I travel the world in search of great treasures and .. eh, who am I kidding. I'm a perfectionist at spending my day at work not working. Plime is my curse and savior.Also, if I could get a tan from my computer monitor I'd look like George Hamilton. Oh, if only.
Tie Dye Roses Posted: 4 months ago by Magellan
This rose was dyed using hypodermic needles inserted in the stem as it grew
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10 Michael Jackson video clips you won't see on the nightly news Posted: 5 months ago by Magellan
The king of pop and some pretty cool videos.
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Thailand Panda-Elephants Posted: 5 months ago by Magellan
Decorating them in white watercolour paint, the keepers at the Ayutthaya Elephant Kraal then paraded the five elephants before schoolchildren in an effort to remind Thailand that its elephants have needs, too.
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Unfinished 44-story luxury hotel goes up in flames Posted: 10 months ago by Magellan
Fireworks used in celebration started a fire destroying a new hotel.
More Links: fastcompany and NY Times
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Polar Bears Face Possible Drowning Posted: 1 year ago by Magellan
Nine polar bears lost in Arctic Sea and forced to swim 400 miles to get to solid land.
"Polar bears are strong swimmers but would not be able to make it that far.""Dr Williams said animal groups were considering asking the US government to send a Coast Guard ship to rescue some of the bears."
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Feel Like You Make Too Little? This Will Cheer You Up. Posted: 1 year ago by Magellan
The cons of having a large paycheck and why you should be more focused on being happy with what you do for a living. It made me feel better since it backed up my initial thoughts on going for a job that relatively pays very little but it's something I very much enjoy.
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Worlds Tallest Woman Dies - 53 Posted: 1 year ago by Magellan
She grew to a height of 7'7".
But she was proud of her height, Rose said. "She embraced it," she said. "She used it as a tool to educate people."
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Asthma Sufferers - Try These Breathing Techniques Posted: 1 year ago by Magellan
Breathing exercises may help asthma sufferers. This website has videos explaining how to do them.
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Got allergies? Get worms. Posted: 1 year ago by Magellan
To test his theory, and to see whether he can translate it into therapeutic pay dirt, Dr. Pritchard is recruiting clinical trial participants willing to be infected with 10 hookworms each in hopes of banishing their allergies and asthma.
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Stowaway Scorpion in Wal-Mart Shipment Posted: 1 year ago by Magellan
Girl goes to grab watermelon and instead gets something else.
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My Internet Personality Posted: 2 years ago by Magellan
Do you have a Facebook account? How about a Myspace account? Your Plime avatar counts as well. Chances are if you know about the internet tubes you have some sort of online personality. Your "away messages" are possibly hidden messages. Possibly. I'm not a fan of people telling me who I am but to some degree these things can be pretty accurate.
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Shark kills triathlete training at Calif. beach Posted: 2 years ago by Magellan
SOLANA BEACH, Calif. - A shark, thought to be a great white, on Friday attacked and killed a 66-year-old swimmer who was training in the ocean off San Diego County with a group of triathletes, authorities said.
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A Man Willing to do Unusual Things for Money Posted: 2 years ago by Magellan
David Horvitz will accept donations of your choice. You have the choice of sending him to art classes and receiving all his artwork created in that time, owning a P.O. Box in NY for a year where he will send things just for you, or go up to the first homeless person he sees and buy them anything they want up to $30. There is quite a list of things to choose from.
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N.Y. governor reportedly in prostitution ring Posted: 2 years ago by Magellan
NEW YORK - Gov. Eliot Spitzer has told senior advisers that he had been involved in a prostitution ring, the New York Times reported Monday.
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