I'm sure this is conventional wisdom by now, but from a visual perspective Avatar 3D IMAX in 2010 = Star Wars in 1977.

The top three game changers for me were Star Wars, Terminator 2, and Avatar. I can't comment on King Kong, but I've heard that was a biggie too.
Pain Beam being developed by US military-industrial complex. Much consternation ensues. Imagine the following in the Comic Book Guy's voice:
@nikola: First off, it's not our government, but our private sector. This comes from Raytheon, and despite that they're heavily intertwined with our military, they are not (YET) our military.
Second, I would prefer the perception of being set on fire to ACTUALLY being set on fire.
A machine capable of torturing on a massive scale? Somewhere Dick Cheney is smiling.
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Chateau Duhart Milon 1985 150 ml for dinner. Interesting older wine.
The Manhattan Bridge, which turns 100 on December 31, flexes under the weight of a subway train in a time-lapse video taken in July of this year.

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Bucks County Varied Thrush.
Time lapse of the snow storm in Brooklyn
Can I file an amicus brief in the case to block the nude photos of that golfer guy? If that's allowed, soon the intertubes will be clogged with naughty pictures of professional bowlers. O, the humanity.
not only does vit D protect against cold and flu, but now a study concludes that: Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency was associated with all-cause dementia, Alzheimer disease, stroke (with and without dementia symptoms), and MRI indicators of cerebrovascular disease. These findings suggest a potential vasculoprotective role of vitamin D.

15 year old wisconsin cheddar goes on sale
black dragon tea bar blog

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old clothes needed for a new project by my PDX friend MK Guth, now in a NY neighborhood near you clothes for art
isnt it all crappy taxidermy?
Yeah, you tell 'em, Zander.
A few months ago I was afraid gold might hit $1000 dollars an ounce, today it is over $1200 dollars an ounce and rising!? One year ago it cost $800 an ounce.
Hi there,
Just thought I'd mention that I'm going to have some work up at David Nolan Dec. 10 if anyone's around.
Me. James Siena, Alex Ross.
-sdb
Victory Science
we started doing loans to people arround the globe via kiva.org

we did like 7 loans and how could we not help out
fellow wine industry folks

Look out! It's an owl!
free open source stuff for kindles at feedbooks. from this digital reader consumer post

heres non fiction junk. good stuff!
where do you get 6oz of black truffles by saturday. just asking