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Star War: The backstroke of the west

This was really a reply to annaclaire, but such a troubling development deserves a post of its own.

Member of Save Our South Dakota Summers want to return what they call a more traditional school year. Under the plan, summer vacation for students would end after Memorial Day and start no sooner than Labor Day.Apparently, that means ending school in May and ( Read more... )

Get jewellery stuff at fantastic prizes in our summer sale!

Available in polished bronze or silver plating.

All items are made by our jeweller Tim, who recently brought back several medals from the International Jeweller Championships in Normandie, held right next door to - of course - D-Day's Gold Beach.

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They're catching up to our naval technology.

Mr.Lee murdered by Starcraft.

Electricity-spec mage defeats magic sword-wielding warrior.

My new girlfriend or colleague, depending on what's funnier.

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I have an eyepatch. Arr. Actually, it looks more like I should have a monocle, a cane and a WW2 German colonel's uniform than a parrot.

We went to Sweden yesterday. Not far from the border, there was a huge wooden early-1900s-looking soldier. We have two theories, both based on it being from 1905, when the union between Norway and Sweden was breaking up and armies were ready on both sides of the border in case someone decided that they didn't want to break up at all. In that case, ( Read more... )