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A piece in Metro Santa Cruz begins with this interesting quote: “We are the modern equivalent of the ancient city-states of Athens and Sparta. California has the ideas of Athens and the power of Sparta.” –Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger I guess you can take the man out of the sword-and-sandal, but you can’t take the sword-and-sandal…
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Excerpts from a Wide-Format Imaging press release (?): A pantheon of mythological gods is leading the Alcan Composites USA campaign to inspire legendary creations on an epic scale from graphic designers, who’ve long relied upon the proven performance of the company’s Fome-Cor, Sintra, Gator, and Dibond graphic display boards. Alcan Composites’ Legends of Mythology marketing…
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Something a little different this year … here’s the final clip of the 1960 Last Days of Pompeii (it’s the part where the volcano erupts etc. … very cheesy): If you want to watch the whole thing … begin here (then click the links in the info boxes). Wired has a nice feature on the…
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… well sort of … According to USA Today: This elusive couple didn’t confirm their April 2008 nuptials until a year later and have remained mostly mum on their relationship. They have been spotted in public with their rings on about a dozen times in the past year. They both have the number 4 tattooed…
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If you’ve got nothing to do tonight (or even if you do have something to do tonight, you might want to change your plans) and happen to be in Queens (New York … not the University), you probably want to check this out. Here’s a tease: With America beset by two wars overseas and economic…
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