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A colleague found this on the LOC website while searching for a computer background image. Too good not to share:
Title: Tamausagi songokū  Title Translation: 					Songoku and jewel hare. Creator(s): 						 				Taiso,  Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist  Date Created/Published:  					[between 1885 and 1890] Medium: 			     					   				 					1 print : woodcut, color ; 32 x 21.8 cm. Summary: 					Print shows Son Goku, a monkey sometimes known as the Monkey  King, holding a spiked sceptre and glaring at the Moon Rabbit, who  apparently lives on the moon.

A colleague found this on the LOC website while searching for a computer background image. Too good not to share:

Title: Tamausagi songokū
Title Translation: Songoku and jewel hare.
Creator(s): Taiso, Yoshitoshi, 1839-1892, artist
Date Created/Published: [between 1885 and 1890]
Medium: 1 print : woodcut, color ; 32 x 21.8 cm.
Summary: Print shows Son Goku, a monkey sometimes known as the Monkey King, holding a spiked sceptre and glaring at the Moon Rabbit, who apparently lives on the moon.

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We knew that, politically, once you get it into law, it becomes almost impossible to remove it. That’s not a bad legacy. The fact that we were able to lay the trap does feel pretty good, to tell you the truth.

White House communications director Dan Bartlett, quoted by the Daily Beast, on setting a trap for Democrats on tax cuts.— White House communications director Dan Bartlett, quoted by the Daily Beast, on setting a trap for Democrats on tax cuts.

Oy.

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my-ear-trumpet:

rundogrun:

slaughterhouse5: anotherladystranger:(via: moonrat)
 Edward Mordrake (sometimes written Edward Mordake) is claimed to be a 19th century heir to one of the peerages in England who had an extra face on the back of his head. According to the story, the extra face could neither eat nor speak, but it could laugh and cry. Edward begged doctors to have his ‘devil twin’ removed, because, supposedly, it whispered horrible things to him at night, but no doctor would attempt it. He committed suicide at the age of 23.






http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordrake

my-ear-trumpet:

rundogrun:

slaughterhouse5: anotherladystranger:(via: moonrat)

Edward Mordrake (sometimes written Edward Mordake) is claimed to be a 19th century heir to one of the peerages in England who had an extra face on the back of his head. According to the story, the extra face could neither eat nor speak, but it could laugh and cry. Edward begged doctors to have his ‘devil twin’ removed, because, supposedly, it whispered horrible things to him at night, but no doctor would attempt it. He committed suicide at the age of 23.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mordrake

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