Life is short, make blunt statements.

Hello, welcome to my blog! I'm from California, U.S. My blog consists of anything that catches my eye - from cars, to television shows, and maybe even a little weed. Oh yea and cats. Enjoy! Icon image by Eldar Zakirov: https://www.behance.net/user/?username=EldarZakirov

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The Rubáíyát of a Persian kitten, Oliver Herford, 1912

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The Ithaca Journal, New York, December 4, 1922

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“live fast, die young. bad girls do it well” I sing as I organize my sock drawer before going to bed at 9:30pm on a Friday night

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Carrol Daily Times Herald, Iowa, February 12, 1951

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Carrol Daily Times Herald, Iowa, February 12, 1951

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Excellent map of where next Monday’s eclipse will be visible, and how much of the Sun will be covered by the Moon. https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/

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Brochure car demonstrating all the available colors for 1970 Plymouths.

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The dangers of marijuana: 13 vintage anti-weed film posters from the Reefer Madness era.

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mood: a wealthy 18th century woman who needs to lie down for hours after anything remotely distressing happens

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MMMMMMMMMMM YUMMY YUMMY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNCNNCHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

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mmmmmmmmmmmmmm crunch

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Jarek Puczel aka Jaroslaw Puczel (Polish, b. 1965, Kętrzyn, Poland) - At The Hairdresser, 2015  Paintings: Oil, Acrylics on Canvas 

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Tsuruta ichirō 鶴田一郎 (1954 - )

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Memes aside, these cats are so! interesting!

The artist’s name is Louis Wain.  He originally made a living as a cartoonist in the late 1880′s, usually drawing naturalistic albeit anthropomorphic cats in humorous situations, such as playing cards or enjoying a night at the opera.  His work was published in newspapers, magazines, children’s books, and on postcards.

However, after the death of his mother, Wain’s art began to show signs of the decline of his mental condition.  Most modern sources cite schizophrenia, although some suggest that he may have had Asperger’s syndrome.  Wain began to have a harder time discerning fantasy from reality and his artwork took on a different tone.  The cats appear to have suspicious expressions and the backgrounds are noticeably more psychedelic.

He was committed to a mental hospital in 1924 at the age of 64 after his sisters became unable to cope with his erratic and sometimes violent behaviour.  Wain was transferred from institution to institution until 1930, where he settled at Napsbury Hospital, north of London, where he stayed for his final 15 years.  Napsbury had a large garden and a colony of cats who roamed there.  Wain continued to paint there, and although the feline subjects of his works remained the same, his works become increasingly abstract and technicolored, sometimes to the point of no longer resembling the furry felines at all.

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My plan to create a perfectly flat and level Kansas by moving 5,501 cubic miles of earth from west to east. It’s the ideal Kansas. Still some details to work out about rivers, roads, etc. Watch out for the 900-foot cliff bisecting Kansas City.

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