...what the hell?

What the HELL?

Hello all! I'm new to the community, and decided to join and share my love of gardening. I'm from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and am 27. Both of my parents took horticulture in college, and naturally I got sucked in to the world of plants. I'm especially fond of herbs, and dutifully collect any that I find. This time of year is great for that, because most of the herbs are 50% off or more! Mwahahahaha! :D

Here's some pics of the garden so far this year. I sometimes add new pictures to my photolog too.

( garden stuffs )

I have never grown "Black Zebra" tomatoes. Typically, are they this lanky?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39004323@N05/3708842402/in/set-72157621124177281/

http://feeds.theonion.com/~r/theonion/weekly/~3/umKEsP8Ixgo/30771

http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30771?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

PAMPLONA, SPAIN—The Spanish prime minister pledged that he will not rest until Spain is free of rampaging bulls.

http://feeds.theonion.com/~r/theonion/weekly/~3/iCqS0QHBl3k/moment_of_silence_0

http://www.theonion.com/content/radio_news/moment_of_silence_0?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

Onion Radio News - with Doyle Redland

 

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All caps are from "The Naked Time".

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http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0711/p20s05-usgn.html

Almost none. No international framework exists to identify or sanction an attacking country.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0711/p02s01-usec.html

eBay has been selling used cars for years, but laws currently prohibit direct sales from manufacturers.

Does anyone know or heard anything about a 7th Gen ipod?

I've had my 5th Gen 30GB Classic since 2006 and I've been wanting to buy a new one for more space but was holding out in hope of a new generation since last September.

Also, what's the longest someone's ipod lasted? I'm not in a hurry to buy one but I'd like an idea of how long I have since I need to back up my music library.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0711/p08s01-usgn.html

Bush and Cheney thought so, but some Justice Department officials said they were illegal.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0711/p20s01-usmi.html

Their numbers are small, but unit morale, cohesion, and discipline could be harmed.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0711/p06s01-woam.html

Costa Rican President Oscar Arias says he is 'determined to have a resolution,' but that it may take some time.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0711/p17s01-almo.html

Romantic comedy for teens has fresh twist and new acting find Paul Rust.

Hello everyone!

Community for high-quality Star Trek icons and other graphics just opened: goodsticons.
Feel free to apply or watch.

http://features.csmonitor.com/books/2009/07/10/the-angels-game/

Carlos Ruiz Zafón's prequel to “The Shadow of the Wind” is a twisty, sarcastic ode to books.

The Russian blogosphere conveniently, if bafflingly, revolves around LJ. Each week, RUSSIA! scans the chatter and brings you the top five topics.

• An LJ-spreading VIDEO news story from St Petersburg warns of Russia's new drug epidemic—binaural wave-based music abuse. It's like heroin and cocaine, apparently. Developed in foreign war labs, apparently. The smug, scraggly fellow tinkering with his Windows program and then blissfully spinning for the camera is the self-proclaimed specialist-pusher, apparently. Medical experts shake concerned heads. Commenters call bullshit. [АУДИО-НАРКОТИКИ]

• Blogger vaziani posts a spread of borrowed photos on Obama's visit to Moscow along with his amusing commentary plus this actual description of the presidential breakfast: smoked sturgeon with Russian pancake patties and currant marmalade, boiled egg with black caviar and sour cream, quail dumplings, and farm-fresh sour cream-based ice cream with cherry kisel for desert. Commenters compliment commentary, drool. [Обама в России в фотографиях]

• Actor Stanislav Sadalsky picture-blogs about Moscow's thirteen most famous ghosts and where to find them. Ivan Grozny's ghost meanders around the Kremlin, the headless Hovanskys executed by Czarina Sofia in 1682 now scare drivers on the Yaroslavkoye Highway, and empty train rumored to carry catastrophe victims' souls appears monthly on the Circle Line. Commenters recall sightings, surprisingly sarcasm-free appreciation of the fictive. [13 призраков самых известных МОСКВЫ... чур меня ,чур и вас тоже...-Садальский]

• Blogger Kira discovers a file on the desktop of her boyfriends computer containing many cell phone photos of female passerby butts and avenges her pride by posting them all on her LJ. The gallery is followed by the couple's comment exchange, mainly his treatises of explanations: "This has nothing to do with my feelings for you! I came up with this art project while bored on the subway. I was going to make a collage!" "Bla bla bla. You show me one professional artist who goes around sneaking cellphone pictures of asses! Good luck with your artistic career!" "....I love you, sunshine!" Aw, young love in public technological plight... [О находках]

• Blogger serpoff warns of the latest group of charlatans to swindle old people—the latest expensive medical cure-all marketed on Radio Russia isn't made of anything useful, mostly beet juice. Commenters offer their wisdom: "Every society has this element in commerce: stupid people's extra money funnels to the trickiest" and "Holy Icons don't cost $612 and give old people a hope for the afterlife." [Внимание! Шарлатаны!]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0710/p90s01-woaf.html

President Obama arrives in Ghana this weekend, but China's booming Africa presence may mean that he'll have less leverage to advance US interests than his predecessors.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0710/p08s01-comv.html

The US must be wary as the world's manufacturing center tries to make its currency king.