Britannica Blog (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
A farm animal (possibly), devastation, and Chicago. Is it 1945, the curse of the Billy Goat, and the Chicago Cubs? No. It's 1871, Mrs. O'Leary's Cow (or not), and the Great Chicago Fire. The conflagration began on October 8, 1871, and burned for two days, claiming 300 lives and destroying some 17,450 buildings.
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Our last day in Chengdu was spent visiting a bamboo garden Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon territory. Met a chatty 7year old girl called YoYo who spoke good English quite a crowd as everyone wanted to watch and have photos taken with us. It's the Chinese National Holiday all this week so everywhere is very busy.We walked through an ancient area of the town in the afternoon so busy we peeled
Sounds & Fury (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Most of you have, we're sure, heard the old saw that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. It neatly and succinctly expresses the...
Cows and Graveyards (Free subscription) | yesterday
Handel’s “Messiah”! Joshua Bell! “Missa Solemnis”! Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Project! Steven’s new Minnesota Orchestra Season ticket package has been confirmed! Oh, and in case you thought I had forgot: It is 199 days, 16 hours, 2 minutes and 20 seconds until the Leila Josefowicz show, and I have tickets! She will be playing [...]
Inhabitat (Free subscription) | yesterday
For those times when you are hanging out in your underground lair with no sunlight to speak of, this little device could power your iPhone should the battery die. The iYo Induction Power Charger, designed by Swedish industrial designer Peter Huvander, is a yo-yo that utilizes magnetic induction to generate and store energy as [...]
X17 Online (Free subscription) | yesterday
A gastric band, that is! We've seen Courtney Love's weight yo-yo in the last few years. And although she may have attributed it to a diet and clean-living, NOTW claims otherwise! Apparently, it was actually a gastric band that's kept...
Seeking Alpha (Free subscription) | yesterday
Dobromir Stoyanov submits: The markets ended September with a big decline in the major indexes. Last week the volatility of the past month continued as stocks traded like a yo-yo – falling 777 points after congress failed to approve the 700 billion dollar bailout, and then rising 500 points before hitting new 52 week lows by the end of the week after the bailout was approved. There was some negative...
22dropout.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Amakhosi’s shaky defence lets them down Mazola Molefe at Olympia Park stadium Moroka Swallows 2 Kaizer Chiefs 0 Two goals by man of the match Phumelele Bengu made sure that Kaizer Chiefs continued their yo-yo-like start to the Premier League season. Yesterday’s defeat in Rustenburg was Chiefs’ third defeat of the campaign — in only four [...]
Flaming Fairy (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Defying Gravity - Roger McGough Gravity is one of the oldest tricks in the book Let go of the book and it abseils to the ground As if, at the centre of the Earth, spins a giant yo-yo To which everything is attached by an invisible string Tear out a page of the book and make an aeroplane. Launch it. For an instant it seems that you have fashioned A shape that can outwit air, that has slipped the knot....
I-Am-Bored.com Latest Links (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Middle school teacher suspended for bashing Obama. In the classroom. What exactly did he do to get kicked out?
I-Am-Bored.com Latest Links (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Wow, that was brutal.
I-Am-Bored.com Latest Links (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Instead, he wins the world record for Failure!
I-Am-Bored.com Latest Links (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
See those magnificent Dimwits and their flying machines as they go uppity-up-up and come downie-down-down.
I-Am-Bored.com Latest Links (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Sleep Running Dog. Aw of the day? Friend's Email(s):(Seperate multiple emails with commas)Your Name:Your Email:There are 29 Comments - MySpace Code:Permalink URL: popular today No matter how great you are at anything in your lifetime, you`ll never be as great as this kid is on with his yo-yo. And I bet you didn`t even know it. (Photographic proof inside.) Find the answer to one riddle to continue to...
I-Am-Bored.com Latest Links (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
Somehow I think this is how it might go down on November 4th.
