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thisisstefanie: Loie Fuller

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:42:23 -0500

Loie Fuller

"A cat in Iowa has tested positive for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, state officials confirmed this..."

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:32:08 -0500

“A cat in Iowa has tested positive for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, state officials confirmed this morning, marking the first time a cat has been diagnosed with this strain of influenza. The cat, which has recovered, is believed to have caught the virus from someone in the household who was sick with H1N1. There are no indications that the cat passed the virus on to any other animals or people.”

- H1N1 Flu Confirmed in Iowa Cat

This is scary.

I would very much like this for Christmas. K thx bye.

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:29:40 -0500

I would very much like this for Christmas.

K thx bye.

Plum & Sage - Stardust Necklace

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:18:38 -0500

Plum & Sage - Stardust Necklace:

Indie artist, Andrea Bonelli, is the designer behind Plum & Sage and her hand-forged jewelry have us completely captivated. The Stardust Necklace ($50 USD) is one of our favorites from her…

61 'essential' postmodern reads

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:03:39 -0500

61 'essential' postmodern reads:

libraryland:

crumbler:

An LA Times list complete with cute icons to tell you if a book (for example) has an author as a character, plays with form, or ‘comments on its own bookishness,’ among other delightful postmodern tropes. As for the list itself, Milan Kundera’s The Book of Laughter and Forgetting and Jonathan Lethem’s Motherless Brooklyn would both make for excellent summer reading. (via)

Love the way this is presented.

inothernews: Tumblr this morning, part three. “I don’t WANNA...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:51:41 -0500

inothernews:

Tumblr this morning, part three.

“I don’t WANNA post anything yet!”

(Photo of Willy the polar bear rolling around in five thousand pounds of ice cubes delivered to his enclosure at the North Carolina Zoo by Valerie Abbott / Solent via the Telegraph)

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:26:44 -0500

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1)

The Relic of St. Antoninus

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:21:50 -0500

The Relic of St. Antoninus:

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Still looks as “fresh and pious as the day he died”??? What picture are they looking at? Looks pretty mummified to me.

Oltrarno, Italy | Relics and Reliquaries

Resting in…

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels | Los Angeles, California |...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:14:14 -0500

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels | Los Angeles, California | Atlas Obscura

A change of the pace for the transcendtal instead.

Mummies of Vác, Hungary | Vác, Hungary | Atlas Obscura It must...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:11:12 -0500

Mummies of Vác, Hungary | Vác, Hungary | Atlas Obscura

It must be Mummy Sunday or something …

More about the creepy mummies (via Atlas Obscura and ...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:31:20 -0500

More about the creepy mummies (via Atlas Obscura and charlesgouvea)

St. Michan’s Church | Dublin, Ireland | Atlas...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:26:07 -0500

St. Michan’s Church | Dublin, Ireland | Atlas Obscura

I’m normally all about mummies and crypts and stuff, but this is genuinely creepy.

fairphantom: bohemea: exclamationmark: The Crystal Ball...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:59:15 -0500

fairphantom:

bohemea:

exclamationmark:

The Crystal Ball (1902) by John William Waterhouse.

January 9, 1952: Mush! Mush!

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:45:09 -0500

January 9, 1952: Mush! Mush!:

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I love Snoopy in this one.

It took me a little while to make sense of this one. At the size the strip is rendered by default in my browser, it was hard to tell Shermy…

Fiorentini + Baker - Eternity Boot

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:45:08 -0500

Fiorentini + Baker - Eternity Boot:

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Nice, but who can afford $558 boots? Can you say “recession”?

There is much to love about these Eternity Boots ($558 USD) by Fiorentini + Baker. These motorcycle meets…

Milly - Long Fingerless Gloves

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:45:08 -0500

Milly - Long Fingerless Gloves:

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I think I need these for work! I get so cold but I still need to be able to type.

It’s cold out, so its sometimes hard to show off our killer fashion sense in all the…

fuckyeahdogs: honeysticks:loveyourchaos:(via kidskidskids)

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:36:59 -0500

fuckyeahdogs:

honeysticks:loveyourchaos:(via kidskidskids)

“Saint Stephen was canonized in 1083, and as part of the...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:25:56 -0500

“Saint Stephen was canonized in 1083, and as part of the process of saint-ing, his corpse was exhumed from his crypt. It is said that his right arm (though not the rest of him apparently) was found to be as fresh as the day he was buried. The supple arm was promptly lopped off to be preserved and venerated. … It is believed that around this time the monks cut the hand from the arm and sent the upper arm to Lemburg, and the lower arm to Vienna. A common practice in those days to keep once branch of the church from getting jealous.” (via The Holy Right | Budapest, Hungary | Atlas Obscura)

My question - How do you choose the monk who gets to do the chopping? Is it a punishment? A reward? Or does the job just go to the guy who normally chops the meat and has a cleaver handy?

onlycupcakes: Via Irresistible Desserts Cool beans!

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 15:17:53 -0500

onlycupcakes:

Via Irresistible Desserts

Cool beans!

suicideblonde: “Excuse me ladies, do you know the route to the...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:45:01 -0500

suicideblonde:

“Excuse me ladies, do you know the route to the highway?”