Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Seat Guru....Cover your ass.

Welcome to SeatGuru.com, the source for airplane seat information.

Wicked funny Boston ads debut

"If they had a super bowl for science and technology, we'd win that, too."

Tuesday, June 29, 2004

American Discovery Trail

http://www.discoverytrail.org/

The American Discovery Trail (ADT) is a new breed of national trail — part
city, part small town, part forest, part mountains, part desert — all in
one trail. Its 6,800+ miles of continuous, multi-use trail stretches from
Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, to Pt. Reyes National Seashore,
California. It reaches across America, linking community to community in
the first coast to coast, non-motorized trail. The ADT provides trail users
the opportunity to journey into the heart of all that is uniquely American
— its culture, heritage, landscape and spirit.

Hey you...What do you want from me ? Pink Floyd & CO

News, reviews and This Day in Pink Floyd history.
Unanswered questions are far less dangerous than unquestioned answers.
        Source unknown

Monday, June 28, 2004

Some Interesting Information About The Turkey Vulture

I wonder what's in my backyard after seeing a few of these beauties circling over the weekend...

Friday, June 25, 2004

Honda "Mousetrap" ad

Other than the wheels rolling up hill, I'd almost think that this was real.

Thursday, June 24, 2004

Where in the world ?


Here's a picture of my house take October, 2000...from space. Kind of cool, kind of scary. Posted by Hello

Find stuff for free

The Best Web People Finders Are Free

You don't have to spend money to get reliable information about somebody.

America is - Roadtrip pictures

http://www.punkyboy.com/americais/

Free time ? Great pics though



Wednesday, June 23, 2004

It's Sandtastic !

Professional Sand Sculpture.

Castle-shaped buckets not included...

Stink, Stank, Stunk

Stinky flower set to bloom after 60 years

I want to run through the halls...

"Welcome to the real world", she said to me
Condescendingly.
"Take a seat, take your life
Plot it out in black and white."
Well I never lived the dreams of the prom kings
And the drama queens.
I'd like to think the best of me
Is still hiding up my sleeve.

John Mayer - No Such Thing

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Soap Floats

"I made floating soap today. I think we'll make all of our stock that way." James Gamble

Who is Mona Lisa ?

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/18/1087245105133.html?oneclick=true

A private art historian with a passion for the Renaissance believes she has uncovered the identity of the Mona Lisa and the heartache behind her sad and mysterious smile.

Ouch Posted by Hello

Nothing is warmer than a Coat of Arms Posted by Hello

Cigarettes Rob Smokers of 10 Years of Life

LONDON (Reuters) - Cigarette smokers die on average 10 years earlier than non-smokers but kicking the habit, even at 50 years old, can halve the risk, according to half a century of research reported on Tuesday.

King House, Connacht Ireland


King House is a magnificently restored Georgian Mansion built around 1730 by Sir Henry King whose family were one of the most powerful and wealthy in Ireland.
 Posted by Hello

"Our surest source of hope is Heaven"

KING

Motto : SPES TUTISSIMA COELIS

Translation: "Our surest source of hope is Heaven"

King is one of the hundred commonest family names in Ireland. Although it is found in every Irish county, Connacht is the traditional home of most Kings of Irish extraction.

Monday, June 21, 2004

Walk, roll or run

Nashua River Rail Trail

Cookie Dough

A word to Thin Mint lovers: Girl Scouts are stepping up their efforts to make cookie deadbeats pay up. OldDebts.com, a debt collector, has been hired to send 2,000 letters in one Midwestern state alone.

Blue sky morning

Blue sky, clean and bright
A breeze washes thoughts and cares.
Awaken to the subtle shades that dance and fade
Find solace with them there.

Behind 'The Terminal,' a true story

Thursday, June 17, 2004


Three chairs; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.
 Posted by Hello

Just goes to show what you can come up with a lot of snow and a lot of time on your hands. Posted by Hello

Spy letters from the American Revolution

http://www.si.umich.edu/spies/index-methods.html

Ssshhhh...the redcoats are coming.
Pass it on.

Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Time

Ticking away the moments that make up the dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an off hand way
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way
        - Time - Pink Floyd

Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Living to 100

http://www.livingto100.com/quiz.cfm

This tool will also tell you your approximate life expectancy, and it will
give you the opportunity to go back and change your answers to see how
changes in your behavior might affect your life expectancy.

Yukon Men Convinced They Saw Sasquatch

"Just because you can't prove something was there, does not mean it was not there."

Cooperstown

http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Preserving History. Honoring Excellence. Connecting Generations.

Thursday, June 10, 2004

Parts is Parts...the best of 50 songs

From the openings strains of Heart's "Barracuda" to the end of The Doors' "The End", sometimes there are pieces of songs that are cooler than the song itself. After sifting through hundreds of reader suggestions, and consulting the crack music staff here at retroCRUSH, we've come up with The 50 Coolest Song Parts of all time.

30 years later, still true

They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swinging hot spot.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

They took all the trees and put 'em in a tree museum.
Then they charged all the people a dollar and a half just to see 'em.
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got till it's gone
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.

Joni Mitchell 1970 Big Yellow Taxi

Wednesday, June 09, 2004

Cognitive Personal Assistant

Intelligent technology ? We'll see...

Rock, snow and distance create the illusion of Buddah sitting atop a mountain in the Swiss alps. Posted by Hello

Skiing above the clouds in Switzerland Posted by Hello

Garden Friends and Foes

"Onion, garlic, leeks and shallots.
Keep carrot flies away from carrots.
But these pungent bulbs, unseen
Disagree with neighbor bean."

Good stuff from a cool New England resource

Study finds that money can't buy it

More money may allow you to buy a bigger house or a fancier car, but there's one thing it doesn't get you: more sex.

Tuesday, June 08, 2004

Home of one way staircases, GNR and cars without spedometers

"Read up, or we shall taunt you a second time !"

The movie starts out with Arthur, King of the Britons, looking for knights to sit with him at Camelot. He finds many knights including Sir Galahad the pure, Sir Lancelot the brave, the quiet Sir Bedevere, and Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-as-Sir Lancelot...

Everything has its place

As time moves on and some things change, the things that matter don't.
The trick of life is to figure out what will matter and what, at the end of
the day, won't.

Monday, June 07, 2004

The callous palms of the laborer are conversant with finer tissues of self-respect and heroism, whose touch thrills the heart, than the languid fingers of idleness. -Thoreau, Walking

http://www.soyouwanna.com


SoYouWanna.com teaches you how to do all the things nobody taught you in
school.


Thursday, June 03, 2004

Dry wit...Bogey style

Renault -
And what in heavens name brought you to Casablanca ?

Rick -
My health. I came for the waters.

Renault-
Waters? What waters? We're in the desert.

Rick -
I was misinformed.

Casablanca, released 1942 by Warner Bros.

http://www.automotive-art.com/

AUTOMOTIVE ART that captures the thrill and drama of the most exciting
cars, trucks and motorcycles of all time.

Urban Legends Reference Pages

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Bluesman's Son Gets His Due

Robert Johnson was a blues guitarist, singer and songwriter. Disgusted with fieldwork, he left his sharecropping family around 1930 and took to the highway, recording, in his unearthly voice, 29 songs.

Johnson's music was so good, other men said, that his talent could not be natural: Delta legend has it that one day at a backcountry crossroad, Johnson waited for the devil to come by. After that, Johnson could play any song he wanted, but he had surrendered his soul.

The Old Farmers Almanac

http://www.almanac.com

212 issues and they still find new things to talk about. Just as accurate
weather forecasts as the daily news....made a year in advance !

The Skeptic's Dictionary

http://skepdic.com/

A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous
Delusions (and how to think critically about them).

Tuesday, June 01, 2004

Larry Legend

http://www.nba.com/history/players/bird_bio.html

"Bird personified hustle, consistency and excellence in all areas of
play--as a scorer, a passer, a rebounder, a defender, a team player, and,
perhaps above all, as a clutch performer."

Out of the office

Does the glare of the box staring back at me grow stronger while I'm away ?

The Way We Eat Now -Ancient bodies collide with modern technology to produce a flabby, disease-ridden populace.

Same-sex wedding greetings not yet in the cards

....you mean to tell me that there is more demand for those silly "From Pet" cards than for same-sex couples ?