Archive for March, 2005
Thursday, March 31st, 2005
I Love These!!!!
Florida From Space:
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Nice Quote
God’s love for us is not the reason for which we should love him. God’s love for us is the reason for us to love ourselves.
-Simone Weil
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Or These (except for the Thais attitude toward feet)
Everything’s OK—or maybe not
As if things with France weren’t strained enough, with our renaming of French fries and their rejection of the term e-mail in favor of something entirely French, now we have to deal with the knowledge that the familiar handsign for “OK,” one recognized as, well okay, by 98 percent of Americans, means […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
I Didn’t Know This
Be very careful with the sign of the V
If you make a V with your middle and index fingers, in most parts of the world people understand the fact that you’re making a peace or victory sign. But you have to be careful which way your palm faces when you’re in England and Australia. There, […]
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Another One
A young girl skips through daffodils flowers during the Easter break in Astbury, central England, March 28, 2005. REUTERS/Darren Staples
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Thursday, March 31st, 2005
Nice!
Tree trimmer Dav Hernandez adjusts his line as he moves among the branches of an American Elm, giving the tree a springtime trim in Central Park in New York, Wednesday, March 30, 2005. Blue skies and warm weather greeted park workers Wednesday morning as the trimming of the elms and the planting of other species […]
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
My Name In Hebrew
It literally translates as “Johnny.”
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
Berta And I Have Been Here!!!!
Mick Brown a specialist remover prepares to pack William Wallace’s sword at the Wallace Monument in Stirling, Scotland Wednesday March 30, 2005. The sword will leave Scotland Wednesday for the first time in more than 700 years, travelling to the United States as part of the country’s Tartan Day celebrations being held in April. Members […]
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Wednesday, March 30th, 2005
Jury Can’t Use Bible in Death Penalty Case
Associated Press
Denver, March 29 - Ruling that juries cannot turn to the Bible for advice during deliberations, a divided Colorado Supreme Court threw out the death penalty for a convicted murderer because jurors discussed verses from Scripture.
In a 3-2 vote on Monday, justices ordered Robert Harlan to serve life without parole for kidnapping Rhonda Maloney […]
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Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
This Made Me Laugh
… though I know it shouldn’t.