I don’t know who this is but for some reason I like it & the colors are great.
marilyn on the set of the misfits
motorola house of the future, 1962 via www.plan59.com
misprint or did they just give up? via www.boingboing.net
Man driving northwest at 60 mph on U.S. Route 101 in the vicinity of Hollywood on a late Sunday afternoon in March 1991 via andrewbush.net (66 drives)
Woman heading west at 71 mph on Interstate 44 outside Rolla, Missouri, at 11:43 a.m. in January 1991 via andrewbush.net (66 drives)
If I saw her looking at me like this, I’d floor it. She gives me the creeps!
(via The Big Picture-Barry Ritholtz)
“Whenever I discussed the current bailout situation with people, I find they have a hard time comprehending the actual numbers involved. That became a problem while doing the research for the Bailout Nation book. I needed some way to put this into proper historical perspective.
If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars. People have a hard time conceptualizing very large numbers, so let’s give this some context. The current Credit Crisis bailout is now the largest outlay In American history.”
Jim Bianco of Bianco Research crunched the inflation adjusted numbers. The bailout has cost more than all of these big budget government expenditures – combined:
• Marshall Plan: Cost: $12.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $115.3 billion
• Louisiana Purchase: Cost: $15 million, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $217 billion
• Race to the Moon: Cost: $36.4 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $237 billion
• S&L Crisis: Cost: $153 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $256 billion
• Korean War: Cost: $54 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $454 billion
• The New Deal: Cost: $32 billion (Est), Inflation Adjusted Cost: $500 billion (Est)
• Invasion of Iraq: Cost: $551b, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $597 billion
• Vietnam War: Cost: $111 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $698 billion
• NASA: Cost: $416.7 billion, Inflation Adjusted Cost: $851.2 billionTOTAL: $3.92 trillion
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data courtesy of Bianco Research
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stanley kubrick early photography “the 5 & dime”
Montgomery Clift (March 1949), from “Stanley Kubrick. Drama & Shadows: Photographs 1945-1950.”
kanamit:Christopher Street, October 1970
“Sigh. This image is the one that is permanently in my mind. I crossed that street so many times, in rain, sun, snow, in the dark. And I can remember clearly the sound of cars over those ancient cobblestones., and what it felt like to walk across them.”
- Richard Friedman
Richard’s photoblog has great photos of places all over the world in and around the 60’s/70’s. I especially love this photo because not only do I know this intersection well (and others that he’s posted), but it perfectly captures the NYC that I would have loved to experienced. All crime and grit aside, New York just isn’t what it used to be. And I guess the same could be said for almost anywhere. But there was a beautiful and unique look to it back then, which isn’t to say Manhattan isn’t unique today, because it always will be.. but.. I don’t know. This paragraph is pointless. The photo speaks for itself.
motorola house of the future, 1962 via www.plan59.comI am all about this house. Even if it’s just a cartoon.
Shag yellow carpet, balcony bed, and getaway boat under the floor. Where do I sign?
I know what you mean. It’s my mid-century fantasy.
color TV
My Nan was quite the champion tennis player. That’s her on the right… my Dad’s mother. I’ve got a couple of her trophies from back in the 1930’s.
She was horribly murdered in her own home when she was in her 60’s… but that’s a gory story that might be a little much for here…
kanye west-flashing lights co-directed by spike jonze
I don’t know what to make of this. Is he being ironic? I thought Kanye was too smart to resort to video vixens.
People at the office who deserve a punch:
- Aggro-typer
Is all that pounding really fucking necessary?
I can hear you from across the room.
or the clicky-click of people who type with long nails! makes me want to pull my hair out.
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I’ve lost count of all the emails saying ‘I would pay any amount of money for the g-string right off your butt’. Well, here’s your chance. I will wear each pair of panties long enough to transfer my ‘natural’ scent, but these are limited, not mass-produced. So order them now. I might not be offering them forever!**And please be patient. I have to give every order special attention and that takes time! Not to mention I travel a lot, and this is a popular item! Please order now, but allow me between 4 and 12 weeks depending to ship your order. And please do not e-mail me wondering where your order is. I have it. I want to give you something special. Good things come to those who wait! ;)
WTF?
Dear God,
Before I eat this meat I’d like to thank you for your infinite graciousness.
Amen.
jajaja
thewayoftheworld: No comment required
stevie nicks (via g)
thanksgiving, in separate compartments. what more could you want?
Thanksgiving Prayer by William S. Burroughs
william klein
bernd preiml
viner - ‘omnivore’
viner - ‘the virtues of gathering’
