So I'm totally psyched that their excavating Blackbeard's boat. And I also like the idea that it was a former slave ship which Blackbeard captured, renamed "Queen Anne's Revenge"  and made into a pirate ship with 25 cannons. The guy had style, I have to say that.

I've always been fascinated with pirate history and ships in general, although I've ( Read more... )

I have some of the recalled peanut butter in my office that I had been munching on for a snack...

Salmonella Outbreak Due to Peanut Butter
Health Officials: Salmonella Outbreak Is Linked to 2 Peanut Butter Brands
By MIKE STOBBE
The Associated Press

ATLANTA - A salmonella outbreak that has slowly grown to nearly 300 cases in 39 states since August has ( Read more... )

A great article on Slate.com today......

The Shape of My Heart

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"She laughs at everything you say. Why? Becuase she has fine teeth."--Bejamin Franklin

Some of you are aware I had my wisdom teeth removed two weeks ago. I know the history behind wisdom teeth is that they are remnants of our ancient human ancestors and are not necessarily useful to us as they once were to Jack Neanderthal who probably lost lots of ( Read more... )

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At least I think that's how the "Charlie Brown Christmas Special" theme song goes. I'm on dialup and too lazy to go on YouTube to put a link to the clip, but maybe later. As evidenced by my lack of postings, the past couple of months have been pretty busy--as they always are with the holidays. I spent Thanksgiving with my cousin and 95 year-old ( Read more... )

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bet you didn't realise it was this bad....

Thank you Wonkette!

Well, it's 5767 and I feel like I'm getting old--but as my Aunt Jane might say "5760 years? What's 7 more?" Last night Cara, Larry, and myself went to Cara's cousin's house for dinner. It was really nice and the food was excellent. 
I'm having some people over tonight, but I don't think I can compete with what I ate last night--four different ( Read more... )