Eclectic Perambulations in the Noosphere
"In the year 2005, helicopters will yank trees out of the ground like so many daisies. The pilots try not to think about slamming back into the ground when a particularly tough pine refuses to give way. How does he know which one's to yank? Because the advance team has pumped them so full of radioactive isotopes that they set off a Geiger counter five hundred feet in the air.
Try not to think about it."
"If you are a fan of The Beatles then you will absolutely adore this – guaranteed. As a standalone piece of animation it gives us a glimpse in to the career of (possibly) the best rock band in history. We see stylized versions of Liverpool, London and New York as the Fab Four take us on a Magical Mystery Tour all of their own.
In fact, this was almost inspirational piece of animation was created by Pete Candeland of Passion Pictures. It was used for the intro of The Beatles: Rock Band game, which was launched in September 2009....This animation works wonderfully well independent of the game."
"You may not think that there is much to know about the sunflower. After all, the plant is virtually everywhere. Yet it has a something more than a simple, straightforward history and is more of a globe trotter than you may imagine. Its story has the historical and continental sweep of a Hollywood epic, from the pre-European Americas to Tsarist Russia and back again. Here is the tale of the peripatetic sunflower, accompanied by some stunning photography."
In 1902 Argentina was one of the world’s richest countries. ...By 2002, little more than a hundred years later, it is poverty-stricken, struggling to meet its debt obligations amidst a drought...
“…government fiscal irresponsibility… induced a national economic crisis as severe as America’s Great Depression.”
Suggested by Bob...Thanks !
The Strange Fate of Big Nose George
By Miss Cellania Mar 28, 2011
The following is an article from Uncle John’s Heavy Duty Bathroom Reader . The subject matter may be disturbing for some readers.
“Big Nose” George Parrot got his nickname for the fact that he had a very large proboscis, but his real claim to fame comes from something much stranger than a prodigious schnoz.
THE (NOT SO) GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY
In the late 1870s, a band of Wyoming outlaws called the Sim Jan gang decided to try their hand at robbing Union Pacific trains. Most banking was done by cash in the 19th century, and much of the cash moved by rail. This made trains very tempting targets for criminals looking for big scores.
Acceptance without proof is the fundamental characteristic of western religion. Rejection without proof is the fundamental characteristic of western science.
Gary Zukov : The Dancing Wu Li Masters.
"Taking old World War II photos, Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov carefully photoshops them over more recent shots to make the past come alive. Not only do we get to experience places like Berlin, Prague, and Vienna in ways we could have never imagined, more importantly, we are able to appreciate our shared history in a whole new and unbelievably meaningful way"
