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Yeah, all the USEFUL groups just go around chanting “EQUALITY” all day. If you want to focus on your own interests, that’s just selfish.
I love these two pictures so much. It’s pretty much everything you need to know about me and Chris in two shots.
Rookie Meetup in South Florida?
does any one know what rookie is??? well you should! and then we should all make flower crowns and eat yummy food!
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25 Twitter Accounts That Will Make You Smarter
Make no mistake, mentioning this Mashable list here is absolutely shameless self-promotion. But there are some other pretty great accounts you might want to follow, too.
See the list: 25 Twitter Accounts That Will Make You Smarter
[Or just go follow @mental_floss]
Intriguing Excerpts From Old FBI Files
Under J. Edgar Hoover, everybody who was anybody had an FBI file. Here are some interesting things we found while poking around their archives.
Alphabet rent by artificial gutter.
From Critical Pronouncing Spelling Book by Hezekiah Burhans (1825). Original from Harvard University. Digitized March 23, 2007.
Gorgeous.
This slow and steady thing is really working out for him.
(Source: 4gifs)
When musician Pasquale Taraffo applied for a visa, he had to supply evidence of his abilities. This photograph of Taraffo playing the harp guitar was found in a folder in the National Archives.
Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1887, the musician began giving guitar concerts at age nine. He eventually switched from the traditional guitar to the harp guitar, a 14-string instrument mounted on a pedestal. Taraffo started touring abroad in 1910, performing on his own and with other musicians. Known as “the Paganini of the guitar”—a reference to the legendary Italian violinist—he was wildly popular around the world and especially in South America.
You can see Taraffo’s story in Attachments, open through September 4, and in this blog post.
That thing looks fucking epic.
(via todaysdocument)
OH YES.
(Source: wilwheaton)
Planning for the Moon Disaster That Never Happened
Today is the 43rd anniversary of the lunar landing. Here’s the speech President Nixon would have delivered had Apollo 11 not made it home.
Text:
Whaaaaa-
Clients From Hell: After taking payment over the phone using a card machine Client: Can...
After taking payment over the phone using a card machine Client: Can you email me the receipt please? Me: I can scan it in a send you a copy within an hour. Client: No… If you could just email me the original receipt. Me: But it’s a physical, printed receipt. I would need to send it via… This happened to our office manager the other day.
