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Signs You're On a Date With Mahir

Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:14:42 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

If you're not already familiar with the story of Mahir,
the Turkish studmuffin, you might want to click on his name below
and read the story behind the man, the myth -- Mahir!

You: slinky black dress. Him: red patent leather Chicago Bulls T-shirt and Jams shorts.

"WELCOME TO MY TGI FRIDAY'S FOR MEAL AND SEX!!!!!!! I KISS YOU!!!!!!!"

Passers-by are stricken blind in the overpowering glare of your date's sport coat.

He has vowed to kill his rival for your affection -- Stavros, the Greek Gigolo.

Dark, curly hairs on your can of Coke, and Justice Thomas is nowhere in sight.

Every time the conversation lulls: "I hump you!!!!!!"

It's not unheard of to be propositioned with the line "I like sex" -- but your date follows it up with a grinning, "I like not pay restiront bill!"

Your bra straps keep getting caught on the damn accordion.

The agenda: Travel to Kazikistan, have sex, go to an accordion concert, have sex, a brisk game of ping pong, have sex, take some foto-camera pix, have sex...

Tags: humor

'Cedar Cove' climbs out of book, into Port Orchard

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:46:14 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

The Puget Sound hamlet of Cedar Cove is a figment of best-selling author Debbie Macomber's prolific imagination, most recently on display with this week's publication of her novel 74 Seaside Avenue, the seventh in the Cedar Cove series.

But Cedar Cove's inspiration, Macomber's hometown of Port Orchard, Wash., has become such a magnet for fans that the Chamber of Commerce and romance writer have teamed up to publish a map (available at debbiemacomber.com) locating such favorite landmarks as the Lighthouse Restaurant and waterfront marina park. Not on the map: Macomber's home or office, but the author will take part in a "Cedar Cove High Tea" at Port Orchard's Victorian Tea Room, Sept.15-16.

Tags: travel

10 great places to be dazzled by humans' labor

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:43:43 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

Just as man "does not live by bread alone," humankind does not toil merely to eat. Civilizations are driven to create magnificent monuments. To celebrate the accomplishments symbolized by Labor Day, Barry Goldmith, professor of architectural history at New York University, shares with USA TODAY his picks of tremendous achievements created by the brains and brawn of people through the ages.

Pyramids of Giza/Abu-Simbel
Egypt

Hoover Dam
Nevada/Arizona border

Angkor Wat
Cambodia

Panama Canal
Panama

Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco

Great Wall of China
People's Republic of China

Channel Tunnel
The English Channel

Mount Rushmore National Memorial
Black Hills of South Dakota

Machu Picchu/Sacsayhuaman
Peru

Peterhof
St. Petersburg, Russia

Tags: travel

Travelers arrive at Facebook

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:35:24 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

Hatched in a Harvard University dorm room three years ago as a way to keep tabs on fellow students, the social networking site Facebook is becoming a go-to destination for travelers — and not just the type who frequent youth hostels or friends' couches.

Since opening its virtual doors last fall to anyone with an e-mail address, Facebook has graduated to more than 37 million users, and the 25-and-over crowd is its fastest-growing demographic.

A key factor in the site's rapid ascent: development of more than 3,000 free, third-party software applications that let Facebook "friends" trade everything from travel tips, Scrabble scores and books they're reading to hedge fund advice via a fantasy stock exchange.

Tags: travel

Beijing 'ready' for '08 Summer Olympics

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:30:05 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

BEIJING — It sounds like Chinese chutzpah. "This nation is ready, wearing a smile and saying hello," runs a line from We Are Ready, the theme tune invitation to the greatest coming-out party ever — the Beijing Olympic Games in August 2008.

In fact, the song reflects the justified confidence of a one-party state that can move mountains, and blow billions, to play the perfect host.

For like every piece of its Olympic hardware and software, China is not leaving that welcome smile to chance.

Tags: travel

Travel guidebook publishers add audio tours

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:03:07 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

NEW YORK (AP) — Now you can get information from Frommer's, the travel guidebook company, in a digital audio format.

Frommer's has teamed up with Audible.com at www.audible.com/frommers to offer Frommer's Audio Tours — which include neighborhood walking tours ($6.99) and "best of" tours ($9.99) — along with maps, language lessons for MP3 players and other devices.

Destinations covered by the first batch of audio releases include Rome, Paris, London, New York, and San Francisco.

Another travel guidebook company, Rough Guides, offers free, themed city podcasts in association with iToors, such as Literary London, Hemingway in Paris, Mozart in Prague and a Santa Monica design tour. You can check them out at www.roughguides.com/website/travel/Downloads/Podcasts/Default.aspx.

Tags: travel

In Miami, mini-golf gets artistic interpretation

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:59:17 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

MIAMI (AP) — A new attraction in Miami combines mini-golf, a garden and contemporary art.

Back 9 is a new mini-golf course located in the city's Upper East Side Garden. The park is filled with exotic tropical plants and each hole features a work of art. Many of them colorful and whimsical creations that appeal to kids by artists such as Bhakti Baxter, Tao Rey, Daniel Arsham, Hernan Bas, Roberto Behar and Rosario Marquardt, Natalia Benedetti, Jiae Hwang, Martin Oppel, Ali Prosch, Bert Rodriguez, and Cristina Lei Rodriguez.

The course is the brainchild of Peter Rozek, an art enthusiast who says his goal was "to create an outdoor venue in the city that was both inexpensive and fun." Families might enjoy taking the kids through the course in the afternoon or early evening after dinner, while young professionals and hipsters may want to wait until after dark for a fun evening out with friends.

Tags: travel, games

Holy water seized from fliers at Lourdes airport

Thu, 30 Aug 2007 09:56:22 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: www.usatoday.com

PARIS (AP) — Even holy water from the Roman Catholic shrine at Lourdes can't get by airport security screening passengers for suspicious liquids.

A passenger on a new Vatican-backed charter airline had to hand over a container of water collected at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral to security officials at the airport in southern France on Monday before boarding a return flight to Rome, officials for Mistral Air said. They identified the passenger as Italian television personality Paola Saluzzi.

Airport officials barred other pilgrims on the Mistral Air flight from taking holy water from the shrine back to Rome, the Italian news agency Apcom reported. The pilgrims protested that they had waited in long lines to fill up their bottles with holy water from the grotto.

Airport officials refused to comment on the incident, saying only that international regulations banning passengers from carrying containers with more than 3 ounces of liquid aboard are applied across the board.

Tags: travel, religion, spirituality, paranormal

Airlines body bids farewell to paper tickets

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:15:28 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

GENEVA (Reuters) - The global airlines body IATA said on Monday it had placed its last order for paper tickets, clearing the way for air travel to be based entirely on electronic ticketing from June 1 next year.

"In just 278 more days, the paper ticket will become a collector's item," said Giovanni Bisignani, director general of the International Air Transport Association.

The changeover from paper would not only cut airlines' costs by $9 for every traveller but would also mean the industry -- criticized by environmentalists for its part in global warming -- would save 50,000 mature trees a year, he added.

Bisignani did not say whether the $9 in cost savings would or should be passed on to passengers.

Based in Geneva, IATA represents more than 240 airlines which operate 94 percent of scheduled international flights.

Tags: technology

9th Annual Bay Area UFO Expo

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:07:08 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: moonflake.wordpress.com

I’m so bummed I missed it.

This weekend past was the 9th annual Bay Area UFO Expo, the self proclaimed ‘world’s most well attended UFO conference’. As I’m sure you can guess, no actual UFOs were expo’ed. They did have aliens though - Gary Busey was billed as the Guest Entertainer, and if he’s not a lizard alien I’ll eat my copy of Why People Believe Weird Things. I’m sure Wiolawa will back me up on this.

According to the bill there were delvings into the (presumably) related topics of Cabalistic Healing, Time Travel and the Sasquach. The list of exhibits included aura photos, tarot readings, magnetic jewelry, crystal jewelry, geometric jewelry, occult symbolism, astrology, numerology and essential oils. The list of vendors and speakers was a veritable Who’s Who in Woo, speaking on topics ranging from the Hollow Earth theory to Time Travel to Human Devolution (a Vedic Alternative to Darwin’s Theory).

Tags: ufos

Time travel theory

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:06:02 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: www.helium.com

Let's pose a question. What if the problem with time travel is not that it is impossible, but that we have not yet discovered that it cannot be done in a reality in which time is relative? In our universe, space is constant and time is relative. One foot will always be one foot. But, the time it takes to travel it can vary or is relative. For example, if you travel 100 miles at 1 mile per hour, you have traveled 100 miles but it took you 100 hours. If you traveled that same 100 miles at 100 miles per hour, you will cover 100 miles but only 1 hour would have elapsed. So, the distance remains constant but time in relationship to the distance has a ratio 1/100 in this scenario.

Let's imagine a reality where distance or space is relative but time is constant.

That means you can be anywhere you want to be without having any time elapse.

Now, whether you travel that 100 miles at 1 mile per hour or 100 miles per hour, no change in time will occur

You will arrive instantly in both cases.

Tags: science, time travel

The Time Travel Fund!

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:53:15 GMT

clipped by: LorisKnight

Clip Source: superawesomevillains.wordpress.com

Ever have the sneaking premonition that someone is going to appear out of nowhere, snatch you up, and deposit you hundreds of years in the future?

Cue The Time Travel Fund. For a paltry ten bucks, they’ll add your contribution to their interest-bearing account, and come pick you up when time travel becomes feasible and affordable. By their calculations, in 500 years, your ten bucks will turn into $39,323,261,827.22, which should be enough to get you to the future and get you a Big Mac when you get there.

You can also stipulate in your will that they be told the time and place of your death–so they can come get you right before it happens! Ten bucks well spent, if you ask me.

Tags: conspiracies, weird, science