A United Us

23Feb09

“Ignore the lesser evils in the spirit of a greater good. For in the end only one will be left standing- and I prefer a united us, to a divided loneliness.“
-M. Wade Nichols

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Hahaholocaust

23Feb09

Kate Winslet in the show “Extras.”

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Ice Spike

23Feb09

From Wikipedia. Cool.

An ice spike is an upward-facing icicle that forms as a body of water freezes. Ice spikes can form in natural environments or can be made artificially by freezing distilled water in plastic ice cube trays.
Water expands when it freezes. If there already is a thin sheet of surface ice over the body [...]

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Mmm, Info

22Feb09

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Wikipedia Names Your Band

22Feb09

1. Your band’s name is the first random article from Wikipedia
2. Your album’s title is the last few words of the last random quotation from QuotationsPage .
3. Your album’s cover is the third image on Flickr’s Explore the Last Seven Days .
4. Photoshop and mix to taste.
Mine:

Mascaras, Gers is a commune in the Gers [...]

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New Wedding Photos

22Feb09

My grandmother recently sent us some pictures she took from our wedding.

There are more on my MySpace profile.

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Missed Freethrows

20Feb09

Two missed free throws, ordinarily the cause of a coach’s headache, became the symbol of sportsmanship in a Milwaukee boys’ basketball game earlier this month.
Milwaukee Madison senior Johntell Franklin, who lost his mother, Carlitha, to cancer on Saturday, Feb. 7, decided he wanted to play in that night’s game against DeKalb (Ill.) High School after [...]

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Unemployed

20Feb09

He doesn’t have benefits either, but least he’s his own boss.
…makes me want to watch Donnie Darko.

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Nip Tuck Christmas

20Feb09

A little late, but the photo quotes are priceless

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Never Ending Climb

20Feb09

There is something immensely depressing about two people working 40 hour jobs and not making a living.

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Who Needs Big Government?

20Feb09

A bit one sided, but still.

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Ablaze

20Feb09

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New Beginnings

19Feb09

I’m almost two months into my new job and I couldn’t care less if I get fired. Yes, I want it, but I’ve gotten more than I originally imagined. Those who know me, know I’m more about people than I am about anything else.
Over the past 6 weeks, I have made friendships and see potential [...]

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Two Wrongs Make a Right

19Feb09

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The Morning’s Mistake

19Feb09

“I breathed our love into existence in the morning blur. By noon, the sun shed enough light to show us our mistake.“
-M. Wade Nichols

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Happy Valentine’s Day

14Feb09

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