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Thursday, June 22, 2006 Argh! Currently buried under a pile of research requests. Check back in a little while for an update. Jinnet @ 6/22/2006 : comments: 0 Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Why not get a Stonehenge watch in honor of the summer solstice this week? Moving around the world...in Turkey, the Kirkpinar Oiled Wrestling Festival is taking place this weekend. Yes, it's just what it sounds like. Meanwhile, the International Poetry Festival of Medellin happens in Colombia, and in Montana they're reenacting Custer's Last Stand . If you yearn for a Haunted Mansion singing statue, yearn no more - you can make your own! And you can keep it in a room with a devilish doorstop! And lastly, something for the linguistics and/or geography geeks: I've always wondered how streets get their names, especially in high-density areas like subdivisions. The LA Times went to find out who names their local streets and why he picks the names he does. Jinnet @ 6/21/2006 : comments: 0 Tuesday, June 20, 2006 The jetpacks still aren't here, but now we can at least have DigitalDawn curtains. Ooooh! Ahhhh! And we can also travel by being strapped to a helium balloon, sort of! (I wish I'd seen this earlier; I would have gone up to Columbus to try it out on the demonstration day.) Scientists need volunteers to help them measure oxygen deficiency effects, and they're going to conduct the experiments at the base camp of Mt. Everest. If, like me, you're fascinated by the Himalayas but will probably never be a skilled mountain climber, this is one way to see them. Meanwhile, down here around sea level, there are pink grapefruit-flavored Mentos (in Canada) and experiments with making gigantic candy via Pimp That Snack. (The Twix of Terror and the Pimpermint Patty are two recent notable results.) Jinnet @ 6/20/2006 : comments: 0 Monday, June 19, 2006 Thanks to all who came out for the yard sale! We met some very cool people and caught up with some cool people we already know. It was a bastion of coolness in the middle of the heat! If it's Monday, that means it's time for art, music and language... Art: what do portraits tell viewers about the subject? Or the painter? Please use both sides of the paper if necessary. Music: Classical music and MySpace may seem an odd combination, but apparently it's working out pretty well for everyone concerned. Speaking of classical music, Vladimir Horowitz took his piano everywhere he performed, and evidently the piano was akin to a corked bat in baseball. Interesting stuff. Language: But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It's the soft glow of Google's Shakespeare database, where you can read the Bard to your heart's content. Or to your homework's requirements, whichever is more pressing. More language: I used to be a journalism major, and then I stopped carrying my manual of style around with me and my grammar went to hell. Fortunately, the online collection of common errors in English helps a bit. Jinnet @ 6/19/2006 : comments: 0

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