letter home from Iraq and other stuff...

Here is a letter home from a Marine in Iraq. Pretty good read.
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This is great. Found it on Fark. Battle of the album covers video.
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If anyone needs (or just wants) an iPod go to the Apple Store. You can get a new 2gig nano for $99. Or a 30 gig 5.0 ("video") for $179.
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HERE are some tube driven speakers for that iPod. I thought audiophiles were too pretentious to use iPods. Whatever..
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Are people REALLY THIS FRIGGIN STUPID?
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MIT Geeks are cool. Here is a very impressive and kind of silly demo of some new technology.

Iggy's rider.

HERE is what you gotta do if you wanna have Iggy Pop play at your venue. Very witty stuff.

Camels from above.

look at the photo and you see camels, right. What color are they. Black? wrong. Look again. The black camels are the shadows. What a great shot.

matchstick museum

Great news! The matchstick museum is not that far from us!! *woot* Actually there is some really cool stuff. Check out the models, especially the Harry Potter castle at the end.
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Amazing shot of lightning hitting the ground.

grabbing the ball with one hand.

not him, the guy in the background.

bird doing moon-walk

I thought this was pretty funny.