Adam's Bridge

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Also knows as Rama's Bridge or Rama Setu, consists of a series of limestone shoals running between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the southeastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka. Geological evidence indicates that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka.

Antipodes and the Earth Sandwich

If you want to dig a hole straight through the Earth to China, start digging in Argentina. This is one of the few places on land in which the antipode is not located on an ocean. With most of the Earth's surface covered by water and most of the land area in the Norther Hemisphere, this is not really surprising.

Ze Frank has a project to create "Earth Sandwiches", which is created when two slices of bread are simultaneously placed on opposite sides of the Earth. To assist this project, his website has a Google Maps tool that can display the antipodal spot of any place mark.

There is an area in northern Montana that is opposite from the Kerguelen Islands in the South Indian Ocean. There is also a small island, Île Amsterdam, antipodal to spot southeast of Lamar, Colorado and Île Saint-Paul, which is opposite from Firstview, Colorado. These are the only land areas antipodal to the Lower 48 United States.

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I can't be the only person who has trouble figuring out how the arrow of time flows through some blogging engines. I find it non-intuitive when I have to click on "Next" to see older posts and then "Previous" to see newer posts.

Joe Cloverfield

Warning: smoking cigarettes while pregnant may cause birth defects.

We have to get these two together!

Doctor Jack Cassell Tells Obama Supporters To Seek Help Elsewhere.

Pay medical bills with a chicken, says Republican candidate.

LowdenCare for Dr. Cassell. You can't make this stuff up.

Here's Your Kaboom!

by ~Beanjamish

How's that Dopey-Derangey thing working for ya?!

Last week, Sarah Palin urged her supporters to "stop" cars with Obama stickers and confront them with her sarcastic cutsey catchphrase, "How's that hopey-changey thing working out for you?"

Oh surely, her followers wouldn't take that suggestion like that seriously. Right?