Today is not Veterans Day. These people could fuck up a one-car funeral just to get the day off...

 

Veterans Day falls on a Saturday this year, meaning that federal employees will observe the federal holiday the previous day - today - Friday, Nov. 10, and many non-essential government services (what a great turn of a phrase that is) will be closed. God forbid they should miss a day off. Banks will be closed but it'll be business as usual at the stock exchanges.

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This video report is nearly a half-hour long but it's really very interesting and gives great insight and background in to things you've been surrounded by your whole life. I watched it yesterday afternoon - well worth the time and effort. Just click on the headline pic and it'll open in a new window.
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When pleasing the eye is as important as function, 

we can create some marvelous things...

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 The 52-year-old mystery surrounding the figure featured on Led Zeppelin’s fourth studio album cover has finally been solved. The identity of the man – hunched over with a pile of sticks balancing on his back – on the iconic 1971 Led Zeppelin IV record has long been shrouded in mystery. However, his identity has now been discovered to be that of Lot Long, a Victorian-era Wiltshire thatcher.

The full article goes in to greater detail:

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/led-zeppelin-stick-man-album-4-cover-b2444308.html

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Sometimes, an unexpected gift

is the best gift of all...

 

Click on the picture for more information on this bracelet. 

It's only $ 18.00 and that includes free shipping.

There are a number of new items in her shop. Click here to see them all:

  https://www.etsy.com/shop/BjacksonJewelry

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As iconic and magnificent as it truly is, I have a friend up in Pennsyltucky who is friends with the guy who owns it now and has been in the house a number of times. He is an architecture nut also, but that's just a coincidence. He says that no matter what time of year he's been there, the house is always damp inside. Interesting take.
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And my wife says I have too much free time...

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I was thirteen. I vaguely remember asking my Mother for a stamp to mail 

this in. I didn't want to go to Disney - I wanted one of the second prizes.

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Just outside my favorite bar in the whole world...

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