April 2012
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Railroad Company Logo Design Evolution
THOMPSON & CO’S EXPRESS (1845)
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WELLS AND POMEROY’S EXPRESS (1845)
TRUMAN CHAPMAN’S EXPRESS (1864)
The first North American railroads were built 50 years before the first logo was trademarked (Bass Brewery, 1876). Stationary was created by printers, not designers. That’s the reason why the images above – from three different companies – look so similar. They were made with...
March 2012
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: Liz Tea Giveaway #2! →
liz-tea:
Hey Lovelies, It’s that time again - free tea time! It’s been a while since I did my first giveaway and the response was so overwhelming that I’ve decided to do another one! Although I can’t share tea with everyone, I’ve decided to do five smaller packages this time, so that there is a…
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On Kony 2012
As a hobby, I track some Central African politics, but not Uganda very much. What I’m talking about here is mainly American misconceptions, not what’s actually going on; I don’t hope to speak for anyone else. I’m not a local or an academic. And I haven’t seen the Kony 2012 video or more than a tiny fraction of the responses.
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The overall situation is not...
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Adele & Daft Punk - Something About The Fire
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When I was your age...
If I ever have a kid and he comes home from high school all emo and sad, I’m going to sit him down with a cup of hot chocolate and say,
“Hey, it’s ok. I know how hard high school can be. When I was your age Al Qaeda launched a terrorist attack on us. We were so scared for our lives.”
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Unrealistic Attitudes About Death
I know where this phone call is going. I’m on the hospital wards, and a physician in the emergency room downstairs is talking to me about an elderly patient who needs to be admitted to the hospital. The patient is new to me, but the story is familiar: He has several chronic conditions — heart failure, weak kidneys, anemia, Parkinson’s and mild dementia — all tentatively held in check by a...
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TSA Fail
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) was formed to ensure America’s freedom to travel. Instead, they have made air travel the most difficult means of mass transit in the United States, at the same time failing to make air travel any more secure. (via gmancasefile)
TSA has never, (and I invite them to prove me wrong), foiled a terrorist plot or stopped an attack on an airliner. Ever....
