The Seller
 

Easily one of my favorite independent films. Each character is terrific (Melissa especially). Take the hour and twenty minutes to watch it some time, yeah?

For the "official" site and trailer, click here.

Sh!t, you question my ability to fly to work in a jet pack, then you question my ability to procreate... Which I do via jet pack.

Things other people accomplished when they were your age
 

click here

Most of these made me feel like ****. Interesting (and discouraging) nevertheless.

"Irish writer Brendan Behan joined the outlawed Irish Republican Army "

Damn, I'm really jealous of him!

Make your own tealight covers!
 

This is a great DIY tutorial! I plan on making several of these, in a number of colors and shapes. Tealights are super cheap, and everyone has extra thread and scrap plastic laying around the house; try it :)

Here's the tutorial: click here

That's cold and I love it!

Yeah it's pretty stupid, the dog might look the same, but I mean I have a cat that looks almost exactly like one that passed away two years ago but they're nothing alike. What makes a pet special is their personality, by having a carbon copy of it isn't going to bring back the memories that the previous pet brought you.

Exactly!

My first try

At age 28:

The Danish physicist Niels Bohr published his revolutionary theory of the atom.

French novelist George Sand published her first novel, Indiana.

Dr. Ludwig Zamenhof of Warsaw invented the artificial language Esperanto.

British physician Thomas Wakley began publishing The Lancet.

Jamaican reggae composer/performer Bob Marley recorded "I Shot the Sheriff."

Nuclear plant lab tech Karen Silkwood died in a car crash on her way to meet with a New York Times reporter and a union official to document her allegations about falsified quality control reports.

French naturalist Jean B. Lamarck coined the word biology to encompass the studies of botany and zoology.

Radio DJ Brent McCoy killed a mouse, seemingly by staring at it, in his living room.

College graduate and licensed therapist Katie moved back in with her parents to muck stalls on their farm and fold her dad's underwear, still warm from the dryer.


Aaaannnndddd I think I'm going to stop there.

At age 18:

19th century composer Franz Schubert wrote nearly 200 songs (including two of his best songs), 3 masses, 3 symphonies, and a great deal of piano and chamber music before turning 19.

Aretha Franklin began singing professionally.

Archaeologist David Stuart, skilled at deciphering Mayan glyphs, became the youngest recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant.

Prolific science and science fiction writer Isaac Asimov sold his first short story to Amazing Stories.

John E. Payton, too young to drink and barely old enough to vote, drive or get married, became justice of the peace in Collin County, Texas.

Asa A. Long became the youngest U.S. checkers champion.

Edgar Allan Poe enlisted in the army and published his first book of poetry.

Norwegian mathematician Niels Henrik Abel proved that it was impossible to solve the general equation of fifth degree by algebraic means.

Elias Howe, who worked in a watchmaking shop, dreamed the idea of the sewing machine and worked on developing it for the next five years.

Leon Trotsky became a professional revolutionary.

By 18, Billy the Kid was charged with twelve murders.

Keith Moon had already been recognized as one of the best drummers in rock.

Michael Sungaila began to practice the guitar as a hobby, one which he gave up 3 months later due to lack of interest.

Troy Caldwell survived driving head-on through a granite church sign, a nurse-caused drug overdose that caused him to be legally dead for five seconds, and a Forty bottle to the face, all by age 18. The next year, he devoted himself to writing.

Samantha Larson became the youngest person to climb the highest mountains on all seven continents.

Hannah Miller traveled to South Africa to teach orphans, hosted her own one-woman photography show at a local wine shop, and won several prizes for photography.

Randy Gardner stayed awake for 264 hours for a high school science project.




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Teen sues Facebook and classmates over cyberbullying
 

The latest sad episode of humanity’s ugliness allegedly being played out on Facebook’s pages has resulted in Facebook itself being sued for $3 million.

Pathetic. Full article is here.