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I have this photo hanging in my house, love it for some reason. This presentation reviews some of the historical photographs captured by Charles Ebbets in the early 1930’s. Most of them depict daily scenes of the workers who participated in the construction of the skyscrapers between 1920 and 1935. As you will see, the safety measures were somewhat peculiar, and the photos were done trying to play down that situation.
I drove down to San Diego over the extended weekend which was really fun. Went out to dinner at a place called Islands which we don't have here in the Bay Area on Saturday night. Played some poker with M&M's, peanuts, and raisins for a while and went to my hotel which ended up being overbooked so they gave my room away. They put me at a nice place across town free of charge which...
It's a tough life but someone's got to do it...
This is a story about a dog who was born on Christmas Eve, 2002. He was born with 3 legs - 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which needed to be amputated. He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him. He was rejected and scorned. His first owner also did not think that he could survive. Therefore , he was thinking of putting...
One of my friends sent me this video yesterday. I couldn't find it on YouTube so I posted it up for all to enjoy. "Slightly" exorbitant yes...but so awesome.