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October 12, 2013
Being Okay With Loneliness — by Benny Profane
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The remarkable essay above appeared as an review on Amazon of the Heimlich Helper, featured here on October 4.
Who is Benny Profane?
That I cannot tell you but all 60 of his — or her — Amazon reviews are here.
Perhaps by reading them you can figure it out.
If you do, please let me/us know.
Thanks in advance.
October 12, 2013 at 08:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack
Pompeii Sofa — Mattia Bonetti
His 2013 design is made of bronze and color-filled travertine.
October 12, 2013 at 04:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
What the world would look like if countries were as big as their online populations
Rebecca Rosen's in-depth Atlantic magazine back story here.
[via VQR]
October 12, 2013 at 12:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack
What is it?
Answer here this time tomorrow.
And no: "A glass" will not suffice.
Hint: smaller than a bread box.
Another: legal in all 50 states.
A third: suitable for both indoor and outdoor use.
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Catme 13/Glass Effect 96: St. Vincent of Lambeau, Patron Saint of the Green Bay Packers — through Google Glass
We met a remarkable individual outside Lambeau Field in Green Bay this past Sunday, prior to the Packers-Lions tilt.
Videre est credere.
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Cristóbal Balenciaga's trapezoidal wedding dress with a monastic hood (1967)
Cristóbal Balenciaga's trapezoidal wedding dress with a monastic hood from 1967.
Photograph by Tom Kublin.
[via the New York Times]
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