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Sears 1934: latest update

November 20th, 2009 Lileks 35 comments

Nonsense! Nonsense, I say! Go HERE, for Nonsense!

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Friday! November 20

November 20th, 2009 Lileks 55 comments

What. A. Day. First of all: you asked for a donation button. Why, I’m happy to help; I’ve set it up with PayPal, and as I might expect, it doesn’t work. Yet. Some sort of verification needs to occur. When the bytes move through the digestive system and cough up useable code, I’ll slap it [...]

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First Day Covers

November 19th, 2009 Lileks 39 comments

Can’t get enough of those stamps, can we? Go HERE.

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Thursday, Nov. 19

November 19th, 2009 Lileks 61 comments

There’s a vase with a flower in a niche on the bathroom wall. Or rather there was. Spun around this morning getting out of the shower, the robe caught the flower, the vase went down. Glass everywhere in the room of bare feet. I thought: the day’s either off to a horrible start, or this [...]

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Out of Context Ad Challenge: The Solution

November 18th, 2009 Lileks 11 comments

Cars start in cold weather – in a second! Mm-hmm. Right.

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Out of Context Ad Challenge

November 18th, 2009 Lileks 48 comments

A handsome ad from 1936. Name the product:

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Wed, 11.18: Official “tired of keeping this quiet” post.

November 18th, 2009 Lileks 111 comments

The job has become consumed by preparations for the Star Wars Holiday Special, as I’m calling it. We’re shooting a big show at the Mall of America next Monday – stop on by, say hello, throw tomatoes – and we have a pre-taped hardy-har segment on Thursday, and a music show to shoot tomorrow. The [...]

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B&W World: Oddly Familiar

November 17th, 2009 Lileks 10 comments

Welcome to Two-Candle Hideout. This noir seems rather familiar, but aren’t they all the same movie in the end? Go HERE.

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Comic Sins: Hey, Guardian

November 17th, 2009 Lileks 24 comments

Guardian to the rescue! Or not. Go HERE.

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Tuesday, Nov. 17

November 17th, 2009 Lileks 69 comments

Allow me some parental pride:

She whipped this up after school. Drew the cat first – which she doesn’t like much, she said – then did the lyrics from some song the kids like on their Warrior Cats tribute videos. “Did I teach you how to put layers under other layers?”
She grinned. “No.” She’s proud [...]

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