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A Fox And A Dog: The Cutest Couple You Will Ever See 

Meet Juniper the vixen and her best buddy Moose the dog.   They are hugely popular on Instagram and it’s easy to see why. Here’s your major cuteness overload for the day.  

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The HIPPY capital: Paul Wade immerses himself in Haight-Ashbury | Travel News | Travel | Daily Express

Your immodest media whore and blog host Stan Flouride in the UK Daily Express on Friday, 2 Sep 2016 Half a century after the summer of love, PAUL WADE meets local historian Stan Flouride and visits the most colourful district in … Continue reading

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BBC – Culture – The secret libraries of history

After news emerged about an underground reading room in Damascus, Fiona Macdonald discovers the places where writing has been hidden for centuries. I am proud to have my name on a book rescued from destruction by religious fanatics in Timbuktu. … Continue reading

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1970s Time Capsule House For Sale

This Framingham, Massachusetts gem is a time capsule of that hideous* era of early 70s interior design. It has been modernized with wifi and such but still retains that amazing style. *If you lived through the 70s you’re probably glad … Continue reading

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Someday Funnies XVI

This gallery contains 39 photos.

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Baby Pete Seeger, 1921

 May 1921. Washington, D.C. “Charles Seeger, a composer, is a brother of Alan Seeger, the war poet. His wife is a distinguished violinist.” And their baby boy will grow up to be folk legend Pete Seeger. Ethnomusicologist Charles Seeger, seated … Continue reading

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Personal Sketches Of Harry Potter By J.K. Rowling 

Some of Rowling’s early illustrations are already well-known, such as a picture of Harry as a baby, which was included in an annotated first edition that sold in 2013 for £150,000 ($198,472).    

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World’s oldest needle found in Siberian cave that stitches together human history

The 7 cm (2 ¾”) needle was made and used by our long extinct Denisovan ancestors, a recently-discovered hominin species or subspecies. Scientists found the sewing implement – complete with a hole for thread – during the annual summer archeological dig … Continue reading

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A full-bodied cabernet sauvignon

Came across this at Grocery Outlet on Geary Blvd. today:

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How San Francisco’s hippy explosion shaped the modern world | Culture | The Guardian

This is another article about the V&A exhibit of which I am to be a part this September and though I am quoted twice in the first paragraph my name is never mentioned.   You Say You Want a Revolution, … Continue reading

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