I came on to gripe about the same point as others: these have nothing to do with the current economic crisis. Some of the other comments here are pretty harsh. The photographer doesn't even mention on the page that these houses are in Detroit. Like many other people, he probably just finds old, formerly beautiful houses beautiful in a stark way. I don't see anything wrong with that. I love to take photographs and I am sure there is a lot I need to learn about the art form, but I would never let the fact that I'm not the best stop me from having fun and, damn it, posting them to my site if I frickin want to. Calling a guy a poser because his photos aren't to your standards or taken from the same angle you would have? You guys are seriously harsh.
This is ne of the coolest pieces of furniture I've ever seen. I can see tweaking the concept and using old drawers from broken furniture in newly constructed box frames.
The women that eenymeenyminymoe and exwdwcast speak of are two unrelated incidents. The woman on the Matterhorn was named Dolly and she was fat and unbuckled her seatbelt because it was too tight. About halfway through A-track (which is the left side)there is a dip where A-track goes under B-track. It was at that dip where she fell out and landed right in between two sensors. If she wiggled a little bit, she probably would have hit one of the sensors and would have triggered an e-stop (or ride shutdown). But she just stayed there and got hit by an oncoming bobsled. That part of the ride is now known as Dolly's Dip.
There were two people who died on the Peoplemover. Both were caused by idiots trying to hop between vehicles, failing, and getting crushed underneath the vehicle. I know it's rude to call dead people idiots, but let's face it...better to get them out of the gene pool early.
To couch - No, missing children does not fall under death...because they are MISSING. Otherwise, it would be called dead children. And while there have been missing children in Disneyland (mostly due to parental neglect), they have ALL been found.
To MC - Steve Martin was not a Jungle Cruise skipper. He worked in the magic shop, as previously mentioned. Also, most of your notes refer to common Guest Service issues. And I tell you now that if more companies practiced these simple guest service techniques that Disney is well-known for, they wouldn't have as much trouble as they do. But for your knowledge, even after paying for an admission ticket, you don't have the right to do anything without the consequence of having your ticket revoked. And they can kick you out of the park for any reason at all. Read the back of your ticket next time you go.
And finally, Walt was not a nazi. Stop trying to tarnish the name of one of the greatest men to ever walk this Earth.
Oh yeah. And you can't forget the pop-up Book of Sex! http://www.amazon.com/Pop-up-Book-Sex-Melcher-Media/dp/0061129747 It's really, really naughty, though. I mean, far naughtier than I thought it would be. Don't look through it with your grandma.
It's so funny to read the comments about graffiti art a few posts earlier (later) and then read these comments. I think it's beautiful and I love when art also has a function. I imagine the people in this community feel pretty proud about the project and just because they're in a slum doesn't mean they can't find joy in beautiful artwork. Imagine how beautiful those women must feel to have their eyes part of such a neat piece of art. I love this to pieces.
Leaving graffiti there would encourage more. I say make the fines when they catch these criminals heavier to help offset the cost of cleaning up the mess these little kids (in intelligence if not age) leave around our state. It's unfortunate that people can't just be left alone and be trusted to be respectful of property, but since they can't, make them scared to do it. I would happily do a California stop when turning right at traffic lights if there weren't a fat fine attached to that kind of violation (and we have a lot of cameras at lights here), but there is. So I don't.
Yuck. I'm usually not the women's libber type, but dear lord. This is just ridiculous. I love you dearly, Alex, but maybe, just maybe, women can be trusted enough to take what they say at face value.
There were two people who died on the Peoplemover. Both were caused by idiots trying to hop between vehicles, failing, and getting crushed underneath the vehicle. I know it's rude to call dead people idiots, but let's face it...better to get them out of the gene pool early.
To couch - No, missing children does not fall under death...because they are MISSING. Otherwise, it would be called dead children. And while there have been missing children in Disneyland (mostly due to parental neglect), they have ALL been found.
To MC - Steve Martin was not a Jungle Cruise skipper. He worked in the magic shop, as previously mentioned. Also, most of your notes refer to common Guest Service issues. And I tell you now that if more companies practiced these simple guest service techniques that Disney is well-known for, they wouldn't have as much trouble as they do. But for your knowledge, even after paying for an admission ticket, you don't have the right to do anything without the consequence of having your ticket revoked. And they can kick you out of the park for any reason at all. Read the back of your ticket next time you go.
And finally, Walt was not a nazi. Stop trying to tarnish the name of one of the greatest men to ever walk this Earth.
http://www.amazon.com/Pop-up-Book-Sex-Melcher-Media/dp/0061129747
It's really, really naughty, though. I mean, far naughtier than I thought it would be. Don't look through it with your grandma.
http://images.barnesandnoble.com/images/11450000/11454620.jpg
VEGIFORMS have been around for years. I've always wanted to do pumpkins with faces.