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29 JULY

1890: Vincent van Gogh dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound

1974: Mama Cass Elliot dies

1983: Luis Buñuel dies [vid: chien]

2005: Astronomers announce the discovery of a new planet in the solar system

THAT’S NOT TERIYAKI

What scares me is how many people gave this good reviews.

28 JULY

1866: Beatrix Potter is born [works]

1868: The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified

1887: Marcel Duchamp is born

SMOOVE

“Suddenly you’re 40 years old and you open up your dresser drawer to find nothing but linen pants.”

27 JULY

1940: Bugs Bunny makes his official debut in A Wild Hare

1942: Two issei internees are shot to death by guards at Lordsburg, New Mexico; the “attempted escapees” were actually barely able to walk

1946: Gertrude Stein dies [audio]

1974: “RESOLVED, That Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanours, and […]

LOW-IMPACT LIVING

Grapes are trained over the eaves of the green roof of his home, built on neglected farmland owned by a friend at Brithdir Mawr. Freshly dug potatoes sit in a bucket by the door and, after nearly 10 years, the bracken still sprouts through the kitchen’s earth floor every spring. Three small solar panels and […]

YOU KNOW WHAT?

The people in this video fucking creep me out.

SHOW ME THE DOLL THAT YOU LIKE BEST

A Girl Like Me (YouTube, via MeFi)

26 JULY

1856: George Bernard Shaw is born [works]

1875: Carl Jung is born

1893: George Grosz is born [galleries]

1894: Aldous Huxley is born [brave new world] [interview]

1902 (maybe): Gracie Allen is born [vid]

1928: Stanley Kubrick is born [archive]

1947: President Truman signs the National Security Act

1991: Paul Reubens is arrested for behaving indecently at an adult movie theatre

WHITE HOUSE SHOE-IN

As you know, this administration has a strong record against flip-flops.
—White House spokeswoman Emily Lawrimore
The George Bush wears the Crocs! The Manolo is not the political person, but this is the last straw!
—The Manolo
A “shoo in” was originally a horse that was expected to win a race, not by virtue of its speed or endurance, […]