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ghost adventure

this video isn't the best quality... but i've seen the actual documentary, and it is pretty damn cool. i'm typically skeptical of everything shows like that claim, but this one is actually very hard to disbelieve... i can't think of what else the second example could actually be... crazy. i love ghosty stories such as this. my favorite is still TAPS, but this is a close second. much much better than paranormal state (hate that stupid, incredibly fake and overly dramatic show). its better than a haunting on the discovery channel, too...which is a decent show, better than paranormal state, but still pretty dramatic and fake.
i wish my state would start a paranormal club!! (not really) i'd join it in a second! (actually no...) but probably get really scared cause i'm a nerd and i like paranormal stuff but i get scared really easily....even if it's totally exaggerated. (true) anyway...

"Fans of the paranormal will not be disappointed in this film; it is filled with compelling evidence, drama, excitement, and even expert attempts to prove fraud or altering of the video footage. The only aspect viewers seem to be displeased with is that the crew "assume" everything to be paranormal in explanation and do not try to "debunk" the events and find a mundane, or real-world, possibility. The term "de-bunking" is popular among another paranormal show that airs on Sci-Fi on Wednesdays called "Ghost Hunter" in which the crew investigate reported haunted buildings or areas and are fond of trying to disprove a haunting and come up with mundane explanations to reported activities."

are you smarter than a fifth grader?

she certainly isn't:

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fashion finland

very nice:
http://www.fashionfinland.com/en/

how i met your mother + confrontation

fleck?

"tell me and i will forget,
show me and i might remember,
involve me and i will understand"

-benjamin franklin

random flower-puppy pics

flowers arranged to look like puppies! how cute!

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old blue eyes

Comedian Joey Bishop, the last surviving member of Frank Sinatra's "Rat Pack", has died at the age of 89.

funny

It has been determined using the comparative method that the Finnish language developed the sound Ö [ø] relatively recently to introduce a fronted counterpart to [o], in line with [a] - [æ] and [u] - [y]. Moreover, the new sound has found use mostly in words considered by many to be derisive or amusing. For example, the reason the vowel /ö/ was originally used for the word pöllö "owl" was to make it sound stupid, since the Finnish mythology and folklore always presents the owl as a stupid animal. Most words meaning "stupid" contain /ø/, e.g. hölmö, pöhkö, höhlä, höperö, pöpi. [1] [2] Words with front vowels, especially with [ø], are inherently funny, or derisive, e.g. älä hölise ja kälätä "don't talk nonsense and babble". In Finnic linguistics, the term "expressive" is often used. One can consider words such as jööti "gross chunk" or "törkeä" obscene, aggravated (legal). Words that contain either <ö> or <öö> and are neutral-sounding are uncommon. Notice that this doesn't apply to the diphthongs <öy> and , which have developed from earlier sounds, and are not inherently funny.

lace...

Kalevala

St. John’s Arms protects from evil. The design formed from a single ribbon brings about a protective force, the power of which all of northern Europe believed in long ago. The design also reminds us of the Earth’s four protective spirits, who all settled down in their own corner and supported the sky above. The people of Northern Europe named these spirits West, East, North and South.

The Karelian plaited ribbon motif is an adaptation of another braided theme, St. John’s Arms. The triple-loop braids at the edge of the jewel have been interpreted as symbols of the Holy Trinity. The middle of the jewel features St. Andrew’s cross. Small heart-shaped fittings complete the jewel. The Karelian plaited ribbon motif is a beautiful expression of how the Christian world effected the distant north.

Earth's Four Protective Spirits

Kalevala Koru Silver St. John's Arms Necklace from Finland

St. John's Arms protects from evil. The design formed from a single ribbon brings about a protective force, the power of which all of northern Europe believed in long ago. The design also reminds us of the Earth's four protective spirits, who all settled down in their own corner and supported the sky above. The people of Northern Europe named these spirits West, East, North and South.

"Fake love is a very powerful thing."

Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. For you, an excerpt from this wonderful book which I happen to love. Even though it can be incredibly shallow (in a good way, i'm sure) i found its subtle hilarity rather eye opening from time to time. You should read it, it's fun.

I remember taking a course in college called "Communication and Society," and my professor was obsessed by the belief that fairy tales like "Hansel and Gretel" and "Little Red Riding Hood" were evil. She said they were part of a latent social code that hoped to suppress women and minorities. At the time, I was mildly outraged that my tuition money was supporting this kind of crap; years later, I have come to recall those pseudo-savvy lectures as what I loved about college. But I still think they were probably wasteful, and here's why: Even if those theories are true, they're barely significant. "The Three Little Pigs" is not the story that is fucking people up. Stories like Say Anything are fucking people up. We don't need to worry about people unconsciously "absorbing" archaic secret messages when they're six years old; we need to worry about all the entertaining messages people are consciously accepting when they're twenty-six. They're the ones that get us, because they're the ones we try to turn into life. I mean, Christ: I wish I could believe that bozo in Coldplay when he tells me that stars are yellow. I miss that girl. I wish I was Lloyd Dobler. I don't want anybody to step on a piece of broken glass. I want fake love. But that's all I want, and that's why I can't have it.

...from chapter one: This is Emo,
by Chuck Klosterman

Heart for Isreal

"Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee." (Ps 122:6)

I think that lately I've been a "bad jew". I've chosen to spend my summer vacation learning Finnish in Finland rather than participating in a Taglit Birthright trip to Israel for the second time now. I stopped going to services ages ago and didn't even attend a passover sedar (not to mention I fortgot and ate bread on the second day). Judaism means a lot to me and I want to find a way to reconnect to my Jewish roots that I can withold for a while without getting bored, as sad as that is. I still pray for the peace of Jerusalem and my entire Jewish family.

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shaken or stirred?

World Cocktail Day - 2007.Via: Coudal Partners
Sunday, May 13, 2007

from this blog i sometimes read...
The Wit of the Staircase

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