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May 31, 2004
Memories of Wars
The Congressional Medal Of Honor , for the bravest of the brave.
The US Military Service Ribbons & Awards. Orders, Decorations and Medals world-wide
The correct order of wear of USAF ribbons.
History of U.S. Armies in Uniform from 1747 to 2004
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s fifth book, "Brothers in Arms" about the 761st Tank Battalion (Colored), first all-black tank unit to fight in World War II
Famous Arab Americans, from Selma Hayek & Ralph Nader to John Sununu and F. Murray Abraham
Depression-era photographs that were shot in color. (From “Endless Parade of Excellence”)
Our large Americana Resource Here
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Fungus & Tornadoes
How do the experts capture avalanches on film, and live to try again?
The Styx - Tasmania's Valley of the Giants contains the tallest hardwood trees on Earth
Xiong finds giant mushrooms in Phenological Garden. Longest living mushroom can live close to fifty years.
Lightning! From Mark’s Nasty weather and natural disasters collection
Mama's Minerals for gifts out of rocks, gems, minerals, geodes, and Crystals
Our Collection of Links about Nature Here
May 31, 2004 in Nature | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Drinks on the house
Making Homemade Soda is really very easy and much less expensive than store bought soda. Once you practice a little and get the proportions of sugar, flavoring syrup, yeast, and time to ferment in the bottle set to what your family likes the soda is really VERY good
Bell decanters , Masonic Jim Beam Decanter and decanters shaped like turn of the century Cadillacs . Among the many Jim Beam Collectibles
Got Swedish Milk? - The ad
How to Drink like an Englishman, in an English pub. (From Pete Ashton)
Our Huge Collection of Unusual Drinks Here
May 31, 2004 in Beverages | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Odd Comics & Comix
R. Crumb Rubber Stamps (From “Information Junk”). Also, “Cheap Thrills” Album Cover - You can click on any section for a larger view. Here's R. Crumb's Devil Girl Choco-bar
Andrew Wyeth-style portrait of Homer Simpson by Roberto Parada
Discover “The Joy of Tech”. Which of the following is you? Google’s Valentine Day Graphics? “Haven’t you ever used underwear as a coffee filter before?” Internet dating? “According to my blog’s opinion poll”? or "If Cats could blog"? More than 500 other panels there.
The Israeli Ranan Lurie was one of world’s most influential political cartoonists. (Scroll down for the list of 72 world-leaders interviewed by him). But was he also a spy for the Mossad? (His wife, Tamar Lurie, by the way, is one of the most successful Coldwell Banker real estate brokers in the country)
Winners of the “Greatest Story Never Told MacroMedia Competition”
“DRT News” posts cartoons by Gibble Guts on a regular basis. Why? Because they are outrageous!
Flash: Tokyoplastic's AIWA Music Box (long download, but strange enough. From Jerry Kindall)
Our large Comics & Cartoons Resource Here
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More Unusual Magazines
Capitalism Magazine is a daily magazine providing articles from a pro-capitalist, laissez-faire, pro-individual rights perspective
Sheep Magazine- The Voice of the Independent Flockmaster
The Christian Cowboys and Friends Magazine - Presenting Jesus!!!
Paper of Record is an historical archive of full-page newspaper images from the early 1800s to the mid 1900s
Fake Magazine Covers by readers of “Something Awful”. From “Torture Weekly” to “Metaphor Montly”… I’m sure that some of them actually exist. And, Real headlines. I like: "Man Wins $25,000 Bet By Swallowing Watermelon Whole"
Many More Unusual Newspapers and Magazines Here
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More real estate blogs
Just last week, “Inman News” wrote the first serious article about real estate blogs. Now, here comes the first corporate-looking real estate blog, Lockhart Steele’s “Curbed”, covering Manhattan’ rentals, sales & development, with lots of general articles. Curbed is based on the idea that all conversation in New York eventually comes back to real estate, apartments, and neighborhoods. A good read for any interested party.
Blogs of other brokers: South Texas Real Estate by Roman Alfaro & Randy Watson, cowboy-Realtors from San Antonio
The Red Wagon Team of Keller Williams - The 2nd blog from Orange County, California
Durham Region real estate, which seems to be a secondary, local version of the excellent blog Toronto At Home
Costa Rican Real Estate: Is it a good investment? How does one go about learning it? How to avoid pitfalls
Our complete list of real estate blogs Here
May 31, 2004 in Real estate Blogs | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack
May 30, 2004
Iraq East
BBC photos from the bombed-out Iraq wedding in Mukaradeeb, 19 May
Arlington West - White Crosses on a Beach of Santa Barbara, CA
Survivor: Baghdad (Old link)
Iraqi firefighters fighting a pipeline fire. “I think this is one of the finest news images I've seen in a long time. It's frightening, glorious, beautiful, amazing, informative, all at the same time.”
Iraqi artist Kalat creates statue of US GI . (See the long list of comments below it)
Country Joe McDonald sings Cakewalk to Baghdad:
"It went real easy,
Took a couple of weeks
Tore down that statue
Set those Saddamites free
The frogs and the krauts, they feel real bad,
'Cause they missed out cakewalkin' into Baghdad..."
America's Incompetent Colonialism, and Opening the Doors: Intellectual Life and Academic Conditions in Post-War Baghdad. Both by Keith Watenpaugh
Nick Berg Execution Coverage (From "Camera/Iraq" )
Fishing on the Tigris in Baghdad
Day at the races at the Baghdad Equestrian Club
The old Iraqi Royal Family and old photographs of Iraqi people. (From the vast “Iraqi Pages”)
I am looking for information about the Valley of the Peace cemetery in Najaf in Najaf, considered to be one of the largest in the world. If anybody has a link to it, please email it to me. Our huge Archives of The War in Iraq are Here
May 30, 2004 in War in Iraq | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Sunday’s Messiah
An Introduction to Mieskuoro Huutajat, the Finnish Men's Choir Wild Shouters
Midi of Handel’s Arrival Of The Queen Sheba, played like he never would have imagined. (From “Borklog”)
Covers of Blue Note Jazz Records. (From “Incoming Signals”)
The Art Of Grace Slick: After retiring from Rock and Roll in 1989, Grace Slick began a new career in the visual arts
Iron Butterfly posters. (From Paddy Blake)
Fats Waller, born 100 years ago this week
Roll-up portable piano is on sale
The musical saw is just about the easiest musical instrument in the world to master. (From “Steel White Table”)
“Wayback Machine” archived thousands of live concerts of many different bands. Say goodbye to your family and start clicking…
An index to the operas, musicals, plays, and sacred oratorios and dramas in the Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
Our Large Music Resource Center Here
May 30, 2004 in Music_ | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
News from Vegas
Rules of World Series of Poker . Story & Winners of The tournament
The new Israeli mob in Las Vegas
Ashley Revell, a 32-year-old man from London, England, sold everything he owned, even his clothes, to try his luck Sunday on one spin of a roulette wheel
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Promo Pin, only $6
Some Unusual Las Vegas Links Here
May 30, 2004 in Traveling Places - Las Vegas | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
May 29, 2004
“Looking into the abyss”
Diebold Posters: "It's not the votes that count, it's who counts the votes." (From “Angry Finger”)
“Welcome to the future official site of the George W. Bush Presidential Library. I'm Karl Rove, "the brains behind the Bush" and curator of the library.”
From McSweeney’s, “Pros And Cons Of John Kerry's Top Twenty Vice-Presidential Candidates”:
12. Bob Menendez, Representative, New Jersey –
Pro: Could solidify shaky support in New Jersey, lure Latino voters
Con: Along with brother Lyle, murdered parents
Text & video of Al Gore's May 26 Speech on Iraq at the MoveOn.com New York Meeting
History lesson: GOP must stop Bush By Carl Bernstein. Originally at “USA Today”
The nonpartisan national Campaign to Impeach Bush Cheney, Ashcroft and Rumsfeld Campaign and Operation American Liberation, November 2, 2004
Welcome to George Bush's Amazon Wish List. Apparently, Bush is a bad Christian, so here's why Christians Should Not Vote for Bush
Kerry historically is considered a "good closer". He better be, or we all end up in jail next year... More Biased Clips about the 2004 Election Here
May 29, 2004 in 2004 Election | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
The Dude Abides
"Drawing a Line In The Sand" - Steve Buscemi, 'King of the Indies'
Nihilists, pederasts, and stoned bowlers come together again to celebrate The 3rd Annual Lebowski Fest in Louisville, KY, June 18th - 20th, 2004. The origins of Lebowski Fest
The Dude Mobile, 1972 Plymouth Fury III stocked with Creedence tapes and no Eagles
The Big Lebowski Drinking Game: Every time Walter mentions Vietnam – 1 drink
Advocates For Jesus: The Second Coming: “We are trying to form a petition to persuade the Coen Brothers, to make a movie exclusively about the Jesus. While there are rumors floating about this movie being made, there is no official word. If you would like to see this masterpiece created, please sign our guestbook and voice your opinion, man!”
For nearly twenty years John Saleeby have made it a practice to avoid movies by the Coen Brothers…
“I mean, say what you will about the tenants of National Socialism, Dude -- at least it’s an ethos”: Entire Political Discussion Spoken Using Quotes From "The Big Lebowski"
The Big Lebowski Dance Page! Check it out! Be sure to scroll down
Dude with a Vision: Jeff "The Dude" Dowd Talks Indie Film Shop and Strategy
"You Know, For Kids!" a website concerned only with the cinematic output of the Coen brothers. (From Fat Buddha)
“The Chinaman is not the issue!” Lessons learned from The Big Lebowski
Photo above from Digital Prozac Movie Gallery. Our Big Lebowski Resource Center Here
May 29, 2004 in Cinema - "The Big Lebowski" | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Lute Fish
The original Garbage Plates was created at Nick Tahou's in Rochester, NY. In the meantime, there have been many imitations with many different names, such as Sloppy Plate, Trash Plate, Dumpster Plate, etc… (From Upbeat & Downstairs)
Norwegian lutefisk - Hear that gagging sound? It's Norwegian-Americans attempting to connect with their heritage. It happens every year at this time; thousands of people choke down an infamous concoction called lutefisk. This feeling is pretty universal
Record Sandwich - 3.5 meters by 3.5 meters
The 2004 Noodle Eating Championship in Ohio
All About Artichokes. (From “Craptastic”)
Our Extensive Food Resource Here
May 29, 2004 in Food | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
A rabbi and a priest went into a bar…
A. Why do Canadian anarchists like donuts so much?
B. Because it's a circle, eh?...
A. What is the definition of a really good tax accountant?
B. Someone who has a loophole named after him.
More Accounting Jokes here
Viola Jokes:
Q. Why do so many people take an instant dislike to the viola?
A. It saves time.
Two cannibals were sitting around a campfire one evening after supper. One cannibal says to the other: "your wife makes good soup!"
“…I guess we keep goin' through it because, uh, most of us need the eggs.”
Lawyer Joke Emporium from NOLO
A few, Hilarious Jokes Here
May 29, 2004 in Jokes | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Say “Cheese”
The Atget Rephotographic Project: Eugene Atget made approximate 6,000 photographs of Paris between 1900 and 1926. Using reproductions of Atget’s photographs, students attempted to locate his “tripod holes” and to replicate the exact view and framing of his original scene. (From Kottke)
The Cellar Image of the Day brings note-worthy daily images, usually some time before they pops everywhere else (and they always do)
Love Cubes from Martin Parr
“Returning to Brazil after 25 years I was captivated once again by the charm and beauty of the country. No doubt the Brazilians are photogenic subjects, but it goes deeper than the image. Compared to the paranoia of people I've wanted to photograph on American streets, Brazil is absolutely refreshing." (From Crazy Kimchi)
How Will I Know Her? is a web-based exhibit about being far from the one you love, for reasons that are out of your control
Our Odd Photography Collection is Here
May 29, 2004 in Photography | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Fire!
Don’t let your dog steal your fireworks
Massive Explosion at Fireworks Factory
A look at Alan St. Hill Brock’s Pyrotechnics book. (From Firework Museum in Plymouth, UK). Illustration from the book
Firework Champions 2004
Our Collection of Fireworks Links Here
May 29, 2004 in Fireworks | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
As advertised
Beautifully hand-drawn, new commercials from “United Airlines”
Smiley Photos from Around the World
Body as a Billboard, advertising for things that matters, by Betsey Johnson
Welcome to The History of Advertising Trust Archive, for the best of UK advertising. (From “Life in the Present”)
Greenpeace Spoofs 'Day After Tomorrow'
No one in South bend, IN knows what this strange billboard teaser campaign is all about
Subversive Hacks from Mind Bomb parodies
The Night of the Adeaters features 500 of the finest, funniest, most creative and most unexpected advertising films from around the world
Viral & Buzz Marketing Association, making a new association happen
Our Collection of Strange Ads Here
May 29, 2004 in Advertising | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
“The Watusi. The Twist. Eldorado. Take this brother may it serve you well”
Come Together: “Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly”
Did John Lennon deliberately chose the song title Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds because the initial letters of key words form the acrostic "LSD"?
Macca's secret Vault of rare McCartney cuts
From “Psycho Jello” 1964 Beatles coloring book: Beatles Combing Their Hair
What is a Beatles Anomaly? I'd say it's any sound which some people feel shouldn't really be there, and in a perfect world, wouldn't be there
“God is a concept, By which we measure Our pain”
A thorough Beatles Timeline from the beginning of time to the year 2003. (From The Beatles Ultimate Experience)
Elvis Costello in Rolling Stones magazine
Photoshop above is from Digicollage.com. Hundreds of Unique Beatles Items Here
May 29, 2004 in Music - Beatles | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Door Galleries
Beautiful doors of Mediterranean: From Venessa Pansiyon in Cappadocia, Turkey, Epidavros, Greece, Ghiberti’s Door of Paradise of the Baptistry in Florence, and Doorways in Siena
The History of Garage Doors – The Search for the Perfect Carriage House
Unusual antique doors suitable for restorations and renovations
Monkeys and Doors and a perfect square puzzle
Door gallery from Red Menacess
Another Whimsical Carport
Custom Made Fireplace Doors
More Unique Door Links Here
May 29, 2004 in Architecture - Doors | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
May 28, 2004
Amezaiku!
The Art of Sugar Flowers by Scott Clark Woolley
Candy sculpting by Amezaiku artist Takahiro Mizuki, and by other Amezaiku artists
How to mold Japanese Amezaiku cranes
3D scans of Japanese dolls made of candy
More unique links about Candy Art And Other Unusual Sweets Here
May 28, 2004 in Food - Candy Art | Permalink | Comments (11) | TrackBack
More about the Danish Royal Wedding
A few weeks ago, Denmark was swept by hoopla of Crown Prince Frederik's wedding. Here are some magnificent Panoramic shots of the Royal Wedding . (From “Pre-Surfer”). Immediately after, the Spanish Crown Prince Felipe also got married to a “commoner”. The blue blood of Europe's royal families is increasingly diluted by the common red variety
Elsewhere: Sculptures Days is draft samples made to encourage cities to erect huge metallic sculptures in spectacular places, by designer Asbjorn Lonvig
Danish trawler made a surprise catch on Monday when it found a A German submarine in its net off the coast of northern Denmark
Danish incentive program to keep employees satisfied...
US Department of State’s Travel Warnings to Denmark
Many More Unusual Links about Denmark And About India Here
May 28, 2004 in Traveling Places - Denmark | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Meat with Carrots
Slaughtering a Chicken in a Romanian village. (From Blort)
Fowl play. They are the ultimate 21st-century food - quick, easy and highly processed. But if you knew about the high percentage of skin, the water, and the pulped carcasses that go into some of them, would you be so keen to reach into the freezer for chicken nuggets?
Hybrid Produce, “Worth 1000” mixes & matches fruits & vegetables
Carrot Wheel and Flaming Carrot Comics. (From Art for Housewives)
Tomatoes are Evil, a site dedicated to the people who believe that tomatoes are the Spawn of Satan
McDonalds Banners by Tommy Gun. (FromCynical C)
Sheep in the Bible: Sheep are popular animals. They are mentioned 247 times in the Bible.
The American Meat Institute (AMI) is the nation's oldest and largest meat and poultry trade association...
“Mohawk With Carrot Piercing” art above by Cindy Rodriguez. Our long list of vegetarian & anti-vegetarian links Here
May 28, 2004 in Food - Meat & Vegetables | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
Hail to the Chaplin
"My fellow citizens. At this hour, American and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operation to disarm Iraq, to free its people and to defend the world from great danger."
(Thank you, M.M. Commie, found at “Coolio”)
Other Smoking Guns about the 2004 Election Here
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Take Me Away
Today, if it is clear, Manhattan will flood dramatically with sunlight just as the Sun sets precisely on the centerline of every street.
Modern Day Piracy (From “Internet Guide to Freighter Travel”)
Takako Uno's Diving Gallery (From “IndigoBlog” )
Panoramic pictures of Metro stations in Paris
Visual Travel Diary by Mars Tokyo
A "magic" map of Athens . (From “Plep”)
Many More Unusual Resources about Travel Here
May 28, 2004 in Traveling Places | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
Giant Mice on State Street in Chicago, “Cows-on-Parade”-style
Gay Day 2 - The first Gay Day 2 in 1998 attracted about 2,500 people. In 2003, we had 25,000! Pretty amazing. Seems sky's the limit!
Making the rounds right now - Duckomenta!
American/Disney Re-make of "Life Is Beautiful" set in Birmingham, Alabama, in the late 1950s (?)
More Unusual Disney Links Here
May 28, 2004 in Disney | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
May 27, 2004
If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise
“Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like never washed a dog”. (From “Wicket Thoughts”)
Gambian rodents risk death for bananas - A rat with a nose for landmines is doing its bit for humanity
Welcome to The Museum of Chimpography website
Glowing pets - In 2003 scientists created the ultimate pet: genetically modified fish that glow in the dark. In future, more pets will be added to the list. Take a look at what may be possible...
Mark Kostich’s Animal Stock Photography
Frogdot’s Frog Art
Many More Unusual Animal Links Here
May 27, 2004 in Animals | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
“Gun Pays For Itself On First Day”
This Doesn't Taste Like Diesel Fuel - A Scottish thief tried to siphon off someone else's diesel fuel — and ended up winning the “Disgusting Story of the Year Award”
Sodomy Laws from around the world. (From “Family of Breath”)
Police Listings from “The Virtual Suck Tour Of Arlington, Massachusetts” - "At 3:04 p.m., a person on Lakehill Ave. reported an unwashed man walking along the street."
Angela Strassheim has wanted to work with dead bodies since she was nine years old––she just wasn’t sure how because she wanted to be an artist too… (From “SharpeWorld”)
Headline above from “The Onion”. More Unusual Crime Links Here
May 27, 2004 in Crime & Punishment | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
November 9, 1938
Unusual chewing-gum trading card from 1938 depicts Viennese Jews being brutally flogged by Nazi Storm Troopers following the Nazi invasion of Austria
Little-known photographs of Anne Frank
On November 9, 1938, the Nazis unleashed a wave of pogroms against Germany's Jews. In the space of a few hours, thousands of synagogues and Jewish businesses and homes were destroyed. This event came to be called Kristallnacht ("Night of Broken Glass")
Photographs of Concentration Camps (From Zachor - Remember). More Color photos of Auschwitz and Birkenau by Alan Jacobs. Also, Majdanek
The Holocaust Kid, Stories By Sonia Pilcer
Many Unusual Holocaust Resources Here
May 27, 2004 in The Holocaust | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack
May 26, 2004
A touching story:
A man and his 12-year-old daughter spent the last four years living in a remote hillside in Portland's Forest Park, police said. The pair appeared clean, well-fed and healthy, and the girl was well-spoken beyond her years.
Things My Math Teacher Did Last Year
Boogie in Barney’s Barn with “The Fantastic”. (From “Roowlant”)
Repost: Somebody to Love from “Boogie Pimps”
Fourteen year-old Gregory Smith is the founder of International Youth Advocates, a Phi Beta Kappa College Graduate, a PhD candidate in Mathematics at the University of Virginia and a 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee. Here is his list of projects
What the Web Is For - Kids Version of “Small Pieces Loosely Joined”, A Unified Theory of the Web by David Weinberger
Quizzes & Games at the White House for Kids
More Odd Links for Kids Here
May 26, 2004 in Kids | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
Breaking Richard Nixon News of the Day!
"Five days into the 1973 Arab-Israeli war, with the superpowers on the brink of confrontation, President Nixon was too drunk to discuss the crisis with the British prime minister, according to newly released transcripts of telephone calls…"
Nixon-Agnew Bumperstickers & Mugs
President Elvis (From “Worth 1000”)
Wayne White's Lambchop CD Cover
Richard Nixon: Racial Healer from “Front Page Magazine”: “Nixon gets almost no credit for his civil rights efforts. Thanks to the liberal press, most Americans think that Nixon’s civil rights record consists of him making a few racist statements in the Oval Office. Given the historical record, this is a tragedy.”
"Richard Nixon epitaph: Here lies Richard Nixon (So, what else is new?)" - Nixon Jokes from William Bader
Many More Unusual Links About Nixon and About Lincoln Here /// Digg this post /// Add it to your del.icio.us
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Oddities
Creepy the Clown vs. The Dancing Baby. Gross! (From B.A.'s Weblog). Many more disturbing Creepy the Clown concepts here.
A few weeks ago, I mentioned Writer Shelley Jackson’s new work "Skin" in which she invited 2095 participants to have one word of a story tattooed upon his or her body. Guess who had the word “Dead” tattooed on his head?
Micro-miniatures by Andrew Rykovanov. (From SharpeWorld)
Are you tired of hearing politicians talk? Well, hear them sing instead. Listen to Saddam Hussein singing Imagine. Or to the love duet featuring Bush and Blair. Johan Söderberg has lip-synked some of the most hated and loved people in history to some of the most hated and loved songs of all times. From Atmo Animation
By the way, artwork above is by Australian Patricia Piccinini...
Grab a graphic to link to Grow-a-Brain . Many more Odd & Crazy Links Here
May 26, 2004 in Odd & Crazy | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack
May 25, 2004
The real estate market doesn’t slow down
Newport Mansions, is one of America's premier collections of historic houses and gardens, located in scenic Newport, Rhode Island. (From “Snark Out”)
VW Beetle House looks like the new VW Beetle
Nightmare stories of house selling and “boring things about selling my house”. Both from “Purple Goddess in Frog Pyjamas”
"The Looming Property Crash" - Clive Maund isn't an optimist about the future of the real estate market. (From “Ethel the Blog”)
I need a renter in my duplex for June 1. The ideal real-estate sales pitch. “He says he'll move out but I don't find any renters so I let him stay. We kicked his roommate out when he started using crystal meth and got fired at his job. He never found a new roommate so it sucks..” (From “BorkLog”)
Appraisal Myths Some Myths and Realities About Real Estate Appraisals and Appraisers. (From Pemberton Appraisal - I like their home page..)
Wrong entry at the most phallic building in the world contest...
And when you move, make sure you get the right moving boxes
Our large Real Estate Resource Center Here
May 25, 2004 in Real estate | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
(My favorite collection:) List of First’s
Index of Cartographic Images and the first maps - 6,200 B.C.
Oldest surviving Joke book compiled in the fourth or fifth century CE. Sample #219. A glutton betrothed his daughter to another glutton. Asked what he was giving her as a dowry, he replied: "A house whose windows face the bakery." (From “Beautiful Stuff” )
First Library (from 2000 years ago) discovered last month. (Found on the new literary blog Kineret from Israel. Hebrew only for now)
Lenardo and Blandine, the First comic book dated 1783
Who built the first Martini? (1870)
The Birth of a Salesman: John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, (1884 to 1922) Transformed Selling in America
Our long List of “Firsts” Here
May 25, 2004 in First Ever | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
May 24, 2004
Should unsolicited praise make me nervous?
I am surprised that the phenomena and popularity of Real estate blogs have not taken off yet among Realtors. Maybe Jessica Swesey’s article from today will help change that. It was originally published by “Inman News”, a leading independent real estate news service and content provider.
“Grow-a-Brain one of those sites that must be devoured on it's own merit, no individual link does it justice"… From “Chapel Perilous”
“A very unique blog... intelligent, thought-provoking and fun. And, if you're buying or selling a house in Southern California, they can help you out too!”… From “Rox Populi”
“Believe it or not, Grow-a-Brain is one of only four blogs I limit myself to reading - otherwise I would have no time at all…” – From “2Bangkok”
Grow-A-Brain is hard to categorize ... Little bit of everything from real knowledge to stuff like making Turkish orchid ice cream. Love it…” From "Seanachie Hill", Grass Valley, CA
The world of extreme sports is metaphor-rich terrain for Extreme Leadership … From “Fast Company”
An amazing Website … I could spend days getting lost in it… From “Malanda”
Mystery Japanese Teacher website
What did other People say about Grow-a-Brain? If you too enjoy reading our blog, please participate by leaving comments at the bottom of each posting.
May 24, 2004 in People are Talking about Grow-a-Brain | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
NYC Restaurant Life
Is this a natio