Cruise Out of Control
The U.N. admits it lost $600,000 after renting a cruise ship for staffers responding to last year's quake in Haiti. The ship actually only cost $100,000, the other $500,000 was lost in a high-stakes shuffleboard tournament.



Mets Get Ready
Most Mets fans would be excited about Opening Day today, but the team was eliminated from the postseason late last night.



Pension Problem
The California teachers pension fund is now $56 Billion in the red. As a result, tater tots at high school cafeterias now cost $76.



Toyota Price Hikes
Toyota is raising prices on almost all its cars... especially the ones that aren't radioactive.



Tax Poll
A new poll shows that 78% of Californians support a 1% increase in state income taxes for people making $500K or more per year. It's not clear if the three people who still make that kind of money in California will go along that.




April 1st


286: Emperor Diocletian elevates his general Maximian to co-emperor with the rank of Augustus and gives him control over the Western regions of the Roman Empire... he even agrees to validate his parking.


1947: Paul becomes king of Greece, but he still doesn't get a last name.


1997: Comet Hale-Bopp is seen passing over perihelion... but only by the geeks in the astronomy club.

QR's Flood Victims (Brisbane Flood Graffiti Movie 2011)

QR's Flood Victims DVD, Janurary 2011 Footage and news reports about ALL graffed trains in Brisbane, AU

From: http://www.youtube.com/user/AusGraff

Beautiful Photography by Emily Followill

We previously featured our friend Emily Followill's photography in this post. She recently photographed this cover home for Traditional Home magazine. Interior Design by Amy Bergman. Take a look...













Great job Emily!

NYC Subway 1986

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Fiji at last

For many years Fiji was one of my desired visiting targets, and when staying in Singapore a visit to Fiji was not a too far-away dream. I never reached Fiji, but yesterday Fiji reached me.

Fiji (or The Republic of The Fiji Islands) is located between 176° 53′ east and 178° 12′ west. The 180° meridian runs through the 3rd largest island, Taveuni, but the International Dateline is bent to give uniform time (UTC+12) to all of the Fiji group.

The majority of Fiji's islands were formed through volcanic activity started around 150 million years ago.
Fiji was suggested to have settled by Polynesians before Micronesian, but there lacks evidence that this happened either in oral and geology, except that of Ma'afu.
The first settlements in Fiji were started by voyaging traders and settlers from the west about 5000 years ago. Lapita pottery shards have been found at numerous excavations around the country. Classic' Lapita pottery was produced between 1350 and 750 BCE in the Bismarck Archipelago.

The current flag of Fiji was adopted on October 10, 1970. Its bright blue background symbolizes the Pacific Ocean, which plays an important part in the lives of the islanders, both in terms of the fishing industry, and the huge tourist trade. The Union Jack reflects the country's links with Great Britain. The shield is derived from the country's official coat of arms, which was originally granted by Royal Warrant in 1908.

Fiji at last

For many years Fiji was one of my desired visiting targets, and when staying in Singapore a visit to Fiji was not a too far-away dream. I never reached Fiji, but yesterday Fiji reached me.

Fiji (or The Republic of The Fiji Islands) is located between 176° 53′ east and 178° 12′ west. The 180° meridian runs through the 3rd largest island, Taveuni, but the International Dateline is bent to give uniform time (UTC+12) to all of the Fiji group.

The majority of Fiji's islands were formed through volcanic activity started around 150 million years ago.
Fiji was suggested to have settled by Polynesians before Micronesian, but there lacks evidence that this happened either in oral and geology, except that of Ma'afu.
The first settlements in Fiji were started by voyaging traders and settlers from the west about 5000 years ago. Lapita pottery shards have been found at numerous excavations around the country. Classic' Lapita pottery was produced between 1350 and 750 BCE in the Bismarck Archipelago.

The current flag of Fiji was adopted on October 10, 1970. Its bright blue background symbolizes the Pacific Ocean, which plays an important part in the lives of the islanders, both in terms of the fishing industry, and the huge tourist trade. The Union Jack reflects the country's links with Great Britain. The shield is derived from the country's official coat of arms, which was originally granted by Royal Warrant in 1908.

March 31st


1492: Queen Isabella issues the Alhambra decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish subjects to convert to Christianity, face expulsion, or buy retail.


1958: In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservatives, win 208 seats out of 265 in the parliament. But the other 57 guys got whatever they wanted because they had control of the puck and the beer.


1970: Explorer 1 re-enters the Earth's atmosphere after 12 years in orbit… and boy did it need to use the bathroom!

Rikke 30 and a light birthday party

My youngest daughter has passed the 30 years milestone. Congratulation.
Pregnant with our 5th grandchild (due july) and busy with job and Maja. (and Tor Marius)

Instead of birthday-cake with candlelights and because Maja loves waffles it was a different celebration this year.

Too much dinner and some waffles too many, will hopefully result in a speedy sleeping this evening.

But first playing with dad. An ever lasting happy story.

Rikke 30 and a light birthday party

My youngest daughter has passed the 30 years milestone. Congratulation.
Pregnant with our 5th grandchild (due july) and busy with job and Maja. (and Tor Marius)

Instead of birthday-cake with candlelights and because Maja loves waffles it was a different celebration this year.

Too much dinner and some waffles too many, will hopefully result in a speedy sleeping this evening.

But first playing with dad. An ever lasting happy story.

Government Gas Guzzlers
A new study shows that federal government vehicles guzzled more gas last year than the previous 5 years... and since these were cars driven by government workers, they burned that gas mostly spining their wheels.



BP Problems
Managers at BP could now face manslaughter charges... although it's not clear whether it's because of the big oil spill or because higher gas prices are really killing everyone right now.



Assad "Conspiracy"
Syrian president Bashar al Assad says his country is the victim of a "worldwide conspiracy." Looks like MSNBC has its replacement for Keith Olbermann!



Dean's Plan
Howard Dean says the Democrats are quietly rooting for a government shutdown. The rest of the country is loudly rooting for a shutdown of Howard Dean.



Obama on Oil
In a major energy policy speech today, President Obama will say he supports more off shore drilling... mostly so he can sue the oil companies when they have accidents.





March 30th


1842: Anesthesia is used for the first time… with the exception of all the times somebody had to read Beowulf.


1863: Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece… because Greece and Denmark are so naturally alike.


1961: The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York, thus ending that state’s drug problems forever.

Inverse sailing

Have you ever tried to look at the world a bit up-side down?

It can be quite rewarding.

Urban Movements Trailer

HipHop Documentary
Complete Movie Online:
April 2011
http://dkmotion.com

I Love TCDD - Trailer

First train DVD out of Istanbul, Turkey

Maks Angel Kine in Johannesburg

[Via GoodFellas]

Back in Norway after 5 weeks in Andalusia

This morning we wake up in Oslo with new snow on the ground outside our windows. Should we have stayed for another week or so in Spain? The snowfall was however very light and during the day the "heat" from the nordic sun has managed to get rid of the white color

The image from the beach on our last evening can be one comparison to the snow and cover some of our memories from this year´s winter long stay at Costa del Sol

The hotel pool has not been open for daily swimming activity due to no Safety Guard on duty, but the Water Mirror shows at least the clear cky.

Goodbye and thank you Carlos, Ana and all you other personnel for some nice weeks. We will return, and have left a lot of things in the hotel´s basement locker for next time. This free service makes it even more attractive to use the facilities at Myramar Hotel, Fuengirola year after year. Maybe we will travel with only hand luggage in the future.

Back in Norway after 5 weeks in Andalusia

This morning we wake up in Oslo with new snow on the ground outside our windows. Should we have stayed for another week or so in Spain? The snowfall was however very light and during the day the "heat" from the nordic sun has managed to get rid of the white color

The image from the beach on our last evening can be one comparison to the snow and cover some of our memories from this year´s winter long stay at Costa del Sol

The hotel pool has not been open for daily swimming activity due to no Safety Guard on duty, but the Water Mirror shows at least the clear cky.

Goodbye and thank you Carlos, Ana and all you other personnel for some nice weeks. We will return, and have left a lot of things in the hotel´s basement locker for next time. This free service makes it even more attractive to use the facilities at Myramar Hotel, Fuengirola year after year. Maybe we will travel with only hand luggage in the future.

Google vs. iTunes
Google is close to unveiling a music downloading service to rival iTunes. It's a special system where you first go to Google and then type in a search for iTunes.



Disabled America
Under new federal rules, it turns out most Americans can now define themselves as "disabled." That includes people who have arthritis, hemmorrhoids, and watch any one of the "Real Housewives."



Mega Winners
The one winning ticket in the $319 Mega Millions jackpot was held by seven employees at the New York State Housing Authority... which means all seven of the winners plan to continue not working.



Blind Eyes
Last night, President Obama told the nation that he cannot turn a blind eye to atrocities in other countries... especially because he wants to continue to ignore atrocities in this country.



Michigan Unemployment
Michigan's Governor has signed a bill reducing unemployment benefits from 26 to 20 weeks. Of course, the new law is irrelevant since most people in Michigan have been out of work for 266 weeks.




March 29th


1799: New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state. It is now in effect for everyone except the people forced to drive on the L.I.E.

1961: The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections… if they can survive the hail of bullets before getting to the polls that is.

2004: The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in all bars. Which is why no one in Ireland has ever smoked again.

Tren del Incivismo

La Generalitat y FGC Catalanas dando fama al Nami, Naer y Lince (entre otr*s) con su campaña de anti incivismo... premioooo FGC jaja!

The Catalan government and FGC is giving fame to some local writers by using their tags on an anti-graffiti campaign... idiots...

http://www.fgc.cat/trendelincivisme/

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