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The Rise and Fall and Rise of Zahi Hawass - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history...
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Kelli H., Eivind and Nils Sandin liked this
"For more than a decade Zahi Hawass was, arguably, the Osiris of antiquities. A regal combination of showman and scholar, he ruled a netherworld of tombs and temples, investigating age-old mysteries—the burial place of Antony and Cleopatra, the cause of death of Tutankhamen—for rapt television audiences. Hawass’ megalomania was legendary: In “Chasing Mummies: The Amazing Adventures of Zahi Hawass,” a reality television series on the History Channel, the archaeologist led his trainees on Howard Carter-type adventures, an exercise in self-aggrandizement so unabashed that it prompted a New York Times critic to smirk: “One hopes...Dr. Hawass will unearth some ancient Egyptian chill pills and swallow a generous helping.” Yet he also earned the admiration of peers and millions of fans."
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
"It all ended with the revolution. Hawass was vilified when protests against President Mubarak erupted in Tahrir Square in January 2011. Protesters called him “the Mubarak of Antiquities” and accused him of corruption. Underlings in the antiquities department and jobless and frustrated archaeology graduates besieged his office, demanding his ouster. “And take your hat,” they shouted. In...
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- Mark H
"Egyptian tourism, a big piece of the country’s economy, has declined by as much as 50 percent since 2010, raising questions about whether the government will decide that it needs Hawass and his famous face to revive it. President Mohamed Morsi has never discussed the issue publicly, and Hawass has been critical of the Muslim Brotherhood, the Islamist movement to which Morsi belonged...
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- Mark H
All these thoughts about consoles makes me think about how, in Star Trek, when the captain has to leave the bridge, he tells the highest officer remaining "You have the con(n)"? I have no idea what "conn" really means.
Steven Perez, Scoble, Alex Scoble, Hieronymous Boosh and Jennifer Dittrich liked this
If they just said it on starships, then I would've assumed it was "console" but apparently it's real nautical terminology, so is it short for "controls"?
- Victor Ganata
Or none of the above, it looks like http://oxforddictionaries.com/us...
- Victor Ganata
Huh. I always assumed 'console' as well, even figuring that it was nautical in origin.
- Jennifer Dittrich
I always assumed it had something to do with the conning tower on ships or submarines.
- Mark H
So not conch? hrmm.
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... I think Wikipedia's explanation is a bit better...Conning is the act of directing the ship, so whoever is directing the ship has the conn
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I guess what I'm getting at is that it's not really short for anything, it's actually its own word.
- Victor Ganata
Yep. Engage!
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
I suppose now is not the time to admit that I always refer to my driver's seat as conn and passenger seat as ops. :) #trekkielife #askatrekkie
- Hookuh Tinypants
Woolwich: 'Soldier Dead After Terror Attack' - http://news.sky.com/story...
Kelli H., John (bird whisperer) and Jennifer Dittrich liked this
"A man reported to be a serving soldier is dead and two people have been shot in Woolwich, south east London, after what is being treated as a terrorist attack. Downing Street has called a meeting of the Government's Cobra emergency committee after the incident in John Wilson Street, which David Cameron described as "truly shocking". Senior police officers are thought to believe the killing was a politically-motivated Islamist terrorist attack. And video has emerged that appears to show one of two alleged attackers - with blood-stained hands and holding two bladed weapons - attempting to justify the attack."
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
The video footage is disturbing; the bloodied hands and cleaver being filmed and the people in the background walking around almost normally.
- Mark H
I was following some of that on the Guardian's tumblr. Insane.
- Jennifer Dittrich
Infant behaviour: Carrying home the evolutionary advantage - http://www.economist.com/blogs...
ronin, Kelli H., Iván Abrego and 2 other people liked this
"A GENTLE pat on the back and a short walk can put a crying baby to sleep. Four-legged newborns, too, calm down when their mothers hold them by the nape of their necks to carry them. Precisely why, though, has remained a mystery. Kumi Kuroda, of RIKEN Brain Science Institute, in Japan, and her colleagues decided to find out."
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
"After ascertaining that murine newborns, too, show the same physiological response to carrying as human infants do, they examined the sensory mechanisms which might give rise to the phenomenon. First, they used a local anaesthetic to numb the skin on back of the mice’s neck. This blocked the neural signals that are produced by touch. Anesthetised mice were more fidgety while carried than those that were not."
- Mark H
The New York City Filming Locations of The Warriors - http://www.scoutingny.com/...
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Shevonne liked this
"This is Part 2 of a then-and-now look at the New York City filming locations of The Warriors."
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
Seeing the Sun Rise on Dulles International Airport - http://www.ultraswank.net/travel...
"In 1964 my father accepted a job as Press Secretary for Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona, so my family left the Arizona desert outside of Phoenix for the foothills of the great Blue Ridge Mountains of Fairfax, Virginia, approximately thirty miles from Washington D.C. and approximately thirty miles from the newly emerging Dulles International Airport that straddled Fairfax and Loudoun Counties."
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
"It wasn’t until one early Saturday morning on a summer day in 1966 that I recall my first true glimpse of modern architecture. My father roused me from sleep for a trip to “see the sunrise” as he called it, a tradition he had started with three of my brothers and I when we lived in Arizona. [...] He would bring one or more of us to accompany him while the sun came up and treat us to...
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- Mark H
My most-visited airport in America and home of some of my favourite queueing memories.
- Mark H
Can anyone name a browser in which this site actually looks good? I have tried Firefox, IE, Chrome, Opera, and they all look like this screenshot. What poor out of work "web designer" suckered the State of NJ into letting them do this to their site? http://www.wnjpin.net/
MoTO #TeamMonique liked this
I am beyond amused. :-D
- April Russo
I clicked the link in Chrome and it doesn't look like your screenshot. It looks normal.
- Eric - seven eleven
Looks normal in my Firefox. v20.0.1
- Joe Boone
Looks fine in my IE10 as well. Hmmm
- Eric - seven eleven
I got it to look like the screenshot on first load on Firefox (22.0). Switched on Firebug to debug the net traffic and see if the stylesheet wasn't loading and, on refresh, everything kicked in normally.
- Mark H
I'm using Chrome and it looks like the sccreenshot.
- Anika
I had some issues recently with a site on our corporate intranet. After speaking to the designers it turned out the site had been designed for IE7, in use at the parent company site. A lot of pages looked broken to those of us using IE8. Once the designer added the necessary for IE8 it worked.
- Nick B.
There are several style references to another web site. Not sure if it's having a problem loading those elements leading to breaking the page. I'm no developer.
- Eric - seven eleven
No, it's the server itself; it's serving up 404s on certain requests - http://sdrv.ms/10JonD9
- Mark H
Thanks for that. I am still amused. Last week it was the unclickable links, this week it's 404's making it look like hell. I wonder what next week will be.
- April Russo
It looked fine to me in FF 20 also (OH NO. Clicking on About Firefox initiated a 16MB download...)
- Walt Crawford
Now why did you have to say that? You made me go click the same thing and now I have it updating too.
- April Russo
Also OK on Firefox 21, now that the upgrade's done. (Hmm. Clicking to "About Firefox..." starts the download process...but going anywhere else suspends it until you come back. Even if you keep the About Firefox window open.)
- Walt Crawford
I closed it, came back and had a restart button.
- April Russo
Seems to look and function fine in IE8 (the only browser we have at work...).
- Hookuh Tinypants
Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013 - Final - http://www.eurovision.tv/page...
ani, Arfin Kiriloğlu, ᏓᏰ #team Monique and 4 other people liked this
Final's starting in Olympics fashion.
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
Yay, you're here! I'm not a tweeter...
- Heleninstitches
Do we really want to press the red button for enhanced coverage... unless they've got Zamms on there ;-)
- Heleninstitches
France up first which explains why they're last in the betting.
- Mark H
She's a bit like Tina Turner's grand-daughter
- Heleninstitches
First time hearing this French entry and I quite like it; French noir feel to it. Absolutely not a chance in hell but it's okay.
- Mark H
Graham Norton's commentary helping with some of the pain.
- Mark H
The problem - well, one of many - with this Lithuanian song is that it's barely being sung at all. He's hardly breaking out of reading out loud.
- Mark H
But he's wearing a white t-shirt and a leather jacket so that makes him cool, yeah?
- Heleninstitches
It never worked for me in the 90s so no.
- Mark H
The butterfly is freaking me out a bit ;-)
- Heleninstitches
Ah, it's her with the hair and the dress. The dress is kinda funky.
- Mark H
Moldova - I'm pre-occupied with the duck that's sat on her head...
- Heleninstitches
Does her dress have lights in it?
- Heleninstitches
Wait and see!
- Mark H
She's Joan of Arc!
- Heleninstitches
She turned me into a newt!
- Mark H
No, Finland, No!
- Heleninstitches
She sings not badly
- اردویسور
Finland next; catchy and crap which is what I look for in a Eurovision song. Sounds like she's swearing and it ends with some lesbianism. It's got everything.
- Mark H
Well yeah, but catchy and crap didn't work for Scooch!
- Heleninstitches
Finland is kind of strange this year
- اردویسور
Spain: is she wearing one shoe?
- Mark H
I'm not feeling spain at all. Esp now I'm staring at her feet!
- Heleninstitches
I know. It distracted me after I mentioned it too.
- Mark H
Keep your eyes on the dancers for this one.
- Mark H
Is he singing 'love kills' or let's kiss'?
- Heleninstitches
I so want to put the dancers behind Robert Palmer's Addicted to love
- Heleninstitches
Belgium was ok but do we really want a song called Love Kills to win? I mean what kind of that message does that send?
- Heleninstitches
A harsh message. A Belgian message.
- Mark H
A message with frites.
- Pete #TeamMonique
And mayo!
- Heleninstitches
I didn't mind that - who was it again... the ballad in the white frock?
- Heleninstitches
Estonia I think. I drifted off during it.
- Mark H
Ah yes. The disco ball and the tassels.
- Mark H
If you come out of a glitter ball, I want disco!... not holiday action song that all the reps try to get you to join in with when all you want to do is drink to forget the horror unfolding before you.
- Heleninstitches
Needs more squinting.
- Mark H
Russia: first track that someone in this house (not me) has put a bet on.
- Mark H
I can go with this... oh, until that crappy key change!
- Heleninstitches
and the cheesy holding hands ending
- Heleninstitches
It was very Eurovision, though, and being Russia they're guaranteed of big votes. Or else.
- Mark H
Now this one should have come out of the glitter ball
- Heleninstitches
And I did like Russia, just thought the staging let it down at the end
- Heleninstitches
Germany wasn't bad.
- Mark H
no comment
- Heleninstitches
Can you hear the Black Sabbath influence in this track? Me neither.
- Mark H
I liked Cascada's old songs more.
- اردویسور
We can stop what Armenia?
- Heleninstitches
The audience didn't seem to like Armenia there. And I thought they had no taste.
- Mark H
Netherlands now. I've actually put an each way bet on this as it grew on me.
- Mark H
It ain't growing on me..
- Heleninstitches
It may need damp conditions.
- Mark H
It's really good
- اردویسور
Awesome. Romania now. This is hilariously awful... yet...
- Mark H
Graham's intriguing me...
- Heleninstitches
He can hit high notes. A lot.
- Mark H
oh my i thought the dancers were nekkid
- Heleninstitches
Wishful thinking there methinks.
- Mark H
he's not making me want to participate in this thing called love that makes my life complete
- Heleninstitches
A lot of people I know on Twitter are threatening to vote for Romania.
- Mark H
Come on Bonnie!
- Mark H
Damn. She's singing flat.
- Mark H
Which was Romania? She's flat!
- Heleninstitches
Has she had work done... distracted by her top lip
- Heleninstitches
Romania was the high-pitched guy.
- Mark H
Cesar! Well at least he sang in tune...
- Heleninstitches
An average song from the hosts.
- Mark H
His jacket looked a bit 'straightjackety' and his intense stare had me a little disconcerted..
- Heleninstitches
Hungary now and this is one my missus has put a cheeky each way bet on.
- Mark H
Denmark now. Odds on favourite. Not a fan.
- Mark H
She's the one who flashed her knickers on the bridge at the beginning...
- Heleninstitches
my toes are involuntarily tapping...
- Heleninstitches
Graham: If this were a singing contest this next man would do very well ;-)
- Heleninstitches
Ah, here comes the Jesus dude.
- Mark H
The Jesus dude with split ends. It's annoying the missus.
- Mark H
Yellow leaf?
- Heleninstitches
Sure. Why not?
- Mark H
That's my dad's each way vote of the night done too now.
- Mark H
Man in the box is cool in this Azerbaijan song. That's all.
- Mark H
I was transfixed by that... not sure in a good way... but it's definitely catchy and that was a LOT of red material...
- Heleninstitches
I've forgotten it already. It's a defence mechanism.
- Mark H
I think I'm gonna want to forget Greece!
- Heleninstitches
It's fun to imagine that's a normal-sized instrument and he's a giant.
- Mark H
And now an actual giant.
- Mark H
I can see Ukraine doing quite well.
- Mark H
I like this - though her dress isn't very flattering
- Heleninstitches
Ok, so far... Russia, Denmark, Ukraine. No particular order at mo. Just making a note for later when I've forgotten who's who... adds Estonia, and Azerbaijan possibly
- Heleninstitches
So this is what goes multi platinum in Italy.
- Mark H
Apparently the Italian guy had a bit of a wardrobe malfunction in the rehearsal/jury vote performance so not a chance.
- Mark H
ermm.... did he forget to zip?
- Heleninstitches
Not liking Norway (sorry Eivind)
- Heleninstitches
Why don't I see Greece getting mentioned? ;_; Ska <3
- ani
Only 2 left? Already!
- Heleninstitches
ani: Ska's good, but alcohol isn't free. It's the blatant lying in the song that upsets us most.
- Mark H
Georgia could do well... it's pushing Eurovision buttons... even if they look like they hate each other!
- Heleninstitches
Bit too Disney for my liking.
- Mark H
Ireland are last up. Topless drummers Helen!
- Mark H
AHAHAHA Mark, I haven't considered that obstacle!
- ani
and another white tshirt/leather jacket combo!
- Heleninstitches
"sponsored by your local tribal tattoo shop"
- ani
So many questions, yes!
- Heleninstitches
Seeing Jean Paul Gaultier has made me miss Eurotrash again.
- Mark H
You cannot vote more than 20 times!
- Heleninstitches
Dive my hawkmen!
- Mark H
Interval show time.
- Mark H
Loving the lyrics.
- Mark H
If Turkish TV didn't like the lesbian kiss then they may just have exploded there.
- Mark H
Expecting ABBA to appear any second.
- Mark H
Voting results! Excitement!
- Mark H
Greece takes an early lead.
- Mark H
Denmark starting to stretch ahead.
- Mark H
United Kingdom doing surprisingly well. We actually have a point and aren't last.
- Mark H
Make that 4 points!
- Mark H
Azerbaijan and Denmark out ahead.
- Mark H
Healthy lead for Denmark with 16/39 voting done.
- Mark H
That's some Spanish cleavage.
- Mark H
And we've doubled our points! Thank you Spain.
- Mark H
Took a break to watch Doctor Who. So what's what?
- Heleninstitches
The scoreboard tells all.
- Mark H
Ireland rock bottom at the halfway stage. Denmark not totally running away with it; Azerbaijan and Ukraine have a chance of an upset but it seems unlikely.
- Mark H
How is Norway up in 4th?
- Heleninstitches
It makes you wonder if any of the people announcing the national votes have ever watched the show before with the high number of long pauses between scores.
- Mark H
Malta have given us points!
- Mark H
It's Lena!
- Mark H
And she mucked up the voting announcement! Yikes!
- Mark H
Denmark stretching ahead again.
- Mark H
Have we given our points yet?
- Heleninstitches
Points from Ireland.
- Mark H
Yes, we have.
- Mark H
Who did our announcing?
- Heleninstitches
Scott Mills.
- Mark H
42 points ahead for Denmark with 6 countries left to vote. Foregone conclusion.
- Mark H
Denmark can't be caught now.
- Mark H
Lithuanian announcer declaring his love for Bonnie Tyler... was a bit odd.
- Mark H
Well, that's Eurovision over for another year. Next year it's the home of bacon and Carlsberg and Peter Schmeichel.
- Mark H
Manchester Asda?
- Pete #TeamMonique
Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013 - Semi Final 2 - http://www.eurovision.tv/page...
Hieronymous Boosh, Amir, Eivind and 2 other people liked this
Starting now...
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
Not sure that the hostess likening herself to Mother Teresa is a sensible move unless she's referring to a shared dress sense.
- Mark H
She's still in foil.
- Anika
That was a good opening, though. Spectacular!
- Anika
Latvia first.
- Mark H
Jedward are obviously big influences in Latvia.
- Mark H
It's quite peppy.
- Mark H
This is atrocious and dated. Why are they trying to be hip-hop?
- Anika
It's still 1993 in Latvia.
- Mark H
Did that guy have an iPad on his guitar?
- Anika
Wouldn't surprise me.
- Mark H
San Marino now.
- Mark H
Valentina Monetta is beautiful, but she also has a Celine Dion quality to her.
- Anika
I can see this going through to the final; not sure how it will do there but the faster second half is helping.
- Mark H
Macedonia next.
- Mark H
And in Romany too, apparently.
- Mark H
Oh my.
- Mark H
Esma?
- Anika
I'm not sure the blend of song styles and languages works but she's full of fun.
- Mark H
I like the blend. She has a great voice.
- Anika
Azerbaijan up.
- Mark H
He has a smile that I'd describe as creepily evil.
- Mark H
He looks like Mario Lopez. I was like, "Wait. What?!"
- Anika
The music fits his looks.
- Anika
Jury vote will probably work in his favour tonight; I'm not a fan, though.
- Mark H
The stage theatrics are kind of weird. Or...pointless. What's with the guy in the box?
- Anika
Best not to wonder too hard.
- Mark H
Finland next.
- Mark H
That's a look.
- Mark H
I didn't enjoy Finland leading up to this. The video for this song makes the song even worse than it is.
- Anika
Apparently, Turkey won't get to see this performance because of the ending.
- Mark H
It's awfully memorable.
- Mark H
She just ripped off Madonna.
- Anika
Hoping to get the Tatu fans from years past. I kinda enjoyed it.
- Mark H
You're probably in commercial right now? Online, they show us Linda Woodruff being funny in different countries.
- Anika
BBC doesn't have ads; we've got an interview with Lithuanian guy.
- Mark H
Malta.
- Mark H
Ah. It's funny watching Twitter reactions. Eveyone loves Woodruff, but the UK people seem embarrassed by her.
- Anika
This guy is a doctor...I guess when he's not singing.
- Anika
Not really a Eurovision-feeling song. Pleasant enough but nothing to get excited about.
- Mark H
Music reminds me of Violent Femmes but less rock-ish. TMBG?
- Anika
The second semi's been a lot more upbeat than the first.
- Mark H
Bulgaria now.
- Mark H
Now this is Eurovision-feeling. I like this; just the right mixture of mental elements.
- Mark H
Iceland.
- Mark H
Missed Bulgaria because of food.
- Anika
Sadly, my screen is still stuck on Malta. :(
- Anika
Then you're missing the Icelandic Jesus right now.
- Mark H
Iceland participating first time in icelandic since 1997. woohoo!
- jormu
Good voice but a bit dreary.
- Mark H
It's back. He looks like a Southern prosperity preacher on TV. Actually, the music sounds like praise music, so that doesn't help.
- Anika
Greece next.
- Mark H
It's SKA!
- Anika
Indeed it is.
- Mark H
Why does everyone Twitter keep posting "alcohol is free'?
- Anika
Greece do like their party songs. It's no Opa! though. Alcohol is free is the name of the song.
- Mark H
Israel now.
- Mark H
Ah, okay. Thanks.
- Anika
Israel rocking that Nana Mouskouri look.
- Mark H
Wife has pointed out that Israel singer's boobs aren't level.
- Mark H
Armenia.
- Mark H
Why does the Armenian guy look like my husband?
- Anika
Weak Chris Cornell feel to that.
- Mark H
Hungary next.
- Mark H
He almost seems embarrassed to be there. Commentators were saying that this flight to Sweden was his first trip out of the country.
- Mark H
I just read he has a master's degree in Philosophy. #randomfacts
- Anika
Norway up now.
- Mark H
A lot to like about this.
- Mark H
I wish she wouldn't smile so much while singing this song. It seems out of place. I like it. This is the song that won her the spot.
- Anika
Yes, I like that. Well done Norway.
- Mark H
Albania.
- Mark H
So far, I'm partial to Norway and Greece. Much better than anything in the Semi 1, save Moldova and Montenegro.
- Anika
Okay, I'm liking this Albanian song. Early 70s rock feel to it; I can almost hear some Led Zep in this.
- Mark H
Georgia now.
- Mark H
Yawn.
- Mark H
Heard it a thousand times before.
- Mark H
LOL I thought I was the only one: https://twitter.com/musicfo...
- Anika
They were a bit unintelligible.
- Mark H
Switzerland now.
- Mark H
Oh, I remember not liking this song from Switzerland.
- Anika
How old is that double bassist?
- Mark H
Have they wheeled him out of an old people's home for the night? He looks a bit confused.
- Mark H
Oh, this is poor. Vocal range of about three notes between them.
- Mark H
He's 95. The whole group is really unimpressive. I couldn't believe they got picked for the semis.
- Anika
Romania now.
- Mark H
Er. Nice outfit?
- Mark H
Oh. Kay.
- Mark H
Well, this certainly shows up the lack of vocal range of the Swiss to some effect.
- Mark H
What I said about this song back in March: https://friendfeed.com/fabooma...
- Anika
He's talented; I'll give him that. But that's about it.
- Mark H
Yup, not a hope in hell for Romania.
- Mark H
Someone on Twitter called him Dubstep Dracula. X_____________X https://twitter.com/Its_Mat...
- Anika
Favourite three: Albania, Norway, Finland.
- Mark H
Here come the winners of the second semi...
- Mark H
Hungary
- Mark H
Azerbaijan
- Mark H
Georgia
- Mark H
Romania
- Mark H
Norway
- Mark H
Iceland
- Mark H
Armenia
- Mark H
Finland
- Mark H
Malta
- Mark H
Greece
- Mark H
I really don't get how Romania and Iceland got chosen.
- Anika
It's irritating. The 50% jury vote in the semis is supposed to offset bloc voting but all it's done is weight the balance in favour of bland entries. Romania were last, which helps, and weird, which helps. Iceland wasn't thrilling, but it was okay; I can see how it got through.
- Mark H
My friend posted this in re: Eurovision voting: http://lyricstranslations.com/wp-cont...
- Anika
Eurovision Song Contest - Malmö 2013 - Semi Final 1 - http://www.eurovision.tv/page...
Iván Abrego, jormu, Hookuh Tinypants and 4 other people liked this
10 minutes until the first semi final. As usual, I've not checked out the performers in advance; it's far more fun to be surprised and horrified in equal measure as it's performed live on television and the web.
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
Hostess for the evening apparently wearing a dress fashioned from aluminium foil.
- Mark H
Austria first. Very 1980s look. Song is pretty unmemorable which is some achievement as it's still going.
- Mark H
Birgit from Estonia now and a singer five months pregnant just to be different. Wearing a shower curtain just to be super different. Good to see it not being sung in English. White outfit and wind machine already looks to be the theme of tonight's performances.
- Mark H
Hannah representing Slovenia now. I like the futuristic, quasi-military, quasi-avian uniform she's gone for. Quote from wife: "she's winning the shoe contest." Song's typically European disco. Not sure if I like it or not.
- Mark H
Croatia. Men! Traditional dress! A song that translates as "misery!" Could be awesome.
- Mark H
Not bad. Good harmonies. Pleasant sound, cracking-looking coats.
- Mark H
A favourite to win now with Denmark's Emily de Forest.
- Mark H
Hey! It's a white outfit and the wind machine's blowing!
- Mark H
Oh, it started already? I've been catching the videos on the site, but I'm not dazzled by anyone this year.
- Anika
First semi tonight; second on Thursday; final on Saturday. I've avoided all the videos this year as I don't think they tend to do the live performances much justice.
- Mark H
Wasn't impressed by Denmark.
- Mark H
Wait. Russia is considered part of Europe?
- Anika
Dina Garipova for Russia now. As the commentators here just said: she has a certain Kardashianesque look to her but she can't be one as she has talent.
- Mark H
Yes, Russia's in Europe. All the cool countries are.
- Mark H
Pffft. Also, is it just me or does it seem like more of the contestants are singing in English nowadays? Most of the videos I watched the past few months we in English.
- Anika
I'm not a fan of English songs in Eurovision either but it all started when the post-competition race to make money took over.
- Mark H
WHOA. Is Zlata tiny or what that a giant dude?
- Anika
Ukraine entrant there being delivered on stage by a giant; he's 8 ft tall. And she's wearing white. No obvious wind machine presence but the fog machine is active.
- Mark H
She has a Celine Dion quality to her. I'm not a fan.
- Anika
Netherlands next.
- Mark H
Ukraine song was very meh. Dress irritated my missus as it clearly didn't fit properly.
- Mark H
Not a fan of Anouk at all.
- Anika
It's quite nice for a dirge.
- Mark H
Her set is pretty though. I like the bird lights, there. I also like that's not in a dress. It's so rare to see women in pants during this event.
- Anika
Yes, not a winner - or even close - but I quite liked it.
- Mark H
Montenegro now.
- Mark H
About as different to the last song as is possible.
- Mark H
Rapping astronauts. Now this is what Eurovision is about.
- Mark H
I still think they need to work on their flow. Their music is good though. It always makes me want to dance. They need to dump the lady though or use her sparingly.
- Anika
She looks like she's wearing an early prototype of Google Glass.
- Anika
Loved it. Apparently it's very big in the Balkans too.
- Mark H
Lithuania.
- Mark H
I don't like this guy. I watched his last performance. His music sounds like any 90s era "rock" band. Blah.
- Anika
One of the more commercial appeal tracks, though. His looks should appeal to a large demographic.
- Mark H
"Because of my shoes, I'm wearing today" is probably one of the worst lyrics I've ever heard.
- Anika
Absolutely.
- Mark H
Alyona Lanskaya's videos are so horrible. And she's singing that song again.
- Anika
But it's a giant disco ball! Giant disco balls are so cool.
- Mark H
I'm pretty sure that Belarus will get a phone vote from my dad right now; she has that look he likes. The barely-clothed one.
- Mark H
*snort* I say if you're going to wear a shimmy dress, then you be damn well do a lot of shimmying. Don't just stand in it.
- Anika
Moldova now.
- Mark H
That's some hairstyle.
- Mark H
Aliona Moon. She's scary looking, but I saw a video of hers and it was pretty okay.
- Anika
It looks like she's bought a shirt and left the card inlay in it.
- Mark H
Ooh. Nice dress action.
- Mark H
Wow the lightning was cool!
- Anika
Ireland now.
- Mark H
Topless drummers, good-looking singer but this is average at best.
- Mark H
This guy was born 20 years too late. He would've been a hit in the 80s.
- Anika
Cyprus up now.
- Mark H
That Australian thing was weird.
- Anika
Australian thing? Must have been web feed only.
- Mark H
That's a very distracting dress.
- Mark H
Oh. It was a thing about Australian's love of Eurovision. I guess it was supposed to be funny.
- Anika
Stop trying to peep, Mark!
- Anika
Can't. Stop. Staring.
- Mark H
Belgium now.
- Mark H
I suppose it doesn't help that she's a gorgeous woman.
- Anika
I didn't notice her face.
- Mark H
The Belgian backing dancers are just awful. Truly awful. Hilariously bad.
- Mark H
I can't stop laughing at this entry. It's all bad; the dancers the weird faces from Belarossa.
- Anika
So funny.
- Mark H
I feel he's staring into my soul OVER AND OVER!
- Anika
Final act for the night: Serbia.
- Mark H
Three seconds into this and I like it already.
- Mark H
I don't even have to ask my wife to know that she loves the shoes on show.
- Mark H
Is it some kind of Cinderella story they're telling?
- Anika
Well, it was no Montenegro but it wasn't dreadful.
- Mark H
Those are some healthy-looking women.
- Anika
Her dress really is made of aluminum foil, huh?
- Anika
It looks like it.
- Mark H
Are you voting? Who are you choosing?
- Anika
I won't vote but if I did it would be for Montenegro. Croatia and Belarus were thereabouts too.
- Mark H
We also want Belgium to go through because of the dancers. Have to see them again in the final.
- Mark H
What about you? Any faves?
- Mark H
Montenegro because I liked the music the best and Moldova for the stage.
- Anika
Voting results time.
- Mark H
Moldova.
- Mark H
Lithuania.
- Mark H
Ireland.
- Mark H
Estonia.
- Mark H
Belarus.
- Mark H
Denmark.
- Mark H
Russia.
- Mark H
Belgium.
- Mark H
Ukraine.
- Mark H
And finally: Netherlands.
- Mark H
No joy for Montenegro; the 50% jury vote would have ruled them out before this started most likely.
- Mark H
They still haven't annouced it on the web. Meaning there's a 20 second delay online. Maybe I'll try to find it on TV.
- Anika
All the former Soviet countries qualified; none of the former Yugoslavia ones. Shame.
- Mark H
Someone on Twitter mentioned that saying that Eastern Europe should have their own contest. I still can't believe Belgium ranked, though. Didn't people *see* that?
- Anika
Astronauts Will See 'Star Trek Into Darkness' Before Anyone Else - http://mashable.com/2013...
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"The three astronauts on board the International Space Station are getting a sneak peak of the latest Star Trek film just before people around the world get a chance to see it in theaters themselves."
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
"Anyone else" and "people around the world" being phrases that mean "Americans". Just got back from watching it; very enjoyable and Benedict Cumberbatch is twice as excellent as you imagine he might be.
- Mark H
FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS.
- Hieronymous Boosh
Freints - http://www.freints.com/
Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart and Rodfather liked this
"Welcolm into FREINTS! Frients! TV showe of Newyurk wit the Rackel, Rash, Momaka, Chambler, Jobey an Pobe."
- Mark H
Is this like CRIMER?
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Same person, yes.
- Mark H
Apostrophe now: Bad grammar and the people who hate it - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
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"A new grammar and spelling test arrives in primary schools in England this week. It is the first time in a while that such emphasis has been put on grammar. Some of the questions will seem straightforward for many adults, such as where to place a comma or a colon in a sentence. But other aspects - identifying different types of adverbs or distinguishing between subordinating and co-ordinating connectives - might raise eyebrows."
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
"So where do you draw the line between pedantry and slovenliness? Mount says the split infinitive is perfectly acceptable. "To boldly go, sounds better than to go boldly," he argues. The word "whom" sounds archaic so there's no need to worry about who and whom, he says. But anything that damages meaning and clarity should be avoided. For instance, the apostrophe should be defended at all costs, he says."
- Mark H
How can you hide from what never goes away? - http://butdoesitfloat.com/How-can...
ᏓᏰ #team Monique, Iván Abrego, rowlikeagirl and 3 other people liked this
Fantasy architecture by Minoru Nomata
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
Leading the way, TWA – Retro Posters - http://www.voicesofeastanglia.com/2013...
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"They may not be around any longer but their posters remain in perpetuity for us all to admire. TWA, once the glamour-pusses of the airline world, were flying here, there and everywhere and their ad campaigns weren’t afraid to show it either. Even the posters advertising their cargo routes rocked."
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
Philip Stein Wine Wand Collection - http://shop.philipstein.co.uk/philip-...
Jennifer Dittrich, Eivind and Kelli H. liked this
"Perfect as a wine accessory for home or travel, the elegant wand, made with Swarovski crystals, uses natural frequencies to aerate wine in minutes rather than hours. Tested and appreciated by Sommeliers, this breakthrough collection creates the ultimate experience for wine aficionado and connoisseur alike."
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
And via http://shop.philipstein.co.uk/Wine-Wa... - "The elegant wand with encapsulated glass jewels uses natural frequencies to perfectly aerate wine. [...] Philip Stein® is the leader in mind-body wellness using natural frequency-based technologies in luxury products. The Wine Wand has been created to accelerate the aerating process of wine by replicating the natural...
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- Mark H
And only £125 for the cheap one! Wow!
- Mark H
Have you heard? The immigrants ruined Britain - http://www.independent.co.uk/voices...
Halil, Jessie, Nils Sandin and Steven Perez liked this
"You know who mucked up the economy, don’t you? It’s obvious from the laws proposed in the Queen’s Speech. It’s immigrants who don’t have their papers in order, that’s who. It was Somali refugees, popping out from their hostel to the local council to say: “Yesterday, on the way home from the Jobcentre, I whiled away the afternoon by speculating on the American loans market. So this week, as well as my £24 social security, I need a £20bn bailout as I seem to have lost the lot. And a £3m bonus, otherwise I’ll leave the country.”"
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
"Then there’s the £90bn a year lost through tax avoidance schemes, most of which is down to Polish strawberry-pickers. It’s about £8m a strawberry they’re paid, and then they put it all in special accounts in the Cayman Islands and we don’t get a penny. No wonder Ukip is becoming so popular. And of all those cockle-pickers who brought the banking system to its knees – not one has voluntarily given back their knighthood."
- Mark H
Questions from song lyrics?
Kol Tregaskes, DB, Just DB #TeamMonique, Morton Fox and 19 other people liked this
Do you wanna go my way?
- SteVe C
Call me maybe?
- SteVe C
What about love?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Father, do ya wanna bang heads with me?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Are you gonna go my way?
- JA Castillo
Is this love that I'm feeling?
- Pete #TeamMonique
Where have all the good times gone?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Are you still into it?
- Pete #TeamMonique
How do you feel? Im lonely What do you think? Cant think at all Whatcha gonna do?
- SteVe C
Is there anybody out there?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Why can't this be love?
- Jennifer Dittrich
Oh I'm still alive, do i deserve to be? Is that the question? If so, if so, who answers, who answers?
- SteVe C
How will I know if he's thinking of me?
- Anika
Who let the dogs out? (SORRY!)
- Hieronymous Boosh
Hello, I've just got to let you know, 'Cause I wonder where you are And I wonder what you do Are you somewhere feeling lonely, or is someone loving you?
- SteVe C
Will you still love me tomorrow?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Then I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone? I'm gonna be a PIRATE on the river Saskatchewan!
- Micah
from FFHound(roid)!
What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?
- Hieronymous Boosh
What's goin' on?
- Anika
Who's crying now?
- Hieronymous Boosh
How deep is your love?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Do you wanna make love?
- SteVe C
Who are you? Who? Who? Who? Who?
- Hieronymous Boosh
War- huh!- good God y'all, what is it good for?
- Pete #TeamMonique
you know where you are?
- t-ra: not givin up
Do ya think I'm sexy?
- Hieronymous Boosh
why can't I be you?
- t-ra: not givin up
How low can a punk get?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Why do you come here when you know it makes things hard for me? When you know… why, why do you come?
- Victor Ganata
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
- Victor Ganata
You and whose army?
- Hieronymous Boosh
What's he building?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Who's the Black Sheep? What's the Black Sheep?
- Victor Ganata
when will we get the time to be just friends?
- t-ra: not givin up
Do you remember rock & roll radio?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Can I kick it?
- Victor Ganata
Is you is or is you ain't my baby?
- Hieronymous Boosh
do you know the way to San José?
- Pete #TeamMonique
Do you believe in magic?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Who made who?
- Hieronymous Boosh
bass! how low can you go?
- Pete #TeamMonique
What is a compound without an element?
- Anika
Do you really want to hurt me?
- Hieronymous Boosh
will you make me so happy for the rest of my life? will you take me away? will you make me your wife?
- t-ra: not givin up
Have you ever seen the rain?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Can I play with madness?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Lordy mama, whatchu gonna do now?
- t-ra: not givin up
Do you feel like I do?
- Hieronymous Boosh
why can't you be good to me?
- t-ra: not givin up
Isn't it ironic? || I tried to avoid doing this one.
- Anika
Have you never been mellow?
- Victor Ganata
didn't anybody tell her? didn't anybody see?
- t-ra: not givin up
Don't you remember you told me you loved me, baby?
- Victor Ganata
what's love got to do with it?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
do you really want to hurt me?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Who you gonna call?
- Anika
who wrote the book of love?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Who put the ram in the ramalamadingdong?
- Anika
don't they know it's the end of the world?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
boy some of us are really showing our age...
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
so why-o why-o why-o why-o are we so in denial, when we know we're not happy here?
- t-ra: not givin up
Are you experienced?
- Gunnyman™
Who can it be now?
- Gunnyman™
what's your man got to do with me?
- t-ra: not givin up
when you say it's gonna happen now, when exactly do you mean?
- Pete #TeamMonique
Can I interest you in some burgers and fries?
- Anika
Tell me how am I supposed to live without you?
- Victor Ganata
How do you keep the music playing? How do you make it last? How do you keep the song from fading too fast?
- Victor Ganata
Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Remember how she said that we would meet again some sunny day?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Vera, Vera, what has become of you?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Does anybody else in here feel the way I do?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Mother, do you think they'll like this song?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Can you feel the love tonight?
- Victor Ganata
Mother, do you think they'll try to break my balls?
- Hieronymous Boosh
Can I get a…?
- Victor Ganata
So what'cha what'cha what'cha want?
- Eric - seven eleven
Do they know it's Christmas?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Whose Zoomin Who?
- MoTO #TeamMonique
What's New, Pussycat? (WHOA-A-WHOA-A-WHOOOAH-OH-OH!)
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Who is he, and what is he to you?
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Should I bang with the red or should I truce with the blue?
- Anika
Where is the love?
- Anika
What's my motherf*ckin' name?
- Anika
How can I even get comfortable when the Supreme Court's like, all up in my uterus?
- Anika
Johnny are you queer boy?
- SteVe C
Who can it be knocking at my door?
- ronin
How do I get you alone?
- Steven Perez
When can I see you again?
- Steven Perez
Does anyone really know what time it is?
- Steven Perez
How do you mend a broken heart?
- Steven Perez
Can you take me high enough to fly me over yesterday?
- Steven Perez
Where's your head at?
- Mark H
How do I say goodbye to what we had?
- Victor Ganata
Can you stand the rain?
- Victor Ganata
Kyrie eleison, where I'm going, will you follow?
- ronin
Where do broken hearts go?
- Anika
How do you teach your heart It’s a crime to fall in love again?
- Guy
Should I stay or should I go, now?
- Guy
Are you going to drop the bomb or not?
- ronin
What's up with this Prince song inside my head?
- ronin
Has your girlfriend got the butt?
- ronin
Is this love, or am I dreaming?
- Guy
Is there something I should know?
- Gunnyman™
Is there anybody out there?
- Gunnyman™
Who put the "bomp" in the bomp-shooby-dooby-bomp? Who put the "ram" in the rama-lama-ding-dong?
- SteVe C
How long has this been going on?
- Guy
What do I stand for?
- ronin
Why don't we break the rules already?
- ronin
Are you gonna be my girl?
- Gimminy
Do Your Feet Hurt?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
What the Hell Have I?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Where is my mind?
- Victor Ganata
If I would could you?
- Hieronymous Boosh
What have I… what have I… what have I done to deserve this?
- Victor Ganata
Have I run too far to get home?
- Hieronymous Boosh
My God, what have I done?
- Joe Boone
Won't you be my neighbor?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Did you get what you want, do you know what it is, do you care?
- Guy
Scooby Doo, Where Are You?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
What's my age again?
- Joe Boone
Voulez-vous couchez avec moi, ce soir?
- Jonathan Disher
WHO WANTS THE FUNK?
- SAM
Where did your children go? Where is your family? Did they turn into the adults that you'd always hoped they'd be? Did you finally retire from that job that tortured you?... Why are you depressed when your life's at its best? Is it really cause it's not what it seems? Or are you unable to see that you should be happy, 'cause your still living in yesterday's dreams?... And the woman you wed, was she better in bed when there wasn't a ring on her finger?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Who Can Be Against Me?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Are You Ready?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Why don't you get me a Pepsi?
- Victor Ganata
My best interest? How do you know what *my* best interest is?
- Victor Ganata
(ohhh I like Victors last one) Birds fly over the rainbow Why then, oh why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow Why, oh why can't I?
- SteVe C
Did ye get healed?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Haven't you always wanted a monkey?
- Joe Boone
How can you say what *my* best interest is? What are you trying to say, that I"m crazy? When I went to your schools and your churches, I went to your institutional learning facilities? So how can you say I'm crazy?
- Victor Ganata
Why does the sun shine?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Have I told you, lately, that I love you?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Is it just me, or is this the way love is supposed to be?
- Cloris Leachman
Tomorrow. Will it really come? And if it does come, will I still be human?
- Victor Ganata
When will I see you again?
- Anika
WHAT TIME IS IT?
- MoTO #TeamMonique
from Android
What have you done for me lately?
- Victor Ganata
Why can't I be you?
- Victor Ganata
Are they going to drop the bomb or not?
- Victor Ganata
Mother should I trust the government?
- SAM
Smelly cat, smelly cat, what are they feeding you?
- SteVe C
Girl, can you stay for a minute?
- Gimminy
If I held my ground, would you ask me to change?
- Gimminy
Where did Robinson Crusoe go with Friday on Saturday Night?
- Spidra Webster
Are we human or are we dancer?
- Amit Patel
Do you come from a land down under?
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Won't you please, please help me?
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
Stop, hey what's that sound?
- Anika
What's the matter with the car I'm drivin'?
- LB: #TeamMonique
from Android
When you gonna fix the tenant's plumbing man?
- Anika
Tell me, are you that somebody?
- Victor Ganata
I gotta know right now, Before we go any further, Do you love me, Will you love me forever?
- Brian Johns
Do they know it's Christmas?
- Janet:#TeamMonique
Janet wins!
- t-ra: not givin up
from Android
Why did Constantinople get the works?
- SteVe C
Why can't I get just one kiss?
- Anika
Is it me you're looking for?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
How can I get you alone?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
If I said you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Do you really want to hurt me?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Is she really going out with him?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Is she really going to take him home tonight?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Won't you ever know that I'm in love with you?
- Bren
Hey little sister what have you done? Hey little sister who's the only one? Hey little sister who's your superman? Hey little sister who's the one you want?
- Katy S
Do you see me? Do you see? Do you like me? Do you like me standing there? Do you notice? Do you know? Do you see me? Do you see me? Does anyone care?
- Katy S
Wha-Wha-What did you say? [Oh, you're breaking up on me]
- Cloris Leachman
Isn't this world enough?
- Gimminy
Who will save your soul?
- Katy S
Dirty babe, You see these shackles?
- Katy S
Can you forgive her?
- Katy S
Look I'm standing naked before you don't you want more then my sex
- Katy S
Do you love me? Are you playin' those love games with me?
- Bren
Is our kiss just sand thrown to the wind? Where does it go?
- April Russo
oh, could it be she waits for me but I'm never going to find out am I?
- April Russo
How long till we realize the truth?
- April Russo
Who are these men with their finger's in everybody's pie?
- April Russo
What do you picture when you read my Words and thoughts and dreams? Do they all come alive and breathe?
- April Russo
When did the rich and powerful elite, slowly and unnoticed, come and steal our innocence?
- April Russo
What if I cross the line and I show you I mean business, prove that we're alike, and send some rain on down?
- April Russo
Where are all the answers and visionary wisdom from the stately and esteemed?
- April Russo
Can we counter this undeserved hatred through our science and our research and the wisdom of our age, or are we doomed to suffer at the hands of the Andromeda Strain?
- April Russo
Who was born in a house full of pain? Who was trained not to spit in the fan? Who was told what to do by the man? Who was broken by trained personnel? Who was fitted with collar and chain? Who was given a pat on the back? Who was breaking away from the pack? Who was only a stranger at home? Who was ground down in the end? Who was found dead on the phone? Who was dragged down by the stone?
- April Russo
Do you want to dance?
- Greg GuitarBuster
"Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
- Greg GuitarBuster
"Where the streets have no name?"
- ebru
"Do you feel loved?"
- ebru
"What will I regret the most? The things I do or the things I don't?"
- Cloris Leachman
Do you feel my heart beating? Do you understand? Do you feel the same? Am I only dreaming? Is this burning an eternal flame?
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Why must I cry, these tears from mine eyes?
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Do you know, do you know, what time it is? Tell me do you know?
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Now that we've found love, what are we gonna do with it?
- Starmama
from FFHound(roid)!
Is this love? Is this love? Is this love? Is this love that I'm feeling?
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
If I fell in love with you, would you promise to be true, and help me understand?
- Victor Ganata
from iPhone
Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
- ronin
What the fuck is this world Running to? You didn't leave a message At least I could have Heard your voice one last time. Daily minefield This could be my time How 'bout you? Would you hit me? Would you hit me?
- SteVe C
Flower of Scotland, where have you been?
- Pete #TeamMonique
What's love got to do with it?
- Heleninstitches
What you gon' do with all that junk?/All that junk inside your trunk?
- Heleninstitches
He was a boy/She was a girl/Can I make it any more obvious?
- Heleninstitches
Why you sleepin' with ya eyes closed?
- Heleninstitches
How am I supposed to live without you?
- .LAG liked that
"What am I supposed to do? [I lost my shit because of you]"
- Cloris Leachman
Don't it make you sad to know that life is more then who we are?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Don't it make your brown eyes blue?
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Did you lose yourself out there, did you get to be a star?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
You got a fast car / But is it fast enough so we can fly away?
- Stephen Mack #TeamMomo
from iPhone
Have you seen the well to do up and down Park Avenue?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Why don't you write your own song?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Does Michael Jackson stand or sit when he has to take a pee?
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Life like a chain sometimes it breaks♪♫♪
- mina_sydney
What is love?
- Colette
Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what’s on the other side?
- SteVe C
How'm I gonna get through?
- ronin
Maybelline, why cant you be true?
- Greg GuitarBuster
Why does the world go on spinning?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Does that make me crazy?
- Victor Ganata
Next time won't you sing with me?
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
Do you know the way to San Jose?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Why does it hurt when I pee?
- Lisa | #TeamMonique
Do you believe in magic in a young girls heart?
- VALZ/TEAM TRAVIS
Tree Lobsters!: #474 Terrible Two - http://www.treelobsters.com/2013...
Halil, Eivind, Stephan Planken and 2 other people liked this
The difference between a client and a toddler.
- Mark H
from Bookmarklet
Looking at all the maps recently, I realize I haven't been anywhere. "Maybe I'm not really a tiger."
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wholly provincial ---------------->
- MoTO #TeamMonique
you invade our souls, B. that's way cooler.
- t-ra: not givin up
I have mixed feelings. I feel like I have seen and experienced a lot of places....in the American west. I've done a ton of road trips and backcountry hiking and camping all over the west. I've driven almost the entire pacific coastline in the US. I feel a bit sheepish about not seeing the eastern US, but it just hasn't been in the cards for me yet. In the meantime, I truly love the west and feel grateful that I have seen as much as I have in my life. :)
- Kelli H.
Aw t-ra, that's the nicest thing I've heard in a while. Thank you. Ms. BadAss, your bad-assery defies location.
- MoTO #TeamMonique
I decided not to upload my map as it looked rather sparse compared to all the ones I've seen posted too.
- Mark H
Yeah, but I don't have children or goals.
- Meg V. Meg
...a tiger? *confused, feels out of the loop*
- Soup in a TARDIS
Oblique reference to this, Soup: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- MoTO #TeamMonique
Oooh, ty!
- Soup in a TARDIS
I really haven't visited all that many places, either. Except for a few jaunts just over the Canadian border when visiting relatives in northern Wisconsin, I've never been outside the continental US. I think I've visited (meaning at least one overnight stay) about 20 states, but most of those are states that border my home state(s), and I've never been farther west than Austin, TX (unless Norman, OK is west of Austin - not sure exactly how those two line up)
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Enter the Electric Sail - http://www.centauri-dreams.org/...
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"Janhunen (Finnish Meteorological Institute) is the developer of the electric sail concept soon to be tested by the ESTCube-1 satellite, which launched last night aboard a Vega rocket from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. [...] The ESTCube-1 satellite, the work of Estonian students testing out Janhunen’s ideas, uses a long wire that maintains a steady electric potential as its means of interacting with the solar wind. [...] ESTCube-1’s tether is a 50 micrometer wide, 10 meter long wire made out of four strands of aluminum that will gradually be deployed from the satellite in a process that could take as much as a week. Once deployed, the tether will be charged and variations in the satellite’s rotation rate will, if all goes well, reveal the interactions between it and atmospheric ions. But future electric sails will soon be deploying longer wires."
- Mark H
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"Assuming the concept passes its initial muster, we can look forward to upsized missions using tethers up to 20 kilometers long, deploying as many as a hundred of these from a single spacecraft. This is the design that, in computer simulations, yields potential speeds of 100 kilometers per second, fast enough to get a payload into the nearby interstellar medium in about fifteen years....
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- Mark H
Does Prenda Believe In No-Win Scenarios? Because Judge Wright Just Gave Them One. - http://www.popehat.com/2013...
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"Watchers of the Prenda Law saga have been waiting for United States District Judge Otis D. Wright II to issue an order in the wake of his apocalyptic hearing on proposed sanctions against Prenda Law, its putative client entities, and its lawyers. During that wait, doubt has set in. Could Judge Wright's order, after all this drama, possibly live up to expectations? Could any dry memorandum capture the jaw-dropping antics that have come before?"
- Mark H
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"This afternoon Judge Wright issued an annihilating, hull-breaching order against Prenda Law, its principals, and its plaintiff entities. How does a federal judge assure that an already-dramatic situation is even more popcorn-worthy for an internet obsessed with it? He starts it with a Wrath of Khan quote: 'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.' From there, the Star Trek...
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- Mark H
Blog Against “Disablism” Day by Sarah Moglia - http://skepchick.org/2013...
"It’s the thousand papercuts that really hurt. You start to notice friends drifting away. Every conversation you have is about some new medication you’re on. You don’t get invited out anymore because people just assume you’re too sick to go out. You stop feeling like a person and start feeling like a disease or a disability. It’s not any one person’s fault, and I very much doubt they have malicious intent. The most common thing I hear is, “I just don’t know how to talk to you anymore.” Just because I’m disabled doesn’t mean I’m not a person! What did we talk about before I was Officially A Disabled Person?"
- Mark H
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I'm Maccas Galah!
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I have to process that picture first. Wow.
- c.a.j.
Without wishing to sound all Spartacus... I'm Maccas Galah!
- Mark H
Esky Koala. :|
- c.a.j.
Maccas Yobbo
- Mo Kargas
^ Hahahaha!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Bogan Crocodile.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
BWAHAHAHAHA!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Sheila Kookaburra
- adf
Teehee!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Snags Kookaburra.
- Stephan Planken
from iPhone
Esky Kangaroo. I have no idea what this means.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
Maccas Bloke.
- Mary B: #TeamMonique
from iPhone
Bogan Kookaburra
- Brent Schaus
from iPhone
same as Brent ;)
- Bren
Maccas Kookaburro (or Jackaroo Kookaburro)
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
Um, Thongs Kookaburra. (the footwear, of course.)
- Jennifer Dittrich
Riiiiiight
- Bren
Yobbo Wombat
- Kristin
Togs Echidna - wtf is that supposed to mean? How is it even pronounced?!? *rolls eyes*
- Die Leberwurst
E-kid-nuh!
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Togs = swimming costume/bathing suit.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
What's "bogan"? (Yes, I could look it up, but it's 5:18 a.m. That's my excuse.)
- Betsy #TeamMonique
I think the nearest US equivalent is 'redneck' UK equiv is probably 'chav'
- Pete #TeamMonique
Sanger Cassowary. Huh?
- Zulema ❧ spicy cocoa tart
from Android
Sanger = sandwich. Cassowary is a huge bird that can gut you with a single kick.
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Pete, thanks.
- Betsy #TeamMonique
Servo Kookaburra :) Servo???
- Lois Loves LB and Mr. B
Servo = service station = gas station :oD
- Headless Gnad Kicker
Last rhinos in Mozambique killed by poachers - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news...
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"The last known rhinoceroses in Mozambique have been wiped out by poachers apparently working in cahoots with the game rangers responsible for protecting them, it has emerged."
- Mark H
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"The 15 threatened animals were shot dead for their horns last month in the Mozambican part of Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, which also covers South Africa and Zimbabwe. They were thought to be the last of an estimated 300 that roamed through the special conservation area when it was established as "the world's greatest animal kingdom" in a treaty signed by the three countries' then...
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- Mark H
"Conservationists say the poorly-paid rangers were vulnerable to corruption by organised poaching gangs, who target rhinoceroses for their horns which are prized in Asia for their reputed aphrodisiac and cancer-curing properties. The trade in rhino horn has seen the numbers of rhino killed spiral in recent years. Over the border in Kruger, the South African part of the transfrontier...
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- Mark H
:(((
- Kelli H.
Ugh.
- John (bird whisperer)
:(((
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
:(
- imabonehead
:(
- Mahdi E
:(
- Amit Patel
:(
- Halil
:(
- SteVe C
Oh no
- Iván Abrego
Bagram airfield crash 29 apr 2013 - YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Spectacular crash caught on dash-cam.
- Nils Sandin
Saw that in a few places yesterday. I think the bit that was most awful for me was the way the plane just seemed to hover before falling out of the sky. For the people on board it must have been horrific; a gut-wrenching feeling of weightlessness before the drop.
- Mark H
Speaking of dash-cams, saw a report yesterday that they are forbidden in Austria due to the fact they record other people and cars without their consent. But how is that different than any other camera?
- Nils Sandin
sehr krass :-(
- Markus Jakobs
BBC News - Falcon chicks defy cold spring to hatch on Nottingham roof - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news...
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"Three peregrine falcon chicks have successfully hatched on the ledge of a city centre building belonging to Nottingham Trent University. Experts had been concerned about the effect of the cold weather on the eggs. The parent birds, now feeding their brood, have attracted a global following, as their lives are recorded with a live camera and are the subject of a blog. Sarah Thorp, Environmental projects Officer at Nottingham Trent University, said the chicks seemed to thrive in the location. ''Fingers crossed that all three will survive,'' she said."
- Maitani
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Live Stream http://www.ntu.ac.uk/ecoweb...
- Maitani
The cathedral near where I work is home to a pair of adult peregrine falcons so this might mean they've got some chicks due too.
- Mark H
In most places it must be difficult or impossible to watch them when there is no webcam.
- Maitani
Mark, any pics of them in flight/perched?
- Halil
Pew Survey on Muslim attitudes regarding human evolution - http://www.irtiqa-blog.com/2013...
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"Earlier today, the Pew Forum has released a survey of Muslims in 39 countries. The report is titled The World's Muslims: Religion, Politics and Society and provides a fascinating look into the complex ways Muslims are negotiating the modern world. [...] What does the new report says? Well, a lot of focus will be on opinions on sharia, opinions on women's rights, and extremism etc. I will also have later posts on that. But let me focus here on the question on human evolution."
- Mark H
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"Interestingly, most Muslims around the world (median 53%) agree with the statement that humans and other living things have evolved over time. There is a large variation amongst countries, with Muslims in Kazakhstan (79%) and Lebanon (78%) having the highest levels of evolution acceptance and Iraq (27%) and Afghanistan (26%) having the lowest rates."
- Mark H
It's odd that the Roman Catholic Church has recognized Darwinian evolution for the past 60 years, yet only 58% of US Catholics believe.
- ʎəlɹoɯ uəʞ
It would be interesting to see how much truck those Catholics have with evangelical Protestants. I grew up in a strict Catholic household but one that had no doubts about evolution as science. When the anti-choice movement geared up in the Reagan era, alliances were made between Catholics and sects they wouldn't normally hang out much with (when talking religion, anyway). I wonder how much of this stems from that.
- Spidra Webster
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- April Russo
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- April Russo
So what happens if he doesn't win the case? Is your lawyer going to cover the cost of the medical bills??
- Georgia
Does this lawyer have an MD as well? Then he should butt out of what is best medical care for another person.
- Andy
I can see the legal view, but can't he get a regular therapist instead?
- Eric - seven eleven
I didn't have a chiropractor do this but a D.O. was doing spinal manipulation for my back spasms and adjusted me to the point my bulging disk broke free and sequestered in two spaces causing me permanent drop foot. My surgeon said never ever manipulate again.
- Janet:#TeamMonique
from FFHound!
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- April Russo
holy crap.
- Hieronymous Boosh
Oh that's horrible!
- Heather
Ugghh shocking!
- ᏓᏰ #team Monique
You can probably find a lot of information if you follow the Simon Singh trail when he was unsuccessfully sued by the British Chiropractic Association after criticising their crap; here's just one link to get you started: http://www.dcscience.net/... - and the electric paddle "treatment" sounds almost medieval.
- Mark H
Thanks, Mark.
- April Russo
I just came across this new-ish meta analysis: http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD00888... (It's specifically geared towards acute lower back pain, though)
- Eivind
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- April Russo
Thanks, Eivind.
- April Russo
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