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Naked snow

A New Jersey family was forced to clothe its snow image of Venus de Milo. If you dare look at the original, take this link or this one.

Maria Conneran and her family had worked hard to create their armless, nude snow lady in the front garden of their home in Rahway, New Jersey.
But despite several compliments on their chilly version of the Venus de Milo, the family were forced to cover up her blushes after complaints from other residents.

The policeman was apologetic after asking the family to dress the snow lady, she said.

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Subway ride

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The High Line

I’ve been waiting a year or three to visit NYC’s High Line. It’s an abandoned elevated rail line (where the subway emerges into daylight) that was converted into a park. Workers are extending the first section to the north.

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A piece of the wall

As always, geocaching takes a person to such interesting places. This piece of the Berlin Wall is tucked inside a little park/lunch spot in between the big buildings of Manhattan.

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Away in NYC

I took my first solo subway ride ever today. After about 10 minutes I realized I was heading in the wrong direction. No problem. I made it to my destination in Brooklyn.

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Gertrude

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the heidelberg

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You need a subscription March 3, 2010

I thought You Tube Annotations came on automatically. Apparently you have to turn them on by holding down the triangle icon at the far right of the bar at the bottom of the You Tube display. Once it’s held down, move up to the top selection where it will say “Turn on Annotations.”

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No accent

Why do singers lose their accents when they sing? A Minnesota TV station looked into the matter. Warning: the page opens with loud audio.

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Climate and classrooms

Barack Obama and Arne Duncan are to public education as the right is to climate.

The right thinks the climate is all about last week’s snow storm; Obama and Duncan think public education is all about last week’s test.

- Josiah Swampoodle

Who is Josiah Swampoodle? Probably Sam Smith of the Progressive Review, who once wrote: “There was also an elusive corespondent named Josiah Swampoodle who described himself as “purveyor of split infinitives for more than 30 years.”

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