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June 8, 2024

'When a comic strip character retires, does their soul live on in the afterlife?'

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Above, a 2010 episode of "Pearls Before Swine" by Stephan Pastis, in which he paid tribute to Cathy Guisewite's autobiographical strip "Cathy," which she retired on October 3, 2010 after 34 years.

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Intel Lab Smock, 1968

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"Before the introduction of the clean room bunnysuit, lab coats were the required garment. During the popularity of the miniskirt, ladies often shortened their lab coats to miniskirt lengths [below, 1969]."

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[via the Intel Museum]

June 8, 2024 at 12:01 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Japanese Ikebana Baskets

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$295-$14,000.

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