'Lineage'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Last year, the local newscasters completely jinxed the city of Jacksonville. They happened to mention on August 30th how, if we made it through the next day without a murder, it would be the first murder free month in Jax in nearly two years.
You can guess what happened, right?
Right. It's like daring some asshole.
C.H.U.D. is still the reason I don't walk over subway grates, however...
I believe in my hometown, there was a guy stopped for having a mobile meth lab on his bicycle. For real. Doesn't take much space.
I think human culture has hit its peak. Someday, billions of years from now, an alien will be complaining about how much humans sucked, and another alien will say, "Well, at least they had this:"
Lithuanian composer Mindaugas Piecaitis was inspired by Nora the Piano Playing Cat (featured previously at Neatorama) and composed a concerto for her to perform with an orchestra. Nora appears via videotape. The rest of the music was performed by the Klaipeda Chamber Orchestra. This performance, condicted by Piecaitis, was recorded on June 5th in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
I'll bet he could really get that bicycle going.
I believe in my hometown, there was a guy stopped for having a mobile meth lab on his bicycle.
Dude, that was y'all? I heard about that! Or rather, I heard that people do that. I have to admit that I admired it, purely as a next step in the development of the technology. More portable, less centralized, and -- well, I guess if your works blows, you're still just as dead, but at least it doesn't take the whole house with you?
C.H.U.D. is still the reason I don't walk over subway grates, however...
You're afraid they'll look up your skirt?
Yes.
Aw, let the C.H.U.D.s have their fun!
World's first camel-milk chocolates going global
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's Al Nassma, the world's first brand of chocolate made with camels' milk, is in talks to expand into new Arab markets, Europe, Japan and the United States, its general manager said Tuesday.
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Founded and owned by Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Al Nassma was formally established in October last year and aims to produce 100 tons of premium camels' milk chocolate a year.
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With 3,000 camels on its Dubai farm, the company sells chocolates through its farm-attached store as well as in luxury hotels and private airlines. It plans to launch an online shopping facility within a month, Van Almsick said.