Kseniya Simonova

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Mysterious visits to Poe's grave - NEVERMORE!

The mysterious stranger who visited the grave of Edgar Allan Poe on his birthday has failed to show for a second straight year.
This was a tradition that always intrigued me.
But, like Poe, this tradition has also passed away surrounded in mystery.

Read the article at the LA TIMES website.

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Schoolhouse Rock

Remember watching those 3-minute Schoolhouse Rock gems on Saturday mornings?
If you are too young to remember...these were from a time when you actually had to wait until Saturday to watch cartoons!

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The Future of Flight

NASA and Lockheed Martin hope to have us flying airplanes that use less fuel, create less noise, and give off cleaner exhaust by 2025.

Here's a sneak-peak at one model currently being worked on:

Find the full article at this NASA PAGE and see pictures of the other models currently being worked on.

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Ever wonder how Muppets work?

An article on Howstuffworks is a must-read for those of us who grew up on Sesame Street and The Muppets.

Unless you want to hold on to the magic that Big Bird and Kermit are real, you can read the article HOW MUPPETS WORK and get behind-the-scenes info and so much more about those lovable characters and their creators.

Why can't we be friends?

In case you haven't seen this picture...here it is.

Seems the flooding in Australia has made friends of an unlikely pair as this frog hitches a ride on a snake.

Photo by Armin Gerlach

Read the story as reported by NineMSN

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VERIZON vs AT&T

With all the hoopla going on regarding Verizon and AT&T due to the recent iPhone announcement, I thought I’d share a thought or two.

I am a customer of both companies.

My needs require that I have two cell phones.

Coincidentally, I have one with Verizon and one with AT&T.

I like Verizon better.

I have little faith in AT&T’s signal.

Unlike my Verizon phone, there are times when I lose the AT&T signal as I go in and out of buildings.

I have no such problem with my Verizon phone.

Here’s an example:

If I’m anywhere beyond 5 feet from the front door of my local Sam’s Club I can forget about using my AT&T phone.

Yet, the Verizon phone will give me a strong signal on every aisle of the place.

And before you ask, YES, I’m enough of a nerd to have checked my phone signal while walking in each aisle at Sam’s Club.

If I’m going into a local mall, Sam’s, or Wal-Mart, I don’t even bother taking  in my AT&T phone.

In those places, my AT&T phone becomes little more than an awkwardly shaped pocket watch.

Telling time is about the only thing my AT&T phone is good for in most large retail buildings.

I don’t know that I would cancel my AT&T service based on this issue.

I don’t spend that much time in the buildings where I fail to get an AT&T signal.

But, if I were limited to only one cell phone – my provider would have to be Verizon based on signal-reliability alone.

By the way, on the subject of Verizon's iPhone, read an early report from a first-hand user at PCMAG.COM

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