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Tuesday Afternoon

Tuesday Afternoon's Journal
Tuesday Afternoon's Journal
January 18, 2012

What if a frog had wings?

He wouldn't bust his ass every time he jumped.

January 18, 2012

The Industrial Revolution

Several inventions in textile machinery occurred in a relatively short time period during the industrial revolution.
•1733 Flying shuttle invented by John Kay - an improvement to looms that enabled weavers to weave faster.
•1742 Cotton mills were first opened in England.
•1764 Spinning jenny invented by James Hargreaves - the first machine to improve upon the spinning wheel.
•1764 Water frame invented by Richard Arkwright - the first powered textile machine.
•1769Arkwright patented the water frame.
•1770Hargreaves patented the Spinning Jenny.
•1773The first all-cotton textiles were produced in factories.
•1779Crompton invented the spinning mule that allowed for greater control over the weaving process.

January 18, 2012

Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.

Eli Whitney was the inventor of the cotton gin and a pioneer in the mass production of cotton. Whitney was born in Westboro, Massachusetts on December 8, 1765 and died on January 8, 1825. He graduated from Yale College in 1792. By April 1793, Whitney had designed and constructed the cotton gin, a machine that automated the separation of cottonseed from the short-staple cotton fiber.

January 18, 2012

gawdamn yeehaw

January 17, 2012

gawdamn yeehaw!

January 14, 2012

but, what if the group only has One Host?

I would think Religion needs to be extra careful to make sure that it has equal number of A&A and Believers as Hosts, right?

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