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I meet a hedgehog

One of my happiest moments in recent memory, meeting Sonic the Hedgehog at a Rancho Cucamonga Quakes game last weekend. He definitely seems taller in person. I gushed, “I LOVE ALL YOUR GAMES!!!” (Thanks to Alex for photo duties.)

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Tony Bennett, looking like a boss

Via Rides a Bike

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Bogie, Bacall, and bicycle

Note “Humphrey Bogart” sign attached to top tube. I would kill for that bicycle. :D Via Rides a Bike

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Isolation

Joy Division, from Grantbridge Street via This Isn’t Happiness.

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First image from MESSENGER

The MESSENGER craft now orbiting Mercury has sent back its first image!

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Simeis 147

It’s difficult to imagine calling anything 150 light years across “delicate,” but Simeis 147 — a supernova remnant and today’s Astronomy Picture of the Day — certainly qualifies. It’s easy to get lost following the intricate filaments in this detailed … Continue reading

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Sportswomen of the Past – A Homage with Vintage Pictures

World in Sport: “Sportswomen of the Past – A Homage with Vintage Pictures”

At the turn of the last century women in the western world were finding a voice, both collectively and individually. As the Victorian era lapsed in to memory and the Edwardian Era commenced many women chose to pursue sports. Some women chose to flaunt convention and compete in sports that, even today, are not thought of as traditional womens’ sports. Some of these vintage pictures from the Edwardian Era (and just beyond) may surprise you. Yet these few representatives are surely testament to (under represented photograhically) a greater percentage of the women of the past who were unafraid to pursue their sporting ambitions in a still male dominated world.

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