A Serbian Monument

~in black 'n' white

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Mom's White Tree Frog (OC)

Mine

It was almost 2" long, in case the perspective isn't clear. Anyone wanna tackle its identification? Looks like it might be either a Cope's Gray Tree frog, or a White Reed Frog. Shot is a little blurry, but still a cute little thing.

Blossom Restaurant, NYC, 1935

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This is just one of hundreds from the Changing New York series of photographs by Berenice Abbott (1898-1991). You can see many, many more from this brilliant collection HERE.

By the way, here's what 103 Bowery in Manhattan looks like these days:

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The Cliffs of Dover, England

(Another spectacular view of Beachy Head, from a previous post)


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Cliffs of Dover Wikipedia page..

Mandatory Music:

Eric Johnson - Cliffs of Dover (live)

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White Lion - When The Children Cry

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Frozen in Time

Keith Richards, James Brown, and John Belushi

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War Party

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I Love Old Photos

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Look closely - Everyone is wearing a hat! Not just men or just women.. Everyone! And the cars.. omg - wow.

Mr. & Mrs. Wong's New Baby

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And She's Never Been The Same Since

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Can Dogs See Colors?

by Stanley Coren, Ph.D., F.R.S.C. in Canine Corner at Psychology Today Dot Com



Probably one of the most frequently asked questions about dog's vision is whether dogs see colors. The simple answer-namely that dogs are colorblind-has been misinterpreted by people as meaning that dogs see no color, but only shades of gray. This is wrong. Dogs do see colors, but the colors that they see are neither as rich nor as many as those seen by humans.

The eyes of both people and dogs contain special light catching cells called cones that respond to color. Dogs have fewer cones than humans which suggests that their color vision won't be as rich or intense as ours. However, the trick to seeing color is not just having cones, but having several different types of cones, each tuned to different wavelengths of light. Human beings have three different kinds of cones and the combined activity of these gives humans their full range of color vision.

The most common types of human colorblindness come about because the person is missing one of the three kinds of cones. With only two cones, the individual can still see colors, but many fewer than someone with normal color vision. This is the situation with dogs who also have only two kinds of cones.

Jay Neitz at the University of California, Santa Barbara, tested the color vision of dogs. For many test trials, dogs were shown... Click here to continue on to the rest of the article..

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OK - Who Locked Me Out Of My Own House?

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The Great White Fire At The Station Night Club

I was watching a re-run of VH1's 100 Most Shocking Music Moments the other night. Having first realized that it's been updated since I last saw it, I was also drawn in again because they condensed it down to a lot quicker show - perhaps eliminating some of the time spent covering the events near the bottom of the list.

Anyway Michael Jackson's death was included this time, and I know it's been several years since I saw it for the first time.


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Included in the top-10, oddly enough behind the murders of both Tupac Shakur and Notorious BIG, was the tragic fire at The Station Nightclub in West Warwick, RI on February 20, 2003, in which 100 people were killed. The fatalities included headlining band Great White's lead guitarist Ty Longley.

I remember hearing about it, but don't think I ever really researched it even at all. I have ran across a video which is totally worth sharing. It's actually a very amazing video - granted it's a little tough to watch, as you can hear people screaming for their lives, and see people running out of the building on fire - but again it's truly incredible footage:

This video footage of the fire depicts its initial growth and the exit blockage which hindered evacuation. Considered to be the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in American history, killing 100 people, four of whom died after being admitted to local hospitals. The fire was caused when pyrotechnic sparks ignited flammable sound insulation foam in the walls and ceilings around the stage, creating a flash fire that engulfed the club in 5½ minutes. Some 230 people were injured and another 132 escaped uninjured.



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Some Overeager Road Stripers Here

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Dreaming Without Senses

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If they're born blind, do they ever "see" anything in their dreams, or is just blackness? Do color-blind people dream in black and white? Do deaf mutes sign in their dreams, especially as babies before they learn the language?

Chopin’s Étude Op. 10, No. 5

For you, Mom (although I'll bet you already knew this)..















This is bar 66 of Chopin’s Étude Op. 10, No. 5. The red F is noteworthy because it’s the only point in the whole composition that the right hand touches a white key — apart from that, it plays black keys exclusively.

Jascha Heifetz once asked Ayke Agus to close her eyes while he played the piece for her. “It sounded strange,” she wrote, “and when I peeked I saw that he was playing it with an orange.”

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Sure enough! Take a look:

History - Good Or Bad

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Seinfeld: Lingering Image

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Where Did The White Man Go Wrong?

Indian Chief "Two Eagles" was asked by a white U.S. Government official, "You have observed the white man for 90 years. You've seen his wars and his technological advances. You've seen his progress, and the damage he's done.." The Chief nodded in agreement.

The official continued, "Considering all these events, in your opinion, where did the white man go wrong?"

The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly
replied, "When white man find land, Indians running it - no taxes, no debt,
plenty buffalo, plenty beaver, clean water. Women did all the work, Medicine man free. Indian man spend all day hunting and fishing, all night having sex."

Then the chief leaned back and smiled knowingly:

"Only white man dumb enough to think he could improve system like that."

Thanks Johnny!

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