Category Archives: Frivolity

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Gilding the bathroom

Posted on July 1, 2007 by cicada

This gorgeous glowing artifact is, believe it or not, the basin of the sink in the guest bath at Lakewold Gardens. It was also the closest thing to the sun that I saw all day. Love ya, Seattle!

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Real or not?

Posted on June 29, 2007 by cicada

This quiz asks you to differentiate between real photographs and computer-generated images. Regrettably, I only got 7 of 10 right – CGI is beginning to scare me! Via

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A is for Ape

Posted on June 26, 2007 by cicada

“Alphabet Animals” series #38 Copyright A.S. Meeker, 1910 A fabulous find out of a drawer of old postcards in an antique shop in a very small town. The original recipient (in February of 1912) was Miss Katie Hedler of Idaho. … Continue reading →

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A Warning

Posted on June 23, 2007 by cicada

Despair Inc.’s custom Parody Motivator Generator is too much fun.

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And who exactly would Mother Goose’s “peers” be? Peter Rabbit and Squirrel Nutkin?

Posted on June 23, 2007 by cicada

My PhD is four years old, and has long lost what transient lustre it held for me. Yet I’m somehow still involved in never-ending rounds of revision on a paper based on graduate work to which I will never return. … Continue reading →

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Hearts, to be worn on the sleeve

Posted on June 6, 2007 by cicada

Boîtes à trésors: Anatomie series Lyndie Dourthe These beaded, embroidered stick pins are an odd but charming intersection of old-school anatomy with bohemian embellishment. Who doesn’t like sparkly little skulls? (Certainly not Damien Hirst.)

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Brilliant but flawed (and unfortunately fictional)

Posted on May 30, 2007 by cicada

This is so self-indulgent, I have to apologize in advance. But I couldn’t resist posting Lily Burana’s description of the redoubtable, delectable Hugh Laurie in House, M.D.: Constantly described as “brilliant but flawed,” House speaks to the part of us … Continue reading →

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Miss Piggy gets medieval on some orcs

Posted on May 30, 2007 by cicada

You go, girlfriend. From a window display in a comic book store in Toronto. Go see the rest of the photos for the Middle-earth doppelgangers of Beaker, Animal, the Chef, etc. (warning: Muppet blood is involved). Via the essential Table … Continue reading →

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Spoiler Alert

Posted on May 25, 2007 by cicada

I think this might be how Lost is going to end! (C’mon, like you have a better idea?) Original creator of this image unknown – found here.

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17 praeternatural Rabbits

Posted on May 25, 2007 by cicada

Cunicularii engraving William Hogarth Here’s a gem of weirdness that I somehow missed, courtesy of Providentia: Towards the end of the year 1726, a rather astounding revelation involving a 25-year old maidservant named Mary Tofts came out. Contemporary sources described … Continue reading →

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