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...ocean liners! (Left to right: Aquitania, Queen Mary, Normandie, Ile de France.)

Famous Diamonds by Ian Balfour, 2009, which I am a contributor to. My name is on page 331 ;D

The 990-foot (107 feet longer than the Titanic) ocean liner SS United States, built in 1952, sitting in Philadelphia harbor. It was built as a running mate for the SS Independence and SS Constitution, which had been completed a year earlier. SS Independence is currently being towed to Alang, India to be scrapped. The Constitution sank north of Hawaii in 1997 when it was being towed to the same fate. Norwegian Cruise Lines bought the SS United States in May of 2003. As of 2009 its still sitting in Philadelphia harbor. Apparently Norwegian C.L. is still doing a "feasibility study". They need to get off their asses! Please please please E-mail them and tell them you want it saved! There are only three or four classic ocean liners left in the world, the RMS Queen Mary and the SS United States being amoung them!

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Diamonds occur naturally in every color of the rainbow. The round diamond at the center-front is a colorless stone for reference. The stone at the far right in back is a blue, which is a very rare color. The one at the far left is an opaque black. The emerald-cut stone behind the black is a gray diamond. Gem-quality diamonds occur most commonly in light brown and yellow, however, the deeper the color, the more valuable they become, especially with yellow. The oval diamond in the center-rear is a good example of a 'canary' yellow. Green diamonds are extremely rare. Most green diamond crystal lose their color during the cutting process due to the color being only a skin on the outer area of the crystal. The milky-white round stone at the front is technically what a white diamond is. It would be called 'Fancy White'. A jewelry store called The Jewel in Sisters, Oregon has a 1-carat example one a round Fancy White. The rarest stone in the group is probably the raspberry red diamond in the front, on the center-right. My replica of the 128-carat Tiffany Yellow Diamond. I'm going to make a pendant or necklace for it eventually.

The Grapes of Wrath (1940). Random trivia: Jane Darwell's (left) final acting role was the "bird lady" in 1964's Mary Poppins.

Metropolis (1927) is one of the most famous silent films. Its also known for having lots of different prints of differing lengths. Apparently a 210-minute version of it was discovered in South America in 2008. This is over an hour longer than any previous prints. I only own the Kino Video VHS tape of it which I bought in 1996, it has a great big band music score. I hope the new super-long print gets a DVD issue.

One of Fritz Eichenberg's woodcut illustrations for the famous 1943 Random House edition of "Wuthering Heights". Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon in "Wuthering Heights" (1939). Laurence was FINE, and Merle was fierce! You should watch it!

There's a movement to get Daria issued on DVD. Noggin's episodes are heavily edited and incoherent. The series needs to be issued on DVD, unmolested and uncensored. Period. Sign the petition! They already have 28,800 signatures!

"If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner."

"It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman."

Marlene Dietrich
"Think twice before burdening a friend with a secret."

"It's the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter."

"I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men."

"Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them."

"There comes a time when suddenly you realize that laughter is something you remember and that you were the one laughing."

George Burns (1895-1995) with wife and comedian Gracie Allen (1902-1964). Gracie ran for president several times on the Surprise Party ticket. She was the female half of the runaway comedy team of Burns & Allen, and announced one March evening over the radio her intention to compete for the presidency at the head of a new third party, the "Surprise Party." Why the Surprise Party? As Gracie later explained, her mother was a Democrat, her father a Republican, and Gracie had been born a Surprise.