Daily Archives: July 8, 2011

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NBC Unveils The Fall Schedule You’ve All Been Waiting For

Oh, hello. What’s that? You were wondering what that fantastic network NBC has in store for you this fall? Well, I’m sure we’ve discussed what old, tired, whatever new shows they’ve got planned for our viewing pleasure. However, in news that’s just been released, we now know when exactly all these new shows will be shown on your ratty old floor model color television.

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A Memorial for Eleanor

The apartment felt like a box, an old shoebox shoved under a bed and forgotten.

It was in a house that back in the day must have been a showpiece, long ago when the Merrimack River powered the mills that employed thousands, and when the mill owners lived on the hills, like this one, looking down on their anthills. Lawrence, Massachusetts, was never an easy town. It was always a city of blue collars and dive bars and shady, desperate characters. But now the mills were closed, the river was choked with pollution, and Lawrence was known as the arson capitol of the nation. Continue reading

Nerd News Roundup: The Return of Evil

Boy oh boy, we’ve got some big news my dear little nerds and nerdettes. An icon of evil (or two) has returned from the dead, the video game movie race heats up and Sony strikes a blow against used game sales. Also, it’s time to start making the hard decisions about what you’re going to see at this year’s San Diego Comicon and whether or not to go as Zombie Sailor Moon or get away with just sporting Jayne’s Hat. All this and hot Dwarf photos in this week’s Nerd News Roundup!

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This Mid-19th Century Fort Can Be Yours

This is some unreal real estate. An American fort built in 1844 to deter British invasion from the north, Fort Montgomery lies abandoned and unwanted at the US-Canada border on Lake Champlain. An earlier plan was halted when a surveyors’ error was discovered and the builders realized that the 45th parallel, the US-Canada border, was almost a mile south, placing the fort squarely in enemy territory. An 1842 treaty adjusted the border and the site of ‘Fort Blunder’ became the legitimate property of the United States. Continue reading