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How will you be suspended from LJ? by Anonymous LJ User
Username
Years on LJ
Snape	HotNot
Hours left until your suspension	30
Your crime	Failing to establish literary merit in your Harry/Draco/Ron/Seamus/Hagrid/Dobby/Bart Simpson circle jerk fic.
Who reported you	wbahner
Your fate	Standing on street corners with a sign "will write Harry Potter porn for food".

OMGWTFLUCY?!?

From peradouro:

Famous fossil Lucy starts US tour - (they snuck it out in the middle of the night)

Because it's a good idea to box up irreplacable, 3.2 million year old A. afarensis remains and ship them all over the freakin' United States. Aaaaaaaaaa! AAAAAAAAAAAAA!

The situation is so complex. The Smithsonian has refused to participate in this tour. But evangelicals in other African countries want to censor fossil displays there and African museums certainly need better funding. So for the world to see and care about these treasures, must they be removed from their countries of origin?

How great is the potential for Creationist terrorism on such a priceless display in the United States...?

Gennesis - Ntaistikos Erwtas

I really like these guys and this song.

Impending acts of piracy

Pirates of Paynetown

Times: Friday August 10th 3-?, Saturday 11th- 9-?, Sunday 12th 9-?
Location: Paynetown S.R.A./ Monroe Reservoir, 4850 South State Road 446
Phone: 812-837-9967

Ahoy! Avast! ARRR! Again?
Join us for the Second Annual Pirates of Paynetown at Monroe Reservoir! There you will see a pirate shanty town, pirate ship skirmish over the water (Saturday Afternoon), sword fights, music and more! Dress smartly now, pirates-- or you may be forced to walk the plank! Feel free to wear your best pirate outfit and visit www.interpretiveservices.in.gov for a complete schedule. Event is FREE! However park admission still applies.

Note: I cannot find any information on the in.gov site other than the original .pdf file - which doesn't give any times, let alone a schedule of events. Park contact is pending.

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"Pirates: Who They Really Were" program at ConGlomeration this Saturday, 8/11 at 10:00AM.

(Suspected answer: "Not-very-nice-people-who-really-didn't-look-like-Johnny-Depp.")

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Real Pirates exhibit at the Cincinnati Museum Center ???

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Interesting resources:
- Reenactor.Net Online Living History Forums
- Pioneer Times Online Journal of Living History Re-Enacting
- Ladies of Reenacting's Pirate Pages (pretty, noisy, and just remember - if it ain't Baroque don't fix it!)
- The Pirate Brethren (and their forum)
- Pirates in popular culture, which I think is one of the most awesome thesis topics EVER.

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Hey! I know where this is! Florida Pirate Festival at Vinoy Park, Nov. 16-18th!