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The First Photographed US President

The website All That Is Interesting recently posted a little nugget about John Quincy Adams. Adams, it seems, was the first US President to be photographed. But according to the Tumblr blog Retro Campaigns, he was unhappy with the results: “Four daguerreotype likenesses of my head were taken, two of them jointly with the head [...]

By Kent Posted in Random Goodness June 4, 2012 – 9:32 am

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A Tribute to Maurice Sendak

Beloved author (notice we didn’t say “children’s author,” more on this in a bit) Maurice Sendak died at his home in Connecticut on Tuesday, May 8 at the age of 83. Obviously, we were huge fans. As a small tribute to this great talent, here’s a roundup of our favorite Sendak quotes. He wrote what [...]

By Alice Posted in Random Goodness May 9, 2012 – 4:09 pm

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Take Your Book and Wear It

You love books and you want to show it? Here are a few of our favorite ways to wear your love on your sleeve (and elsewhere): Interested in old books as jewelry? Learn more about Laura Bruland, of Yes and Yes Designs, and help kickstart her business! What’s your favorite book-themed accessory?

By Maggie Posted in Random Goodness April 30, 2012 – 1:40 pm

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Happy Cosmonaut Day!

Today is Cosmonaut Day! What is Cosmonaut Day? It’s a Russian holiday that celebrates the achievements of those brave men and women (and, we would like to add the dogs, rats, and monkeys who had no choice in the matter) who flew into space. So it’s only natural that on this day my thoughts would [...]

By Kent Posted in Random Goodness April 12, 2012 – 10:21 am