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The American "Stonehenge" - TB - 4/27/2009 5:14:00 AM
- Balance will always prevail. Beautiful. (n/t) - Jody - 4/27/2009 12:23:46 PM
  - There is a modern one called the Sunwheel - Socrates II - 4/27/2009 12:43:52 PM
    - re: Sunwheel - TB - 4/27/2009 3:51:15 PM

If you don't like insects... - TB - 4/26/2009 4:50:57 AM
- Those are nifty. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/27/2009 6:10:27 AM
- Awesome TB... - Jody - 4/26/2009 11:46:44 PM
- Want to see my little friend? - RobVG - 4/26/2009 11:19:42 PM
  - Those mandibles..... - Lndy - 4/27/2009 12:56:52 AM
  - re: Want to see my little friend? - TB - 4/27/2009 12:19:40 AM
  - Aww..he is lookin' for his mama (n/t) - Jody - 4/26/2009 11:47:37 PM
    - No, he's lookin' fer dinner! - Eri - 4/27/2009 12:19:24 AM
- Beautiful pictures! - Eri - 4/26/2009 3:29:59 PM

Beautiful Starburst appears near Avebury - Lindy - 4/24/2009 10:28:21 AM
- For your viewing pleasure - Lindy - 4/27/2009 4:11:56 AM
- Avebury formation - Lindy - 4/24/2009 6:48:17 PM
  - Another beauty....back to back - Lindy - 4/25/2009 1:21:40 AM
    - Ground shots - Lindy - 4/25/2009 1:24:10 AM

First they came for my light bulbs and my car, then they came for my water. - Bowser - 4/24/2009 10:05:02 PM
- Natural Variability - S - 4/25/2009 5:35:38 PM
- It is not nonsense (and it has nothing to do with global warming). - alcaray - 4/25/2009 5:05:58 PM
  - Water waste - S - 4/25/2009 5:53:14 PM
    - It's amazing the lengths people go to not to do the easy thing. - Lee - 4/25/2009 10:55:17 PM
      - How much does a quart of your water cost? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/26/2009 12:19:56 AM
      - You don't understand. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/26/2009 12:07:39 AM
        
        You haven't slandered California in months. - alcaray - 4/26/2009 12:30:06 AM
        
        As a true CA native.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/26/2009 3:51:44 AM
        
        Really it's not anything like that. - alcaray - 4/26/2009 6:31:18 AM
        
        He does have a point or two. - TB - 4/26/2009 1:11:47 AM
        
        'Round the bend. Over the hill. Off the tracks. One wheel short of a unicycle. - Bowser - 4/26/2009 2:31:47 AM
        
        I may be one can short of a six pack here but... - Jody - 4/26/2009 1:52:34 PM
    - The numbers - S - 4/25/2009 6:06:43 PM

"Some Truths About Guantanamo Bay" - Colin Powell's Chief of Staff - Bowser - 4/25/2009 4:35:30 PM
- That was obscene - Lindy - 4/26/2009 2:21:46 AM

"Alien" is turning 30 - RobVG - 4/19/2009 4:52:08 PM
- This may be heretical, but I did not like it at all. - David F Mayer - 4/21/2009 11:56:56 PM
  - It is FICTION, after all - S - 4/24/2009 7:56:10 PM
  - Where did it get the mass? - REB - 4/22/2009 7:33:47 PM
    - Maybe it hid out in the ship's waste bin. - Lee - 4/24/2009 11:47:08 AM
    - SF screenwriters are almost completely ignorant of science. - David F Mayer - 4/22/2009 8:19:58 PM
      - More than that - Socrates II - 4/23/2009 1:37:25 PM
  - re: This may be heretical, but I did not like it at all. - TB - 4/22/2009 12:28:39 AM
    - But it wasn't a cliche back in 1979. - Lee - 4/22/2009 2:32:16 AM
      - Good point. - TB - 4/22/2009 3:27:34 AM
- Contender for best SciFi flick ever - S - 4/21/2009 8:00:56 PM
- Alien and Predator both are among my all time favorites... - Jody - 4/20/2009 4:43:19 PM
  - Yes, but not in the same movie! (n/t) - z - 4/21/2009 8:55:14 PM
    - True...*however*..Predator will always kick the Alien's spiked ass. (n/t) - Jody - 4/21/2009 11:56:21 PM
  - I agree! - TB - 4/20/2009 6:20:32 PM
- Definitely a masterpiece. Even for people who hate science fiction. - ER - 4/19/2009 8:02:24 PM
  - Science Fiction - Jody - 4/20/2009 4:35:09 PM
  - "There will be predatory encounters with alien life" - Lindy - 4/20/2009 3:44:30 AM
    - (hey goldie locks, answer your replys on geak) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/20/2009 5:13:25 AM
      - Alien was inspired in part by Dark Star - Socrates II - 4/21/2009 5:56:17 PM

Technology will be Humanity's downfall...a small rant. - Jody - 4/22/2009 3:27:38 PM
- re: Technology will be Humanity's downfall...a small rant. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/22/2009 11:08:18 PM
- Wrong! Stupidity will be Humanity's Downfall. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/22/2009 8:18:14 PM
  - True enough...but I prefer.... - Jody - 4/23/2009 2:40:30 PM
- re: Humanity's downfall - Raoul - 4/22/2009 8:05:18 PM
  - Said 100 yrs ago too - carl - 4/22/2009 8:17:57 PM
- "Is life *really* better now?" Yes. - TB - 4/22/2009 5:42:54 PM
  - re: "Is life *really* better now?" Yes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/23/2009 8:25:53 PM
  - Like I've said before, it would straighten a lot of heads out to spend a couple of years in a yurt on the Mongolian plains - Jody - 4/23/2009 2:38:36 PM
  - Would Never want to lived in any other ERA - carl - 4/22/2009 8:25:35 PM
  - The first affluent societies. - Bowser - 4/22/2009 7:01:42 PM
    - And yet... - TB - 4/22/2009 9:44:14 PM
      - Unless you are survivors of the Cylon attack on the Colonies - Socrates II - 4/23/2009 1:22:10 PM
        
        There's a reason the writer thought like that. - TB - 4/23/2009 4:18:27 PM
        
        Heinlein's Farmer in the Sky, comes to mind. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/24/2009 4:09:13 AM
        
        Battle for Terra - REB - 4/23/2009 7:08:47 PM
        
        We've done a lot to make it evil. - Eri - 4/23/2009 5:26:33 PM
        
        Good Question TB... - Jody - 4/23/2009 4:58:42 PM
        
        I have thought about it. - TB - 4/23/2009 5:33:30 PM
        
        Well well... - Jody - 4/23/2009 10:18:47 PM

*POOF!* You're a Canadian! - TB - 4/23/2009 5:42:27 AM
- Canadian Ham - McFly - 4/23/2009 8:20:25 PM
  - That was pretty funny. (n/t) - Eri - 4/23/2009 9:00:08 PM
  - And the new Canadian national anthem - McFly - 4/23/2009 8:30:37 PM

Guerrilla Joy - TB - 4/23/2009 5:10:24 PM

Britain's Got WAY Too Much Talent - McFly - 4/20/2009 8:44:08 PM
- As talented as that kid was - azstrummer - 4/22/2009 4:13:23 AM
- re: Britain's Got WAY Too Much Talent. - Well... Wales's Got Talent!!!! - Marcia - 4/22/2009 1:43:49 AM
- re: Britain's Got WAY Too Much Talent - Lindy - 4/21/2009 4:56:03 AM
  - re: Britain's Got WAY Too Much Talent - Doug Ellison - 4/21/2009 1:45:13 PM
    - Oh dayam, that was way fun! (n/t) - Eri - 4/22/2009 3:35:50 AM
      - re: Oh dayam, that was way fun! - Doug Ellison - 4/22/2009 10:12:30 AM
        
        They were! Some wonderfully creative people out there! (n/t) - Eri - 4/22/2009 10:17:22 PM
    - I've seen that - Lindy - 4/21/2009 3:33:08 PM
      - If you have all this talent, why does your food suck so much? - Socrates II - 4/21/2009 5:41:42 PM
        
        Fish 'n' chips. Steak and Mushroom Pie. Grilled steak with mushrooms. - Eri - 4/22/2009 3:34:51 AM
        
        I call him Simon Scowl. (n/t) - Jody - 4/21/2009 5:49:00 PM
- Damn right! - Eri - 4/21/2009 2:19:22 AM

Fatties Cause Global Warming - S - 4/21/2009 7:03:07 PM
- Vegans Cause global warming - carl - 4/22/2009 1:27:53 PM
  - I just KNEW they were behind *something* big... (n/t) - McFly - 4/22/2009 8:55:53 PM
  - Canned cokes (or Pepsi) will also cause gas. - Eri - 4/22/2009 3:59:05 PM
  - He needs Beano enzyme tablets. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/22/2009 2:06:27 PM
- Nice post. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/21/2009 7:49:12 PM

The Guys' Rules - Bowser - 4/20/2009 5:15:27 AM
- I've known all those rules for years. - Eri - 4/21/2009 2:29:38 AM
- Men may not be as smart as they think they are, - ER - 4/20/2009 6:07:42 PM
  - I definitely do not think men are stupid. - Jody - 4/20/2009 11:48:16 PM
    - ...and it really is okay... - Jody - 4/21/2009 12:31:31 AM
      - That's nice dear... (n/t) - RobVG - 4/21/2009 12:46:08 AM
        
        hee hee.. (n/t) - Jody - 4/21/2009 1:17:03 AM

And now for something completely different... - TB - 4/18/2009 9:58:29 PM
- The NRA's known about this for years... - ER - 4/18/2009 11:28:38 PM
  - Viagra, my ass. Give me a .44 Magnum, 310 grain bullet at 1200 fps! (n/t) - Bowser - 4/19/2009 1:30:39 AM
    - It was forty years ago today. - ER - 4/19/2009 3:53:22 AM
      - Dead on. - Bowser - 4/20/2009 5:50:00 AM
      - That was written in a foreign language - Lindy - 4/19/2009 6:12:39 PM
        
        The past is a foreign country - ER - 4/19/2009 7:17:54 PM
        
        The old die from the burden of dragging the past with them. - Bowser - 4/20/2009 5:47:26 AM
        
        Very, very well said. (n/t) - ER - 4/20/2009 7:33:10 PM

JG Ballard dies at 78 - McFly - 4/20/2009 7:17:10 PM

Scottish newspaper has discovered a 1999 charity CD recording of Susan Boyle - z - 4/18/2009 6:24:31 PM
- The mouse that roared - S - 4/20/2009 4:37:38 PM
- She doesn't look like Britney Spears - Socrates II - 4/20/2009 1:17:34 PM

Thousands of dolphins block Somali pirate ships from attacking Chinese merchant ships - Lindy - 4/17/2009 11:11:11 PM
- First the SEALS then the Dolphins - Buck Galaxy - 4/18/2009 6:24:52 AM
  - That second photo looks photoshopped - Lindy - 4/18/2009 2:24:24 PM
    - What, dolphins can't have frickin' laser beams too? (n/t) - TB - 4/20/2009 3:25:59 AM
      - re: What, dolphins can't have frickin' laser beams too? - Lindy - 4/20/2009 3:45:12 AM
        
        Austin Powers, baby! - Socrates II - 4/20/2009 1:15:16 PM
    - Just having fun - Buck Galaxy - 4/18/2009 5:59:21 PM
- Did they actually do this on porpoise? (n/t) - ER - 4/18/2009 3:00:25 AM
  - Nah, probably just a fluke. (n/t) - RobVG - 4/18/2009 5:48:09 AM
    - But they're packed as tightly as P's in a POD. (n/t) - ER - 4/18/2009 11:10:34 AM
      - Yah sure that ship wasn't from Finland? - RobVG - 4/18/2009 4:46:58 PM
        
        That ship has sailed (n/t) - REB - 4/20/2009 2:44:56 PM
        
        Yeah, now you're shark bait. (n/t) - Eri - 4/18/2009 4:48:13 PM
        
        Nah, just an old chum (n/t) - RobVG - 4/18/2009 5:24:55 PM
        
        Wouldn't it be "fish and ships"? (n/t) - ER - 4/18/2009 7:40:34 PM
        
        Certainly was a hum dinghy! (n/t) - Eri - 4/19/2009 6:36:08 PM
        
        Dolphin boat with their feat. (n/t) - ER - 4/19/2009 8:07:14 PM
  - snOrca! (n/t) - Eri - 4/18/2009 4:39:49 AM
    - A real killer Whale Story (n/t) - ER - 4/18/2009 11:07:35 AM

CIA documents shine light on Air America - Bowser - 4/20/2009 5:10:53 AM

Veeerry interesting..... - Lindy - 4/19/2009 10:44:07 PM
- Only to a collector of fairy tales. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/19/2009 11:28:45 PM

Crazy idea to generate power. - REB - 4/15/2009 3:34:24 PM
- Here is a much more practical way to generate power. - David F Mayer - 4/17/2009 3:31:04 AM
  - But... - S - 4/18/2009 9:51:30 PM
  - It's all fun as long as the sun is shining - TB - 4/18/2009 4:59:52 PM
    - It would be nice if somebody invented an "all-weather" bicycle. - David F Mayer - 4/19/2009 11:19:26 PM
  - "Stop USING so much." - ER - 4/18/2009 11:40:26 AM
  - I would love to bike to work. - REB - 4/17/2009 3:41:47 PM
- Man, finally I could lose weight! - Eri - 4/16/2009 3:21:27 AM
- True patriots will give up their bodies for rendering. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2009 11:21:15 PM
- They can have my fat when they pry it from my cold, dead love-handles - McFly - 4/15/2009 7:46:07 PM
- Maybe not so crazy? :) - Laurie Street - 4/15/2009 5:56:12 PM
  - re: Maybe not so crazy? - TB - 4/15/2009 6:47:00 PM
    - About enough to run a laptop (n/t) - s - 4/16/2009 12:45:34 AM
  - Thanks for the numbers. - REB - 4/15/2009 6:01:27 PM
- I always imagined - azstrummer - 4/15/2009 5:44:58 PM
  - re: I always imagined - REB - 4/15/2009 6:03:20 PM

This was errrrr. quite entertaining - Eri - 4/18/2009 10:41:47 PM
- Entertaining indeed - Lindy - 4/19/2009 6:10:00 PM
  - Yep, it was a hoot! - Eri - 4/19/2009 6:34:31 PM
- That was superb. Took me by surprise! (n/t) - Bowser - 4/19/2009 1:12:16 AM
  - It took everyone by surprise. - Eri - 4/19/2009 4:06:17 AM

Doin' my bit for the economy - ER - 4/19/2009 3:30:00 AM

Has anyone ever experienced an earthquake? - Jody - 4/16/2009 2:42:04 PM
- Many years ago. - RNE - 4/17/2009 10:00:32 PM
  - I felt the ground move many years ago, too. - Eri - 4/18/2009 4:52:17 PM
    - re: I felt the ground move many years ago, too. - Lindy - 4/19/2009 2:54:32 AM
    - Dammit Eri... - Jody - 4/18/2009 4:56:25 PM
  - Of course the ground is supposed to move. - alcaray - 4/18/2009 1:55:19 AM
- A tiny one in VT - FrankC - 4/17/2009 2:29:17 PM
- Considering the magnitude of helplessness it evokes... - Jody - 4/17/2009 1:43:34 PM
  - This will sound callous... - alcaray - 4/17/2009 9:05:44 PM
- Second Great Sumatran Earthquake - nick hoffman - 4/17/2009 9:59:54 AM
- My first quake was right after I moved to California. - ER - 4/17/2009 1:43:04 AM
- One of my first memories. - Bowser - 4/17/2009 1:06:54 AM
- Two big ones, numerous smaller - Buck Galaxy - 4/16/2009 9:53:33 PM
- On Guam - azstrummer - 4/16/2009 8:14:32 PM
- Many (n/t) - alcaray - 4/16/2009 7:03:44 PM
  - Easy on the verbiage there alcaray. I can't keep up. (n/t) - Jody - 4/16/2009 8:48:45 PM
    - Understood. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/16/2009 10:51:53 PM
      - AAARRRGGGHHH. (n/t) - Jody - 4/16/2009 11:51:51 PM
        
        Since it has ceased being cute... - alcaray - 4/17/2009 7:49:28 AM
        
        Tokachi Okii 1968 - Big Shaky - S - 4/17/2009 7:25:08 PM
        
        ? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/17/2009 3:08:18 AM
- Yeah, the SF 1989 one. - TB - 4/16/2009 5:54:58 PM
- Nope, just Hurricanes and Tornadoes. - REB - 4/16/2009 5:42:08 PM
  - Left off... - REB - 4/16/2009 5:45:01 PM
- I was at work in Sunnyvale when that one hit. - ER - 4/16/2009 5:41:48 PM
- As a California native, hell yeah, all my life - Robert - 4/16/2009 5:22:11 PM

Life explained - Eri - 4/18/2009 7:52:38 PM
- THAT was GREAT!!! - Jody - 4/18/2009 9:53:11 PM
  - Since you mention it... - Eri - 4/18/2009 10:22:32 PM

Conspiracy Theories and Sanity - David F Mayer - 4/17/2009 4:59:42 AM
- Hoover on "a conspiracy" - S - 4/17/2009 6:55:35 PM
  - The Mafia? - ER - 4/17/2009 7:02:38 PM
    - Perhaps... - S - 4/18/2009 9:47:45 PM
- How can you determine how many conspiracy theories you believve in? - ER - 4/17/2009 12:54:18 PM
  - "I think I think, therefore, I think I am" - Lindy - 4/18/2009 12:43:55 AM
- re: Conspiracy Theories and Sanity - TB - 4/17/2009 5:48:32 AM

Bo, the Water Dog, goes on his first walk with Obama. - Bowser - 4/17/2009 4:52:11 PM
- I love it! (n/t) - Eri - 4/18/2009 4:49:50 PM
- Hysterical. - ER - 4/17/2009 8:30:45 PM
- LOL! Cute, thanks. (n/t) - McFly - 4/17/2009 8:02:43 PM

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