Cast of a Dog Killed by the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

In 1863, the director of excavations at Pompeii, the city buried by a volcanic blast in 79 A.D., developed a way to make casts of the victims—or, better put, the voids left where their bodies had disintegrated. The ghostly plast...

A thought experiment from George Lazenby.

Imagine you are lifted out of your house through a window. Your body rises above the roof and soon the outlines of your neighborhood come into view. You begin to recognize where you live from the satellite images on Google Maps. Maybe you figure o...

Pig saves goat.

iOS6 Schadenfreude.

Bows like woah.

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Hurt Snake.

I Think âTime Freckleâ Is My Favorite âJust select these symbols on your light boxâ: Double ValleyDouble ValleyDouble ValleyTime freckleDouble ValleyOwlâs eyesStringless harpBroken ladderHurt snakeFine snakeFat snakeOwlâ...

Ernest Hemingway’s sons

“I live mostly in the past these days.” Go read "Ernest Hemingway's sons" by David Lansing. It'll only take a second.

Endeavor

Flying over the Texas State Capitol and the Frost Bank Tower. Right above 11th street, it looks like. [via wendesgray.]

Twists

Henry Rollins on Longing

“I think it’s great for two people to be together. That is a good number. I think, that to keep it alive though, you can’t spend every day together. It wears out the magic, Love means nothing to me if it’s not fortified with fierce, painful l...