Three Pipe Problem

Facebook, YouTube, Skype, ‘Mad Men’ Style

Sat, 07 Aug 2010 06:47:43 -0500

Facebook, YouTube, Skype, ‘Mad Men’ Style

Smell of jasmine 'as calming as valium'

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:45:25 -0500

"Alberto del Hierro, Salou’s Councillor for Tourism, said: ‘It is not normal to go the..."

Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:17:19 -0500

“Alberto del Hierro, Salou’s Councillor for Tourism, said: ‘It is not normal to go the market with your packet on show or round the tourist sites in a thong.”

- Spanish resort cracks down on young Brits excesses | Mail Online

"It seems remedial now, and it is, but it’s something Dickens seemed to realize long ago: Travel is..."

Sun, 30 May 2010 17:30:08 -0500

“It seems remedial now, and it is, but it’s something Dickens seemed to realize long ago: Travel is not that interesting. People are. Stories come alive only when there are people in them. Travel and nature writing both purport to be about physical things. But they are really about us, and to the extent that they aren’t, they are simply bad, or boring, writing.”

- Charles Dickens: The First Great Travel Writer?

Oxford Ends Uniquely Cool Examination

Sun, 30 May 2010 07:37:54 -0500

Oxford Ends Uniquely Cool Examination

"There is no perfection, only varying tastes in corruption."

Sun, 23 May 2010 05:35:58 -0500

“There is no perfection, only varying tastes in corruption.”

- The centuries-old struggle to play in tune. - By Jan Swafford - Slate Magazine

Letters of Note: Come on, George. Loosen up. Swing, man.

Tue, 18 May 2010 04:23:42 -0500

Letters of Note: Come on, George. Loosen up. Swing, man.

Early 1900s in Colour

Sun, 16 May 2010 05:32:23 -0500

Early 1900s in Colour

Radio Shack Catalogs

Mon, 10 May 2010 17:48:25 -0500

Radio Shack Catalogs:

Too wonderful…

Cash-Strapped States Turn to Sin Taxes - NYTimes.com

Sun, 18 Apr 2010 17:27:05 -0500

Cash-Strapped States Turn to Sin Taxes - NYTimes.com

The Sexiest and Strangest Vintage Ads From Decades Past -...

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:42:42 -0500

The Sexiest and Strangest Vintage Ads From Decades Past - Asylum.com

"Officers placed numerous green Tropical Isle Hand Grenade containers and plastic beer cups near..."

Sun, 11 Apr 2010 06:47:40 -0500

“Officers placed numerous green Tropical Isle Hand Grenade containers and plastic beer cups near numerous shell casings to mark them”

- Seven shot on Canal Street | - NOLA.com

"A New Orleans mayor appeals for aid, 1874. “Nothing but large increase of resources for..."

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:58:41 -0500

“

A New Orleans mayor appeals for aid, 1874.

“Nothing but large increase of resources for relief can prevent the horrors of famine and great loss of life. We need a million of dollars more. Details will be given by mail. LOUIS A. WILTZ, Mayor and Treasurer of Relief Fund.”

”

- The Great Mississippi Flood of 1874, page 1

"But you have to appreciate: no one wants to know they have been manufactured"

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 20:44:42 -0500

“But you have to appreciate: no one wants to know they have been manufactured”

- Malcolm McLaren: in his own words - Telegraph

J’Attendrai Le Suivant (I’ll Wait for the Next One)

Sat, 10 Apr 2010 07:44:00 -0500

J’Attendrai Le Suivant (I’ll Wait for the Next One)

" “This is some straight up Balzac.” "

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:25:00 -0500

“” “This is some straight up Balzac.” “”

- A Look Inside the Life of Rachel Uchitel and Fellow VIP Hosts and Bottle Girls — New York Magazine

Why Americans Don’t Like Jazz

Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:14:00 -0500

Why Americans Don’t Like Jazz:

This is a very interesting piece and its premise could apply just as easily to classical music. The author should remember, however, that the enjoyment of fine arts has always been the province of the select few and not the general public. When the few were attending Mozart premieres, the general public was into songs with lyrics like these:

For staying while dinner is cold and hot And pudding and dumpling? burnt to pot, Burnt to pot, burnt to pot, Till pudding and dumpling’s burnt to pot. We’ll drink off our liquor while we can stand, And hey for the honour of old England, Old England, old England, And hey for the honour of old England !

“The Barley Mow,” traditional English drinking song.

"O’Toole said that print journalism and the pub had been ”stifled” in recent years...."

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:30:20 -0500

“O’Toole said that print journalism and the pub had been ”stifled” in recent years. ”Keith’s play has become a comical elegy on this double demise.””

- Keith Waterhouse remembered at thanksgiving service - Telegraph

The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 05:56:44 -0600

The Gettysburg Powerpoint Presentation

"I would say humbly, this would be Mardi Gras, New Year’s Eve, the 300th anniversary of New Orleans..."

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:18:23 -0600

““I would say humbly, this would be Mardi Gras, New Year’s Eve, the 300th anniversary of New Orleans and the invention of television all wrapped up into one””

- Saints have New Orleans on the verge of a huge celebration