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ArtDaily: Treasure hunter Greg Brooks of Sub Sea Research says he found $3B WWII wreck.

Nations seem to temporarily misplace their ships ...

CNN: Prosecutors drop Lance Armstrong doping investigation.

Free, but probably won’t be the last. Whether you believe or not, some will forever dog him.

Jay Mug: Ira Glass to all beginners …

May not want to hear it, but it’s the best advice.

LA Review of Books: An Appreciation for James Hillman (1926-2011).

“The soul sees by means of affliction … the wound and the eye are one and the same.” I have to admit, shamefacedly, that I missed the announcement of James Hillman’s demise on October of last year. A great man. The NY Times did him a disservice by prominently linking him to the Bly/Men’s movement. Hillman was so much more than that. His books got me through some rough patches with grace and style, linking today’s modernity to Greek myth (myth being a continuing thread in my life). I had the opportunity to meet and thank him in person here in Santa Fe. I will cherish that memory. Rest in peace, James. 

Flickr: myvintagevogue.

Scans from vintage Vogue magazines. I expect this poster may run smack dab into a copyright challenge shortly (yet I hope not), so enjoy while you can.

BBC News: Lifting the Cutty Sark into place.

A bit o’ melodrama, what?

autoblog: Huet Brothers returning with handsome new retro coupe [w/video].

I love an inline six, however ... the body’s trying too hard, it’s too much of a mash-up and not enough originality. IMHO.

LA Times: ‘Soul Train’ creator Don Cornelius dead in apparent suicide.

For teen guys, way back when, he was the voice we all wanted to have when our voices changed. Rest in peace.

Flavorwire: The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World.

Aaah.

SF New Mexican: Bin Laden hideout replicated at old prison for Navy SEAL film.

You never know what you’re gonna see in this crazy state ...

Shorpy: The Big Pennsylvania Hole - 1908.

My last years in NYC, I looked down over the hole to Penn Station. In the 80’s and 90’s. This is just astonishing to see, then. Click on it to view large.

Design You Trust: Vikings in Shetland.

They go all out. Look at the beards and costumes!

The Art Newspaper: Earliest copy of Mona Lisa found in Prado.

Hey, wow. She’s not a dowager.

WaPo: Scientists close to entering Vostok, Antarctica’s biggest subglacial lake.

“… although the lake has not ‘felt the wind’ in 20 million to 30 million years, the water in it is not as ancient — in the 100,000s to low millions of years old. The only ancient water present, she said, is probably in the sediment at the bottom.” The lake’s apparently quite gassy - if we hear a roar sometime next week, it’ll be Vostok spewing like a champagne bottle into the atmosphere.

ArtDaily: Ten fantasy portraits by Tiepolo shown for the first time at Fundación Juan March.

Conceptual art, from the 1700’s? Sign me up.

Photographers Gallery: Auto Waitress, by Murray Garrett.

Well, look at that.

SF New Mexican: State to hold tours of 1980 prison riot site.

“The idea for the 90-minute tours followed Gov. Susana Martinez’s request that all state government departments organize public events in connection with the state’s Centennial celebration this year, Corrections Department spokeswoman Rosie Sais said.” Well, that’s one way to celebrate, I suppose. I would like to get in there and take some harrowing photographs.

ShortFormBlog: Gingrich robocall says Romney forced Holocaust survivors to eat non-kosher.

And he wants to be President. Like that’s gonna happen. A regular William Randolph Hearst, he is.

Guardian.UK: What’s become of corporate society?

“… in the chaotic new economy emerging from the financial crisis many people are finding, to their immense cost, that the jobs they worked so hard to have already been eliminated as business models are transformed overnight by new technology. Its not just a job for life that is a thing of the past, but a job at all in an economy where over one third of the workforce are freelance, in what many are describing as the industrial revolution of our time.” A worthy read. Make time for this one.

NotCot: Vintage Wooden Soda Crates.

Dang. Nice find.

CSM: Volcanic eruptions emerge as lead cause for Little Ice Age.

“Globally, temperatures averaged a modest 0.6 degrees Celsius, or about 1 degree Fahrenheit cooler than usual. But regionally, cooling could be profound. Glaciers in the Alps grew, bulldozing mountain villages. In Europe, the growing season became shorter, with spring and summers often cold and wet, triggering famines.” Averages never tell the story.

InspireFirst: The Vintage Acme Catalog,

The Acme Catalog of Wile E. Coyote. Fun.

A Continuous Lean.: 1978 Toyota Land Cruiser.

As I’ve expressed about a billion times here on the blog, an FJ40 is the perfect car for Santa Fe. Restored? DROOL.

Mail Online.UK: British tourists arrested in America on terror charges over Twitter jokes.

The DHS and TSA have lost it. Read the article. Apparently our security systems can’t handle British humor. Beyond that, and to cap it off, Marilyn isn’t *buried*. She’s in a crypt, for God’s sake. Even the news folks should have picked up on that. ‘Looking for shovels’ ... I ask you.

If this is the way things are, I’d best not risk flying ever again. Lord knows what I’ve expressed that could be considered ‘suspicious’ over 12 years of posts.

Open Culture: Here Comes The Sun - The Lost Guitar Solo by George Harrison.

Well now, that blows my mind.