Quiddity

Should I be worried? I'm worried.

     

Sigh.  There is a very real possibility that I might not have a job next year.

Tori Amos -- Cornflake Girl

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Underwear to the rescue!!

Compasses won't help you to navigate the North Pole, but lacy underwear will!  Interesting.

Mr Hadow, who was the first person to trek solo to the North Pole, said the knickers were kindly donated by a supporter of the expedition.

Speaking from the Arctic via satellite phone, he said: “It an entirely genuine situation. If you can get gossamer thin material and attach it your ski pole it is particularly useful for this project because we can cannot use the compass as we are so close to magnetic north and it is too cold to use the GPS.

Link via neatorama.

What does one TRILLION dollars look like?

Just what does trillion dollars look like?

Whose Father was He?

      

Whose Father was He?  Errol Morris investigates.

No name — but a soldier brave, he fell.
We shall find her, without a name;
This picture, sometime, will tell whence he came.
— Emily Latimer, “The Unknown”

Link via coudal partners.

Old Cassette Tape Art

          

Famous pop icon figures recreated with old cassette tapes and movie reels.  Awesome.

Link via boing boing.

Bernadette Peters (sort of) -- Love Heals Anything That Ails You

Where the Wild Things Are

Here's the trailer to Spike Jonze's film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are.  I loved reading this book to my kids. 

Mrs Bennett -- before and after

       

This site shows two portraits of a woman named Mrs. Bennett before treatment for a mysterious skin disease and after treatment.  Fear not.  The treatment worked!

The two portraits show the same person, "Mrs Bennett", before and after treatment. The one on the left is inscribed "Mrs Bennett. Disease from 1818 to 1821", and shows Mrs Bennett in a lace cap and night-gown, afflicted with a skin disease (or a skin manifestation of systemic disease) covering most of her face and parts of her neck and chest.

Link via bioephemera.

Why Terminators Transport Naked

Here's the real reason why terminators transport naked.  It all makes sense now!

Link via shanmonster.

Talking Heads -- Girlfriend is Better

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