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Monthly Archives: August 2005
Sky Scraper or Scrap Heap?
CHICAGO (AP) – The architect’s concept is breathtaking: a spiraling, 115-story tower that would pierce the sky along Chicago’s lakefront and grab the title of the nation’s tallest building. Off the drawing board, though, history shows that such plans often … Continue reading
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Feline Friday – Honey Edition
Summer Sun Snooze
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N. Korea Exports Cuddly Creatures
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea is known for producing ballistic missiles and a nuclear weapons programme. But cuddly cartoon characters? "Empress Chung" will be the first major feature animated entirely in communist North Korea to enjoy a wide release in … Continue reading
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NASA Blows Another One
The coldest instrument ever to fly into space has unexpectedly lost its liquid helium coolant – rendering it useless. The mishap occurred just a month after it was launched on a Japanese X-ray satellite on 10 July 2005. The instrument, … Continue reading
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Last Call for World’s Best Beer
For more than 160 years the Trappist monks at Saint Sixtus monastery in Flanders have been producing a rich, dark-brown, beer renowned for its exceptional flavour and strength. But an unexpected misfortune has befallen this reclusive community of 26 Cistercians: … Continue reading
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Spoiling the Spoils of Empire
The Dowbrigade loves using the daily newspaper (usually the Boston Globe) with his foreign students, be they lawyers or business students or reprobate party animals. What a wonderful repository of language and cultural information! What a great guide to a … Continue reading
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Smoke Gets in Our Eyes
Rest in Peace Peter Jennings Jennings smoked for about 30 years beginning in the 1950s at age 13. He quit for 20 years, then resumed smoking after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. Jennings noted that he resumed smoking because ”I … Continue reading
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Mysterious Lines
This afternoon, on our way to the Deluxe Town Diner (a bit overpriced for dinner, but a great place to ahve lunch) in H20town, we came upon the strangest marking in front of the Watertown Savings Bank. They were yellowish … Continue reading
Killer Game
SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet cafe, authorities said Tuesday. The 28-year-old man, identified only by his … Continue reading
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Photo of the Day
Absolutely gorgeous photo of the insulating tiles reflected in the helmet reflected in the camera. How do these guys ever get any work done out there? Click here for the full 3000X2000 hi-res jpeg. from NASA
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Paris Lesbian Robots Google NASA Poker Orgy
One of the things that most bothers the Dowbrigade about this blogging business is the seeming lack of correlation between the time and effort we put into a posting and the number of people who read it. Regularly, some bizarre … Continue reading
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Slayer Pants into Phone, Police Puzzled
Dogs are not only good companions, but they serve humanity in many ways, from leading the blind to detecting drugs to chasing mechanical rabbits around oval yards. Dogs have been proven a godsend to millions of elderly widows and widowers … Continue reading
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