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Source: AZLyrics
Low Millions - Eleanor found on Rock
Black velvet and that little boy's smileAnswer: It's about Elvis! I had no idea!
Black Velvet refers to the soulful black sound of Elvis' voice and the many African American recording artists and singers he emulated to create his special brand of rock n' roll.Stuff in the lyrics:
Mississippi in the middle of a dry spell
Jimmy Rogers on the Victrola up high
The boy could sing, knew how to move, everything
Verse 2 is about the height of his career:
Up in Memphis, the music's like a heatwave
"Love Me Tender" leaves 'em cryin' in the aisleThe bridge is about him dyin:
The way he moved, it was a sin, so sweet and true
Every word of every song that he sang was for youSource: Wikipedia, Digital Dream Door
In a flash he was gone, it happened so soon, what could you do?
Gorilla Manor - Local NativesIn general, things Kylie had put into my box.net... but to no avail.
Forget - Twin Shadow
Work - Shout Out Louds
Odd Blood - Yeasayer
Answer: "Moth's Wings" by Passion Pit!!!!!!!!! I knew I knew it!!!!!! Oh god. Oh god oh god. Full song (buy it here):
But you run away from me
And you left me shimmering
Like diamond wedding rings
Spinning dizzily down on the floor
You're just like your father
Buried deep under the water
You're resting on your laurels
And stepping on my toes
A little bit more of a memoir than a journal, but Diary of an Unlikely Call Girl is the only book here based on a blog, the modern-day diary. Belle du Jour, an anonymous writer, is a good girl turned call girl who recounts her time working for an elite escort agency in London.
(Alternate title: The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl)
Her specialist areas are developmental neurotoxicology and cancer epidemiology. She has a PhD in informatics, epidemiology and forensic science and is now working at the Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health. She is part of a team researching the effects of exposure to the pesticide chlorpyrifos on foetuses and infants.Fancy!
She worked as a call girl from 2003 to late 2004, and the memoir was published in 2005. After much speculation about her identity (and threats from an ex-boyfriend to out her), she revealed herself (in this Times interview) in November 2009.
I spent all morning getting ready to meet the manager. This involves no small amount of eyelash curling, hair straightening and wardrobe panicking. Sexy, but not slutty? You'll be wanting the dark silk top, then. Young, but serious? Well-cut coat. As much cleavage as I could muster. Boots, of course - it is autumn in London after all. My nails are an acrylic nightmare but there was simply no time.
Everyone should eat at @chilis today. 100% of the proceeds go to @StJude today and today only. Go.This interests me because I am from Memphis (where St. Jude is) and because I love queso
and margaritas.
Throughout September, Chili's® Grill & Bar is supporting St. Jude with Create-A-Pepper to Fight Childhood Cancer. Visit participating Chili's restaurants or go online to design your own pepper.But today, Sept. 27th, is the Big Day! Eat at Chili's, and all profits will go to St. Jude!
*If your computer is like mine, you might be able to scroll down for a Chili's Chips & Queso coupon below! Or maybe click here! This is exciting!
Chandler said, "Did you ever read about that guy? He was a real son of a bitch and his kids killed him."
Source: Phreeque.com, Wikipedia
I'm not sure if that's the fad for me.
Millions of killer giant squid are not only devouring vast amounts of fish, they have even started attacking humans.
Two Mexican fishermen were recently dragged from their boats and chewed so badly that their bodies could not be identified even by their own families.
No wonder the giant squid are called "diablos rojos" - red devils.
Since 2002, Humboldt giant squid have been spreading their tentacles to deplete fishing stocks by moving from their traditional tropical hunting grounds off Mexico and laying claim to a vast sweep of the Pacific.Here is what a giant squid's beak looks like. Keep your paw out of there, Chan Chan.
Hunting in 1,000-strong packs the giant squid can out-swim and out-think fish. Scientists believe they coordinate attacks by using pigment cells to communicate.
Marine biologists wear chain-mail to protect themselves from creatures that can measure 8ft, weigh 100lb and carry an armoury of more than 40,000 fearsome teeth along two “attack” tentacles.The creatures have another eight “legs” for grasping and swimming and can reach speeds of more than 15mph.Former US special forces diver Scott Cassell has put his life on the line to study the squid. He too has been attacked.He said: “Within five minutes my right shoulder had been pulled out of its socket. I had 30 big marks on my head and throat and one squid hit me so hard I saw stars. They then grabbed on to me and pulled me down so fast that I could not equalise and I ruptured my eardrum.“They are the most opportunistic predators on the planet. They eat everything in their path."
But IRL, he looks like this:
Answer: Oh, he's not so bad. Here he is as a pilot and with one of his ladies.
Source: Google Images
In 1974, after he had served less than five years, the US federal government released him on the condition that he would help the federal authorities without pay against crimes committed by fraud and scam artists, and sign in once a week. Not wanting to return to his family in New York, he left the choice of parole up to the court, and it was decided that he would be paroled in Texas.
After his release, Abagnale tried several jobs, including cook, grocer and movie projectionist, but he was fired from most of these upon having his criminal career discovered via background checks and not informing his employers that he was a former convict. Finding them unsatisfying, he approached a bank with an offer. He explained to the bank what he had done, and offered to speak to the bank's staff and show various tricks that "paperhangers" use to defraud banks. The banks were impressed by the results, and he began a legitimate life as a security consultant.
He later founded Abagnale & Associates, which advises the business world on fraud. Abagnale is now a millionaire through his legal fraud detection and avoidance consulting business based in Tulsa, OK. Abagnale also continues to advise the FBI, with whom he has associated for over 35 years, by teaching at the FBI Academy and lecturing for FBI field offices throughout the country. More than 14,000 institutions have adopted Abagnale's fraud prevention programs.
He lives in Tulsa with his wife, whom he married 1 year after becoming legitimate. They have 3 sons, and one of those sons currently works for the FBI.
Answer: Oh, this is funny kind of:
the god of woods and fields who was the source of mysterious sounds that caused contagious, groundless fear in herds and crowds, or in people in lonely spots
Kingdoms and queens, they all bow down to you
Branches and ranch hands are bowin' too
And I've taken off my straw hat for you, singing
Here comes the sun again
What a palaver, what an absolute treatAnswer: A convo!
To watch a cat and its father
Pick a bone in the street
“…The Mayor, who was proud of Puddleby’s fame,But all is not well in Puddleby Town. On the eve of their Annual Pavlova Bake-Off, the villagers make a shocking discovery. The essential ingredient has been EGGNAPPED! Where have all the eggs gone? What will happen on Bake-Off day? Can the villagers work together to save their eggs?
in a pompously, plummery voice would proclaim,
‘Pavlova, pavlova,
there’s nothing so nice –
as Official Town Taster, I’ll judge every slice!’
And patting his belly
he’d look round the crowd,
‘It brings us together,’ he’d say very loud...”
Also, this shot is only high fashion if you consider Cassandra Peterson to be a style icon. Some do, many don't, just saying.Answer: Omg it's Elvira! Well, that is good to know. Here she go in and out of make up.
Source: Google Images
What do we know about the sect?
The group, led by a 33-year-old woman named Reyna Marisol Chicas, broke off from a local Latino evangelical Christian congregation. The LA Sheriff's Office described the sect as "cult-like," based on reports from one of the women's husbands who said that group members had been "brainwashed."
Why did the police start searching for them?
At about 2 p.m. Saturday, 2 concerned husbands showed up at the sheriff's office with a purse the women had left behind with instructions to pray over it. Inside: ID, cash, cellphones, deeds to homes and titles to cars, and letters suggesting "they were all going to heaven to meet Jesus and their deceased relatives." While the notes didn't specify suicide, some did mention the "end of the world" and "every single letter reads like a will and testament."
Who is Reyna Marisol Chicas?
Tagged as the leader of the sect, Chicas is an immigrant from El Salvador like the cult's other adult members. Current and former neighbors say the mother of 2 became increasingly religious after separating from her husband 4 years ago, but described her as a simple woman with a 5th grade education who had trouble keeping a job and often lied about small things. Pastor Felipe Vides of the church says Chicas stopped attending services 2 years ago, and was a nondescript member with no leadership position.
What is Chicas telling police?
Not much, so far. She's been taken in for 72 hours of psychiatric evaluation, after telling police her name was Nancy and denying her identity even when confronted with documents verifying it, Whitmore says. "Her intent doesn't seem to be [to deceive]. She just seems very confused."
What do the police think the group was doing?
They're not sure. Before the women were reported missing, a deputy spotted them near a high school, purportedly praying against violence in schools and premarital sex. They may have been on a prayer tour of several local schools. (This isn't their first planned disappearance: 6 months ago, the sect had apparently strategized an excursion to the nearby Vasquez Rocks area to await the Rapture, or at least a catastrophic natural disaster, but called it off when one of the members, since kicked out, told a relative about the trip.)
So why leave worldly possessions behind?Source: The Week
According to sect members, they left their valuables behind them to make their prayer less sinful, since possessions bring evil. They were angry that such a big deal was made of their outing.
It got me all jazzed for Sharktopus, which premieres THIS SATURDAY, SEPT. 25 on SyFy. Set your DVR!
The panda is indeed the most mysterious of all creatures, shrouded in the enigma of his black and white coat. What kind of camouflage is this, black and white? Hiding in an Oreo factory? Could be! That's just another chapter in the ominous saga of the panda!Source: YouTube
Your body usually maintains a constant temperature of 98.6 degrees F; that's the temperature the cells of the body work best. So your body will do anything it can to get back to that peaceful place. If there's any significant change in temperature, it's sensed by the area of the brain called the hypothalamus.Source: Ask Dr. Oz
When the body gets too cold, this center alerts the rest of the body to begin warming up. Shivering, the rapid movement of the muscles to generate heat, begins. Teeth chattering is simply localized shivering.
*The "D." is for diamond.
The word "dodo" (as in, "Idiot! Don't you know it's day?!") has been around longer than the bird.
"Dodo" has been part of the English language since at least 1628, and the Dutch are not thought to have reached Mauritius before 1638. "Dodo" comes from Portuguese doudo (more commonly doido) meaning "fool," or, as an adjective, "crazy." The Portuguese word may itself be a loanword from Old English (cp. English "dolt").Whatever. That thing was over 3 feet tall and weighed like 45 lbs.
Source: New World Encyclopedia, Wikipedia
Answer: Aww :(
Source: Google Images
Why didn’t Mike just divorce Terri and marry me? I find that question itself offensive. Why should he? Just because things didn’t work out they way they planned, is he supposed to dump her and get on with with next state of his life?But she also said Terri’s mysterious collapse was God’s will:
I believe that God sent me to Mike…it was clearly God’s plan to take Terri that February morning in 1990.
I don't know.
At a size of 4,500 acres (18 km2), it covers more than five times the area of Central Park in New York City with 843 acres (3.41 km2).
So beautiful.
Source: Wikipedia
The pair began arguing at a club in Santa Monica. The unspecified disagreement persisted when they arrived home to their apartment in Venice, and the dispute allegedly became physical, at which time police were called in.I just want to see if he looks like the kind of champ who would hit a girl.
Source: Google Images
The Voutsinases first realized they had a "kismet" story in 2002, when they were preparing a photo presentation for their wedding. Donna found a picture of herself, age 5, standing at Disney World with family members. In the background was a tall man pushing a stroller with a toddler in it.
When Alex looked at the picture, he recognized the "tall man" as his father — and the child in the stroller as himself, at age 3.Answer: Teehee. Here's the original from 1980:The couple confirmed the identities after Alex went through his old family photos and found some with himself and his father at Disney World in the same clothes as the man and child in Donna's photo.
and the one they recreated with their own children in June:
Source: Inside the Magic
Answer: WHAT! How did I watch 4 whole seasons of "Ugly Betty" without knowing this?
Was everyone else on board with this except me? Maybe I should have watched that movie (or that show).
Source: Google Images
Answer: Hindlimb and foreleg! Durr.
Really energetic!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Violins:Source: Toy Town Germany, Songs for Teaching, Manhattan School
The violins ringing like lovely singing
The violins ringing like lovely song
Clarinets:
The clarinet, the clarinet
Goes doodle doodle doodle det
The clarinet, the clarinet
Goes doodly doodly doodly det
Horns:
The horn, the horn
Awakes me at morn
The horn, the horn
It sounds so forlorn
Trumpet:
The trumpet is sounding ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-te-ta,
Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-te-ta
The trumpet is sounding, ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-te-ta,
Ta-ta-ta-ta
Drums:
The drum's playing two tones
And always the same tones
Five one, one five,
Five five five five one
Answer: It comes from Latin non plus, "no more, no further," as in "nothing more can be done."
To be nonplussed is to be at a total loss as to what to say or do, "utterly perplexed; completely puzzled."It doesn't mean "unimpressed" or "indifferent," in case you thought it did:
It does (more or less) mean "fazed" but does not mean "unfazed."Source: The Mavens' Word of the Day
There's a whole gross weird site of these pics called Living in Sim. OK.
