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Till I think of the Bishop of BingenIn his Mouse-Tower on the Rhine! In the years between 1315-1317 Europe suffered a terrible famine. Even the nobles were starving due to the lack of food. According to legend, t…
- 7/30/2006 12:54:59 PM
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One More Reason To Hate The Danes

Smug bastards.
- 7/27/2006 10:42:54 PM
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Underground City

Photos taken beneath urban areas in Russia. (From CNet)
- 7/23/2006 6:47:38 PM
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"With a less bitter leaven of sure despair..." During the Clinton administration, the ATF and federal marshals laid siege to a number of separatist bunkers including those at Ruby Ridge in Naples, Idaho and th…
- 7/20/2006 12:28:45 AM
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Dr. Miracles

This video is absolutely idiotic. But I have to admit that by the end, I was laughing.
- 7/17/2006 11:27:06 PM
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Medianeras

Medianera is the spanish word for the reminants of a room that are left behind when the adjacent building has been demolished. This is a photogallery of them. Fascinating. (From BoingBoing)
- 7/15/2006 10:56:09 PM
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Timelapse Photos of Plants Growing

I love this kind of stuff. It is fascinating to see these things happen right before your very eyes. (From MAKE)
- 7/13/2006 10:52:12 PM
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My new favorite quote:From Rod Dreher of the Crunchy Cons blog:"Lord have mercy. [The Church of England] Ashamed of St. George! ... Look, why don't these sherry-sniffing buttercups just surrender now and spare their ene…
- 7/11/2006 9:09:42 PM
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Wow.
- 7/11/2006 8:54:22 PM
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Johari Window

I'm not a wild fan of personality tests, but this one seems rather different and diverting. It requires the participation of colleagues, so feel free to take a second to help out by going here. Thanks! Try it out for …
- 7/11/2006 1:13:40 AM
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Victorian Troubles

The estimable ChrisRusso directed my attention to this clever little game offered by the Museé McCord Museum. In it you attempt to wend your way through a series of Victorian social situations without making an…
- 7/9/2006 12:44:24 AM
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The Unkindest Cut of All

Normally I refuse to read the New Yorker as it, in my mind, represents all of the snobbery, arrogance, poseurhood and other negative characteristics of the East Coast intelligentsia. However, just this once, I couldn't …
- 7/6/2006 8:06:40 PM
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Yeuch.

I've finally broken down and returned to the maggot-white underbelly of the blogosphere by re-opening my myspace site. It will be auxiliary to this site, and I'm just going to re-post the same things there as I d…
- 7/6/2006 7:59:09 PM
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Narwhal Diving

You like narwhals? I like narwhals. And the only thing I like better than a narwhal is narwhal diving.
- 7/5/2006 11:42:09 PM
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Some of the lesser-known verses of America the Beautiful are my favorites. The pattern is interesting: They refer to the past, then “America, America” and end with recognition that America is imperfect and asks for imp…
- 7/4/2006 2:18:37 AM
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“you must be respectful in the presence of a mighty desolation…” The venerable Buddhagazelle was up much later than he is want to do the other night, and upon inquiry he revealed that he was …
- 7/2/2006 1:56:04 PM
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Green Burials

I, for whatever reason, find this appealing. (From CNN)
- 7/2/2006 12:02:26 PM
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