Seven Minutes of Terror (Mars)

Wisdom Quarterly (COMMENTARY)America, intent on keeping complex multicellular life on Mars a secret, will land on the red planet tonight. Far from inhospitable, the fallen planet and what remains of its culture are inviting. But the shortest distance to its surface is driving to El Segundo where a nondescript building holds a portal in the form of an elevator -- but that is above top secret. JPL (the Jet Propulsion Lab) in Pasadena has an expensive distraction in its Mars "Curiosity" rover project....

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Guanyin (Virgin) Day, Los Angeles

GuadalupeCelebration.com; Wisdom QuarterlyLA  Honors Lady of GuadalupeGuadalupe, Goddess of Mercy Q: Who hears the cries of the world? Who is the goddess of compassion, the merciful, the yin to the world's yang-gods? A: Guanyin also known as Guadalupe. Today's massive celebration featuring prayer, music, and speakers venerating the Lady of Guadalupe in Los Angeles (a city named after  her) is co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Catholic Archdiocese and Knights of Columbus."The City of Angels"...

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"Fifty Shades of Grey" is HOT (cartoon)

"Peterotica" (Family Guy); DailyMail.co.uk; Wisdom QuarterlyPeter-Erotica fan: "Your prose suggests a male, working-class version of Emily Bronte."It's mediocre, juvenile, with boring sexVanessa Allen, The Daily MailBetter selling than Harry Potter, almost as hotIt may be the fastest selling paperback in history, but Fifty Shades of Grey is condemned as "mediocre and juvenile" by a leading novelist.The verdict was delivered by Barbara Taylor Bradford, the doyenne of women’s fiction whose 27 novels...

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