how tony stark became a drunk
kinda like how I became mcs’s resident drunk!
wizard of oz – Z
sexy redhead with bazooka
hit girl
wonder woman ponders submission
death of a society
British Petroleum would like to wish all Americans a happy 4th July
grumpyoldtwat.blogspot.com/2010/07/bp-4th-july-announcement.html
I Wish I Were Mahogany
From “The Coloring Book for Lawyers”: officespam.chattablogs.com/archives/2006/08/coloring-book-for-lawyers.html
Doctor Who Caricature
I work at a Six Flags, and apparently one of our caricature artists is a big Doctor Who fan. This is one of the samples they have on display in his booth.
Human Centipede
www.zazzle.com/human_centipede_apron-154999129580558171
www.zazzle.com/human_centipede_magnet-147546694688964415
www.zazzle.com/human_centipede_ringer_tee_shirt-235306327590686356
I LOVE the apron!
Army Stuff
Top to bottom: .50 cal ammo, the view behind a MK 19 grenade machine gun, and me in my gear.
Sun & Milky Way
www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1925-ssc2008-10b-A-Roadmap-to-the-Milky-Way-Annotated-
The truly beautiful side of football
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4th of July – Our Independence
Hyperspectral images of a draft of the Declaration of Independence reveal that it originally used the word ‘subjects’ instead of ‘citizens’ at a critical juncture. After writing “our fellow subjects,” author Thomas Jefferson scrubbed it out and replaced it with the familiar alternative.
To the Library of Congress, whose Preservation Research and Testing Division analyzed the document with the latest high-resolution camera equipment, it illustrates an important moment: “when [Jefferson] reconsidered his choice of words and articulated the recognition that the people of the fledgling United States of America were no longer subjects of any nation, but citizens of an emerging democracy.”
The sensitivites surrounding the revelation are obvious, as is its humor. Perhaps Jefferson simply forgot, in his haste to draft the document that would shape his nation’s future. Or maybe we’re seeing a decisive instant, a decision about that future’s very nature being made in ink.
The Library of Congress often discovers unusual things while examining ancient artifacts. Especially maps and documents, where modern tech sees what the naked eye can’t: corrections, changes, and severely faded or damaged elements.
The correction is in the part of the declaration concerning grievances against King George III.
“It had been a spine-tingling moment when I was processing data late at night and realized there was a word underneath citizens,” said scientist Fenella France, who revealed the correction at the LoC’s labs, in a press release. “Then I began the tough process of extracting the differences between spectrally similar materials to elucidate the lost text.”
According to the Library, the correction was suspected in the past–similar language exists in state constitutions–but not demonstrable until now.
Via boingboing: Draft of Declaration of Independence named subjects, not citizens
More interesting 4th of July political history:
July 4th’s Forgotten Partisan History
The Secret Founding Fathers