I've been watching the second season of Mad Men on Netflix and that got me thinking about the sixties. The turning point when the early Sixties definitively stopped being an extension of the Fifties was the appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. I Googled that appearance, and got the great history below. (He could use a copy editor, though ( Read more... )

These are some creepy-ass vintage ads..

http://www.retrocomedy.com/2009/07/15-creepiest-vintage-ads-of-all-time.html

These gorgeous little scenes from nature are insect eggs! So beautiful.

http://www.webphemera.com/2009/06/astonishing-eggs-of-alien-nations.html

I found this through the Tweets of JohnHodgman, who got it from qikipedia on Twitter.

My friend Tenacious Snail is blogging about how it's affected her life that marriage has been between 'a man and a woman'. I've been moved many times by her stories, as well as liking the arguments she presents for basic human rights. This is one of my favorite entries in her series ( Read more... )

By way of mitdasein

http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1907543

Today I was the hostess for Easter Egg dyeing with neckties, with tenacious_snail and marialuminous. The instructions were on the internets, and the eggs turned out beautiful! I can't claim mine were the best, but among all the eggs we did, there were lots of great ones. Want to do it again next year and maybe also color on top of the designs with felt pen for more details.

...but I'd never seen it. I think it's adorable. Matt can't dance for shit, but that's not the point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY

I'm a sucker for "we are the world" themes and I'm going to watch it maybe 20 million times.

Is anybody going to Writers with Drinks on Saturday night? Can I meet up with you?

I'm used to fashion writing not being the most exacting of sciences. But I don't think I can tolerate this. I got a catalog in the mail that was describing little shirts in non-stretch fabrics with buttons down the front as "Tees". No, no, no! The minimum requirement to call something a Tee is that it needs to be made of knit fabric. And no buttons ( Read more... )

No wonder girls get raped, when everyone at school says they're a slut. This is more or less what a federally funded Ohio abstinence-only program is teaching.http://www.amplifyyourvoice.org/u/AFY_Joe/2009/2/13/When-Rape-