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- Panorama of the East Coast
This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the Expedition 30 crew members aboard the International Space Station, provides a look generally northeastward: Philadelphia-New York City-Boston corridor (bottom-center); western Lake Ontario shoreline with Toronto (left edge); Montreal (near center). An optical illusion in the photo makes the atmospheric limb and light activity from Aurora Borealis appear "intertwined." Image Credit: NASA
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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Tiredness
“I’m Tired” by Robert A. Hall I’ll be 63 soon. Except for one semester in college when jobs were scarce, and a six-month period when I was between jobs, but job-hunting every day, I’ve worked, hard, since I was 18. … Continue reading
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Words of Wisdom
Shamelessly reposted from Major Pain’s site… “Author Unknown” Why I like The Marines I like the fact that if you are a self-declared enemy of America, running into a Marine outfit in combat is your worst nightmare… and that your … Continue reading
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Maximus
Which Super Hero are you… Pretty cool quiz and breakout of scoring. You Scored as MaximusAfter his family was murdered by the evil emperor Commodus, the great Roman general Maximus went into hiding to avoid Commodus’s assassins. He became a … Continue reading
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Different Presidents, A Different Corps
Not a good very good comparison. Not just from the audience response but in the way it is handled as well. Particularly note the current POTUS on the conclusion of his remarks vs. the last POTUS at the conclusion. It’s … Continue reading
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A Day in Iraq
As the violence in Iraq has wound down, so has the news coverage. What are you missing? Orphanage receives help from Iraqi community, 2/9 Marines Story and photos by Cpl. Ryan Turnage IMG_1807small SOFIYA, Iraq – Through the winding dirt … Continue reading
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Oh Dear…
Go quick before someone takes this one down… http://gamu-toys.info/sonota/sw/obama/obama.html
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Changing Culture
I think we have all heard the stories of our grandparents, and parents, on how life was different when they were growing up, and living their lives. Much of that culture change can be attributed to changing technology. My grandmother … Continue reading
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Fishing Trip
All the time that I have spent fishing in the Northwest and this is the first time that I have ever seen this. Did you check how close that Orca was (repeatedly) to the boat.
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Climate Change
Evidently our friends at the UN are holding a “Global Warming” summit in Copenhagen this week. Ok, that’s good. So, the wonderful folks in the media start an article on this event as: The worst-case scenarios on climate change envisaged … Continue reading
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