This reminds me of a dumb thing Paul Harvey once said, about tacos outselling ketchup.
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This reminds me of a dumb thing Paul Harvey once said, about tacos outselling ketchup.
Yes, but only at like the very smallest magnification. Very useful for reading, say, ingredients on the side of a package, but less so for reading a book, because of the angle I have to tilt my head.
At the strength I'm at, I really didn't notice anything different after a day or two.
palouse apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1894
palouse apples, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1894
This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t — theonion.com/this-war-wil...
I don't believe that any of these people were fans of Olympic hockey.
Lagers, Mexican style or otherwise, aren't necessarily my favorite, but a Modelo Negra on a hot day hits so hard, as the kids say.
Poster for an opera based on Octavia E. Butler's 'Parable of the Sower'
Cover for a Spanish edition of Octavia E Butler's "Imago"
Cover for another Spanish edition of Octavia E Butler's "Imago"
Interior magazine art for Octavia E Butler's "Bloodchild"
Octavia E Butler sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/butler... died on this day, so here's an opera poster, two of her book covers and a piece of interior magazine art (artist: Paul Lewin, [couldn't identify], [couldn't identify] and Nicholas Jainschigg):
A SKELATEN WHOSE COVERED IN CATS AND CAT HAIR , JUST BECUASE I LOOK LIKE A BUCH OF SHIT DONT THINK THAT MEANS IM GOOD AT MY LIFE OR IM DOING WELL IN OTHER WAYS , ITS POSSIBLE IF NOT COMMON FOR MANY PEOPLE INCLUDING THE SKELETEN IN THE PIC TO EAT SHIT IN EVERY AREA OF LIFE, BELOW AVERAGE INCOME, BELOW AVERAGE PERSONALTY, BELOW AVERAGE DIET, BUT TO A TREE YOU MOVE THROUGH SPACE LIKE A DAMB GHOST, TO A FALLEN LOG YOU ARE THE MASTER OF BEING UPRIGHT , TO A FROG YOU ARE THE DRYEST THING HES EVER SEEN, TO THE FROST ON EARLY SPRING GRASS YOU STEAM WITH WARMTH, GO INTO THE WOODS!!! GO INTO THE WOODS BEFORE THERE ALL GONE!!! GO INTO THE WOODS NOW!!!!!!!! DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN
THINK ABOUT IT - dashare.zone ADMIN
At No Point While Rewatching Every ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Does It Occur To Man He Might Be Depressed
At No Point While Rewatching Every ‘Planet Of The Apes’ Does It Occur To Man He Might Be Depressed https://theonion.com/at-no-point-while-rewatching-every-planet-of-the-apes-does-it-occur-to-man-he-might-be-depressed/
I'm sure nothing good will come from it but it is at least amusing to see the worst people in the world fighting with each other. Like watching your nemesis slide off the Titanic a couple of minutes before you do.
Bookworm was huge for me.
A US paperback edition of Frank Herbert's 'The Eyes of Heisenberg'
A UK paperback edition of Frank Herbert's 'The Eyes of Heisenberg'
A French edition of Frank Herbert's 'The Eyes of Heisenberg'
A French paperback edition of Frank Herbert's 'The Eyes of Heisenberg'
Frank Herbert sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/herber... died on this day, so here are some of the covers to his "The Eyes of Heisenberg" (Artist: [seems to be Paul Lehr], Ian Miller, Éric Scala and Jean-Claude Hadi):
It's back apparently! (I only know about this event from the Les Blank movie, Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers.)
The Washington Post news reminded me of this study on the collapse of coverage of state capitols: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Your reminder that Starbucks baristas are still ON STRIKE.
So our call to action is simple: Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp bit.ly/deletetheapp
Whatever you think of the Washington Post at this moment, here's a chance to support the dedicated, hard-working journalists who were just laid off. If you have the means, your donation is most welcome. If you don't, a kind thought and maybe spreading the word to others is support enough 💙
1/ READY TO STRIKE: More than 80% of our members signed a pledge saying we are prepared to strike unless @propublica.org agrees to a fair contract.
www.propublicaguild.org/updates/the-...
This is a really interesting (and sad) story.
www.npr.org/sections/hea...
Cover to a French edition of Paul Auster's 'Moon Palace'
Cover to Paul Auster's 'Moon Palace'
Cover to a Spanish edition of Paul Auster's 'Moon Palace'
Cover to a French edition of Paul Auster's 'Mr Vertigo' (not the greatest quality unfortunately)
Paul Auster sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/auster... was born on this day, so here are some of his book covers (2nd by 'Grez', couldn't identify the other artists):
Captain Kirk and an enormous tribble from the animated series
Apparently I can't even look at Dominos.co.uk without a VPN? To whom do I apply for pizza asylum?
I was going to just let this roll past but today is pizza night around these parts (i.e. my apartment) and, uh, corn is not on the list of menu options. (Though I am a fan of tossing a whole fried egg on top of a leftover slice the next morning, so who am I etc.)
A starfield. At lower left, a bright star, and a smaller companion. Home.
See that larger white blob at lower left, and the smaller blob to its right?
That's Earth and the Moon.
Photographed from the orbit of Mercury.
Powerful Bidet Blasts Hole Clean Through Man
Powerful Bidet Blasts Hole Clean Through Man
The news desertification of America is catastrophic on the scale of the 1930s Dust Bowl.
Cover for Umberto Eco's "Los Tres Astronautas"
Cover for Umberto Eco's "The Book of Legendary Lands"
Another cover for Umberto Eco's "The Book of Legendary Lands"
Cover for Umberto Eco's "The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana"
Umberto Eco sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/eco_um... was born on this day, so here's some of his book covers (Artist: 1st by Juan Marchesi; couldn't identify the others, but 4th by various and I feel I should know the 3rd):
White House Maid Shrieks After Spotting Melania On Ceiling
White House Maid Shrieks After Spotting Melania On Ceiling https://theonion.com/white-house-maid-shrieks-after-spotting-melania-on-ceiling/
Haha ok sure. Very normal Seahawks game.
