This is the grave of J. Walter Thompson. Born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1847, James Walter Thompson grew up in the area. He was in the Navy during the Civil War, serving on the USS Saratoga. This led to a lifelong love of sailing, which...
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When was the last time you thought about Totino's frozen pizza? When you were 16 and hated good food? Me too. That's some nasty "pizza." And other frozen pizza-like products..
Wow. H/t Amanda Marcotte
(It goes without saying that this is another one of those posts.) First of all, let me begin with what I won't be talking about: race. It's clearly going to be an abiding issue this season–it bookends "A Little Kiss," first as an insensitive tragedy, later...
Reading CJ Chivers' The Gun, which is more of a history of automatic firearms than of the AK-47 itself. He mentions this advertisement, which is just 95 kinds of awesome..
Bill Maher. I think it was the guy who owned the Cowboys back in the 1970s who pointed out that the NFL owners were a group of "28 capitalists who.
Apparently depends on who you ask. My kids' favorite:(Though, it did make me wonder: does Google really need to advertise?)Personally, I thought this one was pretty awesome, if only for the laugh factor:If nothing else, I can have my students pick this one apart on...