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String Theory - An Eruv in Manhattan

Daniel published this entry on Thursday 28 December, 2006 at 5:34 pm. It's been filed in the Newyork + uncategorized category. {Share Your Thoughts}

String Theory by Theodore Ross, published in Harper’s Magazine:
How Orthodox Jews have built a 4,000 acre house in Manhattan with fishing line.
Download PDF here.

Pocky

Daniel published this entry on Tuesday 26 December, 2006 at 10:33 am. It's been filed in the advertisement + japan + uncategorized + video category. {1 Comment}

What follows is a half dozen television advertisements for a pretzel sold in Japan.

many more below…

Cut Chemist- SPAT!

Daniel published this entry on Monday 18 December, 2006 at 10:21 am. It's been filed in the music.video + uncategorized + video category. {1 Comment}

directed by James Reitano
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Coincidences are just that?

Daniel published this entry on Sunday 17 December, 2006 at 10:30 pm. It's been filed in the uncategorized category. {Share Your Thoughts}

From 2spare - Top 15 strangest coincidences
Lincoln and J.F. Kennedy
Life

Both presidents had 7 letters in their last name.
Both were over 6′ feet tall.
Both men studied law.
Both seemed to have lazy eye muscles, which would sometimes cause [...]

The Peculiar Mating System of Giraffes

Daniel published this entry on Sunday 17 December, 2006 at 1:44 pm. It's been filed in the animals + video category. {1 Comment}

The Giraffe mating system is the most peculiar in all of the animal kingdom! Holy canoli!
Step one: Male giraffe approaches female, nudging the small rump on the small of her back.
Step two: she begins to urinate.
Step three: the male drinks the urine, tasting it to determine if estrus has begun. (Estrus begins when the female [...]