Beautiful Series of Shower Photos
A beautiful and intimate series of photos by Manjari Sharma.
A Tea Party Lesson
Of course, I doubt teabaggers will have the patience to read the entire piece, or the comprehension skills to understand it, but for the rest of us, it’s a great history lessson:
Tax History: Four Things You Should Know About the Boston Tea Party by Joseph J. Thorndike
Today’s Photo
Came out rather good. At least, I think so:
The Desperate Insecurity of Masculinity
In a troubling demonstration of just how insecure some men are in their masculinity, Inside Higher Ed reports on a new foundation, conference, and journal that are dedicated to something called “male studies: “Scholars of boys and men converged Wednesday at Wagner College, in Staten Island, N.Y., to announce the creation of the Foundation for …
Stormtrooper Stormtrooper Stormtrooper
This is really great project from Stéfan: 365 Days of Stormtrooper activity.
An Open Letter to President Obama
Dear Mr. President, I regret to say that while I support you in a lot of ways, I will not vote for you in the next election, no matter who the Republican’s run or how bad I think they may be for the country. By sanctioning assassination on Anwar al-Awlaki you have crossed a moral …
Diabolical Torture
Another smile from xkcd:
Metallica Lite
Metallica meets Pat Metheny:
via Kottke.org
Spirit Photography Pre-Photoshop
I came across a great set of photographs on Flickr put up by the National Media Museum of William Hope’s spirit photography. I often forget that Flickr has a lot of old and public domain material that has been published by various archives and organizations. If you go to Flickr’s The Commons, you’ll find a huge amount of images that you can use for your own work.
William Hope’s images may look obviously fake to us now, but try to imagine how compelling they must have looked back when he was producing them, especially for those who were eager for some sort of evidence of life after death.