Certified Geek's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=Certified Geek2003-06-03T21:06:17ZAmber room (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek/writeups/Amber+roomCertified Geekhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek2003-06-03T21:06:17Z2003-06-03T21:06:17Z<p>
The Amber Room was an 11-foot-square hall covered in panels of carved <a href="/title/amber">amber</a> and other <a href="/title/semiprecious+stones">semiprecious stones</a>.
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In 1716, <a href="/title/Fredrik+William">Fredrik William</a>, the king of <a href="/title/Prussia">Prussia</a> (later a part of <a href="/title/Germany">Germany</a>) presented the Amber Room to <a href="/title/Russia">Russia</a>n <a href="/title/Czar">Czar</a> <a href="/title/Peter+the+Great">Peter the Great</a>. <a href="/title/Catherine+the+Great">Catherine the Great</a> later commissioned a craftsmen to further embellish the room and moved it from the <a href="/title/Winter+Palace">Winter Palace</a> in <a href="/title/St.+Petersburg">St. Petersburg</a> to her summer home in <a href="/title/Tsarskoye+Selo">Tsarskoye Selo</a>.
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When <a href="/title/Hitler">Hitler</a>'s troops invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, his troops took Tsarskoye Selo, dismantled the Amber Room, and shipped it to <a href="/title/K%25C3%25B6nigsberg">Königsberg</a>, <a href="/title/Germany">Germany</a> (<a href="/title/Kaliningrad">Kaliningrad</a> today).
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After 1945, the Amber Room was lost. Many suspect that it was destroyed during <a href="/title/World+War+II">the war</a>. In 1997, a group of German <a href="/title/historian">historian</a>/<a href="/title/detective">detective</a>s found someone who was trying to sell a piece of the Amber Room. Police raided the office of a <a href="/title/lawyer">lawyer</a> in <a href="/title/Bremen">Bremen</a> who was trying to sell the work for a client – the son of a German officer who had accompanied<!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…What is this crap about trick-or-treating on Saturday? (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek/writeups/What+is+this+crap+about+trick-or-treating+on+Saturday%253FCertified Geekhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek2002-07-16T19:28:06Z2002-07-16T19:28:06ZWell, <a href="/title/Wuukiee">Wuukiee</a>,<br>
Being a child who was brought up in such a home, maybe I can answer your question (and probably create a few more, I shouldn't wonder).<br>
In my family, it had nothing to do with <a href="/title/Halloween">Halloween</a> being an "evil" holiday. It had to do with <a href="/title/Sunday">Sunday</a> being a special day. LOTS of things weren't done on <a href="/title/Sunday">Sunday</a>, not because they were <a href="/title/evil">evil</a>, but specifically to make <a href="/title/Sunday">Sunday</a> special.<br>
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No <a href="/title/chores">chores</a> were done on <a href="/title/Saturday+is+a+Special+Day">Sunday</a>.<br>
We didn't play with friends on <a href="/title/Sunday">Sunday</a> (<a href="/title/Sunday">Sunday</a> was <a href="/title/family">family</a> day).<br>
We didn't watch <a href="/title/Super+Bowl">television</a>, or go out to movies or stuff on Sunday.<br>
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The point of all of this was that Sunday was <a href="/title/The+Lord%2527s+Day">The Lord's Day</a>, and it should be dedicated to Him. If we simply did all the stuff we might do on any other day, how was it then different from any other day?<br>
Just as an aside, if <a href="/title/Christmas">Christmas</a> came on a Sunday, we didn't go to Christmas parties on that day, either. It had nothing to do with…torpedo (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek/writeups/torpedoCertified Geekhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek2002-07-01T16:10:58Z2002-07-01T16:10:58ZTor*pe"do, v. t.<br>
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Slang term, referring to a "<a href="/title/come+on">come on</a>" tactic somtimes employed by <a href="/title/well-endowed">well-endowed</a> women to attract the attention of a man.<br>
Describes the feigned <a href="/title/accidental">accidental</a> brushing or bumping of the <a href="/title/breasts">breasts</a> against the man's body, often the arm.<br>
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Example:<br>
"<a href="/title/Dude%252C+I+just+got+torpedoed%2521">Dude, I just got torpedoed!</a>"<br>
"Shut up. You're imagining things."<br>
<p>It is quite likely that most instances of "torpedoings" are completly in the <a href="/title/imagination">imagination</a> of the guy claiming to have been torpedoed. Most of them probably stem from <a href="/title/accident">accident</a>al contact, for which the woman, if she is even aware of it, is often secrectly embarassed.</p>
<p>Still, some guys will make a huge deal out of having touched a woman's <a href="/title/breasts">breasts</a>, even if it was a complete accident. <a href="/title/Attract+Men+with+Bigger+Breasts%2521">This is probably to make up for not actually being allowed to touch them by any women on purpose</a>. Those who are <a href="/title/What+men+think+about+breasts">so blessed</a> rarely go around saying "<a href="/title/Dude%252C+I+just+got+torpedoed%2521">Dude, I just got torpedoed!</a>".</p>Eve 6 (person)http://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek/writeups/Eve+6Certified Geekhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek2001-08-12T02:24:40Z2001-08-12T02:24:40Z<a href="/title/Eve+6">Eve 6</a> is also the name of a <a href="/title/character">character</a> in an episode of the <a href="/title/television">television</a> show <em><a href="/title/The+X-Files">The X-Files</a></em>.<br>
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I have seen several <a href="/title/rumors">rumors</a> that this is, in fact, where the <a href="/title/band">band</a> got their name. According to <a href="/title/rumor">rumor</a>, they are huge <a href="/title/X-Files">X-Files</a> fans, and used this <a href="/title/obscure">obscure</a> character as the name of the <a href="/title/band">band</a>.<br>
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In the episode, entitled "<a href="/title/Eve">Eve</a>", <a href="/title/Fox+Mulder">Mulder</a> and <a href="/title/Dana+Scully">Scully</a> encounter two homocidal little girls, who are actually <a href="/title/clone">clone</a>s. They are the continuation of a <a href="/title/government">government</a> <a href="/title/eugenics">eugenics</a> project, in which eight men and women were <a href="/title/genetics">genetically engineered</a> and <a href="/title/cloning">cloned</a>. The men were named "<a href="/title/Adam">Adam</a>", and the women were named "<a href="/title/Eve">Eve</a>". <a href="/title/Eve+6">Eve 6</a> was one of three surviving <a href="/title/clone">clone</a>s from the project. She was locked up in a <a href="/title/maximum+security">maximum security</a> facility in a <a href="/title/padded+cell">padded cell</a>.<br>
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When the <a href="/title/FBI">FBI</a> agents meet her, she says she has to wear <a href="/title/handcuffs">handcuffs</a> and other restraints because she bit a <a href="/title/prison+gaurd">prison gaurd</a>'s eyeball, "...as a show of affection."<br>
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Some inspiration for a band name, huh?The Original Series Episodes - Season 3 (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek/writeups/The+Original+Series+Episodes+-+Season+3Certified Geekhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek2001-08-08T22:41:10Z2001-08-08T22:41:10Z<p>Season three of the original series of Star Trek is characterized by some of the worst episodes in the history of the franchise. <a href="/title/NBC">NBC</a> was pushing the further and further out of the <a href="/title/prime-time">prime-time</a> slot (with season three, the episodes aired at 10:00 PM in most of the country!), and funding was becomming harder to come by. The network had never really liked <a href="/title/Star+Trek">Star Trek</a>, and now they were showing their disdain in every way possible asside from actually cancelling the show.</p>
<p>They had, in fact tried to cancel the show after the second season, but due to a massive letter writing campain by the fans, they decided to keep it. By the end of season three, however, not even an avalanche of letters could save the doomed <a href="/title/sci-fi">sci-fi</a> show.</p>
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<li><a href="/title/Spock%2527s+Brain">Spock's Brain</a><p><b>First aired in</b>: 9/20/1968<br>
<b><a href="/title/Stardate">Stardate</a></b>: 5431.4<br>
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<a href="/title/Spock">Spock</a>'s brain is removed by a mysterious <a href="/title/woman">woman</a> after she renders the entire <a href="/title/ship">ship</a> unconscious. The <a href="/title/Enterprise">Enterprise</a> follows her to discover that she has taken <a href="/title/Spock">Spock</a>'s<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></ul>…endeavour (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek/writeups/endeavourCertified Geekhttp://m.everything2.com/user/Certified+Geek2001-08-08T20:00:10Z2001-08-08T20:00:10Z<big><big><strong>Endeavour</strong></big></big><br>
<strong>Orbiter OV-105</strong><br>
See also <a href="/title/Space+Transportation+System">Space Transportation System</a> and <a href="/title/space+shuttle">space shuttle</a><br>
<em>This orbiter is currently retired.</em><br>
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First flight <a href="/title/May+7%252C+1992">May 7, 1992</a>; retired from service and title transferred to California Science Center <a href="/title/Oct.+12%252C+2011">Oct. 12, 2011</a>.<br>
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<strong>Flights:</strong><br>
STS-49 05/07/92<br>
STS-47 09/12/92<br>
STS-54 01/13/93<br>
STS-57 06/21/93<br>
STS-61 12/02/93<br>
STS-59 04/09/94<br>
STS-68 09/30/94<br>
STS-67 03/02/95<br>
STS-69 09/07/95<br>
STS-72 &…