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life: dreammason: Margaret Bourke White. Just doing her...

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 14:38:38 -0500

dreammason:

Margaret Bourke White. Just doing her job.

Just another day in the life of Maggie the indestructible.

nprfreshair: nprmusic: Woody Guthrie went through WWII with a...

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:33:12 -0400

nprmusic:

Woody Guthrie went through WWII with a piece of cardboard pasted to the top of his guitar: ‘This machine kills fascists.’He really wanted his guitar to help win the war against Hitler. When Woody went into a hospital in 1952 … I put something similar on my banjo: ‘This machine surrounds hate and forces it to surrender.’

—Pete Seeger

Hear Karen Michel’s interview with the 93-year-old folk legend from today’s Weekend Edition.

Photo by David Bernz.

life: Unpublished: An American Marine readies to land on...

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:13:14 -0400

life:

Unpublished: An American Marine readies to land on Guadalcanal during the five-month struggle for the island between late 1942 and early 1943. Three thousand miles south of Tokyo, Guadalcanal was a major shipping point for military supplies. The Allied victory there in February, 1943, marked a major turning point in the war after a string of Japanese victories in the Pacific. (Joe Scherschel—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

See more photos here.

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didyoumistakewhatimeant — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:32:18 -0400

museumsandstuff: katemacetak: libraryjournal: laphamsquarterly

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:31:49 -0400

museumsandstuff:

katemacetak: libraryjournal: laphamsquarterly

Photo

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:31:16 -0400

washingtonpoststyle: Discovery’s last flight. Flickr pool |...

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Wed, 09 May 2012 19:30:53 -0400

washingtonpoststyle:

Discovery’s last flight.

Flickr pool | Live updates |

Photo by Lon Seidman

A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:14:16 -0400

A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute:

The Waldorf School’s computer-free environment has become a draw for parents at high-tech companies like Google.

Winters: I cherish the memory of a question my grandson asked...

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 19:31:10 -0400

Winters: I cherish the memory of a question my grandson asked me the other day, when he said: ‘Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?’ Grandpa said, “No. But I served in a company of heroes.”

18thcentury: For those who haven’t seen the Google Art Project, I highly recommend it. I took a...

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:20:15 -0400

18thcentury:

For those who haven’t seen the Google Art Project, I highly recommend it. I took a quick tour of the Tate Britain (seen above) and then headed over to the Palace of Versailles.

I love being able to view the floor plan and scroll up to view the ceilings. It is in instances like these that I appreciate technology the most. Obviously I recommend (and want to myself) see as many historical sites in person as possible; but I really applaud this project.

Take a tour yourself!

"People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character."

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 23:54:24 -0500

“People do not seem to realize that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (via downtownprintwear)

loveyourchaos: (by Michael Tanner)

didyoumistakewhatimeant — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 23:34:31 -0500

loveyourchaos:

(by Michael Tanner)