| Friday, August 25, 2006 |
| Free Prose FridayTM |
1. I like to highlight fascinating websites on Fridays. Last night, while looking for satellite photos of the U.S. Government's airplane bone yard out in the Arizona desert at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, I ran into this little gem: GoogleSightseeing.com (Link). The tagline is "Why bother seeing the world for real?" Enjoy the site, but be warned that it's addicting. My favorite post is the miniature city of Madurodam in the Netherlands (Link).
2. Step-on-a-rake-and-it-hits-you-in-the-face story of the week (Link): "A troop of Boy Scouts on a camping trip saved an 18-month-old girl who had fallen in a river upstream from them and was floating face down, officials said," the Associated Press reports from Omaha, Neb.:
The boys were swimming in the Platte River at Two Rivers State Recreation Area, about 20 miles west of Omaha, on Saturday when 11-year-old Christian Nanson spotted something floating in the water. It turned out to be a young girl.
Nanson and John Fitzgerald, 9, both member of an Omaha Scout troop, reached the girl and brought her to shore while others called for help on a cell phone, assistant scoutmaster Matt Fitzgerald told the Omaha World-Herald. The ACLU describes the Boy Scouts as "an organization that will go the way of the Daughters of the American Revolution in losing its place in American life if it does not end its discriminatory practices." 3. Your moment of Zen: Koenigsigg CCX (Link).
4. I'm working on a "Joe is not a bigot" post. I hope to accompany it with bumper stickers with the same slogan.
5. And, finally, check out this playhouse from Costco (Link). This "Scallywag Sloop Pirate Themed Club House" will set you back $18,499.99 and requires a forklift for installation. "Every time you see your tree house, you'll smile a little, feel a little younger, and be a little happier" -- their quote, not mine.
Update: The Costco link has been updated and works. |
posted by Joe Napalm @ 7:03 AM   |
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Got a "site error" on the Costco . . . what up?
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The playhouse will look fantastic with my puffy shirt!
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Got a "site error" on the Costco . . . what up?
:o)}