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we are an online magazine (art group if you want) that displays user submissions in monthly issues. These submissions showcase visitor submitted artwork, photography, music, desktop wallpapers and writings of various styles. Unlike most art groups and e-zines, we let ANYONE submit, trying to showcase both the famous and beginners, giving everyone a voice and a chance in the spotlight. Along with each issue we release an interview as well. We try to spread the variety around, one month talking to an artist, another month with a photographer or maybe a band, spreading insight into their minds and styles.

Jewish family flees Delaware school district’s aggressive Christianity

This is one of the many reasons why separation of church and state is a good thing. I’m keeping it here for the next time one of my extended family spams me a message as to why the ACLU is helping to destroy our country. Our problems are obviously a lack of 10 commandments in schools, not our Christian love of torture or hatred of those scary, scary gay people.

An Island To Oneself – Suvarov, Cook Islands by Tom Neale

An enthralling story of one man’s self imposed hermitage to a tiny island (atoll, technically) in the pacific.

This is the story of the years which I spent alone, in two spells on an uninhabited coral atoll half a mile long and three hundred yards wide in the South Pacific. It was two hundred miles from the nearest inhabited island, and I first arrived there on October 7, 1952 and remained alone (with only two yachts calling) until June 24, 1954, when I was taken off ill after a dramatic rescue.

I was unable to return to the atoll until April 23, 1960 and this time I remained alone until December 27, 1963.

Bourbon Drinks

A collection of mixed drinks all containing bourbon. This is from Straight Bourbon a quiet site dedicated bourbon and the distillers thereof.

Was the 2004 Election Stolen?

It is fascinating to watch The Rolling Stone recover some of its investigative journalism in the last couple of years. This article is about the 2004 presidential election, and the vast discrepencies and questions of voter fraud. A large part of this article is about Ohio. I was one of the people who waited over three hours to vote here in Columbus, and I remember the frustration of the pollworkers that day. The man who appeared to be in charge lamented, “I’ve been asking for more polling machines for weeks, and they never sent them.” Have I mentioned how much I dislike and fear Kenneth Blackwell?

The Military Affairs Reading List from Lawyers, Guns and Money

I enjoy reading LGaM for the political commentary, but the link here is a (long) list of books to read for a grounding in military strategy. You know, for when the zombies attack.

CJ, among others, has requested a military affairs reading list. Ask 100 students of military affairs this question and you’ll get 100 different lists, and I haven’t really made an effort to give a general survey. Rather, this is a selection of my favorite books. I also spoke with John at Op For, and he offered his list.

After the four years intensive study required to finish this list, browse the comments attached to the post for a few more suggestions.

My Science Project Answers Your Questions

A site dedicated to using DIY science(ish) to test whatever problem or hypothesis catches their fancy. I’m especially fond of their What’s it like to get hit with a 28 gauge shotgun? (aka: “The Cheney Shotgun Experiment”) page. Other experiments include playing with jello shots and finding out whether or not Viagra keeps cut flowers upright (apparently so).

How to Paint a Room: What Your Mother Never Told You

Some tips on how to do it. I’ve painted (with help) most of the rooms in my house, and I think it worked out pretty well. But I see some re-painting in my future, and turning a room from midnight blue to any other color is going to be hard…