A trip report from the Monte Cristo ghost town in the Cascade mountains. Photos and an interactive Google Map of the area and it's historical significance make the trip accessible for people who don't live near Seattle. I just recently bought a

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The large industry of student loans continues to evolve with each year billions of dollars flood into student education. This industry has expanded greatly as students look for more and more financial help as college tuition becomes greater and gre

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With 75 categories of beer styles, the Great American Beer Festival is the most prestigious beer competition in the country. I've gone through the list of medal winners and identified those craft beers that should cellar very well. This is the firs

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I haven’t done a lot of research or even cared about the idea of The Sarah Connor Chronicles, because honestly, it sounds pretty lame when you first hear about it. It’s another sign that Hollywood is running out of ideas, especially when they take a movie and turn it into a TV show.rnrnBut holy crap. There were two things that I found out

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Driving the iconic Australia road the Gibb River Road is to see some of the world's most remote and beautiful scenery. Although the roads are rough in places and a 4WD is definitely recommended, you don't have to rough it, unless you want to. A network of station stays and safari camps been that you can spend every night, maybe not under

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Are you a relatively new blogger who’s looking to attract new readers, and extend the visibility of your site? Then this might be just the opportunity you’re looking for.

I’m looking to do some guest blogging as well, so what I’d be willing to do is this - propose a trade.

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I think its interesting how people have their own thoughts on the Flood. Its a national legend no matter what culture you go to, that at one time their was a flood. Different people portray their own images of what the Ark may have looked like. BRIAN SIBLEY has a nice interesting post on this and I think its worth a brief look at a few images

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Vacations are usually great for many things, but part of it is the airplane flight in which, if you are lucky, you find a good book to pass the time.

Luck was on my side this past vacation to the surprisingly pretty state of Texas (at least the eastern side). Scott who blogs over on Career Waymark, gave me Shutter Island, by Dennis Lehane

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Music Fans! The 2008 Grammy Nominations Are In. Did your favorite make the list?

The Grammy announcements have flood the news, papers and internet.

For me the list is a huge surprise. Yes it has the names I've never heard of before. The list has the names of some of my favorites. To my surprise there are some oldies and goodies on th

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Vic's Million Dollars and One Pencil post today reminded me of this famous Saturday Night Live skit. I found it on Hulu. It's Chris Farley at his physical comedic best playing the dysfunctionally negative motivational speaker Matt Foley. This clip is the first time Farley performed the character of Matt Foley. Foley's catch phrase is that

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There are so many ways that we human beings have failed to look after our environment. What about the birds, fish, animals and earth, what have we done to them. Here are a few things we have not been responsible about in Canada.

* Wild salmon are being threatened by our fish farming practices.
* Sturgeon endangered, the flow of

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Residents in the Evansville Indiana area went to bed Sunday evening with not a care in the world. Monday morning, they awoke to a winter wonderland, with a sinister surprise hidden under the snow, black ice.

There were several accidents where cars lost control and spun off the road into the ditch, especially went coming off the Twin Bridg

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January and the new year in Singapore normally brings about wet and colder weather but apart from the occasional thunderstorm and one flood, it has been anything but that. In fact, this January in Singapore has been hotter and more humid than ever and it makes me hope for the old days when you would get rain for many days in a row. Now what c

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Emerald floodwaters are expected to peak within the next 4 hours dues to the recent heavy rain Queensland experienced State wide. Being one of the worst effected areas, Emerald residents are evacuating where the floods are expected to create the worst damage. Emerald is only 3.5 hours drive from Yeppoon and with a bursting river and a dam nea

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Have you ever noticed that people who begin a sentence with “In a past life, I was…” always end that sentence with “…the beautiful daughter of deposed royalty” or “… a wealthy landowner,” but never with “…a malformed filth-covered peasant”? This post takes a look at the question of whether it's possible to drink any water on E

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