OFF: monoliths

[Karen Kusic]

Very cool Arin!

Here's a link to a picture!

LINK:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/SeattleTimes.woa/wa/gotoArticle?zsection_id=268466359&text_only=0&slug=mono02m&document_id=134257598

Arin Komins wrote:
>
> from http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010102/us/monolith_mystery_1.html
> (following Karen's Arthur C. Clarke theme ;-) )
>
>    Tuesday January 2 11:38 AM ET
>    Mysterious Monolith in Seattle
>
>    SEATTLE (AP) - A 9-foot-tall steel monolith mysteriously appeared in a
>    city park, just in time for 2001.
>
>    Denny Sargent couldn't resist humming the theme to ''2001: A Space
>    Odyssey,'' when he walked up to touch the imposing object, which stands
>    on a grassy knoll in Magnuson Park like the movie's enigmatic
>    extraterrestrial guardian.
>
>    ``I feel my intelligence increasing by the moment,'' he said.
>
>    The unmarked sculpture appears to have been put in place on New Year's
>    Eve.
>
>    There is no plaque or other clue to the sculptor.
>
>    Sod was carefully tamped into place around the object's base, but
>    several plastic bottle-cap rings littered the ground, suggesting it was
>    thirsty work for whoever installed it.
>
>    John Thoe paused to contemplate the structure as he retrieved a
>    boomerang Monday.
>
>    ``It's cool,'' he said. ``Especially on the first day of 2001.''
>
> Arin
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