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This boy is Ignorance.  This girl is Want.  Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased. ~ Charles Dickens

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Vintage Knitting - A Ladies 3-Way Hat from 1955

 

A chic little knitted hat to be worn three ways, from the April, 1955 issue of Britannia and Eve. Perfect for using up any spare mink tails you may have lying around.

 Two pages of photos and instructions are on my Flickr account.

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You should not be afraid of someone who has a library and reads many books; you should fear someone who has only one book; and he considers it sacred, but he has never read it.  ~ Friedrich Nietzsche (attributed).

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Vintage Woodworking - A Christmas Circus from 1937

 

From the January, 1937 issue of Modern Mechanix, a wooden circus to thrill your kiddies with at Christmas.  I can only assume that this issue came out in mid-December!

A free download from the Internet Archive.  For general interest, there's an article on p.68 all about how Disney does their sound effects, "illustrated by Walt Disney" (or perhaps his studio).

Vintage Holidays - Christmas Cards

 

Copyright-free image from the Graphics Fairy.

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Quote of the Day

 

On ';...p'[[[[[[[[[[[[;';///////////////////3'

Upon returning to my desk
having left it temporarily in search of biscuits,
I discovered my cat had written a poem
on my laptop.

It was called ';...p'[[[[[[[[[[[[;';///////////////////3',

and constituted one of her more difficult pieces,

but it was the kind of poem 

which rewarded repeat reading.

I was struck by its experimental structure:

the absence of line breaks,

indeed, not one single space between any

of the poem's 10,000 or so characters.

One of the work's central motifs-

'jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk' -

was, by turns, unsettling and comforting,

while the symbolism of '################',

hinted at our 21st century preoccupation with social media.

And who could not be moved by that devastating final line,

its message of hope piercing the heart like an arrow:

'```````5555======================'.  ~ Brian Bilston

Grrrsday

 

Paper Crafts - A Christmas Garland from 1906

 

Another attractive project from the busy Beard sisters, this one from What A Girl Can Make and Do, available as a free download from the Internet Archive.

Vintage Holidays - Edwardian Christmas Images

 

Copyright-free images from Dover.

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Republican Reality Check

 

It's no longer news that the husband of the Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler is being investigated for rape.  What is news is that he raped the woman with whom the Zieglers had previously engaged in three-way consensual sex, and who told Ziegler that she was not interested in him, but in his wife.

Christian Ziegler is chairman of the Florida Republican Party.  Bridget Ziegler has been actively promoting anti-LGBTQ+ policies in the state.  UPDATE:  this kid has it right.

Quote of the Day

 

image from NPR

There is nothing easier, few things pleasanter, than denouncing other people's vices. ~ John Buchan

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Tatting - Chantilly Border from Piecework Magazine

 

If you tatted this up one side and down the other, joining at the small rings, you'd have a lovely Christmas bookmark.

Vintage Holidays - Christmas Bunnies

 A vintage Christmas image for the Advent season, from the Graphics Fairy.

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