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Summertime (again)
Exechorseluver / 2017-06-06
Jordyn -2017-swim team photos
Summertime started out a little slow two years ago and I thought I would do a throwback column to June 2015 when much was similar and yet so much has changed.
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Day 31: A hard push before the desert (or screw you flies)
cquirk02 / 2017-06-28
Start: Mile 482.4, Elevation 3902 feet – Campsite at junction of dirt roads
Finish: Mile 417.5, Elevation 3052 feet – Off trail in Hikertown, USA
Total mileage: 35.4
Total elevation: Gain +7489 ... More
Indonesian teen boy weds 73 year old woman.
/ 2017-07-06
In Indonesia, a 15 year old boy (Selamet Riyadi) and a 73 year old woman, were wed after the odd couple threatened to kill themselves if anyone tried to stop them.
I know this is taking place in... More
The Last Donut Shop of the Apocalypse (Kelly Driscoll Series #2)
iamdes / 2017-08-16
After narrowly preventing the last apocalypse, Kelly Driscoll finds herself with an unlikely day job. She’s the interim manager of Amenity Tower, one of the few buildings still left standing in... More
Review: The Loney by Andrew M Hurley
Anna Legat / 2017-02-12
In ‘The Loney’ an annual Easter pilgrimage is undertaken by a group of devout Catholics to a shrine in a desolate, seemingly God-forsaken ‘nowhere place’. The pilgrims take lodgings in a decrep... More
Jeremy, The Lonely, Left-Twisting Snail, Dies — But Knows Love Before The End
michaelmjacksonblog / 2017-10-13
Jeremy, The Lonely, Left-Twisting Snail, Dies — But Knows Love Before The End NPR
Lefty Snail Jeremy Has Died, Bringing a Heartwarming Story to an End Gizmodo
RIP Jer... More
Jeremy, The Lonely, Left-Twisting Snail, Dies — But Knows Love Before The End
michaelmjacksonblog / 2017-10-13
Jeremy, The Lonely, Left-Twisting Snail, Dies — But Knows Love Before The End NPR
Lefty Snail Jeremy Has Died, Bringing a Heartwarming Story to an End Gizmodo
RIP Jer... More
Portree Passivhaus: A self-build mission to create an energy efficient home
/ 2017-12-26
Self-building some of the UK’s most energy efficient homes appears to be a mission of couple Mike Coe and Lizzie Stoodley.
Known for building one of the UK’s most energy-efficient ho... More
Portree Passivhaus: A self-build mission to create an energy efficient home
/ 2017-12-26
Self-building some of the UK’s most energy efficient homes appears to be a mission of couple Mike Coe and Lizzie Stoodley.
Known for building one of the UK’s most energy-efficient ho... More
Art and Judgment
Michael Newberry / 2017-05-14
Over three decades ago, in 1982, I booked a private telephone consultation with an Objectivist philosopher (associated now with the Ayn Rand Institute) on reading The Romantic Manifesto, Ayn Ran... More