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From Dubai:
Go around twice if you’re happy (YT): Vincent Fichard and Matthew Jones put up fake construction signs around town to test the response of passing motorists
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at 7:20 PM on November 13, 2007
(37 comments)
Scent of a Führer - The dictator who smelt it, dealt it. Hitler wanted to control the world. But he couldn't even control his flatulence. (
Via)
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at 9:00 AM on November 3, 2007
(56 comments)
This series of photographs,
Iconic Moments of the 20th Century, was enacted by pensioners in a home for the elderly in Glasgow. Aged volunteers pose in their everyday outfits and in the vicinity of their Home to re-create scenes from well-known historic photographs
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at 5:35 PM on October 27, 2007
(40 comments)
Looking for your personal stories & anecdotes relating to loss of a great fortune. Have you ever lost a lot of money? How did it happen & how did it impact you then and later? How did you manage to get out of the shock & survive right after? How did you succeed in rebuilding your wealth
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at 4:02 PM on October 27, 2007
(15 comments)
The Big Shave
(SLYT), an early Scorsese 6-minutes short, also known as Viet '67. Some have interpreted the film as a metaphor for the self-destructive involvement of the US in Vietnam. Background music Bunny Berigan's "
I Can't Get Started". (Warning: Early Scorsese!)
Previously
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at 3:42 PM on September 2, 2007
(12 comments)
Please help me name a new real estate company that I am opening (in the next few weeks) in Southen California. The company sells mostly apartment buildings / multi-units as invesments.
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at 7:36 PM on August 31, 2007
(14 comments)
Taxing question regarding "Cost Segregation": Does it actually work? (More inside)
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at 8:51 AM on August 16, 2007
..."I think I was always misunderstood. People just didn't seem to like me. I got on their nerves. I don't know why.
It just the way it was. Maybe I was too intense..."
(With a
surprising end)
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at 6:58 PM on July 8, 2007
(47 comments)
The "Octapult"
is a kinetic sculpture with 8 synchronized catapults, 160 plastic balls per minute are launched, caught, and recirculated. Made mostly of wood, the work is ~36 inches in diameter. It was designed and built on commission by
Bradley N. Litwin, a vocalist and guitar player whose repertoire includes 1920's and 1930's vintage blues, stride and ragtime
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at 7:42 PM on July 3, 2007
(35 comments)
Of the many Halls of Fame, try these:
Beyond Zamfir, People who
blow Giant Bubble Gum, Highest honor awarded to
individuals in the insurance industry, Antique
Whiskey Bottles,
Fruit jars, and other
antique bottles Hall of Fame, The
Cheap-Ass Cereal Hall of Fame, Heroes of the
American YO-YO Association, the 2007
Ukulele Hall of Fame Inductees, Interviews from the
Official Jewish Mothers' Hall of Fame, "
Bagism" Hall of Fame (people who have achieved eternal fame by answering at least 300 quiz questions about Lennon correctly), National
Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame and Museum,
Fostering the inventive spirit in all of us,
Toy Halls,
Bookstores, Etc. The
Hall of Fame Hall of Fame & the
traditional list from wikipedia
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at 9:11 PM on June 30, 2007
(8 comments)
Mind machines – Do you currently use any particular model? I've been using "Mind Gear" and Theta’s "Voyager" for about 10 years, but they kept breaking, and now I want to get a new box. Which one would you recommend?
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at 1:01 PM on June 23, 2007
(4 comments)
Would you pay $22K for a designer
Ashera "lifestyle" cat? ($6,000 extra if you don't want to wait 9-12 months for delivery)
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at 8:24 PM on May 31, 2007
(73 comments)
I am looking a simple, pretty, automatic slideshow program (free or cheaper) to use for a post on my blog. I want to include about 100 photos that I took on a trip. Not necessary something with lots of bells & whistles needed, but I want it to be "nice" & practical. Suggestions? Thankyouverymuch...
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at 11:00 PM on May 23, 2007
(13 comments)
