>>>The reason I asked is that was the name of my poodle that died last March 11. Is that a coinkydink or what?
Actually, I think it is rather sweet (or surreal) that we nicknamed you that in light of your poodle passing. Cause you know we had no idea.
>>>>You can call me that for him, but not for that creature living in the cereal box.
Oh no, you aren't getting out of a little tease here and there! Not with me around anyway ^-^
OK, I'm up for teasing!! How come my butterfly's disappeared and yours didn't??
Here's a little news story I haven't seen before (getting back to business) ;-)
Dirty Bomb Warheads Disappear
Stocks of Soviet-Era Arms For Sale on Black Market
By Joby Warrick
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, December 7, 2003; Page A01
TIRASPOL, Moldova -- In the ethnic conflicts that surrounded the collapse of the Soviet Union, fighters in several countries seized upon an unlikely new weapon: a small, thin rocket known as the Alazan. Originally built for weather experiments, the Alazan rockets were packed with explosives and lobbed into cities. Military records show that at least 38 Alazan warheads were modified to carry radioactive material, effectively creating the world's first surface-to-surface dirty bomb.
The radioactive warheads are not known to have been used. But now, according to experts and officials, they have disappeared.
The last known repository was here, in a tiny separatist enclave known as Transdniester, which broke away from Moldova 12 years ago. The Transdniester Moldovan Republic is a sliver of land no bigger than Rhode Island located along Moldova's eastern border with Ukraine. Its government is recognized by no other nation. But its weapons stocks -- new, used and modified -- have attracted the attention of black-market arms dealers worldwide. And they're for sale, according to U.S. and Moldovan officials and weapons experts.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A41921-2003Dec6¬Found=true