An angel on her shoulder

Well, a fallen angel, at least.

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RIP William F. Buckley, Jr.

William F. Buckley, conservative icon for two generations, has passed away at age 82. I’m very sorry to hear that. I came to conservatism in my teens while reading National Review magazine and I’ve been a regular reader of the National Review website for years now. National Review Online has many friends and colleagues saying [...]

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That’s right! Monorail!

What this town needs is a monorail! Maybe like this one in Seattle.

Or maybe like this New York model!

Nah, I don’t really want a monorail. This is just an excuse to link to these nifty postcards from the Seattle Worlds Fair 1962
the NY fair of 1964/5 and Montreal’s Expo ‘67 (which for some reason did [...]

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I think he did a little too much LDS.

from youtube.com posted with vodpod

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From Satellite to Smithereens

Looks like a bullseye for the missile takedown of that dead spy satellite:
 [Marine Gen. James Cartwright] estimated there was an 80-90 percent chance that the missile struck the most important target on the satellite — its fuel tank, containing 1,000 pounds of hydrazine, which Pentagon officials say could have posed a health hazard to humans [...]

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Nissan Figaro

New, Old, New?

Originally uploaded by ukjc07

A cool shot from one of my Flickr contacts. This is the retro-styled Nissan Figaro. A limited edition model sold only in Japan. Isn’t it cute?
Nissan Figaro on Wikipedia

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February Is Be Nice to Dictators Month

At least it is if you’re a reporter at CNN, and the dictator in question is retiring tyrant Fidel Castro:
Babalu Blog: CNN: Be kind to castro
Amazing. It’s practically a fan letter. As Babalu’s commenters note, CNN apparently did not tell their reporters to go easy on Pinochet, even though Pinochet actually salvaged Chile’s dysfunctional economy [...]

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A unique photoblog

3191: A Year of Evenings
A daily photoblogging project operated by two friends who live 3,191 miles apart, one in Portland, Oregon and the other in Portland, Maine.
via Photojojo

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“It’s not the years, honey, it’s the mileage. “

Despite extra years and extra mileage, the new Indiana Jones movie looks like a lot of fun. Here’s the new teaser trailer.
from movies.yahoo.com posted with vodpod

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“Space Station Crew Can Access Gun”

I’m not sure why this is a newsworthy issue, but there’s a news story about it linked from CNN today:
Space Station Crew Can Access Gun - Orlando News Story - WESH Orlando
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station apparently have access to a gun.
I’m not surprised. I always figured they had a weapon on board somewhere, [...]

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