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Ticket, 11-14 Oct. 1967

I received this original ticket in the mail. Original 1st printing 2.25″ x 4.25″ concert ticket for Jefferson Airplane with Blue Cheer and the Charlatans performing in a benefit for the Haight-Ahsbury Free Clinicat the Fillmore Auditorium and Winterland in San Francisco, … Continue reading

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Justice Kennedy’s Closing Paragraph on Marriage Equality

It is a beautiful assessment of the entire debate:

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We are a creative species

Though, as shown here, not all of our ideas are good ones.

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Animal Conflict has Evolved

This might be fake. I’m withholding judgement but what do you think?

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Born Under a Bad Sign?

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1.5 Million Slavery Era Documents to be Digitized, Helping African Americans to Learn About Their Lost Ancestors

The Freedmen’s Bureau Project — a new initiative spearheaded by the Smithsonian, the National Archives, the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints — will make available online 1.5 million historical documents, finally allowing descendants of former African-American slaves to … Continue reading

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Dara O’ Briain Meets Stephen Hawking

I know Dara O’Briain from QI and envy him this opportunity to meet his (and my) hero. Those who receive my business card (a post card with the illustration of one of my paintings shown below) know how much of … Continue reading

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Scale Yosemite’s El Capitan with Google Maps

If you’re uncomfortable looking straight down 3,000 feet (900 m) or watching someone else hanging from that height by their fingertips, you may want to skip the video clip below or this view. Yesterday, Google’s official blog declared, “Today we’re launching our … Continue reading

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Adorable Circle Of Life

Chicago-based artist Alex Solis has a series of illustrations that show predators doing what they do best — killing — but simultaneously being adorable. Any house cat reminds one of this paradox on a regular basis, that what is adorably cute can … Continue reading

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Today’s Header and Background Photo

Is the toll plaza of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge which is famous for its failure on 7 November 1940:

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