Atlantic City - Glitz, Glamour, Ghetto. 07/14/2010
I've just returned from a trip to Atlantic City with Adam. After walking the boardwalk and feeling completely unsafe he asked me what could have compelled developers to put such fancy hotels in such a horrible neighborhood. I told him that it was the casino hotels that had ruined the neighborhood, not the other way around. And then we got into a discussion about what Atlantic City had been like before its bustling gambling industry. Click the "read more" link for AC history and info on what happened to this once gorgeous beachfront community.  Add Comment Eye Color 07/11/2010
 Eye color has always interested me because the variety of shades that people can have is simply amazing.
Have you ever looked closely at someones eye color? How about your own? Give it a try, I think you'll be surprised by all the pretty little details you find. Click the "read more" link for information about eye color and a nifty little online do-hickey i found that can help determine what your children's eye color will be. z9if you plan on having children and don't already) Its like an online punnett square. Remember those? If you know me (which you might) you probably know about my "food paranoia" .
I am probably one of the most cautious people when it comes to food - its quality, how its handled, its storage..etc. So I spend a lot of time searching the web for info on various foodstuffs and how long they actually keep. click the "read more" link for all the info! vestigial \" parts\" of the human body. 04/16/2010
Though humans often think of vestigial organs as useless little fixtures that sometimes, as in the case of the appendix, cause us extreme anguish, we wouldn’t know nearly as much about macroevolution as we do now without their presence.
Contrary to what most think, vestigial doesn’t necessarily mean useless; in some cases, we may just not yet know exactly how the organ is used in its current incarnation. (The human thymus was once thought to be vestigial). Because these structures can be traced back through the ancestors, they essentially serve as a marker of evolution; no organism can have a vestigial organ that hasn’t been found in its forefathers. For this reason, you won’t ever find feathers on a mammal or gills on a primate. Similar in concept to vestigial structures are atavisms, which are the reappearance of a structure or trait that isn’t found in the immediate ancestors. For instance, whales and dolphins have been found in nature with hind limbs; this rare occurrence is due to the reemergence of a trait they inherited from their terrestrial ancestors. Humans also contain structures that mark where we came from and perhaps, which structures’ evolution will take care of over time. Click below to see the specifics! Interesting, but most certainly macabre. 03/26/2010
 The more I read about these, the more I want to visit them. The more I look at the pictures, the less sure I am of wanting to go there.
These are ossuaries - a building, well or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains, in a most unusual way. Click below to read more! Spirit Photos 03/16/2010
 These photographs of ’spirits’ are taken from an album of photographs unearthed in a Lancashire second-hand and antiquarian bookshop by one of the Museum’s curators.
This town, is coming like a ghost town 03/16/2010
 check out my hot new look. I call it the "blogging from home with (possible) strep" style. I think it will really catch on this season lol.
someone come bring soup to my door plz! Anyways, home sick = lots of web browsing. so heres a google topic that turns up lots of interesting info - Ghost Towns. Yankee Doodle - The truth behind the song. 03/05/2010
 Our Revolutionary War hero was, in fact, an aspiring dandy—a member of the elite and haute couture Macaroni Club of the 1770 The Macaroni Club consisted of young, wealthy British gentlemen who traveled to France and Italy and adopted the ostentatious and flamboyant fashions popular in those countries during the eighteenth century. The Macaronis, not members of a true club but rather a new generation of continental society, were often ridiculed by the British establishment. The Macaroni moniker was a tongue-in-cheek reference to their import of foreign cuisine as well as fashion. Macaronis wore form-fitting trousers and short waistcoats with ruffles and braiding, and sported superfluities such as tasseled walking sticks, spy glasses, and nosegays. They wore elaborate toupees and wigs topped by tiny tricorn hats that were definitely form over function. These trends may have been en vogue at the Court of Versailles, but they didn't go over well back home with the more staid Brits, who perceived the Macaronis’ style as extreme, effeminate, and silly. What's worse than a pretentious British fop? How about a Yankee with aspirations to the Macaroni Club? The famous pasta line of Yankee Doodle pokes fun at unsophisticated New Englanders and their attempts to be stylish. “American fashions followed the English, though at some distance, as is usual in the provinces,” states Alison Lurie in her book The Language of Clothes. The entire Yankee Doodle lyric, one of America's most beloved patriotic songs, is a joke at the expense of the Colonists. If you're not convinced about the Macaroni line, here's a lesser known but equally condescending verse from the song: First we'll take a Pinch of Snuff And then a drink of Water And then we'll say, How do you do, And that's a Yanky's Supper. (www.jolique.com)   What are these lines only viewable as pictures from the sky?
They are the Nazca Lines. They are Geoglyphs. Geoglyphs are works of art that were made from moving or arranging stones or earth or other objects within a landscape. The Nazca Lines, which were created by moving turning over sun-baked stones to reveal the unburnt side are arguably the most famous of this type of archaeological site type, and indeed perhaps one of the most famous sites on the planet.  This is Brookhaven National Labs in Upton, NY. What is that GIANT circle?
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