"The altercation began when her [Hope Solo's] 17-year-old cousin discussed his thespian aspirations, stating that a versatile actor needed to have an “athletic state of mind.” Solo allegedly responded he was “too fat and overweight and crazy to ever be an athlete.”  ( Source: Read more... )

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This makes the issue understandable, and in a humorous way. It needs a wider audience.

( You have to admit she'd look better with a touch... )

The International Sun-Earth Explorer-3 was launched in 1978, explored the inner solar system, and was abandoned by NASA in 1997.  Now it is purposelessly looping around the sun, a zombie spacecraft.  A team of dilettante scientists are trying to communicate with it as it gets closer to earth, and repurpose it, as it seems still functional ( Read more... )

Cat saves his boy from dog attack: http://i.imgur.com/5DJNj0U.gif

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And here I was worried about driving on the left side of the road.

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I studied with poet James Dickey in grad school.  One of his concerns was how civilization had removed the life and death struggle from life (see "Deliverance").   "Many people," he said, "can go through life without knowing whether they are cowards or not ( Read more... )

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About: "Parents had a pet baby squirrel who ran away once he was full grown. He comes back to visit every once in a while though. This time he got reaquainted with his old friend! :)"

Just got an email showing tracking info for an item I bought recently:

Estimated Delivery Date:

Eventually.