Fireworks by PES
Happy Fourth!
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Waves of Glass
Sculpture by Ben Young. Photo by Zico Oneil
We’re on vacation this week. Continue reading
Not Your Mother’s Porcelain Figurines
Katherine Mourling
Etsomnia™ IV: Shitshow
Mona Lisa mixed media “art.” And I thought I had weird dreams.
et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered in one’s sleep.
Murrine Life
Madonna Pieces by Loren Stump (photo credit: Corning Museum of Glass)
Murrine is an Italian term for patterns or pictures made in glass cane (long rods of glass) that are revealed when cut in cross-sections (like a loaf of bread). Continue reading
Glass Half Full
Rocks in the Head
If It’s Free, It’s For Me!
Walker Evans, 1936. Donated by Marlene Nathan Meyerson Family Foundation 1999
Fallen Women
Back in the 1930’s, William Lyon Phelps of Yale found the following sentence gleaming out of the pages of a freshman essay: “The girl tumbled down the stairs and lay prostitute at the bottom.” In the margin of the paper, Professor Phelps commented: “My dear sir, you must learn to distinguish between a fallen woman and one who has merely slipped.”
Sandro Giordoan
Funny Girl (With Markers)
Love, Loss, and Ricky Gervais
© NBCUPHOTOBANK/Rex Features
Ladies and Gentlemen, The (Other) Doors!
Etsomnia™ Volume III: Geeky Pleasures Edition
Is it weird that it never occurred to me there might be female Storm Troopers? MissionThread
et·som·ni·a (/etˈsämnēə/), noun, 1. a sleep disorder caused by obsessive Etsy browsing. 2. the surprising arrival of weird handmade merchandise ordered in one’s sleep.
Professional Mermaids and Other Nonsense
Linden Wolbert
Trey Parker and Matt Stone Want This Guy Dead
Image and video created by future defendant* Simon Chong (*I’m assuming)
Because he thought of it first. Continue reading
Practical Magic by OK Go
The R-Word Update: the U.S. Government Makes a Move!
©PETA
A few days ago in my post The R-Word, I wrote on how I feel about the Washington Redskins’ name and logo. Today, something wonderful happened! Continue reading
Houseplant Serial Killer Chooses Next Victim
You know you want it.
My OBT 