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Ghosts from the past

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Remember she's like the ripoff Edie Sedgewick? People You May Know Lizzy Fraser 3 mutual friends Add Friend

The single greatest sentence about "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" you will ever read

From The AV Club's Ryan McGee: " Okay, that’s a little unfair: It’s not so much that Mama actively abuses her children so much as provides perhaps the worst example possible of how to live a life with a bit of respect, or at least decorum. Not since  Wuthering Heights  has there been a better battle of nature versus nurture in a popular art form."

Ancient Board Games

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•  Royal Game of Ur •  Mehen •  Go •  Chaupar •  Senet Shiva and Parvati playing Chaupar Mehen, Egyptian Snake Game, 2500 BCE Nefertari playing Senet

The Young Kyle Richards: Self-Esteem Booster Edition

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Brave as a Fairy: Albanian Mythology

Prende was a goddess of love in the Albanian folklore. She was the wife of Perendi and referred to in Albanian legends aszoja e bukuris ("the queen of beauty"), while her sacred day was Friday. When Albania became Christianized in the early Middle Ages, Prende was identified by the Catholic Church as Saint Anne, mother of Virgin Mary Albanian: Shënepremte or Prende, known in Gheg dialect as Prenne or Petka. The zana e malit is an Albanian mythological creature (Albanian: Zane or Zëre in southern Albania) ("fairy of the mountain" in English), zana (as a definite noun), or zanë (plural) of pre-Roman Paleo-Balkan origin. Its etymology is related to Latin Diana its also simil ar to the Bardha. The Zana are thought to have observed the speeches at theLeague of Prizren at 1878.   In Northern Albania and  Kosovo   every mountain was said to have its own zana, who appeared as a fair maiden found bathing naked in mountain streams .  The zana is believ...

'The Sabine L'

This has been my online path for the past hour: 1) Pretty Little Liars 2) Etymonline entry for lachrymose:            http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?allowed_in_frame=0&search=lachrymose&searchmode=none 3) Wikipedia "Sabine L", end up at:            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novensiles#Sabine_origin 4) Finally arrive at the Wikipedia for Osco-Umbrian Languages:            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osco-Umbrian_languages 5) Return to Pretty Little Liars
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Pygmy Elephants

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The young mothers of TAPP HS. . . . and their unique names

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S D U L L

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Caption 1: "Boiled Peanuts!" 2: "Nappy Roots!" - additional information: He is touching her ass (but which one you may ask? The world will never know.) 3: N/A. If I were to guess, I would say "Valentine's Day w/ my gurlz!!" 4: "Nerd Party LOL!"