Article Source: African Travel Gateway TRAVEL TOOLS GEOGRAPHY For centuries Africa has been called the "Dark Continent" by early explorers, hunters and travellers - a mysterious and wild continent reluctant to reveal her secrets. Not much has changed since those early days. To the modern-day...
Lecture 4 – Cows, Pigs, Wars, and Witches INTRODUCTION “Sheep … have the advantage of thick white wool that both reflects the sun’s rays and provides insulation when the temperature of the air rises above that of the body.” What, you might ask, is a sentence like this doing in a book about...
Once upon a time, when I was still an adolescent, I worked in a game shop for a few months before joining university. During those few months, I sort of became a gamer, and sold over-priced plastic bits to unsuspecting nerds who probably didn't realize that owning a giant chunk of plastic molded to...
Hobbit Director Talks "Smaug" Creature FX & Redesigning Frankenstein (mtv.com) MTV: Are you eating, sleeping and breathing "Hobbit" right now? Guillermo del Toro: Yeah, we are. I have now a pile of things that I've read, and an even bigger pile of things that I haven't read. It seems endless, but I...
I would usually put this one last - but it is so good, I have to make sure all eyes see it. If anyone has tried to travel over the holidays, you know the prices can double/triple during our days off! However, Funjet is offering flights from $199, yes $199 roundtrip to the Caribbean during the...
Yosemite: civilized yet wildly dangerous Casey Allen/For The Times-Standard Article Launched: 10/12/2008 01:21:41 AM PDT If you have not visited Yosemite Valley, you must put it on your list of things to do, even if you do not like the great outdoors. It is one of the Earth's natural wonders and...
I've gotten hit over the last day or so with a bad case of the uglies. I don't mean the physical uglies, because, damn I'm cute. I mean I've been a little trapped in the bad places. Aren't you glad I'm not going to add to the discourse about the third debate? Not tonight, anyway. I noticed this...
Most of us suffer from mental health problems, though in varying degrees. Although mental ill-health affects a lot of people, there is still no proper definition as to what mental health problems are and what methods are required to recover. It is report that at least 1 in 10 young people and around...
Oh, North Carolina. Specifically Asheville, North Carolina. It's so many things in one. It's so southern, complete with twangs and farms and all white people. But it's so hippy-ish that you can't call it completely southern, even if I did get called a Yankee more than one time. I was forced to say...
Lately, I've had trouble sleeping at night, and so on occasion I've found myself watching TV late at night, which usually means watching things I would never otherwise watch. For example, the other night I wasted two hours of my life watching first an episode of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" and...
Happened upon this story today and thought it was incredibly neat: Ol Pejeta's Elephants Send Text Messages to Rangers OL PEJETA, Kenya (AP) — The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms. The huge bull elephant had a long...
I have a confession to make. I have a weird tick. Or something. I don't know what you would call it. A paranoia? But, it's not really. I wouldn't say I'm paranoid. It's just this thing. This thought that flashes in my mind every morning. I guess I always figured that on some level, everyone thinks...
I'm not suppose to be typing right now.. or maybe I should.. I've told kai that I'll be updating my blog tonight.. - last night. I can't seem to fall asleep with millions of things running in my mind.. I actually intended to post an entry about Ping's surprise party we gave her last Monday. But...
Things are... meh, I dunno. They're not good, they're not any worse. I heard from Cory which helped a lot. A few times I've tried to start an e-mail to him and just couldn't bring myself to do it... so thank God he's pretty good about checking my blog. (Cory, seriously, thank you!) My baby brother...
...it's from a song that I really like and also don't know how to feel about; it's beautiful but the sentiment (not sure if that's the right word) is too complicated for one shade of appraisal. I'll be thinking about this one for a while, and that the first notes just shut my mouth (breaks funny...
Ok I’ll admit it. I am terrified of being in a relationship. Terrified is not strong enough a word, but it will have to do. It’s been 2 years. Ive definitely become more who I am and want to be in that time, I like myself more than I ever have. Life is stressful, but my life is good. I am able...
This is a crosspost from ...was i there? It was very early Monday morning. One or so when Richard woke me up. I had gone to bed as I had an early start at work... He was sobbing, and told me he was going to take Chanel to the vet. He said he had to take him, even though he thought it was too late,...
I have been watching the debates consistently and this is really the first year that I have been really into to this extent. I am trying to keep an open mind while listening to both candidates. Overall though I do find the debates disheartening at times..they both do a good job of talking about what...
This white is so bright, it hurts my eyes. I wish it was grey. I never tell the people I love how much they mean to me. And when they're gone I cry and cry for days. You are my person. I know I push you away and pull you back in and cry about boys and forget about you for days just to be reminded...
Exactly a week before the exams starts...and I'm sitting here blogging three in the morning when I should be either studying or sleeping... Honestly, this was never a position I had imagined myself in a few days before the exams. Rather, I had been picturing myself burning the midnight oil, studying...
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