My family has been working our way through the original Land Of The Lost TV series. I watched it as a kid, and even had a chance to visit the short-lived Sid & Marty Kroft World in Atlanta when it first opened. It’s been cool watching them with my kids, although some of the talk about pylons and time portals goes over their heads. We’ve become fixated on this ridiculously cute Brontosaurus called “Dopey”. It appeared in one of the first episodes, then later when we saw a T-Rex (“Grumpy”) …

I just got an e-mail from Virgin America airlines saying that they are now serving absinthe! Whoo-hoo!
TOURMENT YOUR FLIGHT WITH ABSINTHE
Don’t be surprised if you see a Green Fairy on board your next Virgin America flight.
Virgin America is delighted to be the first Airline to offer Absinthe in-flight.
Le Tourment Vert authentic French absinthe is now available on all Virgin America flights. Try our Mile High Cocktail, a Tourmenting and satisfying blend of Le Tourment Vert Absinthe, sprite and lemons shaken and served over ice. Bon Voyage!

This site from Lauren Orchowski has a cool collection of old playground rocket photos. I remember one of these in a park growing up – just after I went into high school they took it away and converted the park into a more modern, safer kind that you see most often today. I remember lots of kids getting hurt on some of the stuff, even a broken wrist. Now that I have kids I do appreciate the safer playground equipment, but still, I think that the old stuff I used …

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