Circa 1495: Dutch 1, Portugal 0.

De Houtman bests Dom Lourenço de Brito thus beginning a 500 year drought in Portugese expansion.

Dear my legal minded watchdog friends (do I have any?),

If you are familiar with eminent domain and the Supreme Court's recent ruling on the issue (which greatly broadened the scope of the law), you may find this story rather hilarious!http://www.freestarmedia.com/

Oh, one more update regarding Europe:

My brother and I watched a German National Football game just outside Wiesbaden, Germany in what we both believe must have been a Nazi sympathizing bar because there was a Nazi among the 8 of us watching the match on the pub's tiny television. Good ol' Rhineland.

Brief update from the airport of Lyon, France (the name means Lion in French--Wow ( Read more... )

Where I've been so far save the details of course:

Phoenix --> Chicago --> London --> Frankfurt --> Hidleburg --> Paris --> Cinque Terra --> Salzburg --> Munich --> Hamburg --> Berlin --> Frankfurt

There will be details of course when I return on the 20th. My brother and I naturally have a shitload of pictures which document some of this trip.

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Two questions:

1) How much do you think this set of books is worth?

2) How much would you be willing to pay for this collection?


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Ok ok ok! So I seriously looked through about 1000 sets on www.eyeglasses.com and I think I like these the best of any frames I've seen. Are these bad larries a go or a no go?


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I think these are the ones I got. The optometrist's office didn't have much to choose from. I feel like I got ripped. I'm trying to find glasses like Malcolm's, but I can't!


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I need to get glasses tomorrow. Can you suggest a frame for me? I browsed www.eyeglasses.com last night and found some that were suitable. If you have a recommendation, please post a picture and tell me what exactly I'm looking for. Thank you. This is democracy in action.