in the immortal words of

 whoever said it.

'be there or be square'

a must see in imax and 3d.

five big stars

just as exciting is looking at

 the original handwritten

 manuscript.

http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/results.asp?lstorients=All+Orientations&lstf… Read full post »

The fans made of pink feathers that we saw today were used in acts like Sally Rand’s. We were told they were hers. I wouldn’t doubt that they were hers considering the owner. 

I visited the sister of a man that designed ice shows locally in the seventies then he went… Read full post »

cloaked in costume

kiss spit fire far

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In South Africa there is an area known as Diepkloof that has been occupied for at least 100,000 years. The digs so far have turned back the clock on many things and revealed some very interesting insights into primitive life. Unlike our general vision of hunter gather societies these digs have… Read full post »

I admit to an uncle that was nicknamed Spider. His last name was Webb.

These people are right up there with stories of people like Crystal Shanda Lear.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7909561.stm

Crystal's name is found among these distinguished names.

http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Pe… Read full post »

From myself at fifteen.  

This is your last summer in Canada. It’s a high point in your life and a marker of where you should have stayed and would love to go back to and change. 

You’ve just started at the toughest and yet best high school in the city. One… Read full post »

i get the feeling that a few of you are not used to the snow falls we are used to in the north. let me introduce you to the winter refidgerator. it's very green it doesn't use any power at all.

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If I read this right

the pirates today are slacking way behind the ones in 1659.

http://www.rarenewspapers.com

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  You know you’ve all seen it; mostly at football games. Faces painted to show their allegiance to various teams. Tribal face paint dates back well into the dark past but why? 

Actually there are many theories. The first and most oblivious is the identification of extended group… Read full post »

stonehenge-hedge-discovery

Here's a bit if interesting news. It appears that Stonehenge was once surrounded by two circles of hedge outside of the berm. This would make perfect sense too.

Stonehenge is most likely a cerimonial site. As a cerimonial site it is important to only allow certain persons t… Read full post »

Baby moose

This is very near to the top of the AWWW factor meter.

In a very small town on the Lake Michigan shore of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. You know where the Yoopers live on the Yooper side of the bridge I’m a troll because I live under the… Read full post »

I googled my name a few years ago thinking it was an odd name I didn’t expect much but much to my surprise it’s plentiful. Then I found out that it is a trade name for a digger or miner and of workers that create moats and earthworks.

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Have you ever

seen a fish

get out of the water

to pee or poop?

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I couldn't resist posting this.

I got Flower Girls by Robin Sneed yesterday and read it.

No spoilers!

It sucked me in and wouldn't let go.

Put it on your mandatory reading list.

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This is a late response to an open call from awhile ago. It took me awhile to find a way to put it into words that would describe it well. I found myself in need of moving out of my parent’s home at 18. It was simply the way that they felt… Read full post »

Hey all you northerners it appears that ankle deep snow is en0ugh to shut down London.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2797994/Britains-going-snowhere-fast.html

They're not alone a lot of places are like that. I'm going to close the windows tonight I hear the wind chill will be ze… Read full post »

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/464/pages/1

apr 1670

wasn't 'the swan' the ship that the captain in

'captains couragous' learned to be a captain on?

Lately we’ve heard a lot about H1N1. It wasn’t that long ago that another illness was causing fear and tapping resources.  For example; in the city of Dresden where the river was the source of the city’s drinking and bathing water as well as the destination of its sanitation gu/… Read full post »

The Gentleman Magazine was the first to use the term magazine which it took from the military meaning for a place to store things.

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/serial?id=gentlemans

It is very interesting reading, many hours of enjoyment in there.

http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/search

the… Read full post »

I have to admit something. It was been noted that i often neglect to Capitalize. there re two reasons. One I constantly hit the cap lock and two is Edson.

The cap lock thing is due to my using my hands as hammers thereby smashing the knucles (neanderthal) and the fact… Read full post »

 This is the signature wall in one of Detroits oldest and still active theaters. It's one of those theater and movies houses of the 1920s, huge, opulent, a fairy tale world of weath and exotic places, grand stair cases, and pipe organs.

See how many big name acts you can… Read full post »

I’m sure that many of you live in homes built before 1700. Therefore you should understand the perpetual battle to keep the daub on the wattle.

Actually there are a number of post and beam, wattle and daub structures still standing and in use in Europe. In the… Read full post »

Archaeology Magazine just issued it's list of the top ten finds of the year. That article made me think of a site in Ireland that I and a lot of other people were upset about and wanted to save but it was destroyed in the name of progress.

The site… Read full post »