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9 Jun 2008, 11:16 am
A woman with an unusual fetish for inanimate objects has married the Eiffel Tower.Erika, 37, had an intimate ceremony in Paris, France in which she wed the landmark, watched by a small group of friends.The woman has changed her name legally and is now known as Erika La Tour Eiffel.Erika has a condition called Objectum-Sexuality or objectophilia which is feelings of love, arousal, attraction and commitment for an inanimate object.Another woman, Eija-Riitta Berliner-Mauer has the same… [read post]
2 May 2008, 12:49 pm
"  These Cathedrals include:  Disneyland and other theme parks (which are visited more often than the Eiffel Tower, the Grand Canyon and most other natural or historical attractions); McDonald's; fully-enclosed shopping malls (and later mega-malls); Toys R Us (and other super stores); Amazon.com and other aspects of the information highway (online gambling, porn). [read post]
22 Mar 2008, 11:40 am
Louis Arch, NY Central Park, the Eiffel Tower. [read post]
14 Feb 2008, 8:08 am
Written by deputydog obviously, construction technologies are advancing extremely quickly. couple that with multi-billionnaires / deep-pocketed companies trying to outdo each other in the quest for the next standout design and you have a near-future filled with mile-high skyscrapers and buildings that no longer look like buildings. below are 9 strange and unique structures which have either been approved or are in the final stages of approval. some have already been partially constructed. welcome to… [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 3:30 pm
Jeb Corliss is a professional stuntman and BASE jumper who has parachuted from the Eiffel Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge and the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, but apparently none of his stunts compared to the trauma of being forbidden from jumping off the Empire State Building in 2006: he's sued for $30 million, complaining that the stress of being handcuffed to the railing (after security officers pulled him down as he was climbing over the safety… [read post]
17 Sep 2007, 8:52 pm
Using Photoshop, a friend of the brothers inserted an image of the coach in front of the Vatican and the Eiffel Tower and dropped a logo and the name MCR-West onto the image of the coach. [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 8:26 am
We saw a snappy 5-4 win by the 'Clones, in a ballpark that sits on the shore at the foot of Brooklyn's Eiffel Tower. 10,000 other souls showed up for the game, a nice mix of Real Brooklyn and Hipster Brooklyn. [read post]
27 Aug 2007, 11:50 am
The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window of any building in Paris. 8. [read post]
16 Jul 2007, 12:31 am
... 1942 (65 years ago today), on orders of the Vichy government that ruled after France fell to the Nazis in World War II, French police rounded up at least 13,000 citizens of Jewish heritage -- including more than 4,000 children -- and detained them in Paris' Vélodrome d'hiver (left), the Winter Velodrome not far from the Eiffel Tower. [read post]
13 Jul 2007, 11:08 am
Alas, after 38 years of marriage, the memories of the Eiffel Tower and strolling along the Seine faded and the parties sought a divorce. [read post]
5 Jul 2007, 12:49 pm
Mad King Ludwig's, Castle (Germany)Eiffel Tower (France)Stonehenge (UK)Alhambra (Spain)Great Wall of China ( [read post]
21 May 2007, 8:32 am
Last week this blog carried a post ("The cost of a good cigar case") on the escalating cost of trade mark litigation and the consequences of a law firm's failure to keep his client fully informed of the likely consequences of its continued participation - in this instance a five-fold increase in costs.Right: Eiffel may be towering, but French costs remain lowSurprisingly there have been almost no responses to this, but Richard Milchior (Granrut) has written to tell… [read post]
21 Nov 2006, 3:17 am
As written at Emporis:"Taipei 101 is the world's tallest building, surpassing the height of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur in late August 2003. [read post]