I hate it when someone takes advantage of the elderly. That being said, there's nothing wrong with saying "No," and well, car salesmen are there to sell cars.

I would have sworn the photo shows the road up Pikes Peak, in Colorado. But it's in Italy. Whodathunkit.

Silly jokes aside, the technology is pretty damned amazing. Good for him.

Whoops, I see "intexas" beat me to it. Well, technically it is still standing, but it's pretty well clobbered. Very sad.

Sadly, the Flagship Hotel in Galveston was destroyed last year by Hurricane Ike. I was in Galveston in October and saw it. There are great gaping holes in it, whole sections of rooms missing, and no apparent rebuilding going on.

Oh, that's gorgeous and weird. I was getting burned out on steampunk stuff, but this is a breath of fresh air (steam?).

More enjoyable after I muted the music, but still spellbinding. Did anyone else notice that beneath the trampolines was just a cement floor with occasional mats scattered around? If he'd missed just once...!

Silly. Ban that word and they'll just find another one and make it equally annoying.

Sort of an updated Struwwelpeter?

Good to see Mike Oldfield getting some love... :)

Yeah...Isn't this a place where water is scarce?

That's quite lovely. Brings to mind pipe organs.

I took a films and literature class once in which the professor chose the particular theme of fairy tales that had been made into Disney films. Disney definitely had a thing about mothers, as you'll see if you look at how few "classic" Disney films feature mothers.

And I agree, Belle was more than just her beauty. I was so happy when "Beauty and the Beast" came out, because not only had Disney come up with a film heroine who was bookish, but she had BROWN HAIR. (This is a big deal to a brown-eyed brunette who grew up surrounded by blonde, blue-eyed imagery)

Remind anyone else of "The Fifth Element"?

LOL Tom!!

I don't know how terrifying this is, but the craftsmanship is stunning.