The image above is from National Geographic, photographed by Ken Geiger. His rose-colored perspective on Stonehenge appeals to my heart, as I’ve been enamored with this pagan monument since I was a child. Now, the news is that this monument marks a burial ground that’s been around since 3000 BCE. This means that cremation (the bodies were burned, according to National Geographic) and burial was common - at least for the elite - at least 250-500 years before the first “novel,” Gilgamesh, was writtten.
Now this…
The above photo was taken from 100 Word Minimum, and it shows a replica of Stonehenge made from styrofoam (I don’t have a photo as every time I pass this structure it’s raining…). This is Foamhenge, created by Mark Cline and erected on property owned by Natural Bridge along Hwy 11 in Virginia. What I think is sort of serendipitous is that this structure may be sitting on land that once belonged to one of my fifth great-grandfathers, a man who had two wives and about 13 kids, all of whom are buried nearby (ooh-wee-oooh).
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My daughter was accepted into a class trip to Paris last year. While on a tour of the Père Lachaise Cemetery, she made it a point to visit the gravesite of James Douglas Morrison (8 December 1943 – 3 July 1971) - otherwise known as Jim Morrison. While no one that I know of - myself included - requested this photo, my daughter waited until a crowd had floated away to snap this shot. It turns out that my daughter happens to like Morrison’s music. Wow. My daughter has good taste (and it doesn’t surprise me).
According to Wikipedia, the Greek inscription on Morrison’s stone means, “true to his own spirit.”
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Back in the good ol’ days when President Nixon was in the White House, a bill that required states to lower the maximum speed limit was signed on this date in 1974 to help conserve fuel during a gasoline shortage. According to the Yuma Daily Sun on 2 January 1974, all states had 60 days to fix a maximum 55 mph speed limit on all highways and to enforce a uniform speed limit on all other roadways. If this bill wasn’t followed by any state during that 60-day time frame, the state would lose federal highway funds.
Speed limits remained at 55 MPH for years, mainly because people believed that highway deaths dropped along with the speed limit. But, when President Clinton signed a $6 billion road bill in 1995, this ended the federal 55 MPH speed limit and gave states the power to set their own limits. Many states, such as Kentucky, still are flexing their speed muscles. That state bumped their 65 MPH to 70 MPH in March 2007.
My question is this: Although I can’t stand to drive 55, aren’t we still in an “energy crisis”? I mean, isn’t that what we’re doing in Iraq, or am I mistaken? Isn’t that why everyone’s all over alternative energy, or am I mistaken? Isn’t that why we’re trying to develop energy efficient cars, or am I mistaken?
Can I be that wrong? I don’t think so.
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Created from a Ferrari 360 Modena, like the one shown at right, the limo shown above is the fasted limousine in the world. It goes from 0 to 60 mph in less than 6 seconds and has a top speed of around 170 mph. Wow, that would be a trip on the AutoBaun! And, much better than a Hummer for a formal date!
The Modena was chopped in half and stretched by 9.5 ft with a section of hand-built carbon fiber, resulting in a 20 ft-long car that only seats eight people. But it is set to claim two Guinness World Records as the fastest limousine and the longest Ferrari in the world.
Via: Daily Mail
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