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I’ve been meaning to come here for a while now. (Taken...

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:28:16 -0400

I’ve been meaning to come here for a while now. (Taken with Instagram at Rattle N Hum)

Look up. (Taken with Instagram at Empire State Building)

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:20:39 -0400

Look up. (Taken with Instagram at Empire State Building)

We’re going to need a bigger boat… (Taken with...

Sun, 27 May 2012 17:17:38 -0400

We’re going to need a bigger boat… (Taken with instagram)

It turned out to be such a nice day today.

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:49:09 -0400

It turned out to be such a nice day today.

After spending the day in whatever town I’m in right now,...

Sat, 26 May 2012 20:45:58 -0400

After spending the day in whatever town I’m in right now, I’m headed back to Queens for another BBQ.

This might take a while.

Long Island bound.

Sat, 26 May 2012 14:52:39 -0400

Long Island bound.

brooklynmutt: The sweetest and most amazing marriage proposal,...

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:17:00 -0400

brooklynmutt:

The sweetest and most amazing marriage proposal, ever. - @nickbilton

Oh my god, that was amazing.

That just made me laugh out loud.

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:35:08 -0400

That just made me laugh out loud.

motherjones: “Bill Murray Turns Down Fan’s Request for...

Sat, 26 May 2012 11:32:07 -0400

motherjones:

“Bill Murray Turns Down Fan’s Request for Autograph, Agrees to Star in His Short Film Instead”

20thcenturypix: hettie: These Old Photos Show Where New...

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:56:23 -0400

20thcenturypix:

hettie:

These Old Photos Show Where New Yorkers Used To Eat: Gothamist

1941

fuckyeahhistorycrushes: Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 –...

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:56:00 -0400

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist.He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.

Plus he had that sweet neck beard.

guardian: Happy 75th anniversary Golden Gate...

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:54:19 -0400

guardian:

Happy 75th anniversary Golden Gate Bridge!

Photograph: Doug Atkins/AP

Wow

ronworkman: If Ansel Adams used Flickr.

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:53:35 -0400

ronworkman:

If Ansel Adams used Flickr.

ikenbot: Celestial Lights A stop motion based video about the...

Sat, 26 May 2012 10:53:18 -0400

ikenbot:

Celestial Lights

A stop motion based video about the northern lights. The video is shot in the northern parts of Norway, Finland and Sweden during autumn 2011, winter and spring 2012.

notnadia: jaynajaynajayna: When Joseph-Nicephore Niepce took...

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:55:07 -0400

notnadia:

jaynajaynajayna:

When Joseph-Nicephore Niepce took the first photograph in 1828, his photographic plate required an exposure of eight hours. That exposure time was drastically reduced across the course of the nineteenth century, so that by the 1890s the Collodion process had cut exposure times to two or three seconds.

Nevertheless, a three second exposure meant that subjects had to stand very still to avoid being blurred, and holding a smile for that period was tricky. As a result, we have a tendency to see our Victorian ancestors as even more formal and stern than they might have been.

These pictures are drawn from the Flickr group “The Smiling Victorian” and show a perhaps surprising side to the people who’s “now” was a hundred years before our own.

Interesting historical/modern juxtaposition: have you ever been part of a group photo being taken by someone who is even in the least bit unfamiliar with the camera/mobile device being used? This is what it looks and feels like. Sometimes it leads to hilarious outtake photos (last night, for example, WAS FULL OF THEM). Perhaps we haven’t really changed at all. Technology has caught up to users, sure, but all users can never fully catch up to technology.

Also, how did ladies swim in those bathing suits, my goodness??

I love these old photos. And yes, As much as the times change, we remain the same.

lickystickypickywe replied to your photo: He’s finally home. You can see where they...

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:48:00 -0400

lickystickypickywe replied to your photo: He’s finally home. You can see where they...

jasmineferret replied to your post: I am so fucked…. that’s ridiculous! i had a high pet bill...

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:46:04 -0400

jasmineferret replied to your post: I am so fucked…. that’s ridiculous! i had a high pet bill...

He’s finally home. You can see where they shaved his arm...

Fri, 25 May 2012 20:37:34 -0400

He’s finally home. You can see where they shaved his arm to put in the IV. :(

Staten Island Boat Graveyard Off the shore of Staten Island New...

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:58:03 -0400

Staten Island Boat Graveyard

Off the shore of Staten Island New York rests a veritable graveyard of decommissioned, scrapped, and abandoned ships of various sizes, ages, and states of decay. Things are constantly changing here; new boats are brought in and old ones are chopped up or sunk into the muddy banks of the harbor.

Also known as the Witte Marine scrap yard, the Donjon Marine Co. Iron and Metal Division facility on this marshy section of the Arthur Kill waterway is an official dumping ground for disused and decommissioned ships. (The Fresh Kills Landfill operates nearby.) Dozens of obsolete tugboats, ferries, barges and passenger ships sit abandoned in the water, waiting to be dismantled or salvaged. Naturally, this is not a place for casual sightseers, but the location is known as a photographer’s dream for the few who dare to trek out there.

The beauty here is in the untouched rust and rotting wood, where weather and salt water accelerates the rate of decay, transforming these ships of the past into sculptures of steel rising from their watery grave.

I am so fucked....

Fri, 25 May 2012 16:24:09 -0400

As some of you have read from the other night, I had to admit my cat into an animal hospital. He...