The Travelers’ Club – Fire and Ash (The Travelers’ Club #2) by Michael Bradley

Ionia Martin was nice enough to read my book The Travelers’ Club – Fire and Ash and post a review on her blog site, Readful Things Blog.  Here is the link:

The Travelers’ Club – Fire and Ash (The Travelers’ Club #2) by Michael Bradley.

Thank you so much Ionia!

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1800’s Model Eyeball

1800s Model Eyeball 

1800 – 1899:Optical Model of the Eye

“René Descartes suggested in 1637 that to understand the properties of the eye, one should study the eyeball of a recently deceased man or a freshly killed large animal. Beginning in the late 17th century, optical models provided an alternative. The lens of the model projects an inverted and reversed image onto a matted screen on the back. Two lenses can be placed in front of the eye to demonstrate the function of corrective lenses for near- and farsightedness.”

– Corning Museum of Glass

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Mini Cooper Art

Mini Coopers as art make them a little more bearable (14 photos)

JANUARY 6, 2010

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a mini cooper art 10 Mini Coopers as art make them a little more bearable (14 photos)

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Things You Would Like to Have

Here are some things you would like to have.

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Abandoned Yugoslavian Monuments

Abandoned Yugoslavian Monuments by Jan Kempenaers

While Yugoslavia has long since dissolved, abandoned monuments remain that recall the nation’s glory in the second world war.  Photographer Jan Kempenaers has traveled throughout the Balkans to photograph these wild, strange structures that have lost much of their cultural relevance.  In various states of disrepair, these monuments (some buildings, other sculptures) represent an era of modern and brutalist architecture that defined this time period in the socialist East.  Today, they appear alien, odd and empty, stark reminders of a struggle long since forgotten by a nation that no longer exists.  A coffee table book with the full collection of Kempenaers photographs and commentary is available on Amazon for $42. [via cracktwo and theawesomer]

Abandoned Yugoslavian Monuments Gallery

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1928 Rooftop Raceway!

1928:Rooftop Racetrack

“The Lingotto building, Turin, Italy, once housed a  Fiat factory. Built between 1916 and 1923, the design had five floors, raw materials going in at the ground floor, and cars built on a line that went up through the building. Finished cars emerged at rooftop level, where there was a rooftop test track. It was the largest car factory in the world at the time. Le Corbusier called it “one of the most impressive sights in industry”, and “a guideline for town planning”.”

– Wikipedia

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Twisted Nightmares now on Kindle for just 99 Cents!

Twisted Nightmares now on Kindle for just 99 Cents!  I definitely recommend you pick up a copy of this anthology of horror short stories and poems.  It is a steal at 99 cents and includes works from yours truly – Michael Bradley.  Edited by Andrew Terech.

http://www.amazon.com/Twisted-Nightmares-ebook/dp/B00CNWVXLI/ref=sr_1_16?ie=UTF8&qid=1367870457&sr=8-16&keywords=twisted+nightmares

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Pilots Take Nap; Have Attendants Fly Plane

Air India pilot reportedly left attendants to fly plane while he took a nap

Published May 05, 2013

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    Jan. 30, 2013: An Air India passenger plane takes off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, India. (Reuters)

An Air India pilot has been suspended after reportedly leaving the cockpit during a flight to take a nap in business class, leaving two female cabin attendants to man the controls.

The incident happened 33,000 feet in the sky on a 160-passenger flight from Bangkok to Delhi in April, The Telegraph reports.

A complaint said the plane’s co-pilot asked one of the plane’s attendants to take his seat while he disappeared for a bathroom break. Shortly thereafter, the pilot asked another attendant to do the same so he could catch up on his sleep.

Both pilots returned to the cockpit 40 minutes later after one of the attendants accidentally knocked off the plane’s auto-pilot switch, The Telegraph reports.

Air India investigated the reported incident and suspended the pilot and both attendants, but said Friday that passenger safety was never compromised.

The airline said in a statement that both pilots never left the cockpit. However, it confirmed that the auto-pilot switch was turned off, and said the two cabin attendants spent too much time in the front of the plane.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/05/05/air-india-pilot-reportedly-left-attendants-to-fly-plane-while-took-nap/?test=latestnews#ixzz2SU966IdA

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Cute Dogs For Your Monday Blues

Cute dogs for your Monday Blues!  Enjoy!

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Thank You! Over 200,000 hits!

As of right now, my blog site received 201,600 plus hits!  As you regular followers know, I put a lot of work and love into posting one to three times a day with a peculiar mix of things I find interesting.  I am so happy that my weird interests are also often of interest to you as well.  I do not get any compensation or advertising dollars for the blog site, but I would appreciate you consider stopping by my store on occasion.  If you get a copy of The Travelers’ Club and The Ghost Ship, you can buy it on Kindle for just 99 cents, of which I keep 35 cents.  Obviously, not in that for the money either, I just want more readers.  Thank you for your ongoing support!

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