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Baddest Soccer Babe From davij ^Pro in flip (4 hours old)

Introducing Elizabeth Lambert, no. 15, University of New Mexico, U.S. baddest soccer babe! *she's a b.....!* *i like her!* *she's in the wrong sports!* *UFC?* *..and they suspended Zidane… more

DEAR ANDY From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (5 hours old)

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TWO-FINGERED SALUTE From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (6 hours old)

Baby boy gives two-finger salute to the world... from inside the WOMB If Owen Skeffington grows up to show a lack of respect for authority, his parents can hardly complain that he didn't warn t… more

AESCULAPIUS From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (6 hours old)

"A Sick Child brought into the Temple of Aesculapius" (1877) by John William Waterhouse Aesculapius In Greek mythology, Aesculapius, son of Apollo, (often referred to as the god of medicine or… more

B & W From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (7 hours old)

Here is another poem from "The Poet Laureate of Harlem". Read a biography at: http://www.kansasheritage.org/crossingboundaries/page6e1.html I DREAM A WORLD I dream a world where man … more

CLEO From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (7 hours old)

A long poem by Swinburne. I could have said it all in just five words "By God - She is beautiful". CLEOPATRA Her mouth is fragrant as a vine, A vine with birds in all its boughs; … more

the heebeegeebees From malakeas ^Pro in Hello! And welcome! Mostly... (9 hours old)

Don't you just wish you would either get full blown sick and have that over in a few days as opposed to feeling up and then down, day in and day out for the past couple of weeks? Blah! I do find… more

I can smell Christmas coming can you? From janeygodley in Janey Godley’s Blog (15 hours old)

Yes, Christmas has a particular scent, its cinnamon and spices and supermarkets pump it out discreetly in case we forget what the spending season smells like. I hate being manipulated like that do… more

Really From freeasthewind in Freeasthewind (20 hours old)

Gloomy day but will be back to work in a few hours so wont see the outside much anyway. Two weeks until Thanksgiving. Time is a flying as they say. Anyway this week should be an interesting week weath… more

I had to laugh... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (20 hours old)

Rupert Murdoch is threatening to stop all his publications appearing in Google News. That will raise the quality of Google News. The bias in his rags does this Australian dinosaur no favours.… more

Strangeness on eBay From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (21 hours old)

I was about to list some of my old computer science books on eBay, but they wanted me to list them with free postage. I have asked for that in the Post Office before now, but they just laughed. Pre… more

What is it about babies..... From malakeas ^Pro in Hello! And welcome! Mostly... (22 hours old)

...that make them so darn lovable? A colleague has a wall in her office dedicated to all the new babies other colleagues have had. It is really nice to go by and see the babies in different ag… more

A planet I visited today. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (23 hours old)

I'm building up to an intellectually stimulating post, by playing a little Spore in between putting stuff on eBay. As you may be able to see, I just terraformed this place to T1 for its inhabitant… more

Rhine Cruise From hazgeoff in allworkedout (1 day old)

Well we have managed to fit in leisurewas captured by soldiers of the U.S. 9th Armored Division on 7 March 1945, time too. At the start of October we did a Rhine river cruise for 7 nights. Very enjoya… more

Tis Tuesday From lyndlj in Just Me!! The Butterfly effect (1 day old)

It is a sad thing when someone achieves their dream only to have to give it up because of the things that life has thrown at them in the past twelve months, my friend is having to do this and I am hel… more

I Love NYC From davij ^Pro in flip (1 day old)

I've been to New York City many times which is a 5 1/2 hour drive from Montreal both for business and leisure, and it's one of the few cities in the world I really enjoyed visiting over and over again… more

LIKE ME From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (1 day old)

A couple of days ago I posted here "Hold Fast To Dreams", which was written by Langston Hughes, the African-American poet who was best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance - the flowerin… more

I LOVE MY COMPUTER From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (1 day old)

I am grateful to Alan for sending me a series of cartoons about that modern day blessing (?) - the computer. Here is the first. … more

DIGITAL CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2009 From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (1 day old)

In the space of 20 weeks, the world’s biggest photo contest, Digital Camera magazine’s Photographer of the Year, received a massive 101,000 online entries from 126 countries. The overall £10,000 … more

THE ENCHANTED GARDEN From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (1 day old)

Here is one of Waterhouse's last paintings. He had been suffering from cancer for some time, and in 1916 while he continued to work on The Enchanted Garden he was approaching the end of his journey… more

WHEN IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (1 day old)

DEAD LOVE Dead love, by treason slain, lies stark, White as a dead stark-stricken dove: None that pass by him pause to mark Dead love. His heart, that strained and yearned and strove A… more

The tracks From freeasthewind in Journey into Native Amerian Heritage (1 day old)

The tracks we leave might not be the tracks we want to leave. What about you what tracks have you left so far and what tracks do you want to leave… more

the frosty windows From malakeas ^Pro in Hello! And welcome! Mostly... (1 day old)

I find that the mornings have a bit of a nip to them which used to be a pain in the patootey when I lived at the old house as mornings would find me scrapping the frost off the car window. I am… more

It is Monday not the first of my week From freeasthewind in Freeasthewind (1 day old)

It is a medium nice day and have been out and about all ready and now at 9:30am I am able to have a cup of coffee. Hope you are all having a great day and safe week… more

Good Monday morning From lyndlj in Just Me!! The Butterfly effect (2 days old)

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the Trio`s & Christmas From malakeas ^Pro in Hello! And welcome! Mostly... (2 days old)

I couldn`t resist putting some Christmas antlers on the Trio yesterday. Do you think the Trio are in the mood for Christmas? Hahahahahahahahahaha! The Christmas antlers were torn into shreds… more

COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (2 days old)

LONGING Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again! For then the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day. Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times, A me… more

THEY HAVE COME FORWARD From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (2 days old)

Two lucky winners came forward yesterday to claim their share of a massive £90 million jackpot in Friday night's Euromillions draw. The pair of ticketholders will receive more than £45.5milli… more

SOMEWHAT OF A RARITY? From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (2 days old)

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APOLLO AND DAPHNE From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (2 days old)

Yesterday Waterhouse presented us with a wood nymph and today he brings us another tree figure - Daphne. The interesting story behind the painting is from ancient Greek mythology. John Wil… more