Satellites hovering above Egypt have zoomed in on a 1,600-year-old metropolis, archaeologists say. Images captured from space pinpoint telltale signs of previous habitation in the swatch of land 200 miles south of Cairo, which digging recently confirmed as an ancient settlement dating from about 400 A.D. The find is part of a larger project aiming…
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Rubies are now a special consideration barter item…
I’ve had these rubies for a while now and while they are nice, I decided I would rather have thirty paintings and meet thirty artists in Hawaii. So I’ve started trading one ruby for one painting to local artists. I started with thirty and am now down to 26. After all the rubies are gone…
My latest portraits of dictators
Lately I’ve had the urge to paint portraits of living dictators. First came Kim Jong Il, now Fidel Castro and Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan. Any suggestions for who I should paint next? cd
Top Ten Signs You Might Not Get a Fair Trial at Gitmo
This is from NPR, if you want to listen to the story, go to the link at the bottom of the post. cd The Tavis Smiley Show, September 14, 2004 · The U.S. military admitted for the first time last week that one of the prisoners held without charges for more than two years at…
Sexy Safety Demo
The thing that I can’t quite understand, is why they seem to be so focused on black people. The commercial is from the Netherlands. Can anyone explain this to me? cd Sexy safety demo Add to My Profile | More Videos
Scott Wade's Dirty Car Art Gallery
This, my friends is Art without attachment…one trip to the carwash and it is gone… cd LINK
Why did your shop teacher need to lose those fingers?
(Thanks Paul!) LINK SawStop is a safety feature that immediately stops and retracts a spinning saw blade if it comes in contact with anything that even remotely resembles your finger. Check out the startling video above, where it practically self-destructs in order to save this innocent hot dog’s life. If that were actually your finger,…
Letter from Iraq
The following letter is from a soldier I know in Iraq. I wanted to make sure that he was alright with me publishing it and I sent him an email. He wanted to add the following so that people could better understand where he is coming from. -cd Here is his addendum: not a disclaimer…
Global Peace Rankings
Surprisingly, the US comes in at only 96, right between Yemen and Iran. We can feel proud. Below are the top 10. cd Rankings This section lists the results of the analysis into each nation’s peace. This is the prime table in the Global Peace Index section. The countries are ranked from most peaceful to…
Sarah Silverman Harshes Paris Hilton…LIVE
Wow…this is amazingly harsh…awesome.