July 2010
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listening to "Dead Confederate - The Rat" →
bang bang
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Maj. Dr. Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr.
Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr. (October 2, 1935 - December 8, 1967) was a United States Air Force officer and the first African-American selected for astronaut training.
He was senior USAF pilot, accumulating well over 2,500 flight hours—2,000 of which were in jets. Lawrence flew many tests in the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter to investigate the gliding flight of various unpowered spacecraft returning...
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The Genesis Rock
James Irwin was an astronaut on the Apollo 15 mission, and the eighth man to walk on the moon. Apollo 15 was different from the previous Apollo missions - NASA classified it as a “J” mission type, which was short for “joint”, because the plan was for the astronauts to just get super-baked and play lawn darts on the lunar surface.
Oops, sorry. That’s what the...
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The Project Gutenberg Project: The Futurists →
Whether Futurism is merely the growing pains of a rejuvenated Italy, or whether it is a genuine manifestation of the old passion for violence which first showed itself on the day on which Cain killed Abel, it is difficult at times to say. Probably it is a little of both. “We wish,” says Marinetti,…
listening to "Ida Maria - I Like You So Much... →
RASPY FEMALE VOCALS ::SWOON::
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast_ironing →
Look everyone, I know global warming is a big deal and all, but sometimes you gotta look around and ask, “do we really DESERVE to avoid extinction?”
Breast ironing is the pounding and massaging of a pubescent girl’s breasts using heated objects, in an attempt to make them stop developing or disappear. It is typically carried out by the girl’s mother in an attempt to...
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Uplifting Things About Being an Atheist, Vol. I
HEY LET’S SWITCH THINGS UP A BIT. Instead of telling you the terrible things the various religions have done to this wounded planet, I’m going to tell you something positive about being an atheist, something good that comes out of unbelief that you can’t find elsewhere. It starts, as these things do, with a sad story.
I had a friend who committed suicide two years ago. His...
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“You can’t screw up a slow dance, it’s basically a slow-motion hug.”
– Mike Birbiglia
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Wreck-O-Men-Day-Shuns →
So I guess I should do this now that Antique Evaluations has exploded? If you like what goes on here, and aren’t planning on using that weekly recommendation allotment anyway, consider clicking here. NOTE: I believe that link will recommend the Mother Blog… I’m not sure if you can recommend non-primary blogs? Anyone know something I don’t?
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18th-Century Ship Found at Trade Center Site →
listening to "Robots In Disguise - The Sex Has... →
tequila’s made me stupid
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New(ish) Side Project: Antique Evaluations →
Unusual job performance reviews from the 1920s thru 60s. Share the love.
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listening to "rage against the machine - in my... →
Goooooooooooooooood morning, Viet- uh, Cranston.
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“The patient died April 17, 1861. At the autopsy, the dura mater was found to be...”
– Pierre Broca describing the autopsy of a man who died from syphilis. Don’t get syphilis, kids. It will leave a chicken-egg sized hole in your brain.
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God is great to Christopher Hitchens →
OK, seriously. I don’t like Hitchens’ public persona at all, but come on. The guy has cancer for fuck’s sake.
But to our question: how can cancer be an example of God’s grace to this suddenly stricken intellectual, who has made a career of arguing the case for atheism? A cancer which God didn’t “give,” but certainly permitted.
The short answer is this: if God really...
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listening to "Ida Maria� - Oh My God" →
Still ringing in my head from this morning.
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