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  • Then I just htink the word "alcatraz" and my mind goes back to it's normal violent thoughts.

    Skywatch Friday: Pier 39 floreta 2009

  • - SF day two after a hearty breakfast of 18 teeny pancakes at sears fine foods, we took a boat trip over to alcatraz. that place creeped me the heck out. that evening, we surprised nthn at the galleria park hotel (where we stayed - thanks monica and jen for the great hook-up!) wine hour, then dinner with the whole gang at bocadillos.

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  • - SF day two after a hearty breakfast of 18 teeny pancakes at sears fine foods, we took a boat trip over to alcatraz. that place creeped me the heck out. that evening, we surprised nthn at the galleria park hotel (where we stayed - thanks monica and jen for the great hook-up!) wine hour, then dinner with the whole gang at bocadillos.

    no birdman here... - SF day two e 2009

  • The GOP may be known as the Party of NO, but you Democrats should be known as the POE – Party of Entitlement. alcatraz

    Leahy on Sotomayor: 'Stop the racial politics' 2009

  • The Alcatraz ER theme bar (alcatraz. hy-system.com) is a bonkers experience with prison decor and staff dressed as deranged doctors.

    Quirky Tokyo Gemma Bowes 2010

  • Letters from Iwo Jima Uncut on AMC when does escape from alcatraz come on amc?

    Tropic Thunder Not Being Cut 2008

  • Examples of the many threatened species in this hotspot include three that are Critically Endangered and known from single localities: Phyllomedusa ayeaye, from Poços de Caldas in the state of Minas Gerais; Scinax alcatraz, from the Ilha de Alcatrazes in the state of São Paulo; and Hyla cymbalum, from Grande da Serra in the state of São Paulo (and which has not been recorded during recent surveys and may be extinct).

    Biological diversity in the Atlantic Forest 2008

  • Tobey Tall says: australia is where we dumped our crimals bit like alcatraz but bigger

    Think Progress » CEI Scholar: Gore Thinks Climate Change is Caused by ‘Widespread Sin,’ a Sign of ‘the Antichrist’ 2006

  • Grinning at the tree is our new skeleton ceramic lady, 2 1/2 feet tall, her navy gown and big hat covered with alcatraz (which we knew as Easter lilies).

    Feliz Navidad, everyone! 2003

  • Less obvious though are auburn (through mediaeval Latin alburnus), daub (from dealbare, to whitewash), and albatross (where albus is implicated as modifying English's absorption of Spanish alcatraz).

    languagehat.com: ELVER AND ALBUM. 2005

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