These are the links that were the first headline on cliffdweller.com during the month of April, 2006.
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- April 1, 2006: The cathedral they named after me: St Pauls Cathedral.
My namesake has quite a history. If you get the chance, be sure and watch the special on PBS about the night the nazis bombed London. - April 2, 2006: My absolutely favorite cathedral of all time is Salisbury Cathedral.
When I was in the 9th grade, I skipped school for a week and toured the UK. One of the highlights of that trip was climbing to the top of the spire at Salisbury. - April 3, 2006: Have you ever been to Stonehenge?
This is one of those places that feels like home to me. - April 4, 2006: The ghost tour here looks pretty interesting.
Warwick Castle is one of my favorite castles. It ranks right up there with Uraquat. - April 5, 2006: I know I left my King Arthur Legend around here somewhere.
Even the round table survives… - April 12, 2006: From CNN: Biologist battles killer pythons.
The man leading efforts to eradicate giant Burmese python snakes from Everglades National Park sounds almost fearful, and certainly not optimistic, when he talks about the chances of wiping out an invasive species he calls "the enemy." - April 13, 2006: I couldn't make this stuff up – Crappy movie "The New World" to be shown in Smellovision.
Just having Colin Farell and Christain Bale in a movie is not enough, now it has to have smells too. This is like something out of a John Waters nightmare! - April 15, 2006: 94 Years ago today, the Titanic Sank. Now someone has made a trailer for Titanic: Two the Surface, the sequel.
Somebody with a lot of talent, some really good tools and way too much time on their hands has created this spoof trailer with clips from lots of other films. All I can say is "how soon is too soon?" - April 17, 2006: For Better or for Worse: Lawrence's Story.
The comic strip For Better or For Worse ran a Gay story line in 1993. This is an article by the author about the initial backlash and the eventual positive reinforcement that came from the story. - April 21, 2006: Fruits & Vegetables Losing Nutritional Value.
"…data collected by the U.S. government show that the nutritional content of America's vegetables and fruits has declined during the past 50 years — in some cases dramatically…"
Legal Abortions? Stem Cell Research? Gay Weddings in Massachusetts? WMDs in Iraq? Why is God punishing us? - April 22, 2006: News from The Onion: iTunes To Sell You Your Home Videos For $1.99 Each.
CUPERTINO, CA—Apple Computer, producer of the successful iPod MP3 player, is now offering consumers limited rights to buy their own home movies from the media store iTunes for $1.99 each. - April 24, 2006: The Vatican Cracks Down On Gum Chewing.
Michelangelo designed its dome and Bernini created its columns, but St Peter's Basilica has the modern age to thank for the chewing gum stuck to its floors and the graffiti marring its walls. - April 25, 2006: How many can you get: Idiot World's 8-Bit Gamer Test.
Everyone's going retro these days.. so in celebration of old school Nintendo, can you identify the game each of these is from? - April 29, 2006: I was just hunting UFOs, says Pentagon's UK hacker.
To the United States, he is a seriously dangerous man who put the nation's security at risk by committing "the biggest military computer hack of all time."
