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life:

Light beams create a contour map of a human head during an Air Force study of jet-pilot helmets. Originally published, as the cover image, on the December 6, 1954, issue of LIFE.

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micasaessucasa:

Disco Chair by Kiwi and Pom

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oldbookillustrations:

Staircase inside the museum of fine arts.

Théophile Tardif-Desvaux, from Angers pittoresque (Picturesque Angers), author mentioned only by the initials E. L., Angers, 1843.

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standardhotels:

Esquire (1965) by George Lois - Read our exclusive interview with the original “Mad Man” here

In Michigan, the burbs are so for realsies.

good advice from my first year review debriefing -

“don’t ever change your work so that guy can understand it better.”

today, i discovered that the best way to cool off stiff & steamed legs without a tub is by saran wrapping ice packs around each stem. unexpected fun bonus: michelin man / robot impressions are more fun / believable.

Terrific.

my-ear-trumpet:

mizred:

sitasays:

rrrick:

More great ways to draw attention to yourself while hanging out at the coffee shop pretending you’re doing something important on your MacBook.

Someone’s a little grumpy today.

I used to be a Gentry style smoker back in my smoking days. Now I only smoke when I have a cocktail so I’ve taken up the Stealth pose. I guess that’s to hide the shame of my smokey wayward ways.

I still am a Gentry style smoker bordering on the cusp of Woman and Twee since my little finger has a mind of it’s own and was the object of great consternation and a good deal of abuse by my former piano teacher Miss Mamie Middlebrook. I prefer to hold my drink and my cigarette together in the same hand with the other hand resting lightly upon my waist because I think it gives me a more balanced “I’m a little teapot” look and makes me appear visually more slim.

A little something that Miss Rittelmeyer might appreciate.

So sweet.

sweetupndown:

you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you.

Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about…

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Planes spraying Agent Orange to defoliate the forests in Vietnam.

Ladies building tanks in the Craneway at the Ford Factory in Richmond, CA.

It was abandoned for nearly two decades and then renovated into a private events pavilion.

In 2010, this was the first place I ever played competitive roller derby in public.

npr:

lookhigh:

Monorail, 1962 (Seattle Municipal Archives)

Ah, the future. —Wright

Right!  And RIP Smokin’ Joe.

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holy moly.  i forgot about you tumblr.  my phone won’t upload photos to you anymore.  maybe it will be fixed tomorrow with my touch screen.

this is the floor where i rollerskate now.  it’s so beautifully worn from six seasons of roller derby.  they’re re-finishing it this week.

new things a-brewing, i’ll be better about keeping you abreast.