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Bill III's Blog » Have you ever printed a boarding pass? Well this little feat has been a long time coming.

Bill III's Blog » Have you ever printed a boarding pass?

For those of you who have worked with me in Unalakleet you probably have heard about my aspiration of using the poster printer to print my boarding pass. Well two days ago my dream became a reality. I logged onto nwa.com and checked in for my flight. Selected my seats and chose the option to print my boarding pass. Well as you know Mac computers make it super easy to print things as a PDF file instead of to a printer.

After my arrival at Anchorage I got my bags checked and headed to the TSA security screening area. The TSA agent asked for my I.D. and boarding pass. After a look of surprise he said “Is that your boarding pass?” The supervisor came over and they exchanged a few words. You're In For A Surprise: The Dating Site Murderer. Redditor spawn02000 made the mistake of posting his own picture to lament his inability to get a date online.

You're In For A Surprise: The Dating Site Murderer

Given the glassy stare in his eyes and the ax-murderer beard, there was no choice but to turn his predicament into a hilarious meme. And so the Dating Site Murderer meme was born: Birds With Arms. Abe.jpg (1920×1080) Stream (Infrared) by David A. Evans. The ants whose multi-coloured abdomens show exactly what they've been eating. By Daily Mail Reporter Updated: 15:00 GMT, 5 August 2011 The saying 'you are what you eat' is true for these insects as stunning pictures show their abdomens changing colour as they sip on sugar drops.

The ants whose multi-coloured abdomens show exactly what they've been eating

Father of three Mohamed Babu set up the photographs after his wife, Shameem, showed him some ants had turned white after drinking spilt milk. He gave the creatures the brightly coloured sugar drops and watched as their transparent stomachs matched the food they were eating. A good palette: Some of the ants even wandered from one colour to another, creating new combinations in their stomachs Some of the ants even wandered from one colour to another, creating new combinations in their bodies.

Scientist Dr Babu, mixed the sugar drops with edible colours red, green, blue and yellow and placed them in his garden to attract the insects. By placing them on a paraffin base the drops kept their shape when touched by the ants. Organizing Measuring Cups and Spoons. SeenAndShared.com. Waking Up Full of Awesome. There was a time when you were five years old, and you woke up full of awesome.

Waking Up Full of Awesome

You knew you were awesome. You loved yourself. You thought you were beautiful, even with missing teeth and messy hair and mismatched socks inside your grubby sneakers. You loved your body, and the things it could do. You thought you were strong. You knew you were smart. No 'him' or 'her'; preschool fights gender bias. STOCKHOLM (AP) — At the "Egalia" preschool, staff avoid using words like "him" or "her" and address the 33 kids as "friends" rather than girls and boys.

No 'him' or 'her'; preschool fights gender bias

From the color and placement of toys to the choice of books, every detail has been carefully planned to make sure the children don't fall into gender stereotypes. "Society expects girls to be girlie, nice and pretty and boys to be manly, rough and outgoing," says Jenny Johnsson, a 31-year-old teacher. "Egalia gives them a fantastic opportunity to be whoever they want to be. " The taxpayer-funded preschool which opened last year in the liberal Sodermalm district of Stockholm for kids aged 1 to 6 is among the most radical examples of Sweden's efforts to engineer equality between the sexes from childhood onward. Breaking down gender roles is a core mission in the national curriculum for preschools, underpinned by the theory that even in highly egalitarian-minded Sweden, society gives boys an unfair edge. View gallery. A "THE BIBLE" autographed by JESUS CHRIST himself RARE.

We the People. AffirGAYtion: Homosexuality Found in 450 Species, Homophobia in Only One. White House will consider any online petition that gets 5,000 signatures. The best out-of-office email ever written - Manage Your Life on Shine. (thinkstock photos) You know the worst thing about going on vacation?

The best out-of-office email ever written - Manage Your Life on Shine

Writing your out-of-office email message. It's always one of the last things on the to-do list along with buying mini-toothpaste, and it's definitely the least fun. Do you leave contact information? Do you overstate or undersell said contact information's emergency purposes? Do you point people to a poor, helpless co-worker in your absence who will probably resent you the entire time you're gone? Thankfully, Gizmodo has provided us neurotics with the perfect specimen of an out-of-office email message. I am currently out of the office on vacation. I know I'm supposed to say that I'll have limited access to email and won't be able to respond until I return - but that's not true.

That said, I promised my wife that I am going to try to disconnect, get away and enjoy our vacation as much as possible. . · Otherwise, I'll respond when I return… Warm regards, Josh Let's examine what Josh has done. Related links: