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A Place Like Earth

2011-12-06T05:40:00.000-08:00

Octopus Walks on Land

2011-11-01T05:24:00.000-07:00

Free Books

2011-10-08T18:31:00.000-07:00

Free Books: FullBooks.com

http://www.fullbooks.com/

Deer can be Dangerous

2010-07-13T07:13:00.000-07:00

How to Measure a Tree

2010-07-12T13:58:00.000-07:00

Michael Jackson

2010-06-25T05:59:00.000-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/user/michaeljackson

If It Was My Home - Visualizing the BP Oil Spill

2010-06-20T06:53:00.000-07:00

If It Was My Home - Visualizing the BP Oil Spill

This describes the oil clean-up very well....

2010-06-17T19:56:00.000-07:00

Inside | World's Toughest Prisons | Photos | Image: A gatehouse of Peru's Lurigancho Prison - National Geographic Channel

2010-06-17T13:38:00.001-07:00

Lurigancho Prison in Peru was built for 3600 inmates but now houses nearly 10,000, with only 100 unarmed guards. To control the prisoners the authorities have handed over the running of the prison to a council of inmate leaders.

Inside secures exclusive access to some of the most difficult stories and takes viewers inside topics with new insight and perspective.

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Justice

2010-06-01T19:33:00.000-07:00

I like Explorer also

2010-05-29T10:16:00.000-07:00

Source: StatCounter Global Stats - Browser Version Market Share

Mt St Helens 30 Years Ago

2010-05-19T04:56:00.000-07:00

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/05/mount_st_helens_30_years_ago.html

Sami Stern - The Dandy 1920

2010-05-15T06:32:00.001-07:00

Inside the World of David Cameron

2010-05-14T19:39:00.000-07:00

Inside the World of David Cameron

A Four-year-old.....

2010-04-26T21:12:00.000-07:00

The Icelandic Volcano Eyjafjallajökull Has Erupted

2010-04-20T11:12:00.000-07:00

more great photos here:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/icelands_disruptive_volcano.html

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2010/04/more_from_eyjafjallajokull.html

They are betting we will fail.....

2010-04-18T06:54:00.000-07:00

Do you eat this.....then you must read this.....

http://news.health.com/2010/04/15/insurance-fast-food/

http://www.zmescience.com/medicine/health-insurers-are-major-investers-in-fast-foods-16042010/

Our Republican Leader

2010-04-11T06:18:00.000-07:00

Apollo 13 - What Could Have Happened

2010-04-04T18:39:00.000-07:00

Very surprising........

Big Thanks

2010-03-28T08:59:00.000-07:00

Thank you. Thanks for getting something for the people.

Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion

2010-03-03T16:07:00.000-08:00

Funny or Die's Presidential Reunion from Will Ferrell

Oh no....

2010-02-17T11:55:00.000-08:00

Explains it Well

2010-02-08T06:18:00.000-08:00

Sunday, February 07, 2010
Down Syndrome vs. Retardation Explained

After watching all the recent coverage of Sarah Palin and the public and private use of the word "retard" as a pejorative, I decided to go to the top for an answer: I asked God to explain the difference between Down Syndrome and Mental Retardation. God was kind enough to send me an email in response to my query, about 1/20th of a second after I asked for it. If God ever opened up a restaurant you wouldn't be sitting around, wondering where your food is. It would be in front of you before you could say jumping jehosaphat. That is one fast deity, no doubt about it. Here is God's response:

Dear Child Born of Sin: Down Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. Trig Palin, the son of Sarah Palin, has Down Syndrome.

Sarah Palin differs from her son in that she suffers from Mental Retardation which for her is a plus. She is able to condemn the usage of the word "retard" if the person using it has different politics than she does, but can actually defend its usage if the person uttering the word is important on her side of the aisle.

To sum up: Sarah Palin's son Trig has Down Syndrome. Sarah Palin herself has gone Full Retard. Rahm Emanuel should be fired for using the word "retarded" and Rush Limbaugh is just okey-dokey-peachy-keen, no matter what he does. Rush is that good.

Glad I could clear that up for you.

Love,

God

p.s. Sorry about the chromosome problem vis a vis Down Syndrom--I mostly do it to the fetuses of older women anyway. Who would have thought people would be living so long? When I created...oh, shit, here come the wife. Gotta go.

http://mortaljive.blogspot.com/2010/02/down-syndrome-vs-retardation-explained.html

Sergio

2010-02-02T09:48:00.000-08:00

Who could be President ? - OMG......

2010-02-01T16:47:00.000-08:00

Change the Draft Age (an email I received)

2010-01-28T17:34:00.000-08:00

Drafting Guys over 60----this is funny & obviously written by a Former Soldier-

I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards. Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35.

For starters: Researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a day, leaving us more than 28,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy.

Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry.' We are impatient and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while..

An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10 a.m. Old guys always get up early to pee so what the hell. Besides, like I said, 'I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing some fanatical guy.

If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser.

Boot camp would be easier for old guys.. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.

They could lighten up on the obstacle course however. I've been in combat and didn't see a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training.

Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too. I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.

An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start up a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.

These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way..

Let us old guys track down those dirty rotten coward terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple of million pissed off old farts with attitudes and automatic weapons who know that their best years are already behind them.

***How about recruiting Women over 50 ...in menopause!!! You think Men have attitudes !!! Ohhhhhhhhhhhh my God!!!
If nothing else, put them on border patrol.... They will have it secured the first night!

Send this to all of your senior friends...it's in big type so they can read it.

Dancing Inmates - Michael Jackson's This Is It

2010-01-26T06:12:00.000-08:00

Dancing Inmates - Michael Jackson's This Is It @ Yahoo! Video

Happiness

2010-01-19T20:14:00.000-08:00

Haiti

2010-01-18T18:57:00.000-08:00

Haiti six days later.Big Picture.

Here we go again.....

2010-01-13T18:11:00.000-08:00

Televangelist Pat Robertson Says Earthquake Payback for Haiti's "Pact With the Devil"
Every disaster that befalls a nation -- hurricanes, floods, terrorism, earthquakes -- constitutes God's punishment of a people gone astray, according to Pat Robertson, who famously blamed feminists for 9/11 and gays for Hurricane Andrew.read it here

Avatar

2010-01-13T09:40:00.000-08:00

This is a wonderful movie and not a single child was molested or not a single culture,language,or religion was trampled on by the 'blue' people. Best movie I have ever seen.

I Agree with Ted

2010-01-12T06:26:00.000-08:00

Healthcare

2009-12-30T10:34:00.000-08:00

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2009-10-02T20:06:00.000-07:00

Michael Moore on CNN

2009-09-27T08:17:00.000-07:00

2009-09-27T08:15:00.000-07:00

2009-09-27T08:12:00.000-07:00

The Colbert Report

Mon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

Capitalism's Enemy - Michael Moore

www.colbertnation.com

Colbert Report Full Episodes

Political Humor

Health Care Protests

Very Interesting Video

2009-09-20T20:46:00.000-07:00

Someone with guts

2009-08-23T05:35:00.000-07:00

Legislators for Sale

2009-08-04T05:41:00.000-07:00

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

North Carolina Mountains

2009-08-03T10:49:00.000-07:00

Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world

2009-07-18T21:09:00.000-07:00

Oops!

2009-07-03T18:19:00.000-07:00

Dump truck unloading goes wrong (1.3 Mb)

Michael Jackson Moves

2009-07-03T18:11:00.000-07:00

Michael Jackson best dance moves (14.6 Mb)

MJ

2009-07-03T18:02:00.000-07:00

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

Married with Children

2009-06-25T10:06:00.000-07:00

THIS IS SAM KINISON ON MARRIED WITH CHILDREN AS AL BUNDY'S GUARDIAN ANGEL. Part 1

Married with Children

2009-06-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

THIS IS SAM KINISON ON MARRIED WITH CHILDREN AS AL BUNDY'S GUARDIAN ANGEL. Part 2

People Search Engines

2009-06-17T17:14:00.000-07:00

25 Free People Search Engines to find Anyone in the World
http://www.findermind.com/free-people-search-engines/

How to get something out of the drain.....

2009-06-03T18:40:00.000-07:00

Pet Grooming a Pomeranian

2009-05-29T11:31:00.000-07:00

Try jZip

2009-05-23T19:43:00.000-07:00

Was downloading some files today and found jZip. Try it you might like it as much as I do. Its freeand easier to use than WinZip.
click here for the download

Pepsi Max Job Interview Funny Commercial

2009-05-21T06:21:00.000-07:00

Pepsi Max Job Interview Funny Commercial - Funny bloopers are a click away

Old Pictures

2009-05-17T05:36:00.000-07:00

February 1, 1917. Boston, Massachusetts. Frank De Natale, a 12-year old barber. Lathers and shaves customers in father's shop, 416 Hanover Street, after school and Saturday.
July 1909. Baltimore, Maryland. Workers stringing beans in the J.S. Farrand Packing Co. Those too small to work are held on laps of workers or stowed away in boxes.

July 1909. Some of the workers in a Maryland packing company.
Washington, D.C.,1910. Central High School.

Remember Rin Tin Tin?

more here

Beatles

2009-05-11T17:39:00.000-07:00

The Beatles in 1964 in New York

NC State Bird

2009-05-11T17:34:00.000-07:00

male and female cardinals

Left Over Watch Parts

2009-05-11T17:28:00.001-07:00

Now THIS is creativity.

Friends

2009-05-10T20:54:00.000-07:00

Swine Flu

2009-05-10T20:41:00.000-07:00

Confusing

2009-05-10T20:06:00.000-07:00

Transportation

2009-05-10T19:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday

2009-05-07T05:02:00.000-07:00

old radio

old tv

Today and in 1609

2009-05-07T04:52:00.000-07:00

Manhattan 2009 vs. 1609

click on picture to enlarge

2009-05-05T09:08:00.000-07:00

Why?

2009-05-05T08:48:00.000-07:00

How come French fries are not considered a vegetable, they are just deep fried potatoes?
If conjoined twins participate in sports, do they count as one or two players?
Can someone have their head in the clouds and be down-to-earth at the same time?
You know that little indestructible black box that is used on planes, why can't they make the whole plane out of the same substance?
Can fat people go skinny-dipping?
Why is it when two planes almost hit each other it is called a "near miss"?
Why is it that when you're driving and looking for an address, you turn down the volume on the radio?
Why is it called 'after dark', when it is really after light?
Why is it called a TV "set" when you only get one?
Why is a person who plays the piano called a pianist, but a person who drives a race car not called a racist?
Why don't you ever see baby pigeons?
Why do we wash bath towels? Aren't we clean when we use them?
Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways?

Good morning

2009-05-05T07:28:00.000-07:00

Zebras in Love

2009-05-03T12:02:00.000-07:00

Happiness

2009-05-01T21:34:00.000-07:00

click on picture to enlarge it

My flower

2009-05-01T10:13:00.000-07:00

click on picture to enlarge

Gorgeous

2009-04-30T13:43:00.000-07:00

click on picture to enlarge - this flower is growing in my yard

Lovely

2009-04-30T13:38:00.000-07:00

click on picture to enlarge-this flower is growing in my yard

Swine Flu

2009-04-29T05:42:00.000-07:00

Get a t-shirt

2009-04-28T19:37:00.001-07:00

There's nothing funny about all the people dying but this t-shirt is funny ...in a way.
click here and get a t-shirt

In the 1800s a cholera outbreak in London

2009-04-28T19:12:00.000-07:00

Here's Steven Johnson's TED Talk about The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic -- and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World, "his book about a cholera outbreak in 1854 London and the impact it had on science, cities and modern society."

Police in Denmark

2009-04-28T18:33:00.000-07:00

That is wonderful...great cops.Lucky people in Denmark.

Have a great week....

2009-04-27T06:38:00.000-07:00

HealthMap - Global disease alert map

2009-04-26T07:29:00.000-07:00

While the WHO provides up-to-date information on outbreaks, HealthMap takes it several steps further. HealthMap aggregates news feeds from the WHO, Google News, ProMED, and elsewhere to map out all of the disease outbreaks. It includes a heat index to understand how bad certain situations really are and the most recent health-related news items.

Find Where the Flu has Spread with HealthMap
Tip: To check just for influenza-related news, check only the box that says “influenza” under “Diseases, last 30 days”.

click here for HealthMap

Henry Behrens

2009-04-25T20:28:00.000-07:00

26th October 1956: Henry Behrens, the smallest man in the world dances with his pet cat.

What the pets are thinking....

2009-04-25T20:23:00.000-07:00

Congratulations Miss North Carolina

2009-04-20T04:32:00.000-07:00

click here for more pictures

NC Zoo at Asheboro

2009-04-19T16:52:00.000-07:00

(click on picture to enlarge)

Around NC

2009-04-19T16:09:00.000-07:00

mountains of North Carolina (click on pictures to enlarge)

north of Charlotte and west of Charlotte

going past Charlotte on I-85

Lincolnton NC

2009-04-17T13:49:00.001-07:00

click on picture to enlarge

The next 3 pictures are of a large building being torn
down. Many plants have gone out of business and the work sent overseas or south of the border.

between Lincolnton and Stanley(below)

Around NC

2009-04-16T18:05:00.000-07:00

A few photos I took while we were driving through Cherryville, NC.
(click on pictures to enlarge)

A Reminder for All of Us

2009-04-15T06:51:00.000-07:00

Next time you start to worry.....remember (click here)

Sheetrock from China

2009-04-13T07:44:00.000-07:00

Watch CBS Videos Online
also check out these:
http://www.nachi.org/forum/f54/sheetrock-china-38476/
http://forums.mikeholt.com/showthread.php?t=112205

Pirates of Today

2009-04-10T06:39:00.000-07:00

10 things you didn't know about Somali pirates
click here this is very interesting

Conjugal Harmony

2009-04-09T05:34:00.000-07:00

Looking for a wife? Unbelievable dating site. LOL Conjugal Harmony is a bit different.
click here

The Rosy-lipped Batfish

2009-04-08T10:59:00.000-07:00

this is a real fish - not photoshopped
It is so cute and unusual I just had to share with anyone that has not seen a photo of it. It lives in over a hundred feet of water so is not seen often.

Nice car....

2009-04-07T20:45:00.000-07:00

Congratulations!!

2009-04-07T20:32:00.000-07:00

Friends

2009-04-07T06:34:00.000-07:00

click on picture to enlarge

Some great photos from Pixdaus

2009-04-05T10:49:00.000-07:00

click on picture to enlarge

Huge Antarctic ice shelf will probably collapse

2009-04-03T18:15:00.000-07:00

Envisat
Recent research has indicated that the loss of Antarctic ice shelves could actually shift the axis of the earth. click here

ESA
Envisat (Environmental Satellite) is an Earth-observing satellite built by the European Space Agency.
Envisat gathers information during winter or summer because it is able to produce high-quality images through bad weather and darkness. click here

Watch it here ....when it breaks this satellite image will show it first. Just look for a narrow ice bridge below Charcot Island.
Amazing satellite images.
http://webservices.esa.int/wilkinsarctic/wilkins.php?type=full

Smaller image here
http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMWZS5DHNF_index_0.html

Elvis? I knew you were still alive!

2009-03-31T10:21:00.000-07:00

7 most horrifying parasites

2009-03-30T14:37:00.000-07:00

The 7 Most Horrifying Parasites on the Planet | Cracked.com

The 7 Most Horrifying Parasites on the Planet. The photo research department hated this article.

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Hunting the next killer virus

2009-03-29T19:14:00.000-07:00

Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is outwitting the next pandemic by staying two steps ahead: discovering deadly new viruses where they first emerge -- passing from animals to humans among poor subsistence hunters in Africa -- before they claim millions of lives.
Armed with blood samples, high-tech tools and a small army of fieldworkers, Nathan Wolfe hopes to re-invent pandemic control -- and reveal hidden secrets of the planet's dominant lifeform: the virus.

click here for:Exclusive interview with Nathan Wolfe

Flooding in ND

2009-03-29T19:07:00.000-07:00

The Red River flows north through Fargo, ND and into Canada.
click here to see pictures

Iceburg

2009-03-29T11:29:00.000-07:00

iceberg in Antarctic (click to enlarge)

Students on Ice Antarctic University Expedition 2009 - Icebergs

Cute

2009-03-27T17:37:00.000-07:00

The Big Picture

2009-03-26T18:08:00.000-07:00

Officials on both sides of the border are committed to stopping the violence, and stemming the flow of drugs heading north and guns and cash heading south. (34 photos)

click here