Mr. Pumpernickel, you are thinking of the Millenium Bridge, which was explained in the Embarrassing Engineering article a couple of weeks back. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/14030 They called it "synchronozed footfall".

SoLo, thanks for that quick lesson!

Cassie, you are thinking of Splendid China. Read more:
http://www.lostparks.com/china.html

I'm not surprised that tourists are ready to see a violent America, considering the movies and TV shows we export. I'm a little surprised that people still travel here for a visit, considering how welcome Homeland Security can make one feel.

I read once, long go, that this is the reason people with leprosy end up with missing fingers and toes. Due to nerve damage, they cannot feel when they are injured, so infection and gangrene can set in. Pain is nature's warning system.

The US has been selling cheap subsidized grains and other commodities to Third World countries for decades. These nations found it cheaper to import from America than to buy locally, which put many local farmers out of business. It's a bit late to turn that tide now.

People in the US don't eat it, either, but we manage to buy a lot of it for Thanksgiving.

OK, we tried this at the birthday party tonight. I used half and half, which is 5% fat. It worked perfectly! The colors roiled for a long time til they were perfectly blended, and continued to roil after it was hard to see it. The kids loved it! Princess even made me do it a second time so she could record video with her new camera. It's a bit too long and giggly to post, but she is going to send it to her science teacher.

They're hinting for the parents to buy it. Whether such parties are a good idea or not, parents can get arrested for providing liquor to anyone under 21 years old.

New York City is supposed to have the best tap water in the world.

It's a chorus line! I count ten, but I may have missed one or two. And they've left dirty pawprints all over the sofa!

Eric, I don't know the details, but I know it's the reaction of the gum arabic in the candy.

She's eleven, and her friends are twelve. They won't be tempted to drink it.

Weird, but you must remember it's a promo for the Discovery Channel. They are trying to include as many of their shows as possible, and the war training image is most likely from a popular show.

I should write about Jaco! He had the greatest thumbs ever!

Viola, I agree. I think it might be because Hammer's URL http://mchammer.blogspot.com/ is not as easy to assume as Ice's. They both rank high in Google search, but Hammer's is below Wikipedia, and Ice's is above Wikipedia. Hammer's is a personal blog that he updates, and I think it's fascinating!