I think I’ve got everything. Keys? Check. Wallet? Yep. Reusable bags? Uh-huh. On my way to the grocery store.
Did you hear? We have to find a new apartment!
This trip we’re going to splurge and treat ourselves to luxury. We’re staying in a classy hotel!
Hey Lindsay, do you know Rose is pregnant with triplets? No way, how'd you hear that, Michelle? Straight from the horse's mouth, we had lunch yesterday.
Am I ever happy we took our bags on the plane. Imagine waiting for our luggage to be unloaded with all those people at baggage claim!
I decided to go on vacation in France this summer. Sounds great! How much vacation time do you have?
Hey, what are you up to today? Any exciting ideas for the afternoon?
Our school play opened last night. It was disappointing, we expected 500 but only 200 people came. The planning committee sure was off base!
Oh you look sick as a dog. What's up? Do you have the flu or something?
This Anteater has a very long tongue.
That bed looks very comfortable. I think I'll take a quick nap.
Everyone's watching a movie together in the living room.
Look at the long line to check in at the ticket counter. Next time let's do it online.
The passengers are boarding the aircraft -- up the airstairs and a small step onto the plane.
What's your poison tonight ladies?
This roast beef looks delicious. May I have three slices please.
Hey, the hostess is ready to seat us. It's good we didn't have to wait too long to get a table.
I'm going to a steakhouse tonight. It will be my first time, I am so excited!
Yesterday, I bought a big, black van! I got it from V and B, the newest motor vehicle dealership in town.
Let's get ready for this shindig! I've made a list of things we need to make the party special!
Welcome! I am going to give you a tour of our facilities. We have a beautiful gym with lots of fitness equipment to use! If you have any questions, please ask me.
We met a lot of fellow backpackers traveling through Europe.
I am a fast learner. I like taking on new responsibilities and am quick to acquire new skills.
Whoa, I'm exhausted. I just worked a double, fourteen hours on my feet! What about you, how was your shift?
It's so hot! I have my swimsuit. Do you want to go to the beach?
Dr. Gunther von Hagens invented plastination -- the groundbreaking method of preserving anatomical specimens for study. His BODY WORLDS exhibits are a museum sensation.
Hey, hi! By any chance are you interested in going to my friend's gig tonight? His band is great! They're playing at the Horseshoe Tavern.
Donnie (answering his phone): Hey, glad you called! I can't wait for our date tonight.
Don't stand on that chair, it's wobbly! It isn't safe. Hold on, why are you trying to get up on a chair?
WooHoo! I'm stoked. We're going to the amusement park! Our son is so excited to be in the 'big kids' section this time.
The restaurant only takes cash. I need to stop at an ATM before we go.
My apartment is in a two-story building. I inhabit the upstairs.
Good morning! The coffee will be ready soon. I just turned on the coffee maker.
Do you know which airline has a 'Disneyland' plane? This one is Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-990.
I love to walk barefoot on the beach. It's great to feel the sand between your toes!
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Hey! What's your sign? I am an Aquarius. Let's look at our daily horoscopes! Mine says: "Focus on your long-term goals. You may be distracted."
Ok, to begin we need to prep the room for painting. We will get all the supplies we need, clean the room and then we can paint!
Hey, what's the cover to get into this place?
A: Sorry, I can't hang tonight, I've gotta pack!
Did you see that? The clerk totally ignored me. I asked her a question and when she answered she addressed only YOU. How rude!
I've got some bad news, your aunt passed away last night.
When will the director give us the green light? We can hardly wait to start the new project.
With a growing business to administer built on her life as a wealthy heiress and celebrity, Paris says her world is nonstop hard work -- but also fun.
With millions glued to screens and electronic devices, compulsive Internet use is becoming a universal concern. In China and South Korea there are hundreds of treatment programs for young men "addicted" to the Internet.
With a 8.0 L W16 quad-turbocharged engine, maximum output of 1,200 hp (882 kW) and a maximum torque of 1,500 Nm, the Bugatti Veyron accelerates from 0 - 62mph (100km/h) in just 2.5 seconds, top speed of 268mph (431 km/h).
African hybrid bees still retain less desirable behavioral traits for domestic beekeeping such as absconding in response to stress.
Ivan stared at his new math textbook with eyes wide open. This class was going to be harder than he expected!
We love to get out of town and cycle in the fresh air on the country roads.
His favorite toy is a plastic bucket. He has taken swimmingly to a large pool. And on Friday, he had his first taste of solid food. Mitik, the New York Aquarium's new baby walrus, is adapting well.
With the precision and deadly beauty of a mushroom cloud, Luke Jerram’s glass sculpture of HIV evokes both horror and the feeling of appreciating something for aesthetic geometry alone.
What tidings will the Year of the Snake bring? The New Year's season is implacably festive, but given the destructive power of the snake sign, many worry that this year will bite.
Look up! See the red cardinal above us?
Parkview Ortho Hospital in Fort Wayne, Indiana, allows patients or family members to bring booze into the hospital for those whose doctors have approved alcohol consumption.
Our ski resort accommodations were small but the view out the window was great.
I'm always left awed when I see a lightning storm.
How many people are coming over for breakfast? Do we have enough eggs?
In cities across the country, box trucks mysteriously congregate for ephemeral parties featuring avant-garde entertainment.
My mom requested that we stop to look at the sunset on the way home.
No worries everyone! I'm not stuck, I'm just taking a break.
No, it doesn’t look like a giant white ape. But the battery-powered rover has all the toughness of an abominable snowman, surveying undetected hazards at research sites in Greenland and Antarctica.
The blue crab is so named because of its sapphire-tinted claws. These bottom-dwelling omnivores have a prickly disposition and are quick to use their sharp front pincers.
High sticking is against the rules in hockey. Number 10 got a penalty for this move!
Komodos are dangerous predators with sharp serrated teeth. They eat almost all of a carcass, consuming flesh, skin and even bones.
The kitchen was a dreadful mess this morning after cooking for friends last night.
Watch out. Bumpy road ahead!
The Roman writer Lucretius, who lived circa 55 B.C., wrote a radically secular creation story, in which he describes the universe as made of an infinite number of atoms.
NASA's Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, designed to study antimatter and cosmic rays, is slated to launch into space with the shuttle Endeavour.
For my vacation I want to go diving in Hawaii.
Playing frisbee with my cute and most affable dog always makes my day.
I looked for my glasses for ten minutes before I realized I was wearing them. I feel pretty dense!
The Allosaurus, one of the largest dinosaurs, was a large bipedal predator that paleontologists believe grew to over 12 meters (39 feet) long and 5 meters (16.5 feet) tall.
Following months at sea, Rockhopper penguins gather in large colonies to breed, often returning to the same nest each year. They usually seek out their previous year's mate as well.
As they endure their daily arduous grind, the much-flogged beast of burden is paid 250 Indian rupees per day in Panchkula, Haryana.
The newly discovered microbe known as strain GFAJ-1 grows when fed arsenic and deprived of phosphate, a crucial ingredient of life.
An unnamed Belarus hunter was outfoxed by his quarry when the fox he had wounded ended up shooting him by pulling the trigger on the man's gun.
Chimps agree: a bird in the hand Is worth two in the bush. When those possessing items of medium-high value, such as carrots, were offered high-value items, like grapes, they kept the lesser food.
The Proboscis Monkey is named for its large protruding nose. When the animal becomes agitated its nose swells with blood, amplifying their warning calls.
Really cute, guys. Now who's going to help me remove all this newspaper from my office?
Wake up! Good morning, it's 7:00 a.m. and time for me to get ready for school.
All the desserts look delicious. I can't wait to try one!
WHAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU! THE JET'S ENGINES ARE DEAFENING!
"How long have you had Jacque? He looks ancient!""Yup, he's 101 in dog years."
Why are you calling me at 7:00AM with your problems? I'm not an early bird.
Want to go to the movies with me? There are a few movies I want to go see.
We took a weekend excursion to the coast. There's nothing like breathing the fresh sea air!
I wish my roommates were more sensitive about not leaving their dishes in the sink.
The original Globe Theater in Elizabethan London could accommodate 3,000 people.
Kim is close with her grandparents even though they're separated by thousands of kilometers. They talk on Skype all the time.
Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
Work gets a terrible press. Pick up the paper on any day and you'll read about how work is killing our marriages, generating stress, depriving children of 'quality time', hollowing out local communities, and depressing us.
In 1996, Dick Hudson, a professor of linguistics at University College London posted an email to a listserve for language scientists asking who held the world record for the number of languages they could speak.
A publishing craze that hit both America and England from the mid- to late nineteenth century attracted the readership of the semiliterate working class.
The computed tomography scanner, or CT scanner, was originally designed to provide cross-sectional images of the brain. The word tomography comes from the Greek word tomos, meaning "section," and graphia, meaning "picture."
It is dawn in the Andes. A grimy carpet of red dust stretches over rolling featureless hills towards a horizon dominated by the icy cone of Chile's Licancabur volcano.
Humans have long been fascinated by the possibility of extra-terrestrial life. Novels, films, and folk tales have encouraged curiosity and speculation about what might be 'out there' in space.
During World War I, Marie Curie, with help from her daughter Irene, worked to develop the use of X-radioactivity, including the mobile units which came to be known as 'Little Curies’, used to treat wounded soldiers.
Marie found her interest drawn to pitchblende, a mineral whose radioactivity, superior to that of pure uranium, could be explained only by the presence of small quantities of an unknown substance of very high activity.
Marie Curie is probably the most famous woman scientist who has ever lived. Born Maria Sklodowska in Poland in 1867, she is famous for her work on radioactivity, and was twice a winner of the Nobel Prize.
Spaceport America, the world's first commercial passenger spaceport, looks like a gigantic moth with wings spread out against the arid, reddish-brown dirt of southern New Mexico.
The front desk is empty and check in is a piece of cake. Now let's get to our room!
It's my birthday on Monday. Would you like to come over for a piece of cake?
No, I don't blame you. I feel the same way. It's okay to be scared as long as we don't let that get us down.
Is it weird that it lifted my spirits to know he was angry and not scared? It makes me feel like we really can fight them.
Yeah, I think they are. My cousin saw tanks in the street yesterday. He wasn't scared, though. He was mad as hell.
Doesn't your family live near the fighting? Are they in danger of getting hit by the bombs?
How am I? I don't even know. Everything is so crazy right now and I'm just so stressed out.