Tom McMahon

Benny Goodman And Frank Sinatra

Benny Goodman And Frank Sinatra

More great stuff from Tom Sutpen.

If General Zod Can Wear An American Flag Pin On His Lapel, Then Why Can't Obama?

If General Zod Can Wear An American Flag Pin On His Lapel, Then Why Can't Obama?

How Did The Russians Steal My Secret Trombone-Playing Technique?

How Did The Russians Steal My Secret Trombone-Playing Technique?

Maybe it was that Soviet Spy I Met In My Hometown Of Belvidere, Illinois. Truth be told, I didn't sound as good as I looked.

The Guy On The Right Is Peter Lorre

The Guy On The Right Is Peter Lorre

Click on the photo to find out who the other two are. Click here for a great article about the guy on the left. If you don't know who the guy in the middle is, ask any older Boomer.

Stop Sign

Stop Sign

How To Tell The Sex Of A Bird

How To Tell The Sex Of A Bird

Not Only Was Nixon A Better Bowler, I Have Yet To See Obama Do This

Not Only Was Nixon A Better Bowler, I Have Yet To See Obama Do This

ExtremeInstability.com

ExtremeInstability.com

A great name, a great site, and great weather photos.

Commitment To Excellence

Commitment To Excellence

Fun Shopping Bags

Fun Shopping Bags

Envy

Envy

Obama Speaks To America

Obama Speaks To America

A 1967 Photo of OJ Simpson, J. Edgar Hoover and Larry Csonka

A 1967 Photo of OJ Simpson, J. Edgar Hoover and Larry Csonka

Adding commentary to this photo would be like dousing a fine steak with ketchup.

Mary Ann Roswell

Mary Ann Roswell

Korean Market

Korean Market

A Sign In A Store

A Sign In A Store

The Best Nature Photography of 2007

The Best Nature Photography of 2007

(via Spiral Pocus )

Peep Perps

Peep Perps

Finally, A Health Care Plan Everyone Can Afford

Finally, A Health Care Plan Everyone Can Afford

High-Def Surrender At Appomattox

High-Def Surrender At Appomattox

The Watkins Empire Back In The Heyday Of Watkins Salve

The Watkins Empire Back In The Heyday Of Watkins Salve

From Wikipedia:

The Watkins headquarters in Winona, designed by Prairie School architect George Washington Maher and built between 1911 and 1913, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The front entrance includes a window designed by stained-glass artist Louis J. Millet, depicting Sugar Loaf Mountain, a natural landmark of the city.

In 2002, the story of an extraordinary Watkins salesman, Bill Porter, was told in the TNT movie Door to Door. He worked a route despite suffering from cerebral palsy.

The World's Finest Projection Equipment, Circa 1959. It's Time To Be Brutally Honest, Look Into Our Hearts, And Ask Ourselves This Question: How Much Progress Have We Really Made In The Past 50 Years?

The World's Finest Projection Equipment, Circa 1959. It's Time To Be Brutally Honest, Look Into Our Hearts, And Ask Ourselves This Question: How Much Progress Have We Really Made In The Past 50 Years?

Can you really say that today's projection equipment is as good as what they had back in 1959?

Taking A Photo On Top Of The St. Louis Gateway Arch

Taking A Photo On Top Of The St. Louis Gateway Arch

Februay 1967- St. Louis Post-Dispatch photographer Renyold Ferguson, prone on top of the Gateway Arch, photographing the city below. Ferguson's photo was taken by fellow staff photographer Arthur L. Witman

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Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday

1912 World Series Crowd Photo

1912 World Series Crowd Photo

Love those hats, eh? Via Stephen's Untold Stories, this is just a slice of a much larger photo. Note the high tech Jumbotron scoreboard in the background. Or the two guys looking stupid into the camera (some things never change!). Is that a flask in that guys coat pocket?

100 Percent Mystery Chinese Fibers

100 Percent Mystery Chinese Fibers

Does it sometimes seem that the Chinese have completely given up even pretending that they follow our regulations?

Pole Dancers NSFW

Pole Dancers NSFW

NSFW = Not Sure, From Warsaw?

Salvador Dali

Salvador Dali

Click for a bigger photo. (via J-Walk)

Heisman Trophy Winner Tim Tivo

Heisman Trophy Winner Tim Tivo

Selling Rabbits: A Basic Lesson In Market Segmentation

Selling Rabbits: A Basic Lesson In Market Segmentation

Pakistan Erupts, Needs More Bumper Stickers

Pakistan Erupts, Needs More Bumper Stickers

US Air Force Next Generation Stealth Fighter

US Air Force Next Generation Stealth Fighter

A Wife

A Wife

Ice Fishing In Vladivostok

Ice Fishing In Vladivostok

Hundreds of amateur fishermen dropping lines to catch luck on a frosty weekend on the ice of Amur Bay near Vladivostok. Little fish like smelt or cod can make a nice home-made soup for the family and also serve as a treat for pet cats, they said.

Putin On The Ritz

Putin On The Ritz

Paris 1940: Undocumented Immigrants Celebrate Their National Heritage

Paris 1940: Undocumented Immigrants Celebrate Their National Heritage

Suicide Hotline On The Golden Gate Bridge

Suicide Hotline On The Golden Gate Bridge

Coexits!

Coexits!

Just In Time For Christmas: Green Bay Church Gets New Stained Glass Window

Just In Time For Christmas: Green Bay Church Gets New Stained Glass Window

(via WI Catholic Musings)

A Very Kodachrome Christmas

A Very Kodachrome Christmas

A very nice collection of old Christmas photos (more here). That's a really good idea putting up a sign with the year on it, don't you think?

Arthur Mole's Living Portrait of President Woodrow Wilson, Made With 21,000 Troops In 1918

Arthur Mole's Living Portrait of President Woodrow Wilson, Made With 21,000 Troops In 1918

An excerpt from Louis Kaplan:

Almost a century ago and without the aid of any pixel-generating computer software, the itinerant photographer Arthur Mole (1889-1983) used his 11 x 14-inch view camera to stage a series of extraordinary mass photographic spectacles that choreographed living bodies into symbolic formations of religious and national community. In these mass ornaments, thousands of military troops and other groups were arranged artfully to form American patriotic symbols, emblems, and military insignia visible from a bird’s eye perspective. During World War I, these military formations came to serve as rallying points to support American involvement in the war and to ward off isolationist tendencies.

Close-Up Of Arthur Mole's Living Portrait of President Woodrow Wilson

More of Mole's amazing work here and here.

Bra Burning: The Reason Feminism Never Really Caught On In Poland

Bra Burning: The Reason Feminism Never Really Caught On In Poland

Oh wait, it wasn't really Poland after all, it was Estonia, no wait, it was really Czechoslovakia, but I can't remember if it was the Czech side or in Slovakia, er maybe it was Slovenia. Let me get back to you on this one . . .

Would You Park Here?

Would You Park Here?

The Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire

As An Airline Passenger, Which Of The Following Would Cause You The Most Concern?

As An Airline Passenger, Which Of These Would Cause You The Most Concern?

Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture: Mr. Potato Head, From The Director Of Scarface

Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture:
Mr. Potato Head, From The Director Of Scarface

I think that'll about do it for the Quentin Tarantino/Brian DePalma references.

Christmas Sale On Fine Art Prints By World-Famous Travel Photographer David Sanger

Christmas Sale On Fine Art Prints By World-Famous Travel Photographer David Sanger

Fine art prints of travel, nature and people worldwide. New prices range from $24.95 for unframed 8x10 to $299.95 for a framed 20x30 print. I'm not trying to rush Christmas Season, you understand, but if you want to give a gift that's beyond the ordinary you usually need to plan ahead. I could spend all day browsing through David Sanger's travel photos.

Urban Planner's Map Of The World

Urban Planner's Map Of The World

Hopscotch

Hopscotch

How To Prepare A Kiwi

How To Prepare A Kiwi

That Swastika Barracks: Just Paint A Red Line and a Circle Around It

That Swastika Barracks: Just Paint A Red Line and a Circle Around It

My idea could be done for well under the $600,000 they're planning to spend.

My Brother Tim's First Moon Photo

My Brother Tim's First Moon Photo

"No mount. Leaned scope against balcony handrail and just snapped some shots. This is one of the better ones."

Washboard Abes

Washboard Abes

Scientists Discover Three Forms Of Life On Mars!

Scientists Discover Three Forms Of Life On Mars!

The Mystery Of Easter Island

The Mystery Of Easter Island

Who were the mysterious people who built these statues? Why did they build them? What happened to their civilization? We may never know . . .

Please Do Not Throw Stones At This Sign. thank you.

Please Do Not Throw Stones At This Sign. thank you.

Mutant Four-Legged Wild Turkey

Mutant Four-Legged Wild Turkey

Dick Cheney and Halliburton have been breeding these birds for the lucrative Medieval Faire market. My wife's cousin's next-door neighbor has an ex-brother-in-law who knows all about it.

Subprime And Going Under: Exposing The Naked Truth

Subprime And Going Under: Exposing The Naked Truth

Two brain teasers for you to figure out.

The American Concept Of Franchising Finally Comes To Paris

The American Concept Of Franchising Finally Comes To Paris

Kodak Building in Rochester, New York

Kodak Building in Rochester, New York

From Gadling:

Tell me this photo doesn't look like something out of a horror film? Indeed you just might say that in a sort of sad corporate sense. The picture comes from twoeightnine and is a shot of the Kodak Building in Rochester, New York. Kodak hasn't been doing that great since people started converting to digital from film. Sure, there are still die hards out there who stick to film, but they never really managed to dominate digital they way they did film. Anyway, can we say that the building here, rather ghostly, is perhaps a reflection of the company's struggles? Too far reaching? Yeah, probably. Either way, it's a fine photo.

Japanese Motorcycle Racers: Always Practicing

Japanese Motorcycle Racers: Always Practicing

Outdoor Pool

Outdoor Pool

Four Seasons In One Picture

Four Seasons In One Picture

The Farmer In The Dell

The Farmer In The Dell

Is Elizabeth Edwards The Devil Woman?

Is Elizabeth Edwards The Devil Woman?

(Unretouched photo)

Asylum For Insane Indians

Asylum For Insane Indians

No sireee, none of that "Starting back on the road to Mental Health" business back then. Of course, without modern medications the best they could do for you was to house you in the nicest warehouse society could afford. (And if the Scientologists get their way and get rid of those medications, this is the world we're going back to.) But even with all that straightforward cruelty, it still is oddly refreshing to see a name like "Asylum For Insane Indians" that you don't have to spend 30 seconds deciphering what it really means. (via PCL Linkdump)

Polish Folk Dancers

Polish Folk Dancers

From last weekend's Polish Fest in Milwaukee.

Quiz: What's The Connection?

Quiz: What's The Connection?

No captions -- that would be too easy. My thought is that most people will know one of these men, but not the other. And the connection is not at all obscure: Once you get it, you'll know.

OK Little Johnny, This Won't Hurt A Bit . . .

OK Little Johnny, This Won't Hurt A Bit . . .

From Brian Kane Online