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Asimov on public buldings? I need a quote from one of the Foundation books

  For someone who is ostensibly on spring break I'm doing a lot of school work.  For a court paper for my law class I had to visit a court house and as part of the report I have to write down what I thought.  I remembered from one of the Foundation b

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Biblical question, what or who if anyone was outside of Eden?

I had to take the car in today and having to spend a day in Boston I went to the Museum of Fine Arts and walked around a bit. One of the paintings caught my eye and brought to mind a question that probably can't be answered but I know that there are

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Captain Comics - The New Look

Just opened the main page to the new and improved header and logo - love it. Congratulations to whoever handled the design.

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Making Spaghetti? Advice for someone who isn't sure yet.

With Mom gone I've taken over a lot of the cooking, actually all of it. Dad had a partial plate removed for adjustment today so I was going to make him spaghetti, but I'm not sure how. It's been a while. As I recall Mom used to fill a pan with water,

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Will likely be offline for a bit

Mom got moved to ICU this morning and it doesn't look good. Mark

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The Conquest of America by Cleveland Moffett, 1921

I think I might have mentioned this before, but I spotted the book for free last night for the Amazon kindle so I thought I'd mention it. I spotted this years ago when I was doing library work. Haven't managed to read it yet but just the chapter lis

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A Story for Halloween 2

A STORY FOR HALLOWEEN 2

by Luke Blanchard

 

Springblossom the fairy went tripping down the fairy path that ran through the wild part of the garden, eager to begin her tasks for the day. There were the daisies to pollinate, and birthday gifts to be la

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Dating old music albums?

Anyone have advice on how to do this? Now that I can convert the albums I have to digital files I'd like to date them as well, and few of them have dates. Two I grabbed at random are "Ted Nash, the music of Frank Comstock from Starlite records" and "

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Who else thinks the Hans Strudel commercials are creepy?

Yeah, me too!

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Chris Benton Rochester New York Test

Hello, new to the forum and just making sure my account is working properly.  I look forward to meeting everyone. - Chris Benton Rochester New York

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OUT-SOURCING

Just posted at the Jack Kirby Facebook group... this is IMPORTANT.


I wonder if anybody here knows what "Free Trade" agreements are? They're directly connected with what they call "out-sourcing". Which is SENDING AMERICAN JOBS OVERSEAS. Both "Free Trad

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My criminology professor has never heard of Dragnet

Introduction to criminology, one of the pre-requesites for my degree in digital forensics, I made an off hand reference to Dragnet and Adam-12 and she'd never heard of them.  Nor did she get my reference to a 'man Friday' and none of my classmates kn

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R.I.P. Elmore Leonard

http://www.avclub.com/articles/rip-elmore-leonard,101834/

It's kind of sad to think that we won't have any more of his novels to look forward to.

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Trailer for new Fables game featuring Bigby Wolf

You can find it here. The game is not rated yet. There's nothing objectionable in the trailer but you may want to watch it at home.

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Americanarama Music Festival

Last Sunday I got to go the Americanarama in Montainview, CA. The line-up was: Ryan Bingham, My Morning Jacket, Wilco, and Bob Dylan. One of my favorite converts I've been to, simply because I was familiar with each act's music somewhat. I actually g

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Hugh Monn, Private Detective: Catch A Rising Star

Just wanted to let everyone know that my private detective of the far flung future is not only back in a new book, but it is also his first full length novel!

HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE: CATCH A RISING STAR finds the title character becoming the se

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Deadpool the video game

So I bought my first brand new full price video game in a really long time yesterday. It's the new Deadpool game. I'm not much of a gamer. If I buy a game or borrow a game I'll play it and possibly beat it or get frustrated and put it on the shelf. A

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Ever see something you just can't afford but really, really, REALLY want?

I took a boat tour around Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire today (the Sophie C. Mailboat, the only floating post office in the US) and spotted this house with the for sale sign on it. http://www.suebradley.com/propertydetail.asp?id=4201654&type=1

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Chess Question

Your opponent places your King in check with his Bishop.

You block with your Knight, a move which simultaneously places your opponent’s King in check.

Under normal circumstances, moving your Knight from this position would be an illegal move since do

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Isn't Anything closed on the 4th?

I used to work retail so I know some holidays are real and some aren't, as a retail person the real holidays are few and far between. But I think've seen signs on just about every store in the area saying that they'll be open on July 4th. Isn't this

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