Where is my mind?

There was a copper mining industry Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula from 1846 to well into the past century The Quincy & Torch Lake served the Quincy Mining Company. The Quincy Mining Company was founded in 1846 to mine native copper deposits on property near Hancock, Michigan. During the course of the next one hundred and fifty years, the company produced 1.5 billion pounds of refined copper and issued $30 million in shareholder dividends. In 1976, I shot the following photos at the yard of the Q & TL. Only three structures remained. The engine house and a rectangular water tank. I understand there are restorations ongoing of mining era facilities and trains. One of the Q & TL engines was running at the museum at Greenfield Village.

Overview of yard with engine house.

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I just got a very excited phone call from my mother saying "So I was flipping through People Magazine today at work, and guess whose ad I saw, right at the beginning?"

At first I had no idea what she was talking about, because she gave me absolutely no context. So I had to think for a moment about what I who I would possibly care about seeing in an ad in People. Then it clicked. Nicole.

Apparently they are running a full page covergirl ad with her in this weeks People. My mom said it's gorgeous. Have they done this before? I don't remember ever actually seeing any print ads for covergirl featuring any of the previous winners, especially in something as well known as People. Just the "My Life as a Covergirl" spots and back cover of Seventeen magazine.

I think I am going to go out to the grocery store and pick up this week's people, so I can scan in the ad.

I figured since I typed this out I might as well include some pictures. I feel like we might have seen some of these before, but I'm not sure. I assume if we have, they'll at least be new to some people.

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EDIT: added one candid of Rachel

( ...i think you lost what you loved in that mess of details... )

Elice in Tacoma, Wash.: Any news on The Office? Will there be any Jam moments to look forward to?
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Ehren: I thought you meant
Ehren: like
Ehren: gardening
Matt: no
Ehren: and lawn-mowing
Matt: designing etc.
Matt: hehe
Ehren: that'd be an awesome major
Matt: yeah
Ehren: Advanced Weed Trimming 351
Matt: we'd both have done that
Matt: shite
Matt: edging exam tomorrow
Ehren: :-)
Ehren: Principles of Tree Care
Ehren: Gardening Ethics
Ehren: you should send her these
Ehren: as courses she should take
Ehren: what are some others?
Matt: Contemporary Seedling Concerns
Ehren: Theory of Advanced Swing Set Placement
Matt: Conifers and Social Norms
Matt: Mulch and the Renaissance
Ehren: Feminist Ethics in Mid-20th Century Marxist Dendrology
Matt: Mycological Growth Patterns and the Enlightenment
Ehren: Geraniums and the Weimar Republic
Matt: English gardens in postwar Austria
Matt: Peat and the Medieval church
Ehren: Tulip chemistry
Ehren: you just plant bulbs in Erlenmeyer flasks
Matt: Junipers, the Black Church, and American Exceptionalism
Matt: good luck topping that one
Ehren: Marigolds, Madrigals and Mary, Queen of Scots - Lectures on a garden in the Tudor Period
Matt: Introduction to Larch Anthropology
Ehren: Post-9/11 Perspectives on Pest Control
Matt: Intermediate Psychology as a Botanical Science
Matt: Shakespeare, Sheltered Identities and Soil
Ehren: yeah
Matt: Landscaping Perspectives on Persian History and Children's Marketing: Xerxes, Xylem, Floam, and Phloem
Ehren: Turf Wars: A Neorealist Approach to Lawn Maintenance
Matt: The Distant Side of the Sidewalk: Liminal Boundaries, Social Responsibility, and Property Rights in Locke
Matt: Rite of Autumn: Stravinsky, the Rake, and You
Ehren: The Colossus of Rhodedendrons: Euripides, Berkely and Leibniz on Irrigation and Tar-Water
Matt: Plans and Plants: A People's History of Drafting and Grafting
Ehren: Being and Becoming: A Nietzschean Account of Germination as Will to Power
Matt: Abyssal Ivy: American Sports Empires, Post-Structural Nihilism, and the Chicago Cubs' Outfield
Ehren: The Bomb and the Bulb: Home Gardening in the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations
Matt: Anemones and Anglo-Saxons: Critical Essays on Horticulture in Beowulf
Matt: Hemlock, Hedge Mazes, and Social Control: Socrates, the Panopticon, and the Modern Prison as Selective Euthanasia
Matt: I think we should stop now

obligatory boob warning

( ...you taste just like glitter mixed with rock'n'roll... )

I always stop to gaze at these amazing banisters on my way from the Assumption cathedral to the open swimming pool. These banisters is the only part of the house on a high bank of the Oka river which has survived. It's the perfect setting for taking "atmospheric" pictures. The pictures were taken in mid-November and early October this year.
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Courtesy of NJ Underground's blog

http://thenjunderground.com/blog/2009/11/29/brand-new-nassau-coliseum-112809.html

i just read this on the deadformat forum:

So I e-mailed Triple Crown records just seeing if there were any plans for Northstar vinyl as I had heard it was happening and also asked about a Your Favorite Weapon Repress. Here is what they had to say.

Hey Brian,

Yes Northstar will be released (Pollyana) on vinyl early '10 with some
bonus tracks. Hoping to get YFW out by the end of '10 on vinyl been
talking to Brand New about that, but Devil & God will be out early '10 as
well.
Make sure to follow us on Facebook & Twitter for info on those.

TCR

well. lets have at it.
i just started following triplecrown (twitter.com/3crown) and im already seeing talk of the northstar vinyl. so even though this is brand new, and we can never trust any sort of rumor about them, i suppose we have a little glimmer of hope poking through here.

My body is eating itself. I am down to a size 16 in pants and that has never been possible in my sort-of-adult life. I am not sure what to think, and it makes me very uncomfortable when my mother calls me "Ms. Slim-And-Trim." I need new clothes pretty badly, because everything I have is larger and falls off my body. WTF.

I had a sort of good time in NY. On one hand, it was nice to be not in my house for a somewhat prolonged period of time. On the other, I didn't really do anything that special. But I guess that's okay. I saw some really awful vagina art, some really good not vagina art, some shitty experimental art/filmmaking, etc. I saw things? I have eyes. I also walked, like, six miles to look at a fucking bridge. I no longer have extreme anxiety about the city either, which is really good, I think.

I've been kind of upset lately that I have no ~discernable~ talent, and I really don't have the monetary means to pursue any of my dreams. I can't even pinpoint what my "dreams" are, either. I don't want to be so useless! But I don't know how to be anything else. I think I'm kind of smart and I could do something with that, but it's difficult to, uh, awaken the motivation or drive required to do anything with it.

I'm very sleepy because I woke up at 4.45a and I'm pretty sure my parents do all that is humanly possible to ruin my naps. Neither of them talk in "normal" voices--they're almost always very loud. They slam doors. They call me. They are obnoxious. I always ask my mother why she talks so much because I am not really a talky person with most people, and she always blah blah blahs at me in response. Kind of counterproductive, imo, but whatever. Oh well.

This was once an amusement park of sorts with a nursery rhyme/fairy tale theme in Ellicott City, MD


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( gingerbread house and castles )

Today, Tyra tweeted confirming that the International destination for cycle 14 is.....
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Source

Neutief - ex-german airbase that was originaly build for Luftwaffe. After the end of the Second World War USSR claimed/took control and ownership of the airbase. In 1990, at the end of USSR, airbase was finally collapsed and abandoned.




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So, I just saw a commercial for Caltrate. It shows a baby with her mother, and then shows the baby now as an adult with a daughter of her own. She wraps a thin blanket over her daughter's shoulders as the voiceover goes on about "Tender Loving Caltrate".

The daughter with the blanket is totally Kelly/Erin.

Sorry, no video, and her imdb profile is sadly missing it. Shocking, I know.

Just... um... in case you cared I guess?

Edit: There's a video in the comments now. I know you guys really care about this! :)

--37 Mighty Boosh/Noel gifs
--06 The Office gifs

Teasers:


MOAR.

Sorry about that! I haven't slept in two days XD

Ashanti, Nelly, Golic, Thorton, ozzie smith, etc. this game is so full of win!

I bought the white shirt with the photo and BRAND NEW across the top last night on a whim. and then I realized I didn't really want it anymore, I have too much BN merch! it's a size small. $15 bucks via mail, I'll cover shipping. any takers? Thanks!

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can't tell collapse that
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This Christopher Lee album:
http://www.amazon.com/Christopher-Lee-Revelation-UK/dp/B000KP6HZC

is probably the best thing since the Mr. T album, or the Hulk Hogan album, or the Randy Savage album, or the Fabio album...

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bangkok
sink
degausser
you won't know
tommy gun
sic transit
limo
vices
gasoline
sowing season
you stole
luca
archers
jesus
bride
at the bottom
play crack
70X7

Hello, hello! I have a fairly long friends list, but I figured I could use some more video game lovers around.

Name: Wolf of Dreams

Age: 23

Consoles: Wii, XBOX 360, PS3, Nintendo DS and the good ole' trusty PS2. I would like to get a PSP so I can play Final Fantasy Dissidia and Crisis Core.

Favorite Games: Final Fantasy 7, 8, 9, 10, Okami, (if my username's anything to go by) Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, The Last Remnant, Resident Evil: Code Veronica, Resident Evil 4 (I have yet to play five) Silent Hill 3 (I'd love to get around to playing a couple of the newer installments...eventually) Star Ocean: The Last Hope, Star Ocean: Till The End of Time, Lost Odyssey, Shadow of the Colossus, Eternal Sonata, the Xenosaga series, Fable II, and recently, I've rediscovered my addiction to Pokemon. I'm planning to play some of the old school FFS like 5 and 6. What can I say? I've got a softspot for the classics. A few upcoming games I've got my eye on are The Last Guardian, Final Fantasy 13, and FFXIII Versus. I'm a HUGE Final Fantasy Fan. I've loved the games ever since I was 12. 8 was the one that hooked me onto the series. :D

Right now, I'm playing Dragon Age: Origins.

Introduction: Uhhhhm, I'm not very good at these. I'm a bit of a shy, wary person, but I'm friendly, I promise! I'm not the best commentor, but I do comment if I have something to say. I'm getting back into internet roleplaying. I'm currently getting my life back in order after losing my house in a fire earlier this year, and just kind of going with the flow, as cliche as it sounds. I try to take a zen, balanced approach to life. I don't watch too much TV, but I do have a handful of favorites like House M. D., Dexter, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and the very ocassional Anime. Right now, I'm quite enamored with Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit. It's a beautiful Anime. I don't update my LJ as often as I should. I rant. I rave. I fangirl. I bitch about my crazy family. I even post the (very)ocassional bit of fanfiction. I enjoy quite a bit of music, and have a special fondness for symphonic metal like Nightwish, Within Temptation, and Lacuna Coil. My IM handles are in my profile if anybody wants to hit me up for a chat. I'm rarely on Yahoo, but you can almost always find me on AIM.

I...guess that's it. Anyways, if anyone wants to friend me, let me know. My LJ is Friends Only. Comment here or there if you'd like to friend me. :)

to celebrate advent, I'm posting a solstice carol



someone made the point today that keaton played batman pretending to be bruce wayne whereas bale played bruce wayne pretending to be batman

went on woodland walk with grandmother and uncle; got take out sandwiches; going to watch eagles tomorrow

it's good to see family...

heading back to MD in a day or few

Okay, I haven't picked up the Season 5 DVD yet. But yesterday I heard Rich Sommer talking about the Alex storyline--that he was originally scheduled to be in three episodes (1) meet cute, (2) bar flirting, (3) confess love to Pam. But the fan reaction was so strongly negative that they cut his second appearance and re-wrote the third appearance to the "New York is better for you than Scranton" bit that we saw.

QUESTION: Did that cut flirting scene make the DVD?

NOTE: He was in Weight Loss and Customer Survey, so it would have been one of the four episodes between: Business Ethics, Baby Shower, Crime Aid, or Employee Transfer.

From her Facebook.

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My first post, so let me know if I'm doing it wrong.

The photo above is linked to a flash gallery on my website that contains about 70 photographs of an abandoned structure here in Italy, just North of Rome. I'm not sure what the building's use was, but it did have a lot of interesting things in it.
The gallery starts with 2 abandoned car shots in there, and then 3 of a road flyover from Rome which shouldn't be there, but I hope no-one is too upset as the following 66 are all in the one abandoned location.
The (Lightroom) gallery is just that, no adverts or even any links into my website itself, it takes 20 seconds or so to load up the pics but then it's pretty quick.

For my next post I'll link the pictures directly in the post, but I don't have time right now, but I thought you might be interested in the pictures as they are.

The camera was a Konica Minolta Dynax 5D with a couple of zooms, and the pics were taken a couple of years ago. I went "artistic" on them in Photoshop and Lightroom.

Thanks for looking, Paul.

Just some quick photos from my adventures in West Virginia the other day...



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Bioshock 2 Special Edition!


http://www.2kgames.com/cultofrapture/bioshock2se.html



Look! You can pre-order it now and that there is a list of what it comes with. It's $99.00! Don't forget - if you pre-order, you'll get two exclusive characters for the multiplayer!

If you don't want to preorder the special edition, I still recommend preordering it for the extra characters for the multiplayer, since they will come with any pre-bought edition of the game, special or normal.


I'm kind of boo it doesn't come with the Big Daddy action figure the original special edition of Bioshock did, but it comes with a lot of fabulous goodies anyways. Especially the Orchestral soundtrack from the original game omg. I'm excited anyways.

I just drank a half gallon of this and it was frelling delicious

http://www.epinions.com/review/Farmland_Special_Request_Skim_Plus_Milk_100_Fat_Free_64_00_Fl_Oz/content_415870324356

yay getting 200% of my daily protein needs from a single source... I may also have eaten about a pound of chicken and three eggs today :-P

Maos' forgotten underground city.
Just another nifty thing I found poking on the internet!

I have an extra general admission ticket for the long island show. i'm trying to get rid of it so i'm willing to sell it for cheap. comment or email me jenniferbaumler@yahoo.com if you are interested.

Out.com has a 'where are they now' feature on some Top Model Contestants. They have interviews with Yoanna, Mercedes, April, Amanda (C3), Lisa (C5), Kim, Furonda, Joanie, Caridee, Amis, Whitney (C10), Isis, Celia and Aminat.

Out.com Interviews

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Hey guys, I have an extra pair of tickets, section 112 row a for the coliseum show tomorrow. Looking to get what I paid which was $80. If any one is interested we can arrange to meet up before doors. Let me know through here or email me at aelam05@yahoo.com

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Name:
Ryan

Age:
17

Favorite Games:
Fifa 10, football manager 2008, Bishock, all MGS games, the orange box, little big planet, ratchet and clank tools of destruction, sonic the hedgehog, heavenly sword, Call of Duty 4,5,6, Motorstorm, Resistance:fall of man, FF7(the only one i've played!), fable, halo, fahrenheit, assassin's creed, crash bandicoot, ridge racer, knights of the old republic

Introduce Yourself:
I'm 17 and i love my games perhaps a little bit too much. I don't buy new ones very often because i just don't have the money :( I have a PS3 which i love very dearly, it's my second one after the first one got the yellow light of death :'(
My favourite game at the mo is fifa 10 and i have to say i am pretty awesome at it. Football games are just my thing but i do love to get stuck into a good rpg or a FPS
I've only had LJ a couple of days and i'm looking for some people to chat aout whatever really but games is always a good subject :)