Oh? So they weren't setting a date with the apocalypse in mind, then?

I wish I had the power to star you for that. 'Fraid you'll have to settle for a heart, instead.

Boy, you ain't kiddin'.

Toward the body and sex in general, actually. My countrymen (and women) have a very weird relationship with their physicality.

Settled then. It's a dam quarry.

Yeah, sure it is.

What? Deathclock.com still lives? : )

Ahhhhh hates rebates.

It's mostly sand around the trees, too - just not lit by the bright, rising sun and therefore shifted blue-ish. Plus, the dune is either just really big or that impression is being enhanced with a major telephoto.

It has always been thus. Don't worry, though - each and every one of them can be counted on to keep a tight lid on anything that might be incriminating to THEM.

Perhaps this partially explains why such an unreasonably high percentage of Americans have such an unreasonably low opinion of the French, oui?

If it can also boil an egg at 30 paces...I'm in for two, at least.

That's nice. Where did you get it?

You say "Usāmah", I say "Osama". Either way, it's just a transliteration.

Meow, indeed, Darth. Meeeee-owwwwww.

I think that may have gotten away from you a little bit there...

Now he needs to find someone who just happened to be recording sound fx in the same spot and he can put together a little video memento for the young couple. And who knows? Maybe he'll uncover some nefarious coverup in the process.

This. Is. Awesome.

Bee-autifully played.

Gotta start somewhere. In the meantime, she's smart (I mean, presumably), a geek and cute as a button. As starts go I'm pretty okay with where they are.