uponatinythrone:

i have the biggest crush on Tombo

bogatyr:

Yakov Sverdlov.  Bolshevik party leader and an official of the Russian Soviet Republic for whom Yekaterinburg was renamed Sverdlovsk.

(Source: mysimpsonsblogisgreaterthanyours)

(Source: mysimpsonsblogisgreaterthanyours)

frickyeah1990s:

Roland Mesnier, who worked at the White House for 26 years beginning with the Carter administration, said when President Bill Clinton came into the White House in 1993, he had a “scary” appetite. 

“He could eat five or six pork chops.”  He recalls the episode of a strawberry cake he made one evening. Clinton devoured half of it all by himself, and the next morning he wanted more. ‘No one could find the cake,’ says Mesnier, who had a face-to-face with the distraught commander in chief. ‘Clinton was pounding on the table and shouting, “I want my goddamned cake.”’

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life:

Wednesday, May 29th, LIFE’s Ben Cosgrove and Liz Ronk will talk about the history of LIFE Magazine and dig into the archives for a multimedia presentation of some of the most iconic images published in the magazine and it’s current iteration, LIFE.com

More info here.

katasagoskata:

ancientpeoples:

Terracotta Vase in the Form of a Lobster Claw

ca. 460 BC

Greek, Classical

Because so many aspects of Greek life depended on the sea, a vase in the shape of a lobster claw is not surprising. It is, however, exceptional and may be a variant of the askos—a bag-shaped oil container provided with a vertical mouth and strap handle. The Dionysiac iconography of the lobster claw suggests that it was a novelty item used at symposia (drinking parties).

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art

najó, ilyet se láttam még..

trekgate:

Captain Kirk’s guide to Fighting.

1. The Kirk Kick
2. The Kirk Drop Kick
3. The Bowling Ball
4. The Human Projectile
5. The Kirk Chop
6. The Wall of Destruction
7. The Scissor Choke
8. The Kirk Double Fist

The (un)intentional feel up in The Human Projectile gets me every time.

Robert Mitchum refused to leave his corn when RKO’s car arrived while he was having dinner at Danny’s Hide-a-Way, New York, 1951 

(Source: whereidisthereshallegobe)

historicalbird:

Cone of Urukagina, Sumerian, ca. 2350 BCE

Urukagina, or Uruinimgina, king of Lagash, is known for his implementation of extensive government reform. This inscription details his reforms against abuse of the “old days” described as the excessive powers of the wealthy classes over the disenfranchised. The reform also included a ban on the traditional practice of polyandry as well as violent punishments against women who violated this ban. For this reason, it is sometimes referred to as the first written evidence of oppression against women.

The Louvre

ancientpeoples:

Panel in opus sectile with tiger assaulting a calf

Mosaic / Intarsia

First half of 4th century AD

Coloured marbles

Roman

(Source: Musei Capitolini)

naderm:

Pre-Scamble Africa, 1858