Army Sports, 1867

From: Chronicles of the American Civil War

The following extract is from the letter of a soldier in the army of the Potomac:—"I was accidentally a witness of a most interesting scene the other day, which occured close to the camp of the 141st New York regiment. It was a rabbit hunt, in which a whole company participated, and conducted it on strictly military principles...

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Carlyle

Carlyle
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Airplane Theology

“God Is My Co-Pilot”, “If God Is Your Co-Pilot, Change Seats”, “dog Is My Co-Pilot”

If I am on a plane with God, who is where?

God is the pilot. That part is easy.

Where am I? Co-pilot? Passenger? If so, first class or coach?

How about steward?

Still Life?

Still Life?
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Beatrice The Cat

Beatrice
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Erwin The Cat

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Erwin Eyes The Camera

QOTD

" So let us then try to climb the mountain, not by stepping on what is below us, but to pull us up at what is above us, for my part at the stars; amen"

M.C.Escher

write right

Common Errors in English

Maybe if I read all of them I can learn to right write. Wait. Stop. Reverse that. I love writing better. I hate meaningless rules. For example, why oughtn't sentences end with a preposition? Answer me that. I dare you.

From the "Cool Hacks" Department

Here is a man who, seeing that his wife was suffering, responded as a Man, a Husband, a Nerd. Here is a man we can all learn from. A man who fused the old with the new, who took from the past and blended it with the future and presented his wife with a solution to a problem.

You ask for sexy technology? Not the iPOD, my friend, but this.