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The Messy Nessy Chic Best of 2015 Countdown

I suppose this would normally be the time where I talk about our annual growth, achievements and what not, but really, I’m a creature that doesn’t like change all that much. I could talk about our first big acquisition offer which came in 2015, but then again, we turned that down. I got some really great press coverage this year,…

Oh, Just a Gingerbread House Rendition of the Overlook Hotel from “The Shining”

Nothing says “Happy Holidays” quite like a cult horror movie turned miniature winter wonderland in the form of everybody’s favourite Christmas cookie! Come play with us… I logged on to Reddit to see what the online bulletin board had to share this Christmas Eve, and found something rather remarkable– this 4×5 foot wide homemade gingerbread house…

A Groovy Fashion Show in 1960s Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan was once known as the Paris of Central Asia. During the late 1960s, goat-skin coats were Afghanistan’s biggest fashion export, gracing the pages of Vogue and copied by designers for the chicest hippies longing for adventure along the Silk Road. For a December 1969 Vogue issue, photographer Fred Maroon and a team of American stylists arrived in Kabul…

10 Reasons Why Archeology is the Coolest Job Ever

Indiana Jones may have exaggerated a little bit about the job, but you still get to dress like Alan Grant from Jurassic Park, travel all over the world and uncover some mind-blowing relics of the past. Here’s 10 reminders of why this is the coolest career going. 1. That time they discovered the Easter Island Statues have Bodies There…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLXVIII)

1. This Autochrome, taken in 1905 Two young women in colorful traditional costumes, circa 1905, France. Found on AntiqPhoto. 2. The Library of Things Not a bad idea: The Sacramento Public Library started a “Library of Things” earlier this year, allowing patrons to check out a variety of tools, technology, home appliances and other…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CLI)

1. Late Victorian Mountaineers Late Victorian mountaineers, including a lady fully dressed and corseted, cross a crevasse in the Alps, 1900 (from Getty Images’ book “Decades of the 20th Century—1900s” by Nick Yapp, scanned by WeirdVintage). 2. The Perils of Wearing Crinolines on Public Transportation, 1850s In 1858, crinolines had to be hung outside public transportation to get aboard.…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CL)

1. A Vast, Private Collection of Tiny Folk-Art by Unknown Artisans Few know exactly what to call the collection of Americana that fills Steven Burke and Randy Campbell’s Greek Revival compound that fills Steven Burke and Randy Campbell’s Greek Revival compound in Hillsborough, N.C. “Neither common nor rare, they have never taken shape as a category…

How Batman Obsessively Labelled his Gadgets in the 1960s

If you thought Bruce Wayne was doing anything other than clearly labelling all of his Bat possessions in between his and Robins crime-busting escapades during the 1960s, you’d be very mistaken… Batman had convenient little labels on absolutely everything when he was on television between 1966 and 1968. Even his arch enemies were super meticulous about indicating…

Invasion of the Vine that Ate the South

No really, that’s its nickname, “the vine that ate the South“; Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Florida most notably swallowed by the invader so far. Kudzu is known as the most serious and aggressive invasive plant in the United States, spreading in the southern states at a rate of 150,000 acres a year, thirty…

13 Things I Found on the Internet Today (Vol. CXLXVII)

1. Enjoying a round of mini-golf on the roof of the Seneca Hotel, 1930 The Seneca, 200 E Chestnut,Chicago, is now an apartment building. Found on Calumet 412. 2. This is how Jeeps were shipped during WW2 (Some assembly required). Some great additional reading found here, images found on Reddit and this forum, and…

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