Thursday, 22. February 2007

Lunar Eclipse


Saturday, March 3, 2007. Stuck on Earth, we can't see the ring of fire, but we can see the red glow it produces on the moon. The phenomenon will be visible from parts of all seven continents including the eastern half of North America.

Lunar Eclipse

nasa.gov gsfc.nasa.gov

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Homemade Yellow Submarine Missing


A 3 1/2-ton yellow submarine has fallen off the radar. The 10-foot-long sub, built by a resident to patrol Monterey Bay during the 1940s and 1950s, was reported missing Feb. 15 from its Santa Cruz Mountains berth on Steinmaier Road by owner Carl Barker.

cbsnews.com

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Mint plans 100-kilogram gold coin


You could never flip it, pop it into a vending machine or jangle it in your pocket.

The Royal Canadian Mint's newest coin will weigh 100 kilograms - that's 220 pounds, or nearly as much as a linebacker - and will be the size of a party pizza.

canoe.ca

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Places To Watch TV For Free Online


Well, we've reported on this before. Basically if you want to watch TV or Movies on the Internet you go to Daily Motion. They have it all. However, because some names change or are foreign versions, you might not find that episode of Heroes you missed last week. This dude took some notes and gathered some places that have collected a link library to keep you from having to spend all night searching the net. Enjoy!

dave and thomas

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Crazy Egg Art Sculptures


These amazing photos are of sculptures made of eggs.

Crazy Egg Art Sculptures

damncoolpics.blogspot.com

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Thomas Allen - Bringing Books To Life


It feels like a slow Friday, so what better way liven up the day with yet another post from me about art from books …

The Foley Gallery site has the work of Thomas Allen on display. Allen has taken the covers of pulp novels and created vignettes from them.

Thomas Allen - Bringing Books To Life

foleygallery.com

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Eminem Blasts Ex-Wife Kim Over Small Penis Comments


Rapper Eminem has blasted his ex-wife for making derogatory comments about him on a Detroit, Michigan radio show last week (ends16Feb07) and insists she needs to move on.

Kim Mathers appeared on Wkqi-Fm's Mojo In The Morning show, where she turned the tables on the rapper, real name Marshall Mathers, by spilling intimate secrets about their relationship.

Eminem blasts ex-wife Kim over small penis comments

postchronicle.com

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Excellent MP3s of '60s and '70s "porn-style" music


Born in Baden in 1941, Klaus Harmony was the foremost German composer of erotik film scores in the 1970’s, crafting music for over nine classic movies in just thirteen years. In collaboration with filmmaker and long time friend, Friedrich Wohlfäht, he expanded and thrust the genre beyond its known limits.

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Mashin' the Classicks


You know a particular style of music has run it's course when someone uses it as the template to re-imagine old classical music workhorses (see "A Fifth of Beethoven"). Consider this album by Valjean (Johns), a classically-trained pianist probably best-known for performing the theme to the TV show "Ben Casey". Crazy, daddy-o, crazy.

Valjean - Mashin' the Classicks

wfmu.org

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Brilliant Mash-Up


We are unashamed American Idol fans—yes, even Wes. Lily does her own judging, with hand gestures: "I like the song. The singer, not so much."

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Dead dad earns pension from the freezer


"I needed the money," the 63-year-old was quoted as saying by Corriere della Sera newspaper. News agency Ansa said he had drawn nearly 80,000 euros ($105,000) of pension. Sivieri, who faces charges of fraud and concealing a body, said he was driving his 91-year-old father home from a health clinic in January 2005 when he got the idea of hiding the body.

reuters.com

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150 Lbs. Of Pot Found In Truck's Gas Tank


When a couple brought their pickup truck into a Midas service center in St. Paul, little did mechanics know they would find a $157,000, highly illegal problem.

The middle-aged couple whose truck was towed in -- a 48-year-old man and 62-year-old woman from Washington state -- claimed not to have much money.

wcco.com

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