"EPECUEN, Argentina — A strange ghost town that spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires."
- SteVe C
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"EPECUEN, Argentina — A strange ghost town that spent a quarter century under water is coming up for air again in the Argentine farmlands southwest of Buenos Aires."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
Then a particularly heavy rainstorm followed a series of wet winters, and the lake overflowed its banks on Nov. 10, 1985. Water burst through a retaining wall and spilled into the lakeside streets. People fled with what they could, and within days their homes were submerged under nearly 33 feet of corrosive saltwater. Now the water has mostly receded, exposing what looks like a scene...
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- SteVe C
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
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
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
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
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
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
"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
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
Mommy, can I go out and kill tonight?
- Val
from FFHound!
It will be built on what was the “Jaws” ride in the Universal Studios Florida park, which is next to Islands of Adventure — where Hogwarts and Hogsmeade are located. Park officials said the two areas will be connected by the Hogwarts Express train, just like in the books and films. The new Diagon Alley area will feature shops, a restaurant and an attraction based on Gringotts bank, which, in the J.K. Rowling series, is run by goblins. Universal said it is working with Warner Bros. and the production design team from the Harry Potter films, just like it did for the Hogwarts and Hogsmeade themed area.
- SteVe C
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"Bored of run-of-the-mill underwear? Perhaps some premium scented briefs from France will do the trick! A small, sassy French company has raised nearly 20,000 euros ($25,700) via crowdfunding to manufacture special scented underwear for men. Le Slip Francais claims that the "Indomitable" underwear will continue to smell sweet even after 30 washes. Founder Guillaume Gibault, 27, says the underwear will smell of musk and pear. The scent will be masculine, but not overpowering, he told CNNMoney."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
Hmm which is worse the effects of the allergies or those of the medications to fight the allergies? My throat (dying of post nasal drip) and stomach (dying of medications) are currently arguing about it.
"That has left some people speculating on what might happen. A new "Star Wars" theme park? Perhaps the more likely scenario is that Disney will open large "Star Wars" sections at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. Disney already has Star Wars weekends at Walt Disney World. The company has reportedly begun gauging potential customer response to the idea. Gawker's Ken Layne tweeted an image from a Disney survey that asked respondents: "How interested would you be in visiting a 'Star Wars' themed land at the Disneyland Resort?""
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
"But once she got it, Mano took to the clarinet "like a duck to water." Her parents noticed changes in her almost right away. It's been less than a year since she started playing and already, they say, her speech has improved and she's more focused in school, which has led to better grades."
- SteVe C
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"But by far the biggest change the Kolmans have seen has been the improvement in Mano's social life. "Playing music can soothe the pain of isolation and provide a safe space where she is accepted," said Barry. Before, Mano wasn't part of a group. Now she has the band. Her parents can tell from the way she brags about being a member that it's made a world of difference. Mano's mother cried as she described how being part of the band has affected Mano -- and the whole family."
- SteVe C
After months of speculation, it's finally official: Universal Orlando Resort is expanding the Wizarding World of Harry Potter across both of its theme parks next year, adding a new area featuring Diagon Alley and Gringotts Bank, and a Hogwarts Express train ride from new "London" area in Universal Studios to Hogsmeade at Islands of Adventure. Set to open sometime in 2014, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley is "an expansion of historic proportion," Universal said in a joint announcement Wednesday with Warner Bros. Entertainment.
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
"“I said hi to him, he just looked at me in kind of shock, and it almost got me,” Kemp said. “It almost got me.” Oh, but it did get him. The moment stripped him of his self-pity, and then everything else started coming off. Kemp handed the kid the autographed ball. He handed him his cap. He tore off his dusty No. 27 jersey with the buttons still fastened and put it on the kid's lap. Then he bent over and removed his shoes and handed them over to complete the grand slam. Watching it all, speechless, was the kid, Joshua Jones, a 19-year-old from Tracy, Calif., who is suffering from inoperable tumors in his spine and has been given 90 days to live."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
Crap I might have to take back some hatred of Kemp. Video included in article.
- SteVe C
The middle of the country does not exist in my world. I like living on the edge.
"McCoy had been riding Vick for weeks, calling him “old man” and challenging Vick to a footrace. Vick had been laughing it off, until today. Today, Vick had enough. So he asked coach Chip Kelly if he could accept McCoy’s invitation. Kelly agreed. So they lined up and took off, and Vick didn’t just beat McCoy. Vick smoked McCoy by roughly five yards over a 40-yard distance, and their teammates went nuts."
- SteVe C
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"“The United States has the highest first-day death rate in the industrialized world. An estimated 11,300 newborn babies die each year in the United States on the day they are born. This is 50 percent more first-day deaths than all other industrialized countries combined.”"
- SteVe C
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"“The United States has the highest first-day death rate in the industrialized world. An estimated 11,300 newborn babies die each year in the United States on the day they are born. This is 50 percent more first-day deaths than all other industrialized countries combined.”"
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
When Vin Scully says "D-Backs" it sounds like "D-Bags." It is highly amusing.
"There was no one in the world quite like Fred Rogers, who often shared that sentiment with his young audience on the long-running PBS show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood." But if, as Deadline is reporting, a feature biopic is set to be made about Rogers, they're going to have to to find someone at least a little bit like him. "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" (thus far a working title) is a script written by former "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" writer Alexis Jolly, and is currently being put into shape for the eventual film."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
I don't think anybody should even attempt to portray him. Make another documentary instead.
- Rodfather
I think in terms of who could best pull off his mannerisms, I would have to say that I think Jim Parsons would do it best of the three shown above. That being said, I have to wholeheartedly agree with Rodfather. Scrap the project, find something else to do with the time and money. Fred Rogers was an institution and I think he's best remembered all on his own through archival footage. Make a documentary if you need to. Just...not this.
- Hookuh Tinypants
"German state police on Monday arrested a 93-year-old man suspected of being a former guard at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. A news release did not name the suspect, in accordance with German law, but it said he had been arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to murder."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
"The Irish budget carrier Ryanair charges $107 to print out a boarding pass at the airport. Snacks and meals on Air France range from $16 to $36. Changing a ticket over the phone with Air New Zealand can cost up to $200. An overweight bag on United Airlines will run you $400."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
$107 to print a boarding pass at the airport! IMO that's even worse than the United overweight bag fee, because the cost to print a boarding pass at the airport for Ryanair is relatively small.
- Andrew C (✓)
Ryanair is the worst airline I've ever taken.
- Spidra Webster
"German state police on Monday arrested a 93-year-old man suspected of being a former guard at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust, the prosecutor's office said in a statement. A news release did not name the suspect, in accordance with German law, but it said he had been arrested on suspicion of being an accessory to murder."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
"Staples (SPLS, Fortune 500) says it is the first major U.S. retailer to sell a 3-D printer. It began selling The Cube, made by 3D Systems (DDD), on Staples.com Friday, and the printer will hit "many" of the retailer's brick-and-mortar stores by June." $1300
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
At $1300 within a year it'll be about $500 since there are 12 other manufactures releasing them in 2013.
- SteVe C
A great gray owl is photographed just moments before snatching up its prey. The photo is from an extraordinary sequence of images by photographer Tom Samuelson along Lake Superior just south of Two Harbors, Minn.
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
"A University of Texas law student has spent months developing the design for a handgun that people can make at home using a 3-D printer. Cody Wilson intends to release the blueprints for the gun next week, according to Forbes. The gun, which he's calling the "Liberator," can be printed out in 16 plastic pieces and assembled. It shoots standard handgun bullets. The gun in the photo to the left is not the Liberator, but a different 3-D printed gun from Wilson's nonprofit group, Defense Distributed. You can see photos of the Liberator at Forbes' website."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
Because so many people have 3D printers at home. :|
- Soup in a TARDIS
Mom back in hospital apparently pneumonia. But we've gotten better at the sibling rotation plan down there so we already have next 24hours set for attendants. I had to give up my Killers tickets for tonight but I have seen them before and my friends haven't so it's okay.
Oh thanks for asking. She is home now which makes her happy and everyone else gets a little more sleep. Family rotation in hospital worked perfectly. Thanks all!
- SteVe C
"Get excited, fanboys and girls! According to a tweet by "Jurassic Park 4" director Colin Trevorrow, it seems the venerable franchise will be returning—finally!—to the setting of the original film. Said tweet's contents? Only "Nublar" and the above photo. What could it all mean, beyond that the story will find someone—but who?—returning, or maybe going for the first time, to the actual "Park" of the title?"
- SteVe C
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"Here is a copy of the actual scouting report"Nothing below an A-. More impressive? Averaging 16 strikeouts per game as a high school kid. The most interesting part of the remarks section has to be that Koufax was not interested in pro ball until he graduated from the University of Cincinnati. Koufax’s first start with the Dodgers was when he was only 19.
- SteVe C
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"A new study finds the number of overweight cats is at an all-time high. Conducted by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, the National Pet Obesity Awareness Day Survey found that 58 percent of cats were reported to be overweight or obese by their veterinarians. That’s up 5 percent from the group’s 2010 survey."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
That's usually the way it works, Steve and Tamara; the skinny one is skinny because the fat one eats most of the food. The fat one is fat because you can't stop putting food out, otherwise, the skinny one would starve to death.
- DAMMIT, MR. NOODLE
"Of all the potential Lego franchises, AMC's "Breaking Bad" exists probably at the bottom of the list (if it's there at all). But a parody video making the rounds online shows just how much fun playing a Lego version of Walter White could be. The animated video, created by Brian K Anderson, demonstrates what a "Lego Breaking Bad" video game as designed by Travelers' Tales would look like."
- SteVe C
from Bookmarklet
"Want to work in the great outdoors? Comfortable around bears? Norway may have the job for you. The governor’s office on The Svalbard Islands –located in the Arctic Ocean, halfway between Norway and the North Pole – is looking for a polar bear spotter. The role involves standing guard and warning research teams working on the island about approaching polar bears. The Svalbard Islands boast a polar bear population of 3,000, while human inhabitants on the island only number 2,400."
- SteVe C
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