"As [Constantinople] fell on May 29, 1453, Constantine [XI] is said to have remarked: "The city is fallen but I am alive". Realizing that the end had come, he reportedly discarded his purple cloak and led his remaining soldiers into a last charge where he was killed ( Read more... )

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An Honor That Bush Is Unlikely to Embrace
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SAN FRANCISCO - Reagan has his highways. Lincoln has his memorial. Washington has the capital (and a state, too). But President Bush may soon be the sole president to have a memorial named after him that you can contribute to from the bathroom.

interesting, and a shoutout to rice too:
Survey Shows U.S. Religious Tolerance
Although a majority of Americans say religion is very important to them, nearly three-quarters of them say they believe that many faiths besides their own can lead to salvation, according to a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life...

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okay, so i'm designing myself a bike bag to order from r.e.load bags, something i've been planning to get for a long time now ( Read more... )

it's so tiring to have self-confidence issues, and what i've found more and more is that despite the fact that i ocassionally puke them all over livejournal and my on friends at awkward moments, by and large it's much easier to not worry about them ( Read more... )

pieces of jewelry keep falling off of me or keep having to be removed because they suddenly are irritating my skin for no apparent reason. it's stressing me out a lot; i dream about it ( Read more... )

American Airlines to begin charging fees for ALL checked baggage ( Read more... )

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