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These Depression era photos in color are amazing; the subjects are interesting, but the perceptual aspect is more so. I think perhaps we’re used to thinking of the denizens of the 30s in black and white. These color versions — surely they’re publicity stills from Seabiscuit or Road to Perdition? It seems artificial, even though it’s definitionally authentic.
We don’t live in the world we live in. It’s an imaginary construct, and it’s surprising to see it as it really is.
Via CNN.
There’s a void in the blogging world. Or at least, there was up until now.
The Panda Assassin. Truth in advertising. Just what it sounds like.
All credit to michele blue, who found it.
Coyote says don’t be a dick. Are you gonna listen to him, or what?
(Via felisdemens.)
Community Book Solutions is a company which takes book donations and gets them to libraries. They also seem to have a book sales arm, which they don’t talk about much on their web site. That’s a little skeevy, if they’re selling the books people donate to them. On the other hand, I’ve found a few recommendations from librarians. And when you get right down to it, the fact that they’ll come to your house and box and pick up your books? That’s a total win for me. They take just about everything, too.
Etymology buffs! Learn where the phrase “no strings attached” came from. Or so British tailors say, at any rate. Visit for the etymology, stay for the insight into tailoring.
The cardinals are spilling details on the conclave, although the article doesn’t get into the change in voting rules.
(Via TPM.)
There’s a blog for everything. Papabile is the one that follows the election of Pope John Paul II’s successor.
I’m moving back to California. I’m selling all my Satanic gaming stuff. I’m giving up on computers to work at the Brattle. I’ve been purchased by Microsoft. I’m dating Mitt Romney. I’m writing the next Pixar movie. I’m voting Republican. I hate Apple. I’m pregnant! I have a message from the future. I can’t believe I ate the whole Studebaker. I’m putting banner ads on the site. I just found out that I’m Mick Jagger’s long lost love child. I sold my kidney to buy a PSP. I’ve converted your favorite game to D20. I think Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction are in Syria. I’ve written an RFP regarding TCP/IP transmission via prayer. I wanna be sedated. I’m looking into gender reassignment surgery. I’m giving away a wee little terrier with every Netcom account. I got to work today and found a Ferrari in the pond. I can throw a fastball at 176 miles per hour. I’m an MIT research project. I’ve launched a hostile takeover of the Catholic Church. I hear the NBA and Major League Soccer are going to merge. I’m going to be charging $12.95 a month for site access. I am Pope John Paul II. I am Sylvester Stallone. I am Britney Spears.
Done.
Via Alas, a blog, here’s a free source of living will documents.