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10 Photos Of A Retro Classic Arcade Before Video Games. The Star Wars Saga: Suggested Viewing Order » Absolutely No Machete Juggling. Heritage USA. Heritage USA Fort Mill, SC (1978-1989) Heritage USA is located in Fort Mill, SC.

Heritage USA

It's about 2 miles down the street from Paramount's Carowinds. This Christian Theme Park has been closed and abandoned for well over a decade, so we wanted to check out how the place looks now. The Heritage Grand Hotel and Partner Center has recently been pruchased by a new ministry called Morningstar. 48 Pictures That Perfectly Capture The '90s. Urine color chart. Log in or Become a Member Job Opening Research and Data Visualization Associate - National Journal for Atlantic Media See more openings on the FlowingData Job Board Data Underload Urine color chart February 17, 2012 | Infographics.

The Ultimate Oral History of Wet Hot American Summer: Movies + TV. WhenWet Hot American Summer hit theaters a decade ago, the film—a sketch-based comedy set in 1981, on the last day of the fictional Camp Firewood—came and went faster than a hormonal teenage boy.

The Ultimate Oral History of Wet Hot American Summer: Movies + TV

Creating Remarkable Poetry Through Subtraction. TIME magazine recently revealed its 30 Must-See Tumblr Blogs which includes the highly creative, user-generated Newspaper Blackout.

Creating Remarkable Poetry Through Subtraction

This blog is the brainchild of Austin-based artist and writer Austin Kleon. The main objective of the Tumblr is to display poetry through the omission of words in already printed text. Essentially, it is poetry by way of censorship, executed with the aid of a black sharpie. Taking published works in the form of newspaper articles, novels, and even horoscopes, this style of "blackout poetry" reveals only carefully selected words to create a new, shorter composition of expression.

Often, the poems produced offer a sense of hope and inspiration. If you're interested in keeping a collection of the blackout poetry on hand, there is a book inspired by the blog by the same title, Newspaper Blackout, on sale. Handmade Houses to Blow Your Modern Mind. We’re up to our ears in modern, accessible design.

Handmade Houses to Blow Your Modern Mind

No offense CB2, West Elm, or IKEA. Really, you’re great. Is vintage clothing passé? Successful rummages for vintage clothes seem to be few and far between these days.

Is vintage clothing passé?

Charity shop rails are full of old St Michael, C&A and shoulder-padded sequinned pieces, all priced higher than non-clothing cast-offs. Online stores such as Asos Marketplace throw up vintage items that I, in my late twenties, can remember the first time round - and didn't much like then. And finding genuine vintage pieces on eBay requires you to decipher 'the code' to avoid mistaking a Primark copy for a 1960s original. The increased demand for vintage pieces in recent years has resulted in higher prices for the raw goods. 7 Amazing Stories of Lost and Re-Found Wedding Rings. If you’re married, you’ve almost certainly misplaced your wedding ring at one place or another and even if you’ve never actually lost it, you probably know someone else who has.

7 Amazing Stories of Lost and Re-Found Wedding Rings

After all, a little band of gold or platinum is pretty easy to lose track of, even if it is important to hold on to. But while many people lose their rings, it’s pretty rare to actually find them again. Even so, it has been known to happen. Here are some of the most amazing stories of people who have lost their wedding or engagement rings, only to find them again. Image Via Jason Pier in DC [Flickr] The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance. Do you enjoy having time to yourself, but always feel a little guilty about it?

The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet Brilliance

Then Susan Cain’s “Quiet : The Power of Introverts” is for you. It’s part book, part manifesto. We live in a nation that values its extroverts – the outgoing, the lovers of crowds – but not the quiet types who change the world. She recently answered questions from Mind Matters editor Gareth Cook. Brilliant Ideas Inspired by Mundane Tasks. If you haven't had your big breakthrough yet, try one of these simple strategies: Toolmaker Ermal Fraze was on a picnic in 1959 when he realized he had no way to open his beverage.

Brilliant Ideas Inspired by Mundane Tasks

The World's Worst (and Ugliest) Cars. "QUANTUM SHOT" #749Link - article by Daniel Butler & Avi Abrams "What we really need is a car that can be shot when it breaks down.

The World's Worst (and Ugliest) Cars

" (Russell Baker). Here at Dark Roasted Blend we normally celebrate weird and beautiful... except when we equally celebrate weird and ugly. Social Media Marriage Proposals: 10 Clever Ways to Pop the Question. The 20 best job-quitting scenes of all time (with video) Every Presentation Ever. The Beginner's Guide to the Paleo Diet. Get the FREE eBook!

The Beginner's Guide to the Paleo Diet

The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Paleo! Discover if Paleo is for you The one simple trick to know if your food is Paleo-friendly Easy Paleo recipes for beginners to get you started The Paleo Diet is an effort to eat like we used to back in the day…WAY back in the day. If a caveman couldn’t eat it, neither can you. This means anything we could hunt or find – meats, fish, nuts, leafy greens, regional veggies, and seeds. Mechanical Iris Greeting Card. Missed Connections Illustrated: Visual Paeans to Modern Love. By Maria Popova Reverse-engineering serendipity, or what ice skating collisions have to do with fish market romance.

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