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Nothing Crushes Us: Cherished memory of the day: My training at Fort Knox was coming to a close, it must have been late December at this point and it had JUST started snowing. Being from New England, I’m especially used to playing in the snow and it was a welcome sight to my homesick eyes after nearly six months of being gone away. Well anyway,…
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“A start-up taking on Google in search is much like a raft taking on a cruise ship as a vacation option.” — A good line by Michael Rosenwald for The Washington Post. His entire post on the search engine DuckDuckGo is worth a read. (via parislemon) -
Laser Sword in the Stone
“Your father wanted you to have this when you were older…”
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First Lady Pink
Did your grandmother’s house have a pink bathroom? You might be able to blame Mamie Eisenhower, who made the color extremely popular when she became First Lady in 1953.
During the next 8 years, Mamie would be listed among the “10 best-dressed women.” Her favorite color was pink and she wore it often. She also decorated her home in pink. The color of this gown, which she wore to President Eisenhower’s Inaugural Ball, was officially called “First Lady Pink.”
Mamie’s many years as an Army wife affected her feelings toward fashion. Although she always looked put together in her dresses, hats, and gloves, she was very mindful of her budget and did not worry about looking trendy. “Knowing what to look for and how to tell a lasting fashion from a temporary fad has always helped me to shop intelligently,” she wrote to editors at the 1954 Fashion Press Week.
Mamie Geneva Doud was born on this day, November 14, 1896.
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Stoya™: An open response... … to a number of private questions asking variations of “Is there something wrong with me if I like/don’t like ____?”
At least in the United States, you have the right to be wanton, sexually provocative, and promiscuous. You have the right to wear as little clothing as legally allowed by the…
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The Poison Diaries: The History of Halloween part 1... 
Halloween is a common holiday celebrated in the western world on October 31st, the eve of the Christian holiday of All Hallows. It is usually celebrated by dressing up and young children go out for a night of trick-or-treating knocking on the doors of decorated residential streets of…
