A retired snow blower train in Skagway, Alaska

Would not want to be caught on the tracks with this thing coming.
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Real life Cabbage Patch baby

Nailed it!

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Burj Khalifa

World Records
At over 828 metres (2,716.5 feet) and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa in Dubai holds the following records:

  • Tallest building in the world
  • Tallest free-standing structure in the world
  • Highest number of stories in the world
  • Highest occupied floor in the world
  • Highest outdoor observation deck in the world
  • Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world
  • Tallest service elevator in the world

Click here for information on what’s inside.

A message for John Sanford, Lee Child, and Nelson DeMille

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Book lovers who read political thriller novels lost one of the best yesterday with the passing of Vince Flynn. As a fan, I am unsure of how close he was to finishing his latest novel, The Survivor.

I am publicly asking John Sanford, Lee Child, and Nelson DeMille to team up and finish this book for Vince and for his fans.  Maybe the proceeds to the book could go to prostate cancer research.

Now that Vince is gone, we know what has to happen. Mitch Rapp needs to die. And there is no one more suited to write how it happens than you three.

 

New Oreo Cookie Flavor

Introducing the watermelon Oreo. Only for a limited time. You can buy them here.

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Read about it here.

James Gandolfini

James Gandolfini

Photo: NY Times

ABC News is reporting that James Gandolfini’s son witnessed his Dad go into cardiac arrest. James Gandolfini died a short time later at the hospital.

His death is a big loss for Hollywood and fans that were hopeful of a Soprano’s reunion.

Buy the Soprano’s on DVD

The Replacements

The Replacements

With my friends, I always felt a little out of place. I like sports and stuff, but I never quite. … [trails off] Everybody I knew liked to go swimming and fishing and hunting and to football games. I didn’t fit that. I never remember feeling truly comfortable with any of my friends. There was stuff I wanted to tell them that they would laugh at when I tried to explain it. They’d say, ‘Guys don’t talk that way.’ And I was afraid of girls, which is another thing guys aren’t supposed to talk about. So I wrote songs instead.

via New York Times

via Stuff About Minnesota

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On photographing food

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Chris Farley

Vince Flynn Dies At 47

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Photo: CBS

I am so super bummed today after learning that my favorite author, Vince Flynn, has died. Flynn died Wednesday morning at United Hospital in St. Paul. He had been battling prostate cancer.

Flynn has authored 15 novels, and I have read them all.

If you have not read any of his books, check them out here.

If you would like to donate to prostate cancer research, visit PCF here.