KKK
The KKK Now
I once owned a KKK outfit owned by my grandmother (KKK = Ku Klux Klan – warning – this will take you to the actual KKK Website, so you may not want to contribute to their online numbers) . What happened to that canvas-like outfit? I don’t know…I left it at her house, and I believe a cousin took it (and you know which cousin you are…as do all the other cousins). That loss – which is tantamount to a Chicago museum loss – doesn’t matter so much as how and why my grandparents joined the KKK in the early 1940s in the south in the first place.
The World Clock Project
The World Clock Project is interested in collecting as many pictures of clocks as possible from as many different people as possible from around the world. The goal is to gather enough pictures to account for all the minutes of the day (that’s a bit of an obsession, don’t you think?). Upon that accomplishment, they [...]
Do You Have an Obsession?
Stephen Chrisomalis has compiled a list of “manias” that are fascinating to read through. Some of these mania words represent clinical illnesses, while others are merely facetious. As Stephen states, “They show the range of unusual and weird things with which one can become obsessed.” Here are a few from that page…
agromania – intense desire [...]
Photos of the Day: Bills and Buildings
A clever series of shots lining up currency with the D.C. buildings depicted on them…via: dcist.
