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18 Feb, 2007

Glenwood Cemetery

Posted by: Dave In: History|Justine|Photography|Texas

Justine and I went for a long walk today at Glenwood Cemetery in Houston, TX. We live pretty near the cemetery and talked about it last night at dinner with Ted & Leslie. It’s quite an impressive place. We both walked for over an hour through the cemetery and still did not see everything. Oddly [...]

This is a satallite image from Google Maps of the SR-71 spy plane docked just a few blocks away from the Lincoln Tunnel in New York City. Isn’t it ironic that citizens can now spy on a spy plane? The actual map page can be found here. -Dave

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30 Dec, 2006

Bible quotes for the kids

Posted by: Dave In: History|Weird

Nothing better than some good old ass-kicking from the best part of the Bible (the Old Testament).  You can read other scary bible quotes here.  Now go out there and kick ass for the Lord…especially if they’re Jebusites. Deuteronomy 20:10-17 When you march up to attack a city, make its people an offer of peace. [...]

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02 Sep, 2006

Interesting facts about death

Posted by: Dave In: History|Weird

From an article on Discover.com. Fact number 13 is one of the most interesting… #13. During a railway expansion in Egypt in the 19th century, construction companies unearthed so many mummies that they used them as fuel for locomotives. So how many mummies does it take to move a steam-powered train? What is the BTU [...]

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  • epiphenita: Like Tom Waits without the music.
  • epiphenita: Reminds me of my good friend's artwork: http://victoriacarlson.blogspot.com/2009/06/untitled.html
  • Dave: I think someone should make some dance music from those "WHOAHs."
  • epiphenita: Oh, Dave. That was tonic to my soul. Perfect. I vote for an exorcism.
  • Dave: Hmm, looks sober to me.
  • Scott: I'm thinking that the guy with the hat might have had a drink or two before this picture was taken. Just a hunch...
  • Scott: There's a roleplaying scenario just waiting to be written based on these pictures. :-)
  • nathan: I think the dude just loves profanity.
  • Hitler VonHitler: I'm expecting the suck.
  • Scott: This visual sums it up about as nicely as anyone could ask.

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