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IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL: Llewellyn Werner, a developer based in Los
Angeles, Calif., has big plans for a $500 million amusement park -- in
Baghdad, Iraq. The 50-acre Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience
will completely surround the existing Baghdad Zoo, where only 35 of its
700 animals survived the invasion and war. The complex is outside the
American-protected "Green Zone", but Werner isn't worried about attacks
by insurgents. "They'll see it as an opportunity for their children
regardless if they're Shia or Sunni," he says. "They'll say their kids
deserve a place to play and they'll leave it alone." The first phase of
the development, a skateboard park, is already under construction.
(London Times) ...There's one skateboard park where there will be no
problem convincing riders to wear a helmet.
From This is True
Angeles, Calif., has big plans for a $500 million amusement park -- in
Baghdad, Iraq. The 50-acre Baghdad Zoo and Entertainment Experience
will completely surround the existing Baghdad Zoo, where only 35 of its
700 animals survived the invasion and war. The complex is outside the
American-protected "Green Zone", but Werner isn't worried about attacks
by insurgents. "They'll see it as an opportunity for their children
regardless if they're Shia or Sunni," he says. "They'll say their kids
deserve a place to play and they'll leave it alone." The first phase of
the development, a skateboard park, is already under construction.
(London Times) ...There's one skateboard park where there will be no
problem convincing riders to wear a helmet.
From This is True
*looks scared*
Mar. 4th, 2008 11:48 pmFor years it was too expensive to buy from Amazon UK.
Suddenly we have this unbelievable too good to be true exchange rate.
Tentatively I bought something. Not only was it five pounds less than the listed price, but the postage was crazy cheap and my item arrived within five days.
I suspect dark magic.
Suddenly we have this unbelievable too good to be true exchange rate.
Tentatively I bought something. Not only was it five pounds less than the listed price, but the postage was crazy cheap and my item arrived within five days.
I suspect dark magic.
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Feb. 6th, 2007 08:03 pmThere's a slightly drunk Dutch guy wearing a sarong, a sleeveless shirt unbuttoned to the navel, a gold necklace with a rectangular pendant, a stud in one ear and a sleeper in the other sitting our couch telling us he only has a problem with gay guys if they're effeminate and two girls together are good and he's all for an 'altogether' and he'd like to watch and oh, are we gay?
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Sep. 3rd, 2004 05:57 pm"( Potter, chained. Potter, naked. Potter, suffering. Oh, fucking bliss... )"
Is the lead in to a story on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
pornish_pixies which I joined approximately 30 hours ago becuse I'd read a couple of recced stories from there.
Chained? Mmm. Naked? Yes, please. Suffering? whimper
Nearly all the stories that have come through in the (brief) time I've been on this list have been either 'dubious consent' or just plain non-con.
I just. don't get. getting hot over people being abused.
Ah.
Just remembering that time![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cupidsbow and zebra363 tried to explain to me that there are many non-porny reasons for people to read slash. I can't offhand remember what they were, mind, but anyway.
Is the lead in to a story on
pornish_pixies which I joined approximately 30 hours ago becuse I'd read a couple of recced stories from there.Chained? Mmm. Naked? Yes, please. Suffering? whimper
Nearly all the stories that have come through in the (brief) time I've been on this list have been either 'dubious consent' or just plain non-con.
I just. don't get. getting hot over people being abused.
Ah.
Just remembering that time
cupidsbow and zebra363 tried to explain to me that there are many non-porny reasons for people to read slash. I can't offhand remember what they were, mind, but anyway.
Amazing Miracle Cure For Hiccups.
Jan. 15th, 2004 09:07 pmYou think I'm joking.
Cos, I know I laughed my ass off when told about this. Or, more accurately, shrugged dismissively and probably mumbled something derisive. Then did the laughing part the very next day at work when dispensing this sage advice to hiccupping co-worker who trustingly stuck her finger on her chin. And the hiccups stopped. As did my laughter.
So, people, be troubled by hiccups no more. Stick your finger on your chin, where the dimple would be if you were Kirk Douglas. I'm assuming light pressure is applied here.
This amazing low-cost money back guarenteed procedure Actually Works. I speak from personal experience. This Happened to Me just a few short hours ago.
Cos, I know I laughed my ass off when told about this. Or, more accurately, shrugged dismissively and probably mumbled something derisive. Then did the laughing part the very next day at work when dispensing this sage advice to hiccupping co-worker who trustingly stuck her finger on her chin. And the hiccups stopped. As did my laughter.
So, people, be troubled by hiccups no more. Stick your finger on your chin, where the dimple would be if you were Kirk Douglas. I'm assuming light pressure is applied here.
This amazing low-cost money back guarenteed procedure Actually Works. I speak from personal experience. This Happened to Me just a few short hours ago.
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Dec. 26th, 2003 11:54 pmJust for the hell of it I made a new icon, go me with the computer expertise!
Obviously I just watched ST:Nemesis. Not for the first time, but not getting over my annoyance at the Data-sacrifice farce any time soon. As far as I'm concerned the film ended at the Absent Friends toast.
Me, over-invest emotionally?
Very excited about my Audrey Hepburn handbag. By that I don't mean a 50's chic style, I mean a big ol' handbag with b/w photos of Audrey on both sides, and little red jewels attached on her tiara and necklace. Very fashionable at the moment. Plus, I adore Audrey. And handbags. I'm such a girlie girl.
Someone at work today asked me what I got for Chrissie. Was very impressed/pleased/excited for me re my Audrey Hepburn handbag. Then I remembered that she's 14 years old and realised she'd never heard of Audrey and was just humouring me. *sigh*
A few years ago, when I was relatively new to working with (and talking to) teenagers I was stunned to realise that this kid i was talking to had never heard of Chernobyl. Or the Cold War. *blink* I remember trying to explain about docos on TV that told you what to do in the event of a nuclear war. I can't remember how old I was when I saw one of those but I remember lying awake all night afterwards, terrified. And being forced to watch 'The Day After' and 'Threads' at school.
Don't miss living with that unease.
Yes I know we could all be wiped out by SARS or AIDS mutation or some not taken seriously enough conflict like India/Pakistan but there's not the same sense of personal threat.
*shrug*
Been to Chernobyl, btw. Or rather to the edge of the exclusion zone. Guarded by big guy with machine gun.
And it's after midnight here and we've just an Aboriginal woman with a tiny child knock on our door and ask us to ring a taxi for her. This isn't even the first time something like this has happened. Last time there were several small children and requests for money for the taxi. (it was early evening last time and I'd opened the front door. We have a security screen door) Obviously didn't open the door this time. Just a tad scary.
Going to bed now.
Obviously I just watched ST:Nemesis. Not for the first time, but not getting over my annoyance at the Data-sacrifice farce any time soon. As far as I'm concerned the film ended at the Absent Friends toast.
Me, over-invest emotionally?
Very excited about my Audrey Hepburn handbag. By that I don't mean a 50's chic style, I mean a big ol' handbag with b/w photos of Audrey on both sides, and little red jewels attached on her tiara and necklace. Very fashionable at the moment. Plus, I adore Audrey. And handbags. I'm such a girlie girl.
Someone at work today asked me what I got for Chrissie. Was very impressed/pleased/excited for me re my Audrey Hepburn handbag. Then I remembered that she's 14 years old and realised she'd never heard of Audrey and was just humouring me. *sigh*
A few years ago, when I was relatively new to working with (and talking to) teenagers I was stunned to realise that this kid i was talking to had never heard of Chernobyl. Or the Cold War. *blink* I remember trying to explain about docos on TV that told you what to do in the event of a nuclear war. I can't remember how old I was when I saw one of those but I remember lying awake all night afterwards, terrified. And being forced to watch 'The Day After' and 'Threads' at school.
Don't miss living with that unease.
Yes I know we could all be wiped out by SARS or AIDS mutation or some not taken seriously enough conflict like India/Pakistan but there's not the same sense of personal threat.
*shrug*
Been to Chernobyl, btw. Or rather to the edge of the exclusion zone. Guarded by big guy with machine gun.
And it's after midnight here and we've just an Aboriginal woman with a tiny child knock on our door and ask us to ring a taxi for her. This isn't even the first time something like this has happened. Last time there were several small children and requests for money for the taxi. (it was early evening last time and I'd opened the front door. We have a security screen door) Obviously didn't open the door this time. Just a tad scary.
Going to bed now.
