Good god. How does a bridge like that just fucking fall down? I hope there were no casualties, but that seems horribly unlikely. The photos are frightening.

How does a bridge like that just fucking fall down?

That's what I'm wondering. There were construction crews working on the bridge before it collapsed, but they were just resurfacing it, so that shouldn't affect its structural integrity.

This will probably go down in history as a major engineering fuckup....

Yikes on bridges disappearing out from under you. When one of the tunnels of the Big Dig dropped its roof last year, at least it had the grace to do it late at night. (Actually, I mean, it fell right onto a car and killed a woman, but, it was only one piece of ceiling and only one car.)

On a lighter note, because I am autistic:

Dozens of vehicles were scattered and stacked on top of each other amid the rumble.

...the Associated Press is skimping on their copyediting again.

This will probably go down in history as a major engineering fuckup....

Well, it only fell down that one time.

I can't really make out the name of this one, but it looks like F something or I something Cornbread (It's got water stains all over).

2 beaten eggs
3/4 cup oil
8 oz sour cream
2 chopped pimentos
2 tsp chopped hot peppers
1 1/2 cups corn meal
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 small can creamed corn

It says to bake at 400 in a 9" pan. "Put in half and sprinkle with sharp cheese & then put in other half cover with cheese"

Black Eyed Pea Cornbread

1 lb pork sausage
1 onion
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp soda
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1/3 cup vegetable oil
chopped peppers to taste (green, red, jalapeno)
3/4 cup cream corn
8 oz grated cheddar cheese
15 oz can (2 cups) black-eyed peas

Cook sausage and onion until brown. Drain.
Combine cornmeal and other dry ingredients
Beat eggs, buttermilk, and oil together and combine with dry ingredients
Add sausage, onions, peppers, corn, cheese and peas
Bake in loaf pan or 9x13 pan @ 350 for 50-55 min

Crawfish cornbread

2 boxes Jiffy cornbread mix
6 eggs
1 oz shredded cheddar cheese
1/2 cups chopped jalapeno
3/4 cup oil
1 or 2 lb crawfish
2 cans creamed corn
8 oz cheese for top

Bake in loaf pan at 375 for 50 min to an hour

Bonus recipe! Indian Fried Bread

8 cups self rising flour
2 tsp
2 tsp salt
3 cups hot water

Mix in bowl. Knead until smooth. make ball about the size of a fist-flatten it out and let rise a few minutes. Then, fry in about 1 1/2-2 in shortening. Fry to golden brown.

Well, it only fell down that one time.

99.99999999% of the time it was not falling down....

Good lord y'all! I hope all your Twin City peeps are ok!

Oh, and Happy International Clown Week, y'all.... [link]

Originally proclaimed by Nixon, doncha know....

Clowns need their own week?

Yep. Just ask Nixon.

To call public attention to the charitable activities of clowns and the wholesome entertainment they provide for all our citizens, the Congress by a joint resolution approved October 8, 1970 (Public Law 91-433), has requested the President to designate the week of August 1 through August 7, 1971, as International Clown Week.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim the week of August 1 through August 7, 1971, as International Clown Week. I invite the Governors of the States and the appropriate officials of other areas under the United States flag to issue similar proclamations.

I urge the people of the United States recognize the contributions made by clowns in their entertainment at children's hospitals, charitable institutions, for the mentally retarded, and generally helping to lift the spirits and boost the morale of our people.

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