Monday! It's a weird, weird world :)
As you can see by Itzl's concerned look, this group gives Kossacks a safe place to check in, a daily diary where we can let people know we are alive, doing OK, and not affected by such things as heat, blizzards, floods, wild fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, power outages, earthquakes, or other such things that could keep us off DKos. It also allows us to find other Kossacks nearby for in-person checks when other methods of communication fail - a buddy system. If you're not here, or anywhere else on DKos, and there are adverse conditions in your area (floods, heatwaves, hurricanes, earthquakes etc.), we and your buddy are going to check up on you. If you are going to be away from your computer for a day or a week, let us know here. We care!
IAN is a great group to join, and a good place to learn to write diaries. Drop one of us a Kosmail and ask to be added to the Itzl Alert Network anytime! We all share the publishing duties, and we welcome everyone who reads IAN to write diaries for the group! Every member is an editor, so anyone can take a turn when they have something to say, photos and music to share, a cause to promote or news!
We do have a diary schedule. But, when you are ready to write that diary, either post in thread or send FloridaSNMOM a Kosmail with the date. If you need someone to fill in, ditto. FloridaSNMOM is here on and off through the day usually from around 9:30 or 10 am eastern to around 11 pm eastern.
Monday:
BadKitties
Tuesday:
ejoanna
Wednesday:
Caedy
Thursday:
art ah zen
Friday:
FloridaSNMOM
Saturday:
Most Awesome Nana
Sunday:
loggersbrat
"Meet British 'Robinson Crusoe' who lives with supermodel on island he made out of 150,000 recycled bottles."
A British DIY Robinson Crusoe has found love with a former supermodel on an island he made himself from 150,000 recycled BOTTLES.
Artist Richart Sowa, 61, from Middlesbrough has spent the last seven years carefully constructing an 8,000 square-foot free-floating eco-paradise.
Called Joyxee Island, it sits in a lagoon on Isla Mujeres near Cancun, Mexico.
The rest of the story
"Illinois Mechanic Rick Sullivan Builds Upside-Down Car"
Sullivan spent six months and $6,000 building the upside-down truck from the parts of two separate vehicles: a 1991 Ford Ranger pickup truck and a 1995 F-150 pickup truck body placed over the top complete with spinning wheels.
Sullivan got the idea for a topsy-turvy truck when he was called to transport an overturned Ford Ranger to his body shop.
"I built the truck by starting out collecting parts for a Ford F150, we bought different parts in different locations," he told Barcroft TV. "There's no blueprint. I just started buying parts and then putting it together. It's all in my head and we had to make adjustments throughout, but it turned out pretty much like I envisioned it."
Full story and video
Ten Archaeological Frauds
Sorry for the short diary--terribly busy. Leaving for NY on Tuesday :) I actually did a lot of research, but sadly much of the "weird news" was boring, NSFW, or just inappropriate for a family-friendly diary :)
Happy Monday, everyone!