tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30348752011-09-03T06:51:34.870-05:00Dystopia BoxShort Essays. Documents. Quotations. Silly Lists.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.comBlogger5281100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-72094193596813082292011-07-19T16:05:00.000-05:002011-07-19T16:05:27.306-05:00I will be your registered agent in AlabamaDo you need the services of a registered agent for your corporation doing business in Alabama? I am a resident of the state and am willing to provide those services for a very reasonable fee.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-86540244742292395572011-07-03T19:08:00.000-05:002011-07-03T19:08:40.653-05:00Sipapuni: orifices of autochthonyBeing a list of places where the races of men are reported to have emerged from the earth itself:
1. Shipap: The ancestors of the Acoma crawled from this hole like grasshoppers, naked, soft and unopened eyes. The Cochiti also used Shipap as an emerging place.
2. Flint Mountain, NM: Some ancestors of the Jicarilla Apache were born of the earth's womb here.
3. La Cueva, NM: Two caves in the Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-27303349246250201752011-02-17T14:41:00.000-06:002011-02-17T14:41:48.076-06:00Tips for folks planning criminal mischief.I'm no criminal mastermind, but I think I can offer a few tips to prospective tree poisoners and others of the Harvey Almorn Updyke ilk:
1. Don't admit to your crime.
2. Don't admit to your crime before anybody else knows it happened.
3. Don't admit to your crime on a nationally-syndicated radio broadcast.
4. Don't admit to your crime on a nationally-syndicated radio broadcast using your own Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-73839237939357821392010-06-18T11:34:00.005-05:002010-10-01T09:22:37.576-05:00100 years of soil & crudeWith recent reports that the casing of BP's Mocando well has been irreversibly breached and that the mixture of pressurized fossil products from the oil reservoir is carving its own paths through cracks in the seabed, it seems that this disaster has exceeded humankind's ability to stop the flow. Without the ability to cap the original well, the relief wells aren't going to be much use. The use ofDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-60134659265278897302010-04-29T16:05:00.001-05:002010-04-29T16:07:36.834-05:00Rate of returnHow can you calculate the census response rate unless you know how many households there are?¿snsuǝɔ ɐ buıʇɔnpuoɔ ʇnoɥʇıʍ ǝɹɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ spןoɥǝsnoɥ ʎuɐɯ ʍoɥ ǝʇɐןnɔןɐɔ noʎ uɐɔ ʍoɥDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-21479489959069449212010-04-01T14:41:00.000-05:002010-04-01T14:42:00.767-05:00Don't Mess with Texas"Our science standards are light years ahead of any other state when it comes to challenging evolution!" - Don McLeroy, Texas State Board of EducationDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-91061618671771297602009-11-11T00:03:00.003-06:002009-11-11T00:12:03.110-06:00Bailout updateThe Motley Fool calculates the current bailout, including amounts issued or guaranteed by the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the Treasury at $10,155,300,000,000.00. There are just over 305 million people in the United States. A $10.155 trillion bailout distributed equally would provide about $33,296.07 per person.In 2005 just under 100 million individuals who filed tax returns owed taxes to the Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-76659839099881510802009-06-25T00:43:00.002-05:002009-06-25T00:52:42.570-05:00"As you get over 30% [market share] and higher I am sure there is a point where government is compelled to intervene." - Lee Scott, CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. speaking about Tesco's domination of the British retail food market in August 2005.Wal-Mart currently controls about 20% of the US grocery market (link)Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-47633098589433258302009-06-16T23:15:00.002-05:002009-06-16T23:57:32.866-05:00Star Wars bounty hunter character sketchesThough based on depictions of the characters and situations in "The Empire Strikes Back", these sketches are entirely my own:Boba Fett: (no introduction needed) A career heavy still pained by the shameful death of his father, Fett has devoted himself to mastering every conceivable situation. While some say he puts more effort into appearances than effectiveness, his record remains impressive and Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-61351598414398675702008-10-01T10:43:00.002-05:002008-10-01T11:00:30.591-05:00MortgagesThere are just over 305 million people in the United States. A $700 billion bailout distributed equally would provide about $2,295 per person.In 2005 just under 100 million individuals who filed tax returns owed taxes to the IRS. A $700 billion bailout distributed equally to taxpayers would provide right at $7,000 each.In 2005 there were 48,394,000 mortgages in the United States. Rounding up to Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-22480330606179924692007-11-19T16:20:00.000-06:002007-11-19T16:22:15.267-06:002007 Homicide mapHere's my 2007 Homicide map for Birmingham, Alabama. The full listing is maintained on BhamWiki.com (Bhamwiki:List of Birmingham homicides in 2007)View Larger MapDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1158011243332934252006-09-11T16:46:00.000-05:002006-09-11T16:47:23.350-05:005 years goneI re-read my postings from five years ago. I haven't changed my mind.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1152228086195754742006-07-06T18:10:00.000-05:002006-08-18T16:20:03.633-05:00There's a 46% Chance your State's Official Dance is the "Square Dance"According to Wikipedia 22 of the 30 U. S. states that have enacted an Official State Dance have chosen to honor the "Square Dance". Exceptions to the rule include California (West Coast Swing), Hawai'i (Hula), North Caroline (Clogging), Pennsylvania and Wisconsin (Polka), South Carolina (the Shag), Texas (Texas Two-Step), and Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1143581264238604492006-03-28T15:26:00.000-06:002006-03-28T15:27:44.250-06:00Ignore this announcementI've started a new website called bhamwiki.comIt's like Wikipedia for Birmingham.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1141862042794299672006-03-08T17:54:00.000-06:002006-03-08T17:54:02.856-06:00I don't get it"Cloyd told a witness they set fire to a church 'as a joke and it got out of hand.' "Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1141064789625158272006-02-27T12:26:00.000-06:002006-03-05T16:39:54.630-06:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } OakMtn.400UC.05.04.jpg, originally uploaded by T3XA5. Oak Mountain, by Dan.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1140588957519384462006-02-22T00:15:00.000-06:002006-02-22T00:15:57.586-06:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } large magic city logo, originally uploaded by Dystopos. The Magic City Flickr GroupStop by and see Birmingham through the lenses of its flickrites.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1140050417806715652006-02-15T18:40:00.000-06:002006-02-15T18:40:17.913-06:00Alter Your EnvironmentBy peppering nearby metal surfaces with self-contained LED's(via Gizmodo, via BoingBoing)Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1139354998857070162006-02-07T17:29:00.000-06:002006-02-07T17:29:58.916-06:00It's too lateAnimal-Man Hybrids in the Department of Homeland SecurityDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1139345358550560212006-02-07T14:49:00.000-06:002006-03-17T12:20:37.613-06:00Alberto Gonzales, imbecile?In defending the Bush administration's argument that a state of [undeclared, perpetual] war gives the President the authority to ignore the laws of the United States [which he has sworn, on a Bible, to uphold] had this to say regarding precedent:"President Washington, President Lincoln, President Wilson, President Roosevelt have all authorized electronic surveillance onDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1138416204333936222006-01-27T20:43:00.000-06:002006-01-27T20:43:24.356-06:00History of the World Wide Web, Appendix G"Google does not censor results for any search term. The order and content of our results are completely automated; we do not manipulate our search results by hand. We believe strongly in allowing the democracy of the web to determine the inclusion and ranking of sites in our search results."Well. No more.-Entry at Google Blogoscoped.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1138304049559578922006-01-26T13:34:00.000-06:002006-01-26T13:34:09.630-06:00Hi, I'm a Dinosaur. I lived in the Garden of Eden"creationists have been buying roadside dinosaur parks around the country and turning them into anti-evolution museums."- article at Reason Online.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1138202447606544922006-01-25T09:18:00.000-06:002006-01-26T22:56:53.043-06:00Current Administration PolicyThey're allowed to see what you're doing, but you're not allowed to see what they're doing.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1137617735008664782006-01-18T14:55:00.000-06:002006-01-18T14:55:35.063-06:00The Google Robot FAQ: (Last update: November 1st, 2030)Q. A Google Robot was unwilling to help me find my lost car keys. Why?A. As trying to locate your keys may involve a violation of your privacy, only subscribers of the My Public Life™ program may use this feature.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1136572833238944062006-01-06T12:40:00.001-06:002006-01-18T14:57:16.703-06:00Nixtamalize ThisNixtamalization on Wikipedia.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1136412164600752012006-01-04T16:02:00.000-06:002006-01-06T09:21:46.026-06:00Save 5% of the Planet. Pump some BioWillieCan't wait to get on the road again? Get yourself some of Willie Nelson's Biodiesel (made from Diesel fuel with a splash of veggie oil grown by America's struggling family-agribusinesses) and go places you've never been and see things you may never see again.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1134080030651728762005-12-08T16:13:00.000-06:002005-12-08T16:13:50.710-06:00The Corporation of Very Little Brain
"Guess who's coming for honey? As part of a barrel-full of Winnie the Pooh anniversary events, Disney is working on a new animated series that will replace Christopher Robin with a 6-year-old girl.
Details are sketchy on the as-yet-nameless new arrival, who will make her debut in the 2007 computer-generated series My Friends Tigger and Pooh. Disney execs sayDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1133903910250718112005-12-06T15:18:00.000-06:002005-12-06T15:18:30.303-06:00Six Degrees of Wikipedia
How many wikilinks does it take to connect Kevin Bacon to Bacon? Three.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1131411725621941362005-11-07T19:02:00.000-06:002005-11-07T19:02:05.683-06:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } , originally uploaded by whileseated. No Flash Cornerwhileseated's continuing series of candid portraits taking in reflected sunlight on the streets of San Francisco are amazing. This girl looks a lot like Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1131401756089385632005-11-07T16:15:00.000-06:002005-11-07T16:16:36.283-06:00Cool Faces / Cold Shoulders"Yet rather than address serious issues like housing, schools, transport, jobs and security, mayors and policy gurus from Berlin and London to Sydney and San Francisco have adopted what can be best be described as the 'cool city strategy.' If you can somehow make your city the rage of the hipster set, they insist, all will be well."- Joel Kotkin. Uncool Cities. ProspectDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1129243900314197632005-10-13T17:51:00.000-05:002005-10-13T17:51:40.396-05:00Structures and Monuments in Which Alabama Stone was Used
Birmingham, Alabama - Arrington's Tomb (photographs and history) presented on the Birmingmaster [sic] web site. This article was published on September 26, 2001. It describes the tome [sic] being constructed as a memorial for Mayor Arrington constructed in the shape of a pyramid. The article indicates that construction is expected to last Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1127782266999029892005-09-26T19:51:00.000-05:002005-09-26T19:51:07.056-05:00They lied.
Did they? The Annenberg Political Fact Check reviews White House administration statements quoted in an anti-war newspaper ad and finds that even if the factual basis of their precise words is debateable, their intent to deceive is not. They lied.
They started with what they needed people to believe in order to win support for a cynical and greed-fueled military agenda, and then Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1126209527317708072005-09-08T14:58:00.000-05:002005-09-12T16:47:46.386-05:00He didn't make itMy friends took this fetal squirrel to the Alabama Wildlife Rescue Center at Oak Mountain State Park a couple of weeks ago. The good folks there did what they could, but he didn't survive. (On a side note, Oak Mountain is also a refuge for several evacuees from Hurricane Katrina)Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1126196803035727322005-09-08T11:26:00.000-05:002005-09-08T11:26:43.093-05:00Low Key response
Even on Tuesday, as still-rising waters covered most of New Orleans, FEMA official Bill Lokey sounded a reassuring note in a Baton Rouge briefing.
"I don't want to alarm everybody that, you know, New Orleans is filling up like a bowl," Lokey said. "That's just not happening."
- quoted in Katrina trapped city in double disasters by John McQuaid. New Orleans Times-Picayune. Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1126126779149730222005-09-07T15:59:00.000-05:002005-09-07T15:59:39.203-05:00Get on the Map
RefugeMap.org uses the Google Maps API to show locations of housing offered to Hurricane Katrina evacuees through Craig's List.
Also, the Red Cross is always a good bet for helping out.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1125811271525175142005-09-04T00:21:00.000-05:002005-09-04T00:24:22.356-05:007 Days Later"Someday, the lights will come back on. The music will start back up. And life will go on. And I'll have ice in my glass again." - Marty Montgomery. 519 St. Philip Street, New Orleans, Louisiana(link)Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1125513512819075232005-08-31T13:37:00.000-05:002005-08-31T13:38:41.796-05:00Holloway Auction: Celeb items raise funds for searchby JUDY HAISE, Social columnist for the Birmingham NewsThe "... for Natalee" charity auction was without the usual band and corporate sponsors, although a little pomp would have seemed natural, since Hollywood TV and movie stars Courteney Cox and her husband, David Arquette, asked what they could do to help six weeks ago. They thanked everyone Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1123783274747729352005-08-11T13:01:00.000-05:002005-11-07T01:13:16.303-06:00If dinosaurs could talk …
"Held hostage for nearly two-hundred years by the enemies of God, several dinosaurs are now free to set the record straight. No more lies. No more false testimony. No more propaganda.
Combining the “magic” of modern technology and the truth of God’s Word, AiG’s Creation Museum has discovered the secret to bringing dinosaurs “back to life.” A sauropod, a T. rex, a Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1123543300730015142005-08-08T18:14:00.000-05:002006-08-27T10:55:50.386-05:00Theodore SwannIn the summer of 1928, Theodore Swann had a mansion built for him on Red Mountain in Birmingham, Alabama. He documented the construction on 16mm motion-picture film. My real estate agent had the film transfered to VHS. I was allowed to borrow the VHS and make a transfer to DVD. These screen captures are from that DVD. More can be found on flickr.Mrs. Swann holds up a calendar page Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1123088717572286722005-08-03T12:01:00.000-05:002005-08-03T12:05:28.926-05:00Free MaribelIt takes a special kind of place to put an 11-year-old girl on trial for throwing a rock at some boys who were pelting her with water balloons. It takes a special kind of prosecuter to charge her with a felony and open the trial to the public.Fresno, California is a very special place indeed.FreeMaribel.orgDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1122925344548268692005-08-01T14:41:00.000-05:002005-08-01T14:42:24.553-05:00KUDZU! Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1122501351643176302005-07-27T16:55:00.000-05:002005-07-27T16:55:51.650-05:00Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for MenDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1122332409042436382005-07-25T18:00:00.000-05:002005-07-25T18:00:09.120-05:00Predatory Behavior
Alabama's Attorney General, Troy King, is out to make a name for himself. He's got a can't miss bill, the "Alabama Community Notification Act" that directly addresses the darkest and least rational fears of Alabama's voting population. IS THERE A SEX OFFENDER LIVING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
The following is an EXACT QUOTE from the Attorney General's OFFICIAL WEBSITE
"During theDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1121974526996392842005-07-21T14:34:00.000-05:002005-07-21T14:35:27.003-05:00Guggenheim BilbaoDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1121298041557771882005-07-13T18:39:00.000-05:002005-07-13T18:40:41.566-05:00RemarkableSenate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing On the Proposed Constitutional Amendment Barring Gay Marriage.Remarks by the Rev. Dr. Robert Shrum, Pastor, Oakland Baptist Church, Rock Hill SC March 31, 2005 (1:30 p.m.)GreetingsChairman Ford, Senator Hawkins, Senator Cleary and Senator Hutto:Good afternoon, and thank you for hearing me today. I am Bob Shrum, and I am a resident of Rock Hill whereDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1120972367930482852005-07-10T00:12:00.000-05:002005-07-10T00:12:47.980-05:00Pray for my Folks
"AFTER DEEPENING AT A RATE THAT BORDERED ON INSANE DURING THE AFTERNOON...DENNIS HAS CONTINUED TO STRENGTHEN AT A MORE NORMAL RATE THIS EVENING...IT IS EXPECTED THAT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT AGAIN SAMPLES THE NORTHEAST EYEWALL THAT IT WILL FIND STRONGER WINDS THAT WILL JUSTIFY UPGRADING DENNIS TO A CATEGORY FOUR HURRICANE...TRACK MODEL GUIDANCE IS TIGHTLY CLUSTERED IN CALLING FOR Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1120337838054786732005-07-02T15:57:00.000-05:002005-07-02T15:57:18.126-05:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bald Eagle - Side Profile, originally uploaded by Gibtach. Bald Eagle - Side ProfileDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1119989190743084872005-06-28T15:06:00.000-05:002005-06-28T15:10:56.446-05:00From the desk of Goodman ToddFreestar Media, LLC is planning a hotel on property that is currently the residence of Supreme Court Justice David Souter. If approved by the board of Aldermen for the town of Weare, New Hampshire, Souter's home will be demolished and replaced with "The Lost Liberty Hotel," housing the "Just Desserts Café" and a small museum with a permanent exhibit on the loss of Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1119564227179493712005-06-23T17:01:00.000-05:002005-07-13T18:42:51.526-05:00The Private Domain is Eminent(or "Some U$es are More Public than Others")"Justice O'Connor, with whom The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, and Justice Thomas join, dissenting.Over two centuries ago, just after the Bill of Rights was ratified, Justice Chase wrote:"An act of the Legislature (for I cannot call it a law) contrary to the great first principles of the social compact, cannot be consideredDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1118951415723432822005-06-16T14:50:00.000-05:002005-06-16T14:50:15.796-05:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } , originally uploaded by whileseated. The beginning of the endDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1118875581985408622005-06-15T17:46:00.000-05:002005-07-13T18:45:12.113-05:00Darth Vader Replica Helmet - $900 at Target.comIf this were $39.95, it would be in the "unlikely to be fulfilled" section of my wishlist. But you know what... nevermind. This one has "flawless form, unlike any previous Vader helmets, which were hand-sculpted." and I'm pretty sure I'd rather have the flawed form, even if only on the "unlikely to be fulfilled" section of my wishlist.- via Gizmodo.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1118330451114723112005-06-09T10:20:00.000-05:002005-06-09T10:20:51.163-05:00Truman's middle initial
Truman did not have a middle name, but only a middle initial. It was a common practice in southern states, including Missouri, to use initials rather than names. Truman said the initial was a compromise between the names of his grandfathers, Anderson Shipp(e) Truman and Solomon Young. He once joked that the S was a name, not an initial, and it should not have a period, Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1118246009180130382005-06-08T10:51:00.000-05:002005-06-10T08:19:37.970-05:00A Tale of Two Missing PersonsNatalee Hollowayage: 18vanished: May 30, 2005last seen: leaving a nightclub in Aruba with three menhome: Mountain Brookreward: $75,000 totalinvestigated by: FBI, Aruban Police, family, thousands of volunteers.support: private donations, free hotel in Aruba, McWane Corp. private jet, donated airfare, massive prayer listsmedia: nonstop national media coverageNancy Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1117755846300133702005-06-02T18:44:00.000-05:002005-06-02T18:48:18.680-05:00A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous ThingHuman Events Online, a "National Conservative Weekly" since 1944, discommends the following books as the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries:1. Karl Marx and Freidrich Engel's The Communist Manifesto (1848): "envisions history as a class struggle between oppressed workers and oppressive owners."2. Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf (1925-26): "Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1117143802803482512005-05-26T16:34:00.000-05:002005-05-26T16:43:40.506-05:00Transparency in Government“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1117062519875313252005-05-25T18:08:00.000-05:002005-05-25T18:08:39.916-05:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } MxDonalds BANGKOK, originally uploaded by mirai. Thais with that?In Bangkok, Ronald adopts a more respectful pose.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1116688010058917532005-05-21T09:30:00.000-05:002005-05-26T16:45:09.950-05:00The Stupid Rich"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1116281374623421802005-05-16T17:09:00.000-05:002005-11-25T06:01:33.243-06:00U.S. to Iraqi farmers: Throw away those old indiginous seeds! Buy genetically engineered seeds* from Monsanto™!
* (by "buy seeds" we mean "license the use of seeds for one harvest", after which you will need to buy new seeds under the terms of your EULA. Terms subject to change without notice.)
For generations, small farmers in Iraq operated in an essentially unregulated, informal seed supply Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1115608690724766492005-05-08T22:18:00.000-05:002005-05-08T22:20:26.500-05:00Nippits™ in the budNipple Concealment Strips. Padless. Latex-free. Physician-designed. Medically-approved. Non-irritating. Breathable. Patented:We claim: 1. A method for reducing the profile of a protrusion from skin comprising the step of adhering a flexible material across said protrusion and an area of surrounding tissue, wherein said material is adhered directly to said protrusion and to the Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1115522133576390512005-05-07T22:15:00.000-05:002005-05-07T22:21:23.116-05:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } PICT3118, originally uploaded by Cartel82. Kussengevecht!4000 students of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven held a record-breaking pillow fight this week in the Ladeuzeplein, raising money for child Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1115222323520610852005-05-04T10:58:00.000-05:002005-05-07T22:17:59.106-05:00616!The 3rd Century Oxyrhynchus manuscripts, now being translated, futher indicate that the number of the beast (Revelation 13:18) is actually 616 not 666. This agrees with the previously known Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus, and some other early writings.Historically, early Hebrew and Christian writers would use gematria or isopsephy to conceal the subject of their writings when it would be Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1115153135325359182005-05-03T15:45:00.000-05:002005-05-03T15:45:35.326-05:00Lieutenant Dan got me invested in some kind of fruit company. So then I got a call from him, saying we don't have to worry about money no more. And I said, that's good! One less thing.
"Real estate developer Tim James says he wants to bulldoze downtown. But in a good way. James announced a $200 million plan last week to remake this gritty seafood town, long down on its luck, into a tourist Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1115065448620934752005-05-02T15:24:00.000-05:002005-05-02T15:24:08.620-05:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bumper Rooster, originally uploaded by speedeep. The Amazing Chrome Rooster of Brundidge, AlabamaSculptor Larry Godwin is populating Brundidge, (Highway 231 south of Troy) with the most fantastic Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1114794662246953082005-04-29T12:11:00.000-05:002005-04-29T12:15:49.310-05:00Bid Now!Fifty Pounds of Scissors confiscated by the National Transportation Security Administration.- via Robot WisdomDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1114725952713379792005-04-28T17:05:00.000-05:002005-04-28T17:05:52.713-05:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Train Tracks, originally uploaded by xid0r. VillainyThe dastardly Zane makes his appearance on flickr.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1114621792820882882005-04-27T12:09:00.000-05:002005-04-28T13:57:04.796-05:00Coincidence?David Schwimmer is an actor who played a paleontologist in the TV show "Friends"David R. Schwimmer IS a paleontologist at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1114185772869575072005-04-22T11:02:00.000-05:002005-04-22T11:02:52.870-05:00.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Baishawan reflection, originally uploaded by Self-D. BaishawanSome poorly-built pod houses in Taiwan that didn't survive the first typhoon. Called "Ghost Houses" by the locals, they are currently decaying Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1114138996955802842005-04-21T22:03:00.000-05:002005-04-21T22:03:16.956-05:00Kikki's Workshop - The Great Picture Book of Construction EquipmentDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1113851330304180262005-04-18T14:08:00.000-05:002005-04-18T14:08:50.303-05:00Papal Names Unlikely to be Reused
Agapetus (535-36, 946-55)
Lando (913-14)
Formosus (891-96)
Sisinnius (708)
Conon (686-87)
Agatho (678-81)
Deusdetit (615-18, 672-76)
Hormisdas (514-23)
Simplicius (468-83)
Hilarius (461-68)
Dionysius (259-68)
Fabian (236-50)
Zephyrinus (199-217)
Telesphorus (125-138)
Cletus (76-88)
-source: Wikipedia:List of popes Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1113580767552865252005-04-15T10:59:00.000-05:002005-04-15T10:59:27.553-05:00 And that's a Bad Thing?
"I blame Congress over the last 50 to 100 years for not standing up and taking its responsibility given to it by the Constitution. The reason the judiciary has been able to impose a separation of church and state that's nowhere in the Constitution is that Congress didn't stop them. The reason we had judicial review is because Congress didn't stop them. The reason we had Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1113512187826040382005-04-14T15:56:00.000-05:002005-04-14T16:38:21.060-05:00Agathidium bushi, Agathidium cheneyi, Agathidium rumsfeldiNot a demon-summoning chant, but a trio of newly-named mold-eating beetle species which are grouped under the heading of "Rove Beetles." Life on Earth:Eukaryotes:Opisthokonts:Animals:Bilateria:Ecdysozoa:Arthropoda:Hexapoda:Insecta:Pterygota:Neoptera:Endopterygota:Coleoptera:Polyphaga:Staphyliniformia:Staphylinoidea (A.K.A. "Rove Beetles") Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1113445820895553612005-04-13T21:30:00.000-05:002005-04-13T22:54:20.326-05:00préparation explosion citron.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } préparation explosion citron, originally uploaded by no man's land. This image leads to a small set of photographs of the preparation and aftermath of exploding pieces of fruit.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1113349457944299272005-04-12T18:44:00.000-05:002005-04-13T22:55:14.080-05:00Unfolded Origami.flickr-photo { border: solid 1px #000000; }.flickr-frame { float: left; text-align: center; margin-right: 15px; margin-bottom: 15px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } boat paper equlized, originally uploaded by lexly87. Flickr makes it tantalizingly easy to blog pictures. So I think I'll start doing that. Here's a good one.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1113235912485168712005-04-11T11:11:00.000-05:002005-04-11T11:12:54.083-05:00Take an Ego Trip without Leaving your own Land"By clearing forest so that a pattern would be visible to landing aircraft, a landowner outside Austin, Texas, created a target that is also useful for evaluating spatial resolution of astronaut photographs. The forest was selectively cleared in order to spell the landowner's name 'LUECKE' with the remaining trees. According to local surveyors who Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1112900843425156472005-04-07T14:07:00.000-05:002005-04-07T14:07:23.426-05:00Pay with $2 Bills, Wait for the Secret Service in Leg Irons
PUT YOURSELF in Mike Bolesta's place. On the morning of Feb. 20, he buys a new radio-CD player for his 17-year-old son Christopher's car. He pays the $114 installation charge with 57 crisp new $2 bills, which, when last observed, were still considered legitimate currency in the United States proper. The $2 bills are Bolesta's idea of Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1112714001245310192005-04-05T10:13:00.000-05:002005-04-05T10:13:21.246-05:00I did not know that.
"Under Britain's system, the prime minister can choose an election date any time within five years of the last vote and announce its timing about a month in advance."
- Blair calls for election May 5 - CNN storyDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1112298811052559622005-03-31T13:53:00.000-06:002005-03-31T13:53:31.053-06:00"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg, 1968-2005
(obituary at Pioneer Press.)Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1112197128509856842005-03-30T09:38:00.000-06:002005-03-30T09:38:48.510-06:00Answers to Your Questions
Question
I think I could do better if you let me invest the Social Security I pay into an Individual Retirement Plan (IRA) or some other investment plan. What do you think?
Answer
Maybe you could, but then again, maybe your investments wouldn't work out. Remember these facts:
-Your Social Security taxes pay for potential disability and survivors benefits as well as Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1111689115502289012005-03-24T12:26:00.000-06:002005-03-24T12:33:25.486-06:00Something I've Always Wanted to DoBrilliant guerilla artist Banksy surreptitiously installed his own works in four museums in New York City.Banksy in WikipediaDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1111160224332955002005-03-18T09:37:00.000-06:002005-03-18T09:37:04.333-06:00More Freebird
"But did 'Freebird' truly start with the KevHeads? Longtime Chicago Tribune music writer Greg Kot says he remembers the cry from the early 1980s. He suggests it originated as an in-joke among indie-rock fans 'having their sneer at mainstream classic rock.'
Other music veterans think it dates back to 1970s audiences' shouts for it and other guitar sagas, such as 'Whipping Post,' byDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1110840224599404122005-03-14T16:43:00.000-06:002005-03-15T08:18:08.910-06:00evil geniusToby is the cutest little bunny on the planet. I found him under my porch, soaking wet, injured from what appeared to be an attack from an alley cat. I took him in, thinking he had no chance to live from his injuries, but miraculously, he recovered. I have since spent several months nursing him to health. Unfortunately, he will DIE on June 30th, 2005 if you don’t help.[...]I am going Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1110321183947960652005-03-08T16:33:00.000-06:002005-03-08T16:33:43.260-06:00So, You've Written a Romance NovelHow much can you expect as an advance from the publisher? Brenda Hiatt has spent four years surveying authors. Here are the results so far. (Hint, if you have a friend at Harper Collins, you might make out ok.)- via Karen Fox via Galleycat via Foreward.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1110308003241274612005-03-08T12:53:00.000-06:002005-03-08T12:57:03.143-06:00WikipediaI've been writing Wikipedia articles. Here are some that are mostly my work. (For the time being):Doris BurnEames House2005 in ArchitectureKelly Ingram ParkSedlec OssuaryWilliam ChristenberryHale County, ALRickwood FieldChalchiuhtlicueRed MountainEnsley, AlabamaMarcel BroodthaersDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1109708753662152272005-03-01T14:25:00.000-06:002005-03-01T14:25:53.663-06:00How Can I Help Stop Infringement?
"The best way to stop infringement is to tell the authorities and the owners so that they can follow up and arrange for a license and for royalties to be paid. Licenses for Happy Birthday are controlled by ASCAP. While monetary royalties will be negligible for a single restaurant performance, it is the principle that is at stake.
If you have seen someone singingDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1109264075987123382005-02-24T10:54:00.000-06:002005-02-24T10:54:35.986-06:00Off the Island
"Is there a building you really hate? One that makes your life a misery? A building in your local area that is so badly designed and built that you would like to see it demolished?
"Now [BBC] Channel 4 have a solution -- a new four-part series, Demolition, which will allow viewers to nominate their most hated building and see one of Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1108961211399036862005-02-20T22:46:00.000-06:002005-02-20T22:46:51.400-06:00Surrational Calendar
Scott Mutter makes old-school photomontages often juxtaposing different scales or contexts of familiar objects. They hint at a familiar unreality that takes form only in dreams and emotions.
I have a 1996 calendar of his stuff that I'm about to get rid of. In looking back through it, the only notes I find seem fictional. There's a driving trip to Pheonix outlined that I Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1108921989544161072005-02-20T11:50:00.000-06:002005-02-20T11:53:09.546-06:00UploadI've created a "Magic City" group on flickr to share pictures of Birmingham. Everyone is invited to join and upload their own. You might see some of them appearing on the sidebar of this page.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1107875045096263222005-02-08T09:04:00.000-06:002005-02-08T09:04:05.096-06:00Whatever happened to Larry Wilcox?
"In 1982, he left 'CHiPs' to pursue other projects. He formed his own production company, Wilcox Productions, which produced the acclaimed Ray Bradbury Theater for 5 years. He also continued acting and directing.
In the mid-90's, Wilcox ran a pharmaceutical company called Team Elite. He described it as 'a multidivisional company selling liquid vitamins, Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1107480055894249462005-02-03T19:20:00.000-06:002005-02-03T19:25:27.963-06:00Brilliant
Style.org's State of the Union Parsing Tool gives you a graphic display of words used in Bush's (and Clinton's, Reagan's, Lincoln's and Washington's) addresses.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1107302847436007182005-02-01T18:07:00.000-06:002005-02-01T18:08:19.520-06:00Brown works for himself
As of November 9, 2004, the color brown is a registered trademark of United Parcel Service of America, Inc.
"The mark consists of the color chocolate brown, which is the approximate equivalent of Pantone Matching System 462C, as applied to the entire surface of vehicles and uniforms. The mark consists of the color brown alone. The broken lines indicate the position of Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1107289347926778302005-02-01T14:22:00.000-06:002005-02-01T14:29:41.823-06:00U.S. ENCOURAGED BY VIETNAM VOTE
Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror
by PETER GROSE
Special to the New York Times
(dredged up by Patachon at the Daily Kos)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.
According to Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1106972115216946352005-01-28T22:15:00.000-06:002005-01-28T22:25:18.296-06:00Master of the Universists
Meet Ford Vox, former Tuscaloosa Presbyterian, current director of the United Universists -- a group dedicated to promoting the morality of reason and dismantling the bonds of faith on public affairs.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1106882067064611462005-01-27T21:14:00.000-06:002005-01-27T21:14:27.066-06:00Goodnight
I once asked a bright young Manhattan journalist whether he could define in a single word what made television different from theatre or cinema. 'For good or ill,' he said, 'Carson.'
- Kenneth Tynan in The New Yorker.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1105486218195741372005-01-11T17:30:00.000-06:002005-01-11T17:30:18.196-06:00Never Again
"Bridget Driscoll was the first person to be killed by a car. The 44-year-old mother of two was knocked down at London's Crystal Palace on 17 August 1896. The car was travelling at 12km per hour. Bridget never knew what hit her. The British coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death. Speaking at the inquest, he warned: 'This must never happen again.'
- from BBC Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1105485463501963792005-01-11T17:17:00.000-06:002005-01-11T17:17:43.500-06:00Sorry, Italy
The award for hottest member of a European parliamentary body goes to Germany, for 18 year old Julia Bonk, representative to the Saxony state legislature.
Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1104972714339114222005-01-05T18:49:00.000-06:002005-01-05T18:51:54.340-06:00Lost Camera Bag
If anyone on the Liége-Ostende train last Sunday found a little blue and green camera bag containing a Canon S110, spare battery, cards and mini-tripod, please write to me care of this site. I will reward you endlessly.Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1103675596498077522004-12-21T18:19:00.000-06:002004-12-21T18:33:16.500-06:00Excerpts from the Club Libby Lu FAQ
What is a V.I.P.?
A V.I.P. is a Very Important Princess, and she's a super fabulous member of Club Libby Lu!
Why should I join the Club?
A rewards program card that gets you lots of freebies!
An official membership card key chain, good for V.I.P. only deals and events!Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1102009394821245222004-12-02T11:43:00.000-06:002004-12-02T11:43:14.823-06:00Val KilmerTagging Caper!!Dystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1101941770426960722004-12-01T16:56:00.000-06:002004-12-01T16:56:10.426-06:00A Series of Unfortunate Events
"The purpose of architecture is to create an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy." - Minoru Yamasaki
I share my birthday with architect Minoru Yamasaki, whose grandest and most noted structures have been destroyed: The Pruitt-Igoe Public Houseing Project in St. Louis was demolished in 1972, the same year I was born. The twin towers of the World TradeDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3034875.post-1100843691703229062004-11-18T23:46:00.000-06:002004-11-18T23:54:51.703-06:00DystopiaBox Response to Robert McHenry
First, go read The Faith-Based Encyclopedia by former Encylopædia Britannica editor-in-chief Robert McHenry. Then read the following, which was first posted to the discussion page for his Wikipedia entry:
McHenry's article certainly is provacative. Among the things I think he fails to understand is that people using the internet for research expect to haveDystoposhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03260393043017273699noreply@blogger.com0