Twain wrote this mild burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time in three weeks, trying to alleviate some serious financial problems.
— Item description, "Mark Twain [Samuel L. Clemens]. Tom Sawyer Detective. As Told by Huck Finn and Other Tales. London: Chatto & Windus, 1897." Johnson County Museum, “Whodunit? Key Books in Detective Fiction,” The Grolier Club
At first I thought a few stones of each different shape would be enough. But then I understood in their thousands they give a sense of community. For me the quantity is sacred. It takes a lot to build a cathedral.
— Luigi Lineri via @lostfoundartny
Speculative tote bag.
— Ian Erickson
Frank has also designed many of the secure checks that banks and Fortune 500 companies use every day
— Title card, Catch Me If You Can
It was black type on red paper, you know, and they send it like that so you can't copy it.
— Robert Downey Jr., "Robert Downey Jr. & Mark Ruffalo | Actors on Actors"
Come back to visit.
— Tom (probably paraphrased)
“I just want a reaction,” he said.
— Callie Holtermann, "394 Hot Dog Ice Sculptures Later, He Quit His Day Job," The New York Times
6/4/13
— Date on tracing paper
It's my artwork.
— Carlo Ferraris when I asked what the coins in the wall were
Oh! I think I won the golden ticket.
— Lily seeing heart shaped Cheerios
I can help you with that.
— Best Buy employee
The Boston Public Library gives you $20 of free printing every month.
Black and white pages are 20 cents per page.
Color prints are 75 cents per page.
— @onlyinbos
Bookmark
By Russell Weekes
This bookmark can also be folded and used to temporarily fix a wobbly table or chair.
— @temporaryunit
@godisstupidsexyflanders But they make a great cup
— @jerrysaltz reply to @godisstupidsexyflanders
comment "buccees donated money to the governor of Texas that is anti abortion and the company is very right wing" on @calebwsimpson's Instagram video tour of Jerry Saltz's appartment where he shows a Buc-ee's cup
cast in order of height
— Opening credits for The Bed-Sitting Room via @celestefichter
Yeah nowadays he couldn't do that lmao
— @_martillo._ comment on @welcome.jpeg "Bruce Gilden’s close-up approach to street photography give his images a degree of intimacy and directness that have become a signature in his work. In the first two slides, Bruce describes his process and what he looks for when taking photos."
once grandpa told me he doesn't remember books he's read
which helped me realize i could technically have read every book
— Lily in a text
When Bill Clinton left office after eight years, there was no Facebook, YouTube, iPod (let alone iPhone) or Tesla. Bill Clinton today is younger than both Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
— @danprimack via @esaagar
I just bought this disposable camera and it seems it accidentally took a photo from the camera factory
— @dustycohen
Have you found that runny noses are harder to count?
— One of many jokes from museum visitors