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Sarah Kay: If I should have a daughter ... Glass Beach. Subconscious Information Processing. It's fathers day and I thought I'd tell a story about my dad and something he taught me a long time ago. I was in middle school and I had a school project due the next day and it came up at dinner that I had not done the project. My dad made me stay up very late that night until I had completed it. And he stayed up with me. He made sure I understood two things that evening. But the second thing he explained to me was more subtle and way more powerful. He explained that once your brain starts working on a problem, it doesn't stop. I've taken that approach with every big problem I've faced ever since. I'm a big fan of subconscious information processing. Thanks dad for that tip. Grace_poppy: Dispensary, finished! I have more or less finished Stephen Maturin's dispensary! There are still a few things I need to make and add, but I'm ready to reveal pictures.

First, some of the newest furnishings. A shelf with bottles. I made the shelf, made the small bottles, and filled the larger ones. And a cabinet, inspired by cabinets in the HMS Victory dispensary. And I even did something I swore not to do for a long long time - used real hinges with real nails. And a rack for drying plant specimens. And now, the dispensary itself! And here's one more picture with a mechanical pencil on top of the roombox to show its scale. linked at doll_houses , little_world , hms_surprise , perfect_duet and anything_aos . Catlanta Drops Kittens Like They’re Hot - PURGE. When I met up with Catlanta at Esther Peachy Lefevre Park in Cabbagetown on a recent Saturday morning, he looked like he’d been on the losing end of well, a cat fight.

Faded purple and yellow bruises marbled the left side of his face, and a spider web of scabs snaked alongside his eye like misplaced mascara. But I quickly came to find out that this street artist ain’t no street brawler. He had face planted off a fixed-gear recently, barely escaping the spill without stitches. Catlanta’s a lover, not a fighter. “It’s kind of like meditation,” Catlanta says. That day, we shuffled our way toward Reynoldstown on one of his kitten drops. “I enjoy making them, but it’s the interactive part that’s the real draw for me,” he says.

Although the Catlanta project got started as a spray paint tag he tossed up along Dekalb and Wylie to kill time during January’s Snowpocalypse, he’s abandoned the graffiti and now focuses full-time on the magnetic and cardboard kittens he sprinkles around the city. Like a BOSS - Reporter Makes Amazing Half Court Shot | Frequency. Your message. Kissing is Good for You! - AmO Images: Capturing the Beauty of Life - AmO Images: Capturing the Beauty of Life.

Billy Madison - Wrong Answer. A Mother’s Prayer for Its Child By Tina Fey | Write In Color. “First, Lord: No tattoos. May neither Chinese symbol for truth nor Winnie-the-Pooh holding the FSU logo stain her tender haunches. May she be Beautiful but not Damaged, for it’s the Damage that draws the creepy soccer coach’s eye, not the Beauty. When the Crystal Meth is offered, may she remember the parents who cut her grapes in half And stick with Beer. Guide her, protect her when crossing the street, stepping onto boats, swimming in the ocean, swimming in pools, walking near pools, standing on the subway platform, crossing 86th Street, stepping off of boats, using mall restrooms, getting on and off escalators, driving on country roads while arguing, leaning on large windows, walking in parking lots, riding Ferris wheels, roller-coasters, log flumes, or anything called “Hell Drop,” “Tower of Torture,” or “The Death Spiral Rock ‘N Zero G Roll featuring Aerosmith,” and standing on any kind of balcony ever, anywhere, at any age.

Lead her away from Acting but not all the way to Finance. 365 tomorrows » I Bet You Say That To All The Girls : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day. By submissionFebruary 17th, 2009 Author : Ian Rennie I give Annabeth one last lingering kiss at the door. “I’ll see you next week?” I say, a slight quaver in my voice. “Count on it.” she says grinning. I close the door as she turns, my heart fluttering.

This is it. Annabeth is a client, and starting a relationship with a client is the big no-no. I always knew she was special. This is it, then. I just need to take my pill, get a shower, and get ready for her. I take the pill with a glass of water then step in the shower. The warm water is so soothing, like rain during monsoon season. To be honest, I don’t know if I’ll be here much longer. There’s just something about her that makes my heart skip when I know she’s coming. I think she may be the one. 'Gay Caveman' Found By Archaeologists Near Prague.

A team of Czech archaeologists claim to have unearthed the remains of an early gay man from around 2900-2500 B.C. outside Prague. According to the Telegraph, the "gay caveman" was found buried in a way normally reserved only for women during the Copper Age. The man had been interred on his left side with his head facing east, with no weapons and household jugs -- almost always reserved for women in the region during that time -- placed at his feet.

Traditionally, men were buried with weapons, hammers and flint knives, and their bodies were positioned on their right side with their heads facing west. "From history and ethnology, we know that people from this period took funeral rites very seriously so it is highly unlikely that this positioning was a mistake," lead researcher Kamila Remisova Vesinova said. "Far more likely is that he was a man with a different sexual orientation, homosexual or transvestite. What we see here does not add up to traditional Corded Ware cultural norms. " Tumblr_l6akhj7Vko1qcajtro1_1280.jpg (600×799) A Nation of Wimps. Maybe it's the cyclist in the park, trim under his sleek metallic blue helmet, cruising along the dirt path... at three miles an hour. On his tricycle. Or perhaps it's today's playground, all-rubber-cushioned surface where kids used to skin their knees. And... wait a minute... those aren't little kids playing.

Their mommies—and especially their daddies—are in there with them, coplaying or play-by-play coaching . Few take it half-easy on the perimeter benches, as parents used to do, letting the kids figure things out for themselves. Then there are the sanitizing gels, with which over a third of parents now send their kids to school, according to a recent survey. Presumably, parents now worry that school bathrooms are not good enough for their children. Consider the teacher new to an upscale suburban town. Behold the wholly sanitized childhood , without skinned knees or the occasional C in history. Messing up, however, even in the playground, is wildly out of style. Best Buy Firing Employee Because He Makes A Funny Video // Current.

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You can keep up with what's new on Al Jazeera America and see this new brand of journalism for yourself at Thank you for inspiring and challenging us. We are incredibly proud of what we have been able to accomplish together! – The Current TV Staff. YouTube Video of the Day: Forget Inception, This Will Destroy Your Mind. Heavy Boots. Editorial note: I received this as an email from a friend who got it from a friend who ...

I do not know who the original author is, but I do believe this to be true. Who could possibly make it up? Heavy Boots About 6-7 years ago, I was in a philosophy class at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (good science/engineering school) and the teaching assistant was explaining Descartes. He was trying to show how things don't always happen the way we think they will and explained that, while a pen always falls when you drop it on Earth, it would just float away if you let go of it on the Moon. "No it wouldn't. " the TA explained calmly, "because you're too far away from the Earth's gravity.

" I countered, "why didn't they float away? " "Because they were wearing heavy boots. " he responded, as if this made perfect sense (remember, this is a Philosophy TA who's had plenty of logic classes). As we left the room, my friend Mark was raging. 1. About 47 percent got this question correct. 2. 13. Worth the read (I did not write this, I found it on the net) The Power of Jerky. Weird. Guinness - The Best Beer Commercial Ever - a Film &TV video. Avril Lavigne - What The Hell. "All You Need Is Love" by 156 Countries - CollegeHumor video. How British people greet you at the airport. Snake Game on College Dorm from That Happened! Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her... Can't Take My Eyes Off You - Lady Antebellum. 25 LOL Animal Pics (2.12.11) |

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I've been a few times. Now, add in going backwards, and you've got a whole other level of difficulty. Put on top of that one-footed steps, stop-and-start skating, the agility required by other sports such as football or soccer, and you've got a sport all by itself. Now, put a stick in a guy's hand and ask him to control a tiny little four-inch puck with it. Combine all of this with the playmaking required to organize five men into an advancing squadron (or a defending squadron) to score points. Dueling Cellists Play "Smooth Criminal" - CollegeHumor video. Steampunk Soaring Filigree Skeleton Key Butterfly and Birds Necklace Project Details. Edgar Allen Poe Rap - The Pit and the Pendulum Hip-Hop. We bring you Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Pit and the Pendulum” in one terrifying rap song. The lyrics summarize the plot of Poe’s classic tale of torture.

First, the narrator gets thrown in prison, and then he’s surrounded by darkness. Accompany him as he discovers the pit, the pendulum, maniacally hungry rats and scalding walls, but from the comfort of your own chair. Will he ever escape from this chamber of horrors? This video was produced through a partnership with READ Magazine. I'm accused of something, standing in a room or something, With candles and three dudes dressed in black. You go round and round, It comes down and down, You know, nothing but your soul deep in the cell, If the pit don’t get you then the pendulum will. I go back to measuring the cell, Well, it seems about a hundred paces but face it, I'm confused, and then I trip over my laces, And fall to the floor, but where my face is, Isn’t the floor, it's a pit, I don't know deep.

But what torture awaits me now? Toronto's new green roof law a first for North America. In a first for a North American city, Toronto recently passed a new law mandating "green" rooftops for all new developments. Any new construction with floor space of more than 2,000 square meters must devote between 20 and 60 percent of its roof to vegetation. The rule applies to residential, commercial, industrial and institutional structures. As expected, developers are less than thrilled with the new mandatory rules — least of all that they come during an economic downturn. Some estimate that green roofs could add more than $177,000 to the cost of a project; not including the ongoing maintenance, replacement and repair costs. "I don't think anybody is warm and fuzzy about having a green roof bylaw impressed on them as a prescriptive method," one developer told Reuters. Still, the benefits to the city in terms of energy savings and rainwater runoff management are seen as cost-effective in the long term.

Three Kinds of Relationships. Dec 24, 2009 1. The Bad Girl 2. The Bad Boy 3. The Bad Girl with the Nice Boy Luv Deluxe by Cinnamon Chasers Album: A Million Miles From Home Director: Saman Keshavarz Producer: Francis Pollara Associate Producer: Nate Eggert Cinematographer: Justin Gurnari Editor: Nate Tam Actress: Darcy Ripley © Modus Records / Koch Entertainment 2009 **Shot entirely on the Canon 5D Mark II w/ a custom face mounted rig — Canon Lenses used: 14mm (f2.8) & 24mm (f1.4)** Awesome concept and beautifully shot. If you enjoyed this article, the Sifter highly recommends: The Smashing Pumpkins – 1979 | Lyrics, Audio and Music Video.

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