Canceled !!!!!! x-(


Its summer and I am busy making plans. Plans of going around and seeing places. Most of these were canceled, 'cos of various reasons.

I wanted to attend the Pearl Jam concert scheduled for 30th June in Mansfield, MA. This was one thing i really i wanted to do. But " history repeats itself " rite.... so even this was canceled.
A simple reason I had no company.

Its sad. ..

but here ... i am going to these two concerts.... and i dont care whether i go alone or with a dozen people, I AM GOING... !!!!!

" stamped and sealed " !!!!!!!!

Concerts :

" Bob Dylan " : 17th august Saratoga Spring , NY
" Chris Daughtry " : 21th august , Syracuse , NY
" Goo Goo Dolls and Def Leppard " : 22 aug and 24 aug Syracuse, NY.

Cornell .... @ 2 am !!!!





" NANOTECH Building " : Cornell Universty.




" Olive Garden: Italian Restaurant "



We went for a lavish dinner last night @ Olive Garden ( an Italian Restaurant ). The restaurant was B...E....A ...U....T...I..ful and above that the food was awesome. It was 12:30 or 45 by the time we were done gorging in food. At 1 AM we came home picked some stuff and off we were to Ithaca. The reason we went there was, we didnt want to go home so early and the weather was gr8, cool winds and the smell of raindrops were pushing us to spend some time on the roads.
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It was fun, the wind gussing in the car from all sides ( ohhh and the sun roof .. made it even better). Cornell University ( an Ivy league ) was our target.

We reached Cornell @ 2:15. It was beautiful. Its entrance is through a gaurge. Imagine u have a natural fall in you university. The duo of old medivial style and modern structures was deadly.

We stolled there for about and hour. We all wanted to have a leak then. It took us 30 min to find one loo. We checked all the buildings that our eyes laid sight on. But none of them were open for us ( the all req. Cornell IDs ). In the end we found one building we could have never imagined to have open doors, newly constructed "NANOTECHNOLOGY Building". The was one awesome structure. It was no less than a 3 start hotel. 3 storied bulding will gr8 labs and machines huh !!!!. I wish i had that kin do fbuilding here in my univ.

We did what we came for " euuuureka "!!!!. Looked around again. And then we were off to a lake side drive. That was beautiful as well. We yapped there for an hour and then left the place @ 5 am.

Ohhh i loved the peace in the air last night. It was so quite that you could actually hear the sound of the ripples in the lake and ya not to mention the breaze.
I love these meaniningless, random trips. And if i get to such a quite place to sit .... ohh it attaches a better boundary to such late nite excursions.


( i wish i had more time to stay @ the lake... ).

"Into The wild "....

I saw this movie today ( dono how i missed it ). But how i feel and what i want say is better said thought these soundtracks ( OSTz of Into the Wild).

Its an awesome flick. U have to watch it to understand what i am saying.

Before you listen to the track here are the lyrics.

Long Nights : Eddie Vedder ( Pearl Jam's Vocalist )


Have no fear
For when I'm alone
I'll be better off than I was before

I've got this light
I'll be around to grow
Who I was before
I cannot recall

Long nights allow me to feel...
I'm falling...I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground
Ah...

I'll take this soul that's inside me now
Like a brand new friend
I'll forever know

I've got this light
And the will to show
I will always be better than before

Long nights allow me to feel...
I'm falling...I am falling
The lights go out
Let me feel
I'm falling
I am falling safely to the ground



No ceiling : Eddie Vedder

Comes the morning
When I can feel
That there's nothing left to be concealed
Moving on a scene surreal
No, my heart will never
Will never be far from here

Sure as I am breathing
Sure as I'm sad
I'll keep this wisdom in my flesh
I leave here believing more than I had
And there's a reason I'll be
A reason I'll be back

As I walk
The Hemisphere
*I've got* my wish
To up and disappear

*I've been* wounded
*I've been* healed
Now for landing *I've been*
Landing *I've been* cleared

Sure as I'm breathing
Sure as I'm sad
I'll keep this wisdom
In my flesh

I leave here believing
More than I had
This Love has got
No Ceiling



Vdoz :

Long Nights :




No ceiling :

Fact File :


We all know " Pink Floyd" is a GOD band. But yesterday i found something new.
The life changing album of Floyd and a land mark in the history of rock and roll " the dark side of the moon" was doing badly in US. And it was an Indian who made it Platinum here in US.


watch this !!!!






And just in case you are interested in ... watching the complete show...

here is the link... u can navigate the all the parts from youtube. The first part is here :

" I " - HOP ... yahh we hopped .. for abt 40 miles . !!!!!!

Last nite 5 of us went out for a movie " get smart " . We were late so we had to kill are desire to eat early and do some stuff later. It was 12:30 am when the movie got over.
At that time IHOP ( International House of Pancakes ) was the best option we had. And believe me our stomachs were growling hard for that awesome " chicken Fajita omelette " and the super soft pancakes they serve.
So we fed our classy Honda GPS the location of the IHOP which has the best service here. But like any other hifi gadjet it failed to show up the results. In the end we went to the nearest IHOP, which was about 7 miles away from where we were. When we rached there it was all full. 20 out of 22 tables were occupied.
We had to leave for the IHOP we had planed to visit earlier. Luckily we now got it on the GPS. It was 12 miles from that place.
Our bad luck contiued .. we reached there and it was closed. Dammmm
it was now 1: 30 am.
We tried for the third IHOP which was again ... 12-13 miles drive. And we all drove 13 miles for nothing. We couldnt find any " IHOP " there. Marred by luck, we decided to go back to the packed IHOP. And it was againg 13 miles from that place. ( talk about how lucky 13 is ).

In the end we had our dinner @ 2:30 am. But it was worth waiting. We came home around 4 am.
And the 7 hr nap was just what the doc ordered.


That sums up my Hopping dinener ... @ IHOP.



PS : the late nite drive reminded me of my undergrad days in India. Coffee @ 1am in Guffaa and the tea and poha @ 3 am in shankarnagar. I miss those days.

Two songs i listen a lot these days !!!

Everything For Free:





Not And Addict:

My Movie list for this year !!!!!


* : interesting but shouldn't be that a gr8 flick ( could watch it )

* * : will watch if i get time and company

* * * : ohh " i'll watch this one "

* * * * : people no way i am missing this one .... and you go watch it as well.


1) Mongol * * * *
2) Wanted * * *
3) Twilight * * *
4) Kicking It * * * *
5) Babylon A.D. * *
6) BOY A * * * *
7) Righteous Kill * * *
8)Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emp. * * * *
9) The Promotion *
10) Dark Knight * *
11) Hancock * * *
12) Bloodline * * * *
13) Tropic Thunder *
14) Journey to the center of the earth *
15) Noise * *
16) Hellboy 2 ***

Camera Lens Vs. Sky diving !!!!!!!!!!!!



Its summer now and i plan to go on long drives. And if i go places i will do photography, its kind of a hobby and besides i love it.
Last semester bought a cam Sony DSC H7 ( a hybrid cam or lets say it almost matches the lower end DSLRz). I was actually saving money for Canon Rebel XTi, but my patience gave up and had to buy this one. It works fine, though if i have went along with what my instincts said i would have ended up buying Canon S5 IS, which i now realize would have been a better choice. Though there is hardly any difference in them.
When i was done with all my save money it was now time to move to the next level. I started saving money for a sky dive. This has been my dream since i don't know when. I ended up saving around 200 $ for it.
I was about to plan a trip to the Long Island for the sky dive, i found out that Sony has two converter lenses for my DSC H7. Now how in the world can i resist trying those. I ended up buying those to lenses with money that i had saved for my " FREE FALL " adventure.

The lenses are awesome no doubt. I once had a thought flash of sending those two back and keep the money for sky dive, but my love for photography won over my " free fall " dream.

But i know i'll some how manage to get the Sky dive done this summer only after all, 10 sec in heaven... who would want to miss that.

Killer Apps !!!!!

Apple yesterday announced the launch of new iphone 3G. iPhone says a lot about itself and with that 3G in it is like another feather in the hat.
What makes it even more special are the new awesome Apps ( applications ).
These apps include games, remote desktop browsing, friend locater ( shows the location of a friend on a map) and many more interesting apps.

Out of these i found the " Mobile me" and " loopt " most interesting and useful.
Mobile me stores all the information about you and your contacts which are on your MAC or PC ( including your mail and files on you desktop ) in a remote server " Cloud " from where you can access all the information from anywhere in the world though your iPhone. And any change that you make on your PC/ MAC or iPhone will be reflected back/saved in all the devices that are connected to your mobile me account.

Cool !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Loopt is a social networking app. that basically locates your friend and displays his/her current location on a map.

Niceeeee !!!!!!!


There are many other apps. Look them up .. !!!

iPhone 3G !!!!!!!!!!!






Its here !!!!!
Today at Moscone Center West in San Francisco, California Apple announced the much awaited " iPhone 3G ". Well by now everybody knows its heavily loaded with new gr8 apps, GPS and all that stuff. What was a shocker was its price, a dirt cheap ( when compared with other 3g PDA type cells ) $ 199 .

I guess Steve Jobs wants the whole dam world to use only iPhone.
You will hear the kids say " I want iPhone and nothing but iPhone ". In my opinion Mr. Jobs and apple finance handlers didnt realize that its gonna a nightmare for the parents to keep the rope tight on their kids.

It has almost everything with that people wanted in that apple product, but still its not upto that mark. Take the GPS for instance its an " Assisted GPS " not the kind of GPS we have in our cars.
I guess apple left it for the future, just to keep them busy with iPhone. The apple people like creating a buzz about there expected products. With the " assisted GPS " they want the people to keep flooding there blogs/forums etc with rumors about the next iPhone ( iPhone 3G x lets say ).


Anyways enough said I think i should buy it. The black one of course.

Apple iPhone 3G launch:

Boondock Saints .. ( Explicit Content .. viewers digression is advised :P )


This one in my opinion provides the best possible solution to reduce the the crime rate. Some might digress with this view of mine but if one need justification i say watch the movie and listen to what people say towards the end ( during the casting). If you are still not convinced i say you have a blind faith in the egregiously corrupted judiciary of ours.

The movie is about two brothers who fight for the good of the society, and by fight i mean they pulverize the "bad" people.

Its not "that" a great movie in terms of direction and picturization but what sets this flick apart are the dialogs. Its a mix of the Irish , American , Italian and Russian accents. One more plus point are the hymns. The two main characters chant a prayer before they announce there judgment.. which believe me is awesome. Its not something that one would call "music to my ears" when you listen to it carefully, as the contents are not that pleasing. But what's in that hymn is a fact. " A bitter truth".

And ya last but not the least the use of the " F " word is like somebody had a verbal diarrhea of the " F " word. There is a a scene where a guy uses the " F " word in every grammatical way he knew. Imagine after hearing this what would the other guy standing with him must have said ....

Guess ????????.............

" Now that describes the diversity of the word ". :P


Its an old flick. But one should watch it.


Here is the stretched version of the prayer which the two main actors say:


"Now you will receive us.
We do not ask for your poor, or your hungry.
We do not want your tired and sick.
It is your corrupt we claim.
It is your evil that will be sought by us.
With every breath we shall hunt them down.
Each day, we will spill their blood till it rains down from the skies.
Do not kill, do not rape, do not steal, these are principles which every man of every faith can embrace.
These are not polite suggestions, these are codes of behavior and those of you that ignore them will pay the dearest cost.
There are varying degrees of evil, we urge you lesser forms of filth not to push the bounds and cross over, into true corruption, into For if you do, one day you will look behind you and you will see we three. And on that day, you will reap it.
And we will send you to whatever god you wish.
And shepherds we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be.

In nomine Patri.
Et Fili.
Spiritus Sancti."

some vdoz !!!

Its about time i added .... Russell Peters here...

Awesome Add by Apple :

Ohh yes they are different...

Classic Rock part 3 :P ......


*) my super fav .... :P

Oh where! oh where! can my baby be
The lord took her away from me..
She's gone to heaven so I've got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world..


'Last Kiss' : Pearl Jam

*) leap of faith (the Boss)

It takes a leap of faith to get things going
It takes a leap of faith you gotta show some guts
It takes a leap of faith to get things going
In your heart you must trust
*) I know its everybody’s sin
You got to lose to know how to win

Half my life is in books written pages
Live and learn from fools and from sages
You know its true
All the things you do
Come back to you

Dream On - Aerosmith

*) "It's always been about melody. But melody and I met in many depraved situations"
- Pete Doherty

*)"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." ~ KURT COBAIN

*) People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down
When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name
When you're strange

JIM MORRISON _ THE DOORS

*)

elvis

Wise men say only fools rush in
But I cant help falling in love with you
Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I cant help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I cant help falling in love with you

*) my fav...

Take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time,
Far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees,
Out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea,
Circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.

- Tamborine Man - Bob Dylan

*) 'I know my problems are meaningless but that don't make them go away' - On the Beach, N

*) 'My biggest fear is if I let you go
You'll come and get me in my sleep' - the saddest song, morphine

*) Get your motor runnin'
Head out on the highway
Lookin' for adventure
And whatever comes our way
Yeah Darlin' go make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once
And explode into space


Born to be wild-Steppenwolf

*) Im the half-truth in the lie
Im the why not in the why
Im the last roll of the die
Im the old school in the tie
Im the spirit in the sky
Im the catcher in the rye
Im the twinkle in her eye
Im the jeff goldblum in the fly

Who am i?

Gin Soaked Boy - Divine Comedy.

*)I was looking for a job, now i found a job
and Heaven Knows Im Miserable Now
- The Smitholas

*) All alone, or in two's,
The ones who really love you
Walk up and down outside the wall.

Some hand in hand
And some gathered together in bands.
The bleeding hearts and artists
Make their stand.

And when they've given you their all
Some stagger and fall, after all it's not easy
Banging your heart against some mad bugger's wall.

Outside the wall : Pink Floyd

*) my fav..

life sucks....in a beautiful sort of way
wat i thought as beautiful was only memories
vicarious existence is a fucking waste of time
i know its hard to imagine that the one u love can hurt u now,
but hey everyone darlin everyone sometimes bite the hand that feeds

:axl rose

*) Looking through this point of view
There's no way I'm gonna fit in
Don't ya tell me what my eyes see
Don't ya tell me who to believe in
I ain't superstitious
But I know when somethin's wrong
I've been draggin' my heels
With a bitch called hope
Let the undercurrent drag me along .. : by " dont rem"

*) Realms of bliss, realms of light
Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to sweet delight
Some are born to the endless night

end of the night - the doors

*) epitaph...king crimson

Between the iron gates of fate,
The seeds of time were sown,
And watered by the deeds of those
Who know and who are known

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Classic Rock ...... !!! ( cont)

*)"Don't ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to"

- Peter Green , "Oh Well"

**) my fav ....

“They say there's a heaven for those who will wait. Some say it's better, but I say it ain't. I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints. Sinners are much more fun...”

billy joel (only the good die young)

*) They are sharing a drink called loneliness, but it's better than drinking alone - Billy Joel

*)It's better to burn out than fade away - Kurt Cobain/Neil Young

*) strangers passing in the street,
by chance two separate glances meet
i am you and what i see is me...

echoes by Pink FLOYD

*) Well, I woke up this morning
And I got myself a beer.

The future's uncertain
And the end is always near.

----Jim Morrison

*) all the truth in the world adds up to one big lie"
(things have changed - bob dylan)

*) Brilliant Disguise - Bruce Springsteen

So Tell Me What I See
When I Look In Your Eyes
Is That You Baby
Or Just A Brilliant Disguise

*) When A Blind Man Cries - Deep Purple

If you're leaving, close the door.
I'm not expecting people anymore.
Hear me grieving, I'm lying on the floor.
Whether I'm drunk or dead I really aint too sure.
I'm a blind man, I'm a blind man and my world is pale.
When a blind man cries, lord, you know there aint no sadder tale....

*)

battle rages on-deep purple

Was it love or hate that got here first
Hate’s a habit it’s hard to shake the curse
Kill to live and live to die
Human nature you let the strong survive
Oh don’t talk to me of love
Be serious it’s not enough
Annihilation kill them all
Capitulation watch the mighty fall
The road to glory is lined in red
And though the reason now is gone
The battle rages on

*) "Maybe people only ask you how you're doing
'cause that's easier than letting on
how little they care"
- Jackson Browne, "The late show"

*)"Is justice Just Ice?
Governed by greed and lust?
With the strong doing what they do
and the weak suffering what they must?"
- Joni Mitchell , "Sex kills"

*) my fav....

"Everybody knows the dice are loaded
Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed
Everybody knows the war is over
Everybody knows the good guys lost
Everybody knows the fight was fixed
The poor stay poor, the rich get rich
That's how it goes, Everybody knows"
- Leonard Cohen, "Everybody knows"

*) my fav....

Where do bad folks go when they die?
They dont go to heaven where the angels fly
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
Wont see them again till the fourth of july
I knew a lady who came from duluth
She got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
She went to her grave just a little too soon
And she flew away howling on the yellow moon
Now the people cry and the people moan
And they look for a dry place to call their home
And try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils
Fight to claim them for their own

-Kurt Cobain

*) "Dear God, sorry to disturb you but
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
And all the people you made in your image
See them fighting in the street
'Cause they can't make opinions meet
About God"

- Andy Partridge (XTC), "Dear God"

*) She looked at him and he felt a spark tingle to his bones.
'Twas then he felt alone and wished that he'd gone straight
........
He told himself he didn't care, pushed the window open wide,
Felt an emptiness inside to which he just could not relate
........
Maybe she'll pick him out again, how long must he wait
Once more for a simple twist of fate.

- Bob Dylan (Simple Twist of Fate)

*)
I kept the right ones out
And let the wrong ones in
Had an angel of mercy to see me through all my sins
There were times in my life
When I was goin' insane
Tryin to walk through
The pain
When I lost my grip
And I hit the floor
Yeah, I thought I could leave, but couldn't get out
the door
I was so sick and tired
Of livin' a lie
I was wishin that I
Would die


Amazing - Aerosmith

Classic Rock ..... !!!

Let there be light and there was light, let there be guitars and there were guitars, let there be drums and there were drums and let there be sound and there was sound.
"Oh, let there be rock!"
It was now time for the Gods to sing.

Music has an influence on all. And some of the most influential band and artists of all times chose the " Rock " style to do so.
Here are few lines from some of there best compositions.
( one liners / paraz )


*) Nobody gonna take my car
Im gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
Its gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh its a killing machine
Its got everything
Like a driving power big fat tyres
And everything

I love it and I need it
I bleed it yeah its a wild hurricane
Alright hold tight
Im a highway star

*) "My hands are tied, my body bruised...she got me with nothing to win and nothing left to loose." - U2

*) We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl,
year after year,
running over the same old ground. What have we found?
The same old fears.... : Pink Floyd

*) "you live you learn
you love you learn
you cry you learn
you lose you learn
you bleed you learn
you scream you learn

you grieve you learn
you choke you learn
you laugh you learn
you choose you learn
you pray you learn
you ask you learn
you live you learn"

(alanis morissette - you learn

*) "You may say i'm a dreamer but i'm not the only one": Lennon (imagine)

*) "I know I didn't need to, but I just said...
THAT MY GOD WOKE UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HIS BED..
and it just don't matter now..."

--Little by Little, OASIS.

*) The stones- Paint it black

With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens evry day

Though I like the spun version floating arround the net,

With crosses and my love never to turn back,
Most people turn their heads and quickly look away,
Like a stillborn baby their all dead anyway

*) I was spending my time in the doldrums
I was caught in a cauldron of hate
I felt persecuted and paralysed
I thought that everything else would just wait

While you are wasting your time on your enemies
Engulfed in a fever of spite
Beyond your tunnel vision reality fades
Like shadows into the night

To martyr yourself to caution
Is not going to help at all
because ther'll be no safety in numbers
When the right one walks out of the door

Can you see your days blighted by darkness?
Is it true you beat your fists on the floor?
Stuck in a world of isolation
While the ivy grows over the door

So I open my door to my enemies
And I ask could we wipe the slate clean
But they tell me to please go fuck myself
You know you just can't win


---Lost for Words - Pink Floyd

Am I a Cold Person .......


I wonder whether its a Q or a fact that i keep denying. I still dont know.
I hope its not true or it remains a Q. The fact is really dont want to know.

I have seen people die ( v. close ones).
Many of them died in front of me and as far as i remember i got emotional ( if that's what crying means) in not more than 2-3 of them.

Most of the people WILL address me as STONE COLD after reading this ( some might say hey " you are strong" ... and again .. " i dont know "!!! what i am ).
But the fact is i do feel the greif/pain deep inside now matter how emotionally aloof i was from that person.

I remember, one of my very close friends died 3 years back. And i know what it felt like, and believe me i cried even more that a newly born baby would. The pain of his loss was more than a stab in heart.

Recently two of my very close relatives died, and their deaths only came to me as a shock. ( keeping aside the sorrow/grief part).

So .. " Stone Hearted " i am .... right.

I dont know what i am. And as i say " i am not the best judge".
People who know me they say and they feel i am not " COLD" ... but sometimes do feel that i belong to that category of people who are indifferent and unsesetive.

I guess .... it is a Q.

"Am I a Cold Person ??".

RD ....


I found this on some random page on the internet... its funny 'cause it actually describes how erred Microsoft products are... :P


" There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed a desire to become a "great" writer. When asked to define great, he said: "I want to write stuff that the whole world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level, stuff that will make them scream, cry, wail, howl in pain, desperation and anger!"

He now works for Microsoft writing error messages."

10 Weirdest Things Ever Sold On eBay !!!

Perhaps you've heard stories of people auctioning off strange items on eBay, like the homely kid who put his virginity up for bid or the bald guys who offer their own heads as advertising space. But those are nothing compared to some of the items that have made their way onto eBay's digital auction block.

Here are ten of the weirdest things ever to appear on eBay. To qualify for this list, the item or items must have received at least one bid, proving the point that no matter what you have to sell, somewhere there is a buyer for it.

10. Item #191367029: The Internet

If people can sell plots of land on the moon, then why can't someone sell the Internet? Someone did just that, for the bargain asking price of $1 million. Of course, it was all just a gag and it's unlikely that this Pay Pal transaction ever went through. But still, it would have been the deal of the century-the buyer was even throwing in free Internet access.

9. Item #277481422: UFO Detector

A prototype manufactured by a Brazilian company, this modified magnetometer is supposed to pick up UFO activity and was proven to work when red and orange balls of light appeared in the skies over Sao Paulo. Unfortunately, it wasn't 100% guaranteed due to the fact that "the propulsion systems of UFOs are not the same." Why would the seller want to part with such a unique item? It's okay-he had two. Final sale price: $135.03.

8. Item #248619068: The Meaning of Life

Someone finally figured it out, and they put it up for sale on eBay. Even with eight bids this incredible find didn't fetch much, but it was probably the best $3.26 the winning bidder ever spent.

7. Item #1178647016: Russian Test Space Shuttle

This one-of-a-kind item was once offered by a Russian company for $2 million, but was posted on eBay for "a fraction of that." It's not known how much they wanted for the scaled-down Bor-5 VKK spacecraft, because the reserve price was never reached. Bidding topped out at $25,200, but perhaps it was the $5,000 shipping price that scared off potential buyers.

6. Item #2961640885: Vampire Killing Kit

The stylish vampire hunter would love this late 1800s European "vampire killing kit," which included a crossbow with four silver-tipped arrows, an ebony wood stake, a large bottle of holy water and various surgical instruments, among other things. A solid mahogany wood box kept the items secure until they would be needed. Final bid: $4,550.

5. Item #289158639: Real Shrunken Head

Straight from the Jivaro Indian tribe in the jungles of Ecuador to the world's largest electronic marketplace, a total of 26 shrunken heads were put up for sale. Only 7 people bid on them, with the top bidder paying just under $25. It is assumed that he or she got first choice of the heads, which ranged in color from dark brown to gray.

4. Item #2931457201: Ghost In a Jar

As the story goes, the seller of this item found a rotted wooden box while metal detecting. Inside were two glass jars and a journal. One of the jars was accidentally dropped, causing a black mist of some sort to be released. The other jar and the journal were taken home, and the seller proceeded to be haunted by something he could only describe as "The Black Thing."

Wishing to pass the jar (and the ghost) on to someone else, he put the still unopened jar on eBay, insisting that only serious bidders would be considered. People must have loved the story, because there were well over 60 bids placed.

Unfortunately, not all of them were serious, because the selling price topped $90 million. No word as to who finally wound up with the jar, or if they too had supernatural visitors. Since this auction, there have been many, many more "ghost in a jar" items posted on eBay.

3. Item #150118191: USAF Hughes AIM-4D Falcon Missile

Yes, a real missile was auctioned off; fortunately, it was disarmed prior to the sale. The bidding reached $3,950, but the reserve price was never met.

2. Item #127658711: Serial Killer's Fingernails

In 1979, Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris cruised southern California on a killing spree that resulted in at least five victims. And now, the fingernails of Roy Norris have been sold on eBay for only $9.99.

Taped to the back of a Christmas card, they were accompanied by a penned note from Norris himself, signed and topped off with the serial killer's black thumbprint.

1. Item number not known: "Stricken Life" Painting

A rather macabre-looking self-portrait of a man known only as "Harold," this painting is believed to be haunted. The artist was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer in early 2001. Knowing that he could no longer care for his Multiple Sclerosis-stricken wife, he put a double-barrel shotgun against her head while she was sleeping and squeezed the trigger.

He then went into the den and put the shotgun in his own mouth. The house where the murder-suicide took place was eventually sold, and the new owners found the painting. Strange things started happening, such as the family dog sitting in front of the painting and howling, so Harold had to go -- on eBay, of course.