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Subterranean beavers are an unlikely, but not impossible, mining hazard.
(from Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies, R. Brown, 1973)
(from Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies, R. Brown, 1973)
October 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Subterranean beavers are an unlikely, but not impossible, mining hazard.
(from Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies, R. Brown, 1973)
(from Ghost Towns of the Colorado Rockies, R. Brown, 1973)
*world's loudest groan*
(The Saint Paul Globe, August 8, 1880)
(The Saint Paul Globe, August 8, 1880)
October 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
*world's loudest groan*
(The Saint Paul Globe, August 8, 1880)
(The Saint Paul Globe, August 8, 1880)
Is one often unsure of one's mayonnaise?
(Spokane Chronicle, June 21, 1926)
(Spokane Chronicle, June 21, 1926)
October 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Is one often unsure of one's mayonnaise?
(Spokane Chronicle, June 21, 1926)
(Spokane Chronicle, June 21, 1926)
A thread of predictions for 2026 from 1926:
"Machines will care for [man's] personal needs...flashing him radio-movies of the day's news as it happens"
(Montana Record-Herald, July 28, 1926)
(1/?)
"Machines will care for [man's] personal needs...flashing him radio-movies of the day's news as it happens"
(Montana Record-Herald, July 28, 1926)
(1/?)
October 11, 2025 at 11:47 PM
A thread of predictions for 2026 from 1926:
"Machines will care for [man's] personal needs...flashing him radio-movies of the day's news as it happens"
(Montana Record-Herald, July 28, 1926)
(1/?)
"Machines will care for [man's] personal needs...flashing him radio-movies of the day's news as it happens"
(Montana Record-Herald, July 28, 1926)
(1/?)
I'm at the make-quince-jam-for-the-first-time-on-a-whim stage of furlough.
October 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I'm at the make-quince-jam-for-the-first-time-on-a-whim stage of furlough.
Currently on page 53. Will I finish this 918-page book before the shutdown ends?
October 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Currently on page 53. Will I finish this 918-page book before the shutdown ends?
Part of the reason I haven't been able to post much: I have been sans personal computer for many months.
Behold, my new baby!!
Behold, my new baby!!
September 16, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Part of the reason I haven't been able to post much: I have been sans personal computer for many months.
Behold, my new baby!!
Behold, my new baby!!
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Sometimes the big boss walks into your office randomly and you have to pretend you're working and not reading the wikipedia page list of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990
September 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Sometimes the big boss walks into your office randomly and you have to pretend you're working and not reading the wikipedia page list of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990
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When's the last time you had a Chum Chip, a Wisecrack or a Party Poop? (1950)
September 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
When's the last time you had a Chum Chip, a Wisecrack or a Party Poop? (1950)
Continuing to New England (as a verb)
September 8, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Continuing to New England (as a verb)
New England Things I Saw Today
A sign outside a diner that said:
BUFFALO
CHICKEN
OMELET
HELP
WANTED
And now I'm going to think about that forever.
A sign outside a diner that said:
BUFFALO
CHICKEN
OMELET
HELP
WANTED
And now I'm going to think about that forever.
September 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
New England Things I Saw Today
A sign outside a diner that said:
BUFFALO
CHICKEN
OMELET
HELP
WANTED
And now I'm going to think about that forever.
A sign outside a diner that said:
BUFFALO
CHICKEN
OMELET
HELP
WANTED
And now I'm going to think about that forever.
Saw this neon sign lit up at night in NH and it cured what ails me.
(Photo and story from
indepthnh.org/2016/01/09/t...)
(Photo and story from
indepthnh.org/2016/01/09/t...)
September 7, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Saw this neon sign lit up at night in NH and it cured what ails me.
(Photo and story from
indepthnh.org/2016/01/09/t...)
(Photo and story from
indepthnh.org/2016/01/09/t...)
The joy of collecting stickers is only second to the joy of finally having a perfect use for said stickers.
August 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The joy of collecting stickers is only second to the joy of finally having a perfect use for said stickers.
(ad from the 1945 Colorado Springs Telephone Directory, Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company)
August 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
(ad from the 1945 Colorado Springs Telephone Directory, Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company)
DC isn't ready for the 1970s bowling shirt flair that I'm about to bring.
August 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
DC isn't ready for the 1970s bowling shirt flair that I'm about to bring.
Did you know you can get REGULAR HOME DELIVERY SERVICE from S&M Egg Ranch?
(1940s city directory ad)
(1940s city directory ad)
August 31, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Did you know you can get REGULAR HOME DELIVERY SERVICE from S&M Egg Ranch?
(1940s city directory ad)
(1940s city directory ad)
Would anyone be interested in viewing a photo archive of greeting cards from the 1930s-1980s?
Asking as someone who has just inherited literally hundreds of my great-grandmother's cards...
Asking as someone who has just inherited literally hundreds of my great-grandmother's cards...
August 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Would anyone be interested in viewing a photo archive of greeting cards from the 1930s-1980s?
Asking as someone who has just inherited literally hundreds of my great-grandmother's cards...
Asking as someone who has just inherited literally hundreds of my great-grandmother's cards...
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Minnesota State Fair: the quackening
August 21, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Minnesota State Fair: the quackening
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if none of the pasta shapes get a majority, it's first pasta post
118. PSRA/National Pasta Association, 1997: "Which one of the following kinds of pasta do you think best describes your personality? Would you say...spaghetti, elbow macaroni, bow tie or rotini or 'corkscrew-shaped' pasta?"
August 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
if none of the pasta shapes get a majority, it's first pasta post
Good moon alert!!
August 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Good moon alert!!
Perhaps biking 17 miles in one day is too much for someone who just got a bike a month ago.
August 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Perhaps biking 17 miles in one day is too much for someone who just got a bike a month ago.
Recent stress relief:
Reading the Largest Prehistoric Animals article on Wikipedia, opening the entries for random animals and going, "Wow, that sure is a big, huh."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest...
Reading the Largest Prehistoric Animals article on Wikipedia, opening the entries for random animals and going, "Wow, that sure is a big, huh."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest...
Largest prehistoric animals - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Recent stress relief:
Reading the Largest Prehistoric Animals article on Wikipedia, opening the entries for random animals and going, "Wow, that sure is a big, huh."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest...
Reading the Largest Prehistoric Animals article on Wikipedia, opening the entries for random animals and going, "Wow, that sure is a big, huh."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest...
Soda Water Time
Soda Water Place
(Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 3, 1905)
Soda Water Place
(Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 3, 1905)
July 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Soda Water Time
Soda Water Place
(Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 3, 1905)
Soda Water Place
(Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, August 3, 1905)
Old ads that make you go hmmm:
Clown croquet cookie campaign?
Clown croquet cookie campaign?
July 8, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Old ads that make you go hmmm:
Clown croquet cookie campaign?
Clown croquet cookie campaign?