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  • Keith Hefner, Credited with Playboy 'Bunny Dip,' Died Friday

    04/11/2016 6:49:33 AM PDT · by KeyLargo · 26 replies
    Illinois Patch ^ | April 8, 2016 | Dennis Robaugh
    Keith Hefner, Credited with Playboy 'Bunny Dip,' Died Friday Born in Chicago, Hugh Hefner's younger brother was a longtime executive with Playboy and played a role in creating the Playboy Club. Chicago, IL By Dennis Robaugh (Patch National Staff) - April 8, 2016 10:54 pm ET BEVERLY HILLS, CA -- Keith Hefner, an entertainer, Playboy executive and the younger brother of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, died at his Beverly Hills home Friday following a battle with cancer. He was 87. The younger Hefner was a fixture on the reality TV show about Hugh's life with his three girlfriends, The Girls...
  • Where does this photo come from ?

    04/09/2016 8:42:41 AM PDT · by knarf · 58 replies
    FB ^ | April 9, 2016 | knarf
    I received a FB post with this photo and I cannot find it in a search ....Does anyone know where and when this photo was taken ?thanx
  • What Will Hillary Clinton's Prison Tattoos Be?

    04/08/2016 11:45:36 AM PDT · by blueunicorn6 · 45 replies
    Old Prison Movies | 4/8/2016 | blueunicorn6
    What tattoos do you think our girl Hillary Clinton will get while she is in prison? Is she the delicate butterfly type or the scary skull type? I'm thinking she'll get "HRC + RMN Forever". Keep it somewhat clean.
  • Love is in the armpit at New York's Smell Dating

    04/05/2016 6:55:32 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 14 replies
    Reuters ^ | March 24, 2016 | Barbara Goldberg and Angela Moore
    Love at first whiff is the idea behind Smell Dating, a New York matchmaking service that promises to help single people sniff out their perfect match by breathing in the odors from dirty T-shirts. Artist Tega Brain, who teaches at New York's School for Poetic Computation, and Sam Lavigne, an editor and researcher at New York University, created Smell Dating, which they describe as an art project.
  • Libs being Lib - Can't Make This Up or Not !?

    04/02/2016 8:15:02 AM PDT · by urtax$@work · 7 replies
    Glasstire ^ | April 2, 2016 | myself
    Libs being Lib - Can't Make This Up - Or not!?
  • My Beautiful America

    04/01/2016 2:10:07 PM PDT · by V K Lee · 8 replies
    https://www.youtube.com/ ^ | n/a | Charlie Daniels
    Charlie Daniels has shown this on CBS and it was so beautiful, filled with such memories it must be shared here. This is the video shown on the teevee broadcast, and one each of US should remember in our hearts...all this is what makes US a PROUD AMERICAN! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2AEkfjc6-o
  • Chris Pratt erects giant cross on Easter

    03/31/2016 5:57:16 PM PDT · by SMGFan · 9 replies
    NYDaily News ^ | March 28, 2016
    Chris Pratt is more than a guardian of the galaxy, he’s also one of his faith. Pratt, 36, spent Easter building a simple yet enormous cross. He documented the journey of the giant structure on his Instagram. First, he picked the perfect locale. And a photo of his finger pointing down to the site, from the sky, has the look of the hand of God.
  • Retro Photos

    03/28/2016 3:27:46 PM PDT · by V K Lee · 21 replies
    shorpy.com/ ^ | n/a | N/A
    A site that states it always has something interesting
  • 240 years ago today, Spanish explorers reached San Francisco and founded the modern city

    03/28/2016 12:44:37 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 33 replies
    SFGate ^ | March 28, 2016 | Katie Dowd
    On March 28, 1776, Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and a small band of settlers reached San Francisco and laid the groundwork what would become the city's first major landmarks: the Presidio and Mission San Francisco de Asis. Captain de Anza's arrival in San Francisco was the culmination of a long trek from Arizona with 247 soldiers, women and children. The expedition was commissioned by the Mexican viceroy, who hoped to establish a permanent settlement there.
  • The most beautiful streets in San Francisco

    03/28/2016 12:38:16 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 28 replies
    SFGate ^ | March 28, 2016 | Meera Pal
    From tiny Napier Lane to colorful Clarion Alley, the city is full of special pockets that offer some of the most beautiful streets to walk along. There are the standard tourist traps (yes, Lombard St. is on the list), but we wanted to create a list that included the charming, hidden gems.
  • STICK THIS ON IN THE BACKGROUND

    03/28/2016 7:16:38 AM PDT · by knarf · 8 replies
    youtube ^ | March 28, 2016 | knarf
    Just ..... relax .......
  • Fat Cat Art

    03/25/2016 4:34:41 PM PDT · by Huntress · 17 replies
    FatCatArt ^ | 3/25/16 | Svetlana Petrova and Zarathustra the Cat
    http://fatcatart.com/my/?lang=en
  • Occasional birdy thread....

    03/25/2016 4:17:48 PM PDT · by Islander7 · 28 replies
    Me ^ | March 25, 2016 | Me
    Osprey alights on a snag above his nest to check me out and voice his displeasure with my presence.
  • Brian Shul - From Butterflies to Blackbirds

    03/24/2016 3:57:32 PM PDT · by Twotone · 7 replies
    Youtube ^ | Unknown | Brian Shul
    Tired of politics? Set aside some time, get a glass of what you like and settle in. Brian Shul is the real McCoy. He crashed at the end of the Vietnam War in Cambodia, with very little chance of survival... and beat the odds. He is funny and informative; he did it and lived to tell the story. There are very few around like him. There are good public speakers, and then there's Brian Shul. He talks about life's choices and outcomes, but laced within his message are incredible stories of his years as an SR71 Blackbird pilot. The SR...
  • The Worcester Art Museum's New Exhibit Is All Cats, All the Time

    03/24/2016 12:12:45 PM PDT · by afraidfortherepublic · 22 replies
    Smithsonian ^ | 3-11-16 | Danny Lewis
    New art exhibit will trace humans' captivation with cats throughout history Thanks to the Internet, it can sometimes seem like cats have taken over every aspect of popular culture. Funny videos and goofy photos may be firmly under their furry paws, but now not even fine art seems to be able to resist their feline allure. Now, Massachusetts' Worcester Art Museum is hosting a new exhibition dedicated to cats in art from ancient Egypt all the way up to the modern day. Cat memes might seem like a modern phenomenon, but the expressive animals have intrigued artists for thousands of...
  • Esther and the King (1960)

    03/24/2016 11:56:54 AM PDT · by Zionist Conspirator · 5 replies
    YouTube ^ | 4/24/'13 | ClassicHollywood
    Click on the link to watch the movie.
  • The dead water parks at the heart of Disney World Florida

    03/24/2016 10:41:33 AM PDT · by kingu · 66 replies
    bbc.co.uk Newsbeat ^ | March 20, 2016 | staff
    Just east of the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, Florida, is a lake. In the middle of Bay Lake is an island that Disney won't let anyone set foot on. That's because Discovery Island is home to an abandoned park that they'd rather nobody saw. Just across the water is another deserted park, River Country. These images show nature reclaiming what Disney left behind. These are the only Disney parks to close permanently. Discovery Island was a nature reserve open between 1974 and 1999 and River Country, a water theme park, operated from 1976 to 2001.
  • 20 Cute Gifs for National Puppy Day

    03/23/2016 2:41:57 PM PDT · by afraidfortherepublic · 29 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 3-23-16 | Tyler O'Neill
    Today is National Puppy Day, which means that across the country -- and maybe in other parts of the world -- men and women, boys and girls, are spending quality time with their little dogs, or enjoying cute gifs on the Internet. National Puppy Day was founded in 2006 by "Celebrity Pet & Home Lifestyle Expert and Author" Colleen Page, who also founded National Dog Day and National Cat Day. Paige intended National Puppy Day to celebrate "the magic and unconditional love that puppies bring to our lives," according to the day's official website. "More importantly, it's a day to...
  • The Man Who Develops the World's Found Film

    03/22/2016 2:43:17 PM PDT · by NYer · 25 replies
    Atlas Obscura ^ | March 21, 2016 | Andy Wright
    Some of Bettwieser's recovered film includes photographs from World War II.  (All Photos: Courtesy The Rescued Film Project)It’s happened to everyone. You’re rifling through a bin at a thrift store, or a garage sale, or an unmarked box in your attic, and you find an undeveloped roll of film. The thought crosses your mind: should I get this developed? See what’s on it?But who has time these days to find a convenient place to develop it, let alone pay for the process.That question, and that obstacle, are exactly what led Boise, Idaho-based photographer and video producer Levi Bettwieser to...
  • In Honor Of Lavoy Finicum

    03/20/2016 8:01:37 PM PDT · by knarf · 27 replies
    youtube ^ | March 20, 2016 | various
    We lost a man