January/February 2009

Sea Ray, Evinrude, Quebec, Chicago, Women BoatersThis is what I do at work...well sometimes.

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Tennessee Coal Ash Disaster Dwarfs Exxon Spill | EarthFirst.

One of the worst environmental disasters in recent memory has unfolded over the last week in Kingston, Tennessee, where a massive coal waste spill has unleashed over a billion gallons of potentially toxic sludge into the Clinch River and surrounding land. Worst yet, the Tennessee Valley Authority – the nation’s largest government-owned utility, whi

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Japan auto sales plunge as young lose interest - Yahoo! Fina

To get around the city, Yutaka Makino hops on his skateboard or rides commuter trains. Does he dream of the day when he has his own car? Not a chance.

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Holiday Gifts

Optic Nerve’s Sunglasses Protect Your Eyes
Pique the Holidays with Exotic Coffee
Buy Your Favorite Lighthouse
Galleyware Christening Bottle
Fun for the Whole Family
Candle Protection

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I wrote this thing. It's not glamorous or that much to speak of. But it's something.

Global Warming is Not Tied to Natural Disasters and Extremes

More evidence that global warming is junk science.

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Cutest little kitten with a broken arm

Maybeh if I dream about milk rivers and catnip forests, this will GO AWAY!

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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory - News

If you could toss a bottle out into space, what message would you seal into it for anyone -- or any thing -- to open some day far away from our solar system?NASA's two Voyager spacecraft bound for interstellar space carry answers offered by some humans before the Voyagers launched 25 years ago.

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Taglit the Birthright by Kenneth Ngwa

Never having left home, Matias was excited to be seeing the world. From the moment he had landed, his levelheadedness had been affected. The thriving metropolitan center of Buenos Aires was a far cry from the Golden land of Israel. The warmth of complete strangers was a staunch contrast to what he knew from back home. Traveling through the country

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Christmas In Paris by C. Joseph Smith

It began Thanksgiving night, while they were cleaning up the dishes. It was 11 PM, a late hour for Judy.“Did you have a good time?” she asked.“Sure,” said Ted. “As good as usual.”“It could have been better?”

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TOP 10 STRANGEST THINGS IN THE UNIVERSE

The more we look among the stars and galaxies, the weirder things seem to get.From super-fast stars to the nature of matter, here we cover other strange and mysterious elements of the universe.

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Manhattan in Pictures | Demonicious.com

I just thought this post was great enough to appear here, as I always wanted to see some people's face inside the famous town of Manhattan. : ]

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NASA : Cosmic Rays from a Mysterious, Nearby Object

An international team of researchers has discovered a puzzling surplus of high-energy electrons bombarding Earth from space. The source of these cosmic rays is unknown, but it must be close to the solar system and it could be made of dark matter. Their results are being reported in the Nov. 20th issue of the journal Nature.

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Fiction Markets

Updated the style of the fiction market blog, as I'm working to improve the site and add a full database of all the market reviews. I'd like to make it useful to writers, as I know how it is to figure out where to submit your work.

Check it out here.

Fiction Market

The fiction market site is underway and going quite well. Also, it appears more people than ever are reading FreightTrain magazine.

If you haven't read the latest, read it heref.

New FreightTrain Site

I've redesigned the FreightTrain website and it's bi-weekly story blog. Both look tons better and hopefully will attracted more readers. Pass the word along.


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