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Chocolate Hills


Composed of around 1,268 perfectly cone-shaped hills of about the same size spread over an area of more than 50 square kilometres (20 sq mi), this highly unusual geological formation, called Chocolate Hills, is located in Bohol, Philippines. There are a number of hypotheses regarding the formation of the hills. These include simple limestone weathering, sub-oceanic volcanism, the uplift of the seafloor and a more recent theory which maintains that as an ancient active volcano self-destructed, it spewed huge blocks of stone which were then covered with limestone and later thrust forth from the ocean bed. Although called the Chocolate Hills they only appear in their chocolate attire when the green grass that grows on them goes dormant in the dry season.

Analysis Prooves You Hate Christmas Creep

When do you think it is appropriate for stores to start decorating for and promoting the winter holidays?
Before Labor Day 1%
Between Labor Day and Halloween 5%
Between Halloween and Thanksgiving 36%
After Thanksgiving 54%
Never 1%
Don't Celebrate Holidays 1%
Don't Know 1%
Refused to Answer 1%
Survey Source: Consumer Reports National Research Center

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IT'S THE HEADLESS TURKEYCLAUS!


Tim Rikard's comic strip Brewster Rockit hit spot on yesterday when the female lead character said, "IT'S NOT EVEN THANSGIVING YET AND CHRISTMAS MOVIES ARE OUT! LAST MONTH, THANKSGIVING, CHRISTMAS AND HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS WERE UP!"

There Are Seven People In This Photo

Six plus one

sinkhole threatens to swallow city

Normally a motorist driving through the area might not find a sign like that unusual. The city is, after all, home to Carlsbad Caverns National Park, a network of some of the largest natural caverns in North America. But on this occasion, the sign's sharp colors make the message clear: what's happening in Carlsbad is not natural.

The massive sinkhole currently running through the center of town was created by the oil industry. It was formed over three decades as oil field service companies pumped fresh water into a salt layer more than 400 feet below the surface and extracted several million barrels of brine to help with drilling.

If it collapses, the unnatural cavern is likely to take with it a church, a highway, several businesses and a trailer park. Massive fissures currently cleave through town, and one business owner has said that structural cracks have even formed in his store.

"It would be like a bomb going off in the middle of town," said Jim Griswold, a hydrologist with the New Mexico Oil Conservation Division. The problem is so severe that the Eddy County Commission declared a state of emergency last Thursday, and they hope that state and federal funds will arrive in time to fill the cavern before it collapses.

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Another sinkhole wanting to swalow a town HERE

RIP University of Georgia Mascot UGA VII

This item is about Uga 7 not Uga  8.  Uga 8 article info click THIS
The University of Georgia's English Bulldog Mascot, UGA VII passed on suddenly November 19, 2009.  He was only four years old and had just recently been examined by the university's veterinary department and determined to be healthy.   Due to his sudden passing there will be insufficient time to prepare his replacement for Saturday's game hosting Kentucky.
*Note:  Obviously overcome with grief the team lost when their quarterback repeatedly threw the ball into the arms of the defense just a few feet from him.
**Second note:  It looks like the grief continues as the 2010 version of the team installed a freshman high school quarterback to lead the team to a Georgia Bulldog modern record of losses and is heading for a new record of players arrested for various legal violations in the community.  Soon the coaches and players may be arrested for impersonating the Georgia Bulldog football team.

UGA VIII debut at the Vandy game October 4,2010  LINK to UGA VIII photo

Whose turn is it?

Whose turn is it?

I woke him the last time.

Un-uh! I did!  I remember 'cause he bit me twice.  That cut through my collar and I have not found it yet.

He's a lousy drunk always expecting us to watch out for him to keep the humans from running over him.

Fat Mannequins and Nothing But Polyester Clothing At JCPenney's?


The Awl . com decided to check out one Cintra Wilson who writes a Critical Shopper column for the New York Times wherein she dogged the JC Penney's Manhatten store for having mannequins Ms. Wilson described as "obese." Ms. Wilson further slammed the Penny's store for its garish discount sale signs and its complete line of cheap polyester clothing.

JC Penney's is one of the stores I do shop for casual attire and I can't say I have ever seen a fat mannequin. I think I might have spotted a "pregnant" mannequin some years ago when the wife was with child. As to the 'nothing but polyester clothing' in Penny's from what I saw just three days ago was a line of shirts and trousers of 100% cotton with a few casual shirts that were 65% cotton 35% polyester. If you want something wash and wear that keeps its crease and looks ironed when its not then you will get the combination fabric. My experience with no-iron 100% cotton is it looks like you slept in it but then that appears to be the look the younger set goes for.

Enough of my comment. Take a gander at what The Awl found in its first hand look at the store Ms Wilson puts in the same category as lesser than Kmart at
http://www.theawl.com/2009/11/real-america-with-abe-sauer-a-visit-to-new-york-citys-jc-penney
When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy.’ They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.~ John Lennon
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