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The Spark of Yahoo!
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Serendipitous insights into the Web, from the Yahoo! Directory editors.
- Added on: Jun 13th, 2006
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Listed in: Entertainment History Reference
Recent Posts
The Spark: Cinderella Married a Pharaoh
Princess Tiana and PrinceNaveen from "The Princessand the Frog" Next Friday, Walt Disney Animation Studios will release its first animated princess movie since "Mulan" debuted at the box office in 1998. "The Princess and the Frog" is the first Disne...
The Spark: The Lady Vanishes
"Hey, where'd everybody go?"The Marie Celeste after her crew vanished On December 4, 1872, the merchant boat Dei Gratia happened upon a ship drifting in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Everything seemed normal with this ship: its sails were still ...
The Spark: The Isosceles of Doom
The Bermuda Triangle's borders are as flexibleas Silly Putty in the summer On December 5, 1945, a group of five U.S. Navy bombers left the Naval Air Station at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. It was a clear day, and the war had been over for months, so no ...
The Spark: Dangerous Toys, My Eye!
Little Ralphie takes aim,just before he shoots his eye out(From Angry Alien Productions) We're right in the middle of the holiday shopping season, and December 1st is the beginning of "Safe Toys and Gifts Month," all of which reminds me that every y...
The Spark: Wilde About Art
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie WillsWilde: "The only thing worsethan being talked about is notbeing talked about" It’s fun to imagine Oscar Wilde at a university today. Dandified in a lavender jacket with a green carnation in the buttonhole, he might ha...
The Spark: The Lord Wants You to Buy Nothing!
Shoppers following their own advice. (And , no, we didn't have to pay to use this image.)(Photo by Brave New Films) When getting or giving a gift, we often hear, "It's the thought that counts," implying that it doesn't matter what we buy, as long a...
