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I LOVE BOOKS, BUT..........

August 24th 2010 01:01
stack of books
The Ainsworths are a couple from Minnesota, USA, whose house has been gradually become overrun by books. The walls of their house are lined with bookcases, and anything that doesn't fit is stacked up neatly in cardboard boxes.

Needing a better solution to the dilemma, they took quite an unusual route.... basically they bought the house next door and turned it into their own personal library! Some modifications had to be made between the two houses, so they added a two-story atrium to bridge the 15-foot gap between. You can see more on the story including some photos here at the StarTribune.
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Jolly Roger Pirate Flag
Just after Australia voted in the Federal election, and while the numbers were being counted it suddenly occurred to me whilst glancing at a political party advertisement that "Parties" is actually and anagram of "Pirates."

So what does that say about us and the way we voted given that we're now looking at a hung parliament with the independents plus Green having more power than ever before???
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Australian Coat of Arms
With Australia going to the polls this Saturday to determine who the country will be run by for the next few years, I thought some political quotes from the past might be in order.

'Politics: “Poli” a Latin word meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures"'. - Robin Williams
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One URGENT One For The Golfers

August 17th 2010 01:14
golfcourse
For all the guys out there who like to play golf, but don't have time to interrupt their game for those little unexpected urgencies of life....


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Top 10 Most Annoying Sounds!

August 10th 2010 01:00
sounds
After the recent World Cup and the infamous vuvuzelas, I thought I might compile a count down list of the 10 most annoying or irritating sounds I can think of.

10. Mobile phone ringtones

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Tech support for a wireless phone company received a call from an irate lady who could not understand why she would be billed for "airtime." Tech support explained to her it was because she had exceeded the minutes in her plan, and after that she is charged by the minute. She was still irate. Finally, she asked why she thought she should not be charged for airtime. Her reply, "I wasn't even on an airplane last month!"

An exasperated woman called a tech support help desk saying she couldn't turn on her new computer.
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The BARKING DOG ATLAS

August 5th 2010 01:00
terrier dog
Sick of the sounds of barking dogs in your neighbourhood? Want to know where the mongrels live? Try the Barking Dog Atlas! You can not only through the use of this website and Google maps warn everyone about noisy dogs in your area, but you can even scope out possible areas to move to for a little more peace and quiet.
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"I Was In Tears!" Missing Missy

August 1st 2010 23:45
Cat up tree
Ok, so you may think I'm being a bit slack by just posting a link to something I found on the web, but honestly, I couldn't do it justice to describe it. All I can say is I found it so absolutely hilarious, "I was in tears!"

~*~Missing Missy~*~
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Die Fail Whale!!!

July 28th 2010 00:41
Speaking as a fledgling in the Twitterverse (a word alone I find implies that there should be poetry ala Lewis Carroll attached) I have noticed that it does crash fairly consistentently, overloaded with the number of users and heaven knows what else.

twitter fail Whale overload
The privilege of having seen more whales on Twitter of late than tweets, therefore led me to this little online game:

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Have you ever considered that the reading of an eBook on your iPad or a Kindle etc is just not quite the same as when reading an actual book???

iPad book reader
Do you miss that nice 'book smell' that is lacking in today's electronic reading devices???

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