This is highly depressing, but very informative. Forget offshore banking for the elite, Swiss companies and banks launder gold. Really though what alternatives do these kids have..yet at 4 years old? And working with raw mercury?

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I'm not sure I agree completely with this, but certainly "regions" as well as the college towns themselves have significant pull on graduates.
( Some Brown related excerpts that will amuse and may be accurate. )

The Dark Knight on IMAX.

And it was unbelievably awesome.

I want to see it again.

I'm afraid they will make another one, and it will be like Spider Man 3. This movie was so good that it may not be possible to top it with another one in the franchise.

Be well.

You know those songs that get stuck in your head that you listen to endlessly for a while?

I have one.

Gah.

Be well.

Disappointing. There were a few cool scenes, costumes, gadgets, fights, etc., but overall I'm REALLY glad we saw the movie for free. They needed to severely dial down the comedic aspects. It was far too MiB like for my tastes.

Be well.

There's something zen about making packets when you get in the zone. Though the heat and humidity doesn't help.

Here's that ( Movie Meme )

( The lines If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat these two imposters just the same are above Centre Court in Wimbledon but here is the full poem )

I know there are lots of examples of this lately, but this seriously ticks me off. What was the thought process of that American diplomat? Albania's Foreign Minister's support is more important than reasonable supplies for Afghanistan soldiers ( Read more... )

LARP season is over and school is done...now vacation! Except there's this whole housing debacle. Oh well. At least bitsyboo and I have fun outings planned too.

This article is quite interesting, as it talks about hate speech in other countries versus the way that the First Amendment operates in the U. S. I have mixed feelings about the situation. On ( Read more... )

This needs to be utilized in some steampunk, noir, cyberpunk, or alternate reality game setting. Lindbergh leads cybernetic army to conquer world ( Read more... )