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MollySue has not left this chair since she got back from the Haunted Cemetery. I have no clue what happened to her there.
For reasons too terrifying to relate I'm making a small bust of H.P.Lovecraft's much loved blasphemy from beyond the stars, Great Cthulhu. Here we see the work in progress.
The skeleton of the sulpture is made from foam beads and baling wire. This is the front view.
The largest beads are heart shaped, which is kind if ironic :)
© Reuters. A view of the BHP Billiton's Escondida, the world's biggest copper mine, in northern Chile, in Antofagasta, Chile March 31, 2008. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado/File Photo
BRISBANE (Reuters) - Regulators urgently need to fast track approvals for new mines and the renewable energy projects to power them to ensure the supply of minerals essential to averting climate change, gold miner Newcrest's interim head said on Thursday. "We are urgently off course and we need to course correct immediately," Sherry Duhe, interim CEO of Australia's top gold miner and a former oil industry executive, told a mining conference in Brisbane. The mining industry needs to bring online the equivalent of 17 more Escondidas, the world's biggest mine, by 2050, to meet demand projections, she said as an example of the scale of the problem. Other metals, such as nickel, cobalt and lithium, used in batteries and wind turbines, are also urgently needed for the energy transition. Miners need to step up development by an order of magnitude and governments need to slash regulatory timelines and beef up regulatory staffing, as regulation is becoming more complex, including duplicated rules, Duhe said. "The next five to 10 years are critical," she said. "The alternative is terrifying." Newcrest is relying on a wind farm to supply 40% of its electricity needs for its Cadia gold mine in New South Wales state, but that power project development is struggling with regulatory time frames.
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The entrance for Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum and Dinosaur Kingdom. That green guy seems like me may have had enough to drink.
Then again, he's missing a torso, so inebriation may be the least of his worries.
Had a little car accident on Monday when I left school to go pick up some lunch. Never made it to food.
This breaks my heart. I have had this car for THIRTEEN YEARS!!!! (Actually, it would have turned 13 on November 1st.) This car has seen me through a LOT over the course of that time. I know it's silly, but I have a very strong emotional attachment to this car. (Maybe I should have named it Wilson. LOL) So, thank you to my Chevy Cavalier for taking this one last big hit for me, and sacrificing it's life for mine.
Funny, just a few weeks ago, the car overheated on the way to work, and I had to be towed back home, to a repair shop. This was followed by a conversation with my father, during which he said to me (for the millionth time), "Ya know, Carrie....it's really time to start thinking about a new car." For the past few years, I would "Yes, I know" him to death, and then insist it had more years left in it. But this last time was the first time I said, "Ya know...I think you're right. I think it's time. I will start looking around." And then....BLAMMO!
So, the good news is, I get to go buy a new car! The bad news is that I am literally going to cry when they tow this one away. And more good news is that, no matter what car I get, it will feel like a luxury car compared to this one. This was my first new car, and I could not afford much thirteen years ago. So, it had no power windows, no power locks, the radio had been changed and I never figured out the clock, so there was no clock, and the gas gauge didn't work. LOL Two weeks ago, when it overheated, more than $500 was put into it. And over the summer, I put about $300 of work into the AC. But the insurance tells me if I can find those receipts, I can probably get that money back in the settlement. (It will be a small settlement. The car will likely be totaled, but it wasn't worth much.)
To answer the inevitable questions: Yes, I am ok....so far. I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop. You know how they say injuries from accidents tend to show up later. But so far, I'm fine. I think the car really absorbed the impact. And no, it wasn't my fault. The other driver (a girl in her young 20s) blew a stop sign. She was looking for an address, and just never saw it. She hit me full force. The impact was strong enough to shatter the plastic around the seat belt, as you can see in this picture. When the police officer was talking to me, I tried to open the door, and he said, "Forget it, you won't be able to open the door." (I had no idea what it looked like from the outside, at that point.) Then I tried to see if I could roll up the window, and he said, "Your window is all over the street over there." LOL And then I kind of remembered the feeling of the pebbled glass rolling across my face (I remember that part in slow motion). I'm not sure HOW I'm fine, but I am. I guess it just wasn't my time yet. And I hope I STAY fine! I am, however, kind of terrified of driving now. Even cars at a complete stand still (coming from the side, stopped at stop signs, waiting to turn on to the street I'm traveling) cause me to have a literal panic attack. I get dizzy, I hyperventilate, my palms get clammy, and my heart races. I hope that goes away in time. I was always a calm, relaxed driver. Now I'm totally paranoid and nervous. I don't trust anyone to do what they're supposed to do with their cars.
So, my plans for this weekend? CAR SHOPPING!
Taken in Montclair, NJ.
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