For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II
In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga
Fascinating story!
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For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II
In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga
Fascinating story!
Katie found a cookie baking game for J. Among the decorations you can add are hearts…and brains. I still have to stifle a laugh every time he starts shouting “Braaaains!!!”
Valjean went for a long walk, met himself, and realized he didn’t like himself much. #ReadingLesMis #Babylon5
Having a toddler around is like camping: you always need to check inside your shoes before you put them on.
Orange Clouds Above the Mountains on Flickr.
Looking north during yesterday’s sunset.
Orange clouds above the Santa Monica mountains during yesterday’s #sunset.
I’m really not sure FAP was the best choice of an acronym here.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/28/us/boy-scouts-policy/index.html
About time. Here's hoping they follow through, and that next up is getting rid of their official policy of religious discrimination.
I’m going to have to start using “flaming goat cheese on a truck!” as a pseudo-curse.
This is even weirder than the truck full of meat that caught fire on the 5 near Camp Pendleton a few years back, blocking the entire freeway in an area with no alternate routes for a whole day.
Why you might want to turn off your phone’s wi-fi when you go shopping.
Attention shoppers: Retailers can now track you across the mall
Downtown San Diego’s nighttime skyline, seen from Harbor Island across the bay to the west. You can see the light trails from a couple of boats. The yellowish sky is the reflection of street lights on low-lying clouds. I have a wider shot that shows how much darker the sky is away from the city.
This was taken during last year’s Comic-Con. I figured I’d post it this week because the first round of hotel rooms go on sale this Wednesday. These are non-refundable, outside of downtown, and in some cases specific packages with minimum stays, but if you already have tickets and want to avoid the “Hoteloween” rush when the rest of the rooms go on sale, it might be worth taking a look.
Either way, you might be interested in my collection of Tips for Comic-Con.
ashamanhannigan:
Little-known fact: in the First Age, Mazrim Taim sought power by running a craft store, rather than becoming head of the Asha’man.
Where did you think they got their supplies for making sword and dragon pins?
On a more serious note, I’m currently reading A Memory of Light, the long-awaited final volume of The Wheel of Time. I’m about 80 pages into “The Last Battle.” This chapter isn’t just longer than a Robert Jordan prologue, it’s longer than some novels I’ve read.
“We’ll turn you from other craft stores.”
I love it! I’d been trying to think of a punchline that had something to do with that, but just couldn’t come up with anything good.
Also, seeing “ ishamael likes this” on this post made my day.
OK, back to reading…
On Tumblrhttp://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/130104.html
Great literature vs. modern internet slang.
http://www.businessinsider.com/obamas-executive-actions-on-gun-control-2013-1
Really? People claim Obama is making a power grab/end run around the legislature by…sending memos and directing agencies within the executive branch to analyze data, review safety standards and draw up model emergency procedures?
I don’t usually get out before sunrise, but on this particular morning in 2011 I was up to watch a lunar eclipse. I found myself out on the road running along the top of the cliffs near the beach, watching the eclipsed moon set through the haze above the ocean.
You can see the Redondo Beach power plant near the right, with the pier in front of it and King Harbor jutting out into the bay. Way off in the distance you can see the lights of Santa Monica and Malibu, with the Santa Monica mountains behind them.
Hey, people who don’t like the EPA: This is what we’d have without it. Because, as the article points out, it’s what we *did* have *before* the EPA.
NASA snaps pics of China’s ‘Airpocalypse’ pollution disaster
I saw a 1984 Los Angeles Olympics license plate this morning. It’s nice to know a few of those are still kicking around.
Mammas, don’t let your babies grow up to be Jedi. #starwars #lightsaber