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Interesting site about a little town called Centralia, PA:

Centralia is a town located in the heart of the anthracite mining region of Pennsylvania. In May 1962, a fire in a trash dump accidentally ignited the coal mine under the town. It has been burning underground ever since. Attempts to put out the fire over the years have been unsuccessful, and the population of 1,100 residents has since dwindled to only twenty or so.

I had read about Centralia several years ago in a magazine article and was intrigued. I couldn’t believe that this fire was burning for so long and nobody could find a way to put it out. Being interested in abandoned places, I thought it would be a great place to visit — an opportunity to see a ghost town before it becomes one. So one year around Independence Day, while everyone else was off enjoying the usual holiday celebrations, I was hopping in my car and driving 300 miles to Centralia, to see fireworks of a different kind.
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Ok I don’t have a wish list like other bloggers but could someone find it in their heart to put in a bid for me. The current bid is only 6,001,200.00. Hmmm then again it might be a waste. I would probably only use it for fishing expeditions.

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A Public Service Announcement.
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From Cnn.com

FBI urges police to watch for people carrying almanacs

I never thought that the farmer’s almanac would be lumped in with the Anarchist cookbook but I guess we have reached that point.
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Here.
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Somebody had a gnome stolen and set up a website. I think he might want to check the post below and he might find out what happened to it.

My gnome was taken on December 9th. If you see him, please contact me.

I am not really sure what this guy has against garden gnomes. But I don’t think he likes them very much.

If you see a Garden Gnome,
pick it up and take it home.
Make sure it is really dead;
stick something sharp into its head.
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Now this is a treehouse:

One January evening Jim arrived home from work early and there were two pickup trucks in the driveway with him. Oh yeah, he had said something about getting a couple of old shipping crates for the kids to play with. He and his friends unloaded the crates and dragged them into the garage. Little did either of us know then that these crates would take over our garage for many months to come and keep Jim very busy for the next seven months.
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From Mini-itx.com

I needed a small Windows XP machine and a Mini-ITX board was the obvious choice. So I decided to build my “Windows XP Box” in a Windows XP box. The external dimensions of the box are a tiny 243mm x 200mm x 48mm.
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