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I mean, why on earth (outside sickness and hangovers) aren’t people continually drunk? I want ecstasy of the mind all the time.

Jack Kerouac, 1957 (via laphamsquarterly-blog)

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Paul McCartney.

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Alien concept art by Moebius, aka Jean Giraud.

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The Man With the Golden Gun

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Word of the Day: cole-prophet

n. One who pretends, by magic or occult means, to predict the future, tell fortunes

Image: “Josephine and the Fortune-Teller” by David Wilkie. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

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Self-portraits by Sammy Davis, Jr.

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The single best joke told by every president, from Obama to Washington. 

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The difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have power to lock up the insane.

Hunter S. Thompson, The Art of Journalism No. 1 (via theparisreview)

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How to get an A on everything

1. Commit adultery in a 17th century Puritan town

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German Mauser 1918 T-Gewehr Anti-Tank Rifle chambered in 13.2 x 92mm

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Harlem, New York City, a 1952 photo by Gordon Parks

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Reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

Annie Proulx, The Art of Fiction No. 199 (via theparisreview)

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Old School Fencing Ladies

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Woodrow Wilson, College of New Jersey (Princeton) Class of 1879, has made an impact on the lives and experiences of generations of Princeton students and other Americans. If you’re local, stop by the new exhibit that opened this week at the Woodrow Wilson School and take the opportunity to write your own thoughts about his legacy on the index cards provided. You can also join in the free and public discussion April 8. Local or not, you can view the online exhibit and participate in the conversation on Twitter with the hashtag #RevisitWilson.