Leaves in the Attic

Finding an affordable and really cute bag for the fall season

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:41:00 +0000

Guest post written by Holly Cobb When it comes to accessories, I have a really stringent budget. There's just no room for anything designer in my wardrobe, unless it's through a capsule...

Review: SEO Friendly Web Directory

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 02:13:00 +0000

If you have a website, you likely already know that developing back links to your website is a valuable tool for improving page rank; thus, its position on search engines, such as Google and Bing, to...

North American Grain Elevators

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:44:00 +0000

The history of grain elevators is a rich and diverse discourse in North America. Both the USA and Canada contain fascinating historical landscapes of the early agricultural boom which once permeated...

Scaring my neighbors with a spooky Halloween scarecrow

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:48:00 +0000

Guest post written by Annie Carlson I know that it's a little strange, but one of the things that I love about Halloween is scaring other people. I'm not talking about giving people nightmares...

Vacationing on My Sofa

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:24:00 +0000

Thanks to Wm Rowe We logged onto http://www.DirectStarTv.com/ and upgraded our television package just in time for our week long vacation that we were going to spend at home together. My...

A Peek into Asylum: One Photographer's Perspective of the Interior World of Mental Asylums

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:00:00 +0000

(Photographer: Christopher Payne. Title: File Boxes) If you love the idea of photographing abandoned buildings and institutions, yet don't like the idea of trespassing on private property, you...

Junk mail

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:23:00 +0000

Guest post written by my buddy Aldo Mays I have never liked junk mail. We get so much junk mail at our house, and it is causing us to have twice as much trash each week. However, a friend of...

Rockwood Insane Asylum Upper Canada

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Wed, 18 May 2011 23:50:00 +0000

Upper Canada's Rockwood Insane Asylum, open from 1859 to 1959, cared for the criminally insane. In fact, the hospital was built by the labor of those convicts by which the hospital was intended....

Shopping is My Favorite

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Tue, 03 May 2011 18:31:00 +0000

Authored by Leandro Delgado It’s really hard to shop for someone my size at regular stores. Unfortunately, they don’t carry my size at regular boutiques or stores in the mall, so I have to place...

Is Society Obsessed with Ghosts?

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:45:00 +0000

Our society is fascinated with ghosts. Wait. That’s putting it a bit mildly. Our society is obsessed with ghosts. If you turn on the television, there are countless programs which detail people...

Mass Extinction, Nuclear Energy Crisis & Current Prophecies

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 07:21:00 +0000

Some live in reality, others in delusion. While others walk a fine line between the spectrum with an awareness of the world’s vulnerabilities, and each civilizations capabilities to bring about their...

Weeks of Nuclear Fallout

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 21:38:00 +0000

As workers at Fukushima continue to battle ongoing issues at the nuclear plants, new information about radioactive fallout continues to make its appearance in the news today. In the Asian News...

Radiation 101: Electromagnetic Spectrum, Bananas and RadioPhobia

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:04:00 +0000

It’s important to understand some of the types of radiation we can experience every day. Radiation, in a general context, refers to a source of energy that travels through space and may be able to...

The Ionizing Radiation Coverup

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:06:00 +0000

A few days ago we wrote about the differences between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, and why we can't compare eating a non-ionized banana to receiving low doses of ionizing radiation from...

On the Lighter Side: Radiation HeadGear

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:35:00 +0000

Please don't laugh too hard. I came across some statements recently about the old tinfoil hat debate. It seems the tinfoil hat, once believed to shield radiation away from the body, is an object of a...

Japan Crowd-Sourced Radiation Map Resources

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 05:57:00 +0000

SPEEDI Rad Map A few weeks ago, Leaves in the Attic made referral to some public links to North American radiation map resources, but we’ve also been following the development of radiation maps for...

Why We Can’t Compare the Radiation of a Banana with Fukushima Fallout

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 00:33:00 +0000

Now that the world has trespassed the 3rd week marker of witnessing the events that have transpired at the Fukushima nuclear plant, have you noticed the headline reports from the media comparing...

Ways to Manage Radiation Poisoning

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:17:00 +0000

Ever since March 11th citizens across North America begun stockpiling iodide pills, known to counter the effects of radiation fallout and the associated risks of developing thyroid cancer. Iodide...

Frustrated with the Nuclear Climate?

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:58:00 +0000

Are you frustrated with the possibility of a nuclear meltdown? Or simply, not knowing if there will be one because of the nuclear climate these days? A whole week has gone by since Japan's...

About Nuclear Mox Fuel Fabrication

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:04:00 +0000

After recently discussing the plutonium and MOX fuel situation in Japan's nuclear reactors, in particular to Fukushima's reactor no. 3, I thought this next topic interesting. It regards the MOX Fuel...

Japan's Nuclear Energy and the Supermoon

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:13:00 +0000

-One of my fav tunes/vids- Yesterday I wrote about the situation around Japan being one of the leading countries of recycling MOX fuel, a deadly cocktail of plutonium and uranium. It's left...

Why No One's Talking About Mox Nuclear Power in Japan

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 04:59:00 +0000

Over the last few days I begun wondering why the media stopped publishing information about MOX fuel, the plutonium-uranium mix used in Fukushima's No. 3 reactor. I also wondered why there is talk...

Looking for Stories

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:55:00 +0000

Hello dear readers, We at Leaves in the Attic are looking for your stories, contributing writers, historians and explorers to share your story with us. Please contact us with your details, your...

DIY antique looking coin purse

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:51:00 +0000

Guest post written by Rosie Caudill My boyfriend gave me this fantastic wallet for Christmas and I love it. It's just that there's barely enough space to put any coins into it. I love to carry...

Urban Explorers

noreply@blogger.com (DD) — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:54:00 +0000

Urban exploration can be identified as the study of modern relics. Urban explorers explore human made landscapes and the curious along with photographers, archeologists, sociologists etc are all...