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Why…is that Agrippina Furness?

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Nero’s banquet hall uncovered in Rome
12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
The Associated Press
ROME – Archaeologists on Tuesday unveiled what they think are the remains of Roman emperor Nero’s extravagant banquet hall, a circular space that rotated day and night to imitate the earth’s movement.

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Images:  (forkandspoon)asoftplacetoland-kimba.blogspot.com via 1.bp.blogspot.com; (Ustinov in Quo Vadis) theancientweb.com; (square […]

Posted in Italy, Cuisine, Archaeology, Interior Design |

“Over the years, Richard Heene has worked as a storm chaser, a handyman and contractor, and an aspiring reality-TV star.”–Associated Press

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

It looks as if the Republicans have a new Joe the Plumber.
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Sheriff: Charges will be filed in balloon saga
AP
By DAN ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer Dan Elliott, Associated Press Writer – 15 mins ago
FORT COLLINS, Colo. – A sheriff said he was pursuing criminal charges in Colorado’s “balloon boy” saga, which first sparked fear for the […]

Posted in Society, Television, Colorado, Celebrities |

I continually see this story:

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

Pentagon creating ‘massive ordnance penetrator’ bomb, aka MOP, as possible Iran, N. Korea deterrent
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 3:05 PM

…but await the actual invention.

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This artist’s rendering provided by Boeing Co. shows a “massive ordinance penetrator” or MOP bomb, which will become the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal.
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Image: (DeSoto tail lights) Jeffrey Jerome […]

Posted in Pentagon, North Korea, Automobiles, Iran, Weapons |

Vegetarian Spider Bagheera Kiplingi Found In Central America–The Daily Telegraph headline

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009

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Image: adult female Bagheera kiplingi eats Beltian body harvested from ant-acacia / R. L. Curry
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Image: (macrame) farm4.static.flickr.com; (earth shoes) via unicyclist.com; (headband & tie dye) afunvampire.com via images.buycostumes.com;

Posted in Nature, Central America |

Chris Evert And Greg Norman Explain Why They Split–Huffington Post headline

Monday, October 12th, 2009

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The Rest of the World Explains Why We Don’t Care
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Chris Evert and Greg Norman  Photo by: Art Seitz-KPA / ZUMA
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Posted in Golf, Celebrities, Tennis |

I’ll simply follow the Axis/Actor lead.

Monday, October 5th, 2009

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Controversial South African Ad Melds Hitler And James Dean
First Posted: 10- 1-09 05:30 PM   |   Updated: 10- 2-09 10:21 AM
South Africa’s CNA Stores decided having just one celebrity’s image on their latest ad was just not enough. Instead, as AdFreak reports, they decided to meld the faces of Adolph HItler and James Dean into a […]

Posted in Movies, Advertising, World War II, Third Reich, Hirohito, Mussolini |

The Huffington Post shows the front cover of Sarah Palin’s book…

Saturday, October 3rd, 2009

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Images: (Front covert) via huffingtonpost.com; (wood strips)engineering-foundations.com; (i x 2 wood) transcontinentalmedia.com via canadianliving.com;

Posted in Books, Sarah Palin |

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