Friday, February 9, 2024
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
Thursday, February 8, 2024
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
Wednesday, February 7, 2024
Speculative tote bag.
— Ian Erickson
Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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
Monday, February 5, 2024
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"
Sunday, February 4, 2024
Come back to visit.
— Tom (probably paraphrased)
Saturday, February 3, 2024
“I just want a reaction,” he said.
— Callie Holtermann, "394 Hot Dog Ice Sculptures Later, He Quit His Day Job," The New York Times
Friday, February 2, 2024
6/4/13
— Date on tracing paper
Thursday, February 1, 2024
It's my artwork.
— Carlo Ferraris when I asked what the coins in the wall were
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Oh! I think I won the golden ticket.
— Lily seeing heart shaped Cheerios
Tuesday, January 30, 2024
I can help you with that.
— Best Buy employee
Monday, January 29, 2024
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
Sunday, January 28, 2024
Bookmark
By Russell Weekes
This bookmark can also be folded and used to temporarily fix a wobbly table or chair.
— @temporaryunit
Saturday, January 27, 2024
@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
Friday, January 26, 2024
cast in order of height
— Opening credits for The Bed-Sitting Room via @celestefichter
Thursday, January 25, 2024
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."
Wednesday, January 24, 2024
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
Tuesday, January 23, 2024
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
Monday, January 22, 2024
I just bought this disposable camera and it seems it accidentally took a photo from the camera factory
— @dustycohen
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Have you found that runny noses are harder to count?
— One of many jokes from museum visitors