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“The Baconizer” should be Kevin Bacon’s nickname for…well, if you’ve seen Wild Things you know what I mean.

I don’t think “dance” is actually the correct reaction.

A-HA!!!

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It’s Velveteria!

From the NPR story:

Caren Anderson and Carl Baldwin serve as curators for the 300 velvet museum pieces, which include paintings of Rambo, Bruce Lee and the rock band KISS as well as luminescent unicorns and fluorescent matadors. Baldwin says contrary to what people might think, in the world of velvet, Elvis is not king.. . . .Other familiar faces on display include Jack Kevorkian, E.T., Mr. T and multiple Michael Jacksons. And if people ask nicely, they can touch the portraits, Anderson says.

I guess it’s time for another trip westward…

I’ve been meaning to share this awesome video by My Robot Friend for a while.

And now I have sufficiently hogged the blog for the evening.

…a homemade stop-motion version of Tron!

I know I’m weeks late to the party but these Peep Art Dioramas make me happy regardless.

Is this by one of you guys?

Katy has won concert tickets through KBCO twice.  The first time it was to Big Head Todd the weekend we were in PDX, so we couldn’t use them.  Yesterday she won tixz to… James Blunt.  James fucking Blunt.

They also sent her some tax forms because she has to declare all this as income

A bevy of coloring book pages.

Okay, last post today, I promise! But how can I not share this amazing news via the Library of Congress Blog:

The Library Of Congress joins Flickr!

Yes. We really are THE Library of Congress.
We invite your tags and comments! Identifying information is also appreciated–many of our old photos came to us with very little description.

What are photographs doing in a library?
We’ve been acquiring photos since the mid-1800s when photography was the hot new technology. Because images represent life and the world so vividly, people have long enjoyed exploring our visual collections. Looking at pictures opens new windows to understanding both the past and the present. Favorite photos are often incorporated in books, TV shows, homework assignments, scholarly articles, family histories, and much more.

The Prints & Photographs Division takes care of 14 million of the Library’s pictures and features more than 1 million through online catalogs. Offering historical photo collections through Flickr is a welcome opportunity to share some of our most popular images more widely.

Pictured: Barker at the grounds at the Vermont state fair, Rutland. 1941 Sept.

This guy makes me want to start taking pictures again. And also go back to Italy. Maybe permanently.