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[dayaftermoon]

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[sweet-musics-throne]

[ultrajumpinthings]

[duhasst]

[theautomaticpencil]

Residential Design by Mohammad Samiee

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Oldest New World-Depicting Globe (dating back to circa 1500 – 1504 AD) [960 x 860]

[sswing-statess]

I would ask you on a date but you are far away, and intimidating! Smart, sexy and funny.

[hairnteeth]

[sswing-statess]

When you find your friend on Grindr

[v171]

R u gay4pay??

God wouldn’t that be a good idea. I’m gay for free like an idiot. 

[gangler]

Barnes and Nobles is gonna start serving food and alcohol.

Everybody’s cracking jokes about how it’s a desperate attempt to stay relevant in the age of Amazon.

But you know what? Props to them. This is exactly what Blockbuster didn’t do. At no point was Blockbuster like “Hey, movie rentals aren’t the lucrative enterprise they once were. Perhaps it’s time we become known for our cheesy garlic bread.”

[mackasaurussex]

Okay but…if someone wants to take me on a date to a Barnes and noble and get me dinner and a drink and then let me peruse the stacks like I’m not saying no. A sandwich, a beer, and 2-5 books on various topics I hope I’ll someday read about? Good night.

[silvysartfulness]

The Swedish equivalent of Blockbuster is now best known for its candy, snacks and sodas.

[thestraggletag]

This is El Ateneo Grand Splendid, an old theatre turned bookstore in Buenos Aires:

The stage itself was turned into a cafe:

You can’t even begin to comprehend the massive amounts of money this place makes, despite the fact that they turned the theatre boxes into reading nooks like this:

I’ve literally spent days holed up in there reading books for free while also consuming massive amounts of coffee and pastries.

Adapt or die, people.

[frayedcobweb]

Take me to Buenos freaking Aires… Leave me in this bookshop… Never look for me, you will not find me again.

[1980s1990s]

Alien (1979)

[nobeerreviews]

Nobody sees a flower - really - it is so small it takes time - we haven’t time - and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time.

– Georgia O'Keeffe

[crossconnectmag]

Etienne Jacob:  New Work

Etienne Jacobs, who has been featured in Cross Connect before, is a 24 year old from France working on a Masters Degree in Applied Mathematics.  He saw the work of Wavegrower and was inspired:  He wanted to do the same kind of thing.  He succeeded.  Now you see his gifs all over Tumblr, and for good reason.  While they are generative based on math, they are also extremely seductive experiences for a viewer because he has a great sense of motion and design - and he makes great vortices.  Why just black and white?  Again, being inspired by Wavegrower, he said about other colors ‘I feel like it adds nothing, it is unnecessary’.  I have to agree.  His gifs are perfect for now, as is.

You can see more of his work at Necessary Disorder

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[having-it-all]

Alessandro Tofanelli (1959 -) The Unexpected Guest 2, oil on canvas

[historyarchaeologyartefacts]

Roman mosaic of Medusa, amazing depth in the design, Italy, ca 100-150 AD, currently at Getty Museum [960 x 860]