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Today in 1884, an unknown photographer inspired legions of tornado-chasers when he captured the earliest known photograph of a tornado. The black-and-white image was taken about 45 kilometers (22 Miles) southwest of Howard, South Dakota. (Source: National Geographic ) I find this picture to be at once both beautiful and scary.   This is the stuff that I live for; documented historical occurrences... it's sort of like time travel, if you will.
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I watched the animated film, Megamind last night.  I enjoyed it.  It reminded me a little of Dr. Horrible, as they were both anti-hero villains that you can't help but love.  Only Dr. Horrible was still the anti-hero stayed villain, but whatever.  Of course I absolutely ADORE Dr. Horrible and this was nothing compared to its greatness, but it was still enjoyable none-the-less. Reasons for liking Megamind: 01: I like Will Ferrell.  I like his pish poshy accent for Megamind. 02: I thought that Megamind was pretty attractive. 03: I liked Megaminds little fishy Minion. 04: I liked how they kept using classic rock for his big intro's. 05: There were parts that were funny. 06: I liked how Metro Man was voiced by Brad Pitt (I'm not a huge fan of his, but I do like his voice). 07: I liked how Metro Man knew it was all happy banter back and forth between him and Megamind. 08: I liked how Metro Man really always did like Megamind and how he said at the end, "W...

365 Picture Project

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My 365 Picture Project, subtitled 'I Love This!', has finally come to a close.   I started 30 April 2010 and finished four days ago (7 August 2011); it took me so long because I would just end up not doing it for weeks at a time. I tried uploading all of them somewhere other than Facebook, but I never finished that either.  But, I'll share a couple of one's I still really love upon reviewing the entire project. Day 25: Star Trek (19.05.10); Day 67: Death Exhibit at New Orleans Museum (15.08.10); Day 84: German Sewing Kit sent by friend (02.09.10) Day 151: Pocket Size, Vintage Language Books (28.11.10); Day 184: "The Offering" x-mas gift from my sister (10.01.11); Day 189: Matryoshka Measuring Cups (16.01.11) Day 202: Phone Company Offices (29.01.11); Day 206: Random Ice Storm (04.02.11); Day 214: Gnomeo & Juliet (12.02.11) Day 256: Vintage Men's Rings (27.03.11); Day 286: Record Collection (03.05.11); Day 329: Frank Lloyd Wrig...