FutureWorld: everyday life in the third millennium

devilduck: Dick: People don’t tune in to us to listen to us...

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:32:38 -0400

Dick: People don’t tune in to us to listen to us argue!

Tom: Some of them did.

Smothers Brothers portrait by Dan Dion.

devilduck: Day Jobs of the Poets

Mon, 20 May 2013 07:28:39 -0400

devilduck:

Day Jobs of the Poets

How lovely the violinMy father played the violin! Yes,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:02:53 -0400

How lovely the violin

My father played the violin!

Yes, indeed: farmboy though he was, he had a violin, and he…

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dduane: Been waiting for these boys to show up. :)

Sun, 19 May 2013 09:39:02 -0400

dduane:

Been waiting for these boys to show up. :)

For Sunday: Cab Calloway sings “Minnie the...

Sun, 19 May 2013 00:07:30 -0400

For Sunday: Cab Calloway sings “Minnie the Moocher”

Here’s another Fleischer cartoon from the Betty Boop collection: the great Cab Calloway as Koko…

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Photo

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:17:29 -0400

What makes me not a BuddhistAlfred North Whiteheadsaid that...

Sat, 18 May 2013 00:09:37 -0400

What makes me not a Buddhist

Alfred North Whiteheadsaid that Buddhism is not so much a religion as a philosophy. Here is its…

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h4ilstorm: Providence, RI (by RSH3339)

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:11:03 -0400

h4ilstorm:

Providence, RI (by RSH3339)

cryptofwrestling: General Foods Company Magazine (October...

Fri, 17 May 2013 19:20:21 -0400

cryptofwrestling:

General Foods Company Magazine (October 1970)

Eat like your ancestorsI received a coupon recently for a...

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:03:57 -0400

Eat like your ancestors

I received a coupon recently for a product called “Suzie’s Puff Cakes.” They look like rice…

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Reading the signsSometimes I mock superstitious people for their...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:03:57 -0400

Reading the signs

Sometimes I mock superstitious people for their credulity. It’s all very silly, isn’t it, all this…

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havingbeenbreathedout: theparisreview: “Beauty, the world...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:41:19 -0400

havingbeenbreathedout:

theparisreview:

“Beauty, the world seemed to say. And as if to prove it (scientifically) wherever he looked at the houses, at the railings, at the antelopes stretching over the palings, beauty sprang instantly. To watch a leaf quivering in the rush of air was an exquisite joy. Up in the sky swallows swooping, swerving, flinging themselves in and out, round and round, yet always with perfect control as if elastics held them; and the flies rising and falling; and the sun spotting now this leaf, now that, in mockery, dazzling it with soft gold in pure good temper; and now again some chime (it might be a motor horn) tinkling divinely on the grass stalks—all of this, calm and reasonable as it was, made out of ordinary things as it was, was the truth now; beauty, that was the truth now. Beauty was everywhere.”

―Virginia Woolf, “Mrs. Dalloway,” published on this day in 1925

Happy Mrs Dalloway day! I think I’ll celebrate by buying the flowers myself, then running down the corridor naked after my sponge. If I get really lucky I will meet an old friend back from India, and kiss a girl under the stars.

statemaps: Wisconsin, Illinois, Rhode Island, and New Jersey...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:36:53 -0400

statemaps:

Wisconsin, Illinois, Rhode Island, and New Jersey all share the genus Viola (the violet) as the state flower.

Neanderthal DNA23andMe.com, the online DNA-analysis company,...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:02:40 -0400

Neanderthal DNA

23andMe.com, the online DNA-analysis company, came back to us with information on our Neanderthal…

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badger-shenanigans: lickypickystickyme: If grandmothers...

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:57:59 -0400

badger-shenanigans:

lickypickystickyme:

If grandmothers around the world had a rallying cry, it would probably sound something like “You need to eat!”

Photographer Gabriele Galimberti’s grandmother said something similar to him before one of his many globetrotting work trips. To ensure he had at least one good meal, she prepared for him a dish of ravioli before he departed on one of his adventures.

“In that occasion I said to my grandma ‘You know, Grandma, there are many other grandmas around the world and most of them are really good cooks,” Galimberti wrote via email. “I’m going to meet them and ask them to cook for me so I can show you that you don’t have to be worried for me and the food that I will eat!’ This is the way my project was born!”

The project, “Delicatessen With Love”, took Galimberti to 58 countries where he photographed grandmothers with both the ingredients and finished signature dishes.

Galimberti said many of the subjects for the project were selected serendipitously, picked while he was working on a project about couch surfing that explored the global phenomenon of staying in other people’s houses. Since Galimberti never slept in hotels while working on the project, he was able to come into contact with people who introduced him to grandmothers in the area.

Galimberti acted as photographer and stylist during each shoot with the grandmothers, taking a portrait of both the women and the food they made for him.

From top to bottom:

Inara Runtule, 68, Kekava, Latvia. Silke (herring with potatoes and cottage cheese).

Grace Estibero, 82, Mumbai, India. Chicken vindaloo.

Susann Soresen, 81, Homer, Alaska. Moose steak.

Serette Charles, 63, Saint-Jean du Sud, Haiti. Lambi in creole sauce.

The photographer’s grandmother Marisa Batini, 80, Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy. Swiss chard and ricotta Ravioli with meat sauce.

Normita Sambu Arap, 65, Oltepessi (Masaai Mara), Kenya. Mboga and orgali (white corn polenta with vegetables and goat).

Julia Enaigua, 71, La Paz, Bolivia. Queso Humacha (vegetables and fresh cheese soup).

Fifi Makhmer, 62, Cairo, Egypt. Kuoshry (pasta, rice and legumes pie).

Isolina Perez De Vargas, 83, Mendoza, Argentina. Asado criollo (mixed meats barbecue).

Bisrat Melake, 60, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Enjera with curry and vegetables.

LOOK HOW PROUD THEY ARE. ;ALDNFA;SLKFJSADF GRANDMAS ARE AWESOME.

"The problem with any ideology is it gives you the answer before you look at the evidence."

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:55:17 -0400

“The problem with any ideology is it gives you the answer before you look at the evidence.”

- Bill Clinton.

And the problem with this quote is most people who read it will immediately think of how it applies to everyone BUT themselves.

Or more accurately, that’s the problem with tumblr.

(via wellthatsjustgreat)

motherjones: mediaite: Joe Biden responds to second-grader...

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:50:57 -0400

motherjones:

mediaite:

Joe Biden responds to second-grader with personal, handwritten note.

“People love chocolate.” Fits on a bumper-sticker.

gregcohn: EFF: Who has your back?

Tue, 14 May 2013 20:48:01 -0400

gregcohn:

EFF: Who has your back?

(American) Chinese foodI’m not Chinese, but I’m an American. So...

Tue, 14 May 2013 00:02:18 -0400

(American) Chinese food

I’m not Chinese, but I’m an American. So naturally I eat Chinese food. But maybe not the way…

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archimaps: The Vaughan Building, Providence

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:01:28 -0400

archimaps:

The Vaughan Building, Providence