“Let me make you feel special when it sucks to be you.” A cheap one-way plane ticket to Las Vegas: $100. The average Vegas burlesque show: $80. An evening in Pueblo with a quality Harlequin Aces burlesque production at Smitty’s Greenlight Tavern? $15. Not quite priceless, but it was an inexpensive Friday night at the […]
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This is thy hour O Soul, thy free flight into the wordless, Away from books, away from art, the day erased, the lesson done, Thee fully forth emerging, silent, gazing, pondering the themes thou lovest best. Night, sleep, and the stars. Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass
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When you come to me, unbidden, Beckoning me To long-ago rooms, Where memories lie. Offering me, as to a child, an attic, Gatherings of days too few. Baubles of stolen kisses. Trinkets of borrowed loves. Trunks of secret words, I cry. by Maya Angelou
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The Vatican is an independent, land-locked religious city-state located near the western coast of central Italy. It officially became a country in 1939 as a result of the Lateran Treaty. Around 800 people make up Vatican City’s official population. The foremost citizen of the Vatican is the Pope, a religious leader who has great political
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It looks like the unfriendly skies are here to stay. The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was implemented to remove government restrictions on the airline industry with regard to schedules, fares, and routes by allowing the airline companies to compete more effectively in the free market. History now shows that it has had the opposite
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The railgun, a weapon long relegated to science fiction novels, will finally be battlefield reality, thanks to the United States Navy. After years of extensive testing, this advanced weapon system will be deployed for sea trials, according to Rear Admiral Matthew Klunder, Chief of Naval Research. USNS Millinocket, set to begin trials in 2016, will
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