In 2005, someone named “BENBENEK” found a box of photos at a Southern California swap meet and realized he’d found a treasure, a glimpse of unknown history. The photos were bland and banal, yet oddly endearing, so he set up a website to share them with the world: HouseplantPicturesStudio.com.
Unfortunately the site is defunct, but via the Wayback Machine we can still enjoy Photos Of An Unknown Family Who PROBABLY Owned A Liquor Store.
Visual artists Lilly Kaohsiung and Yin captured Fu De Keng public cemetery in Taiwan during the Qingming festival, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day.
[Source here, h/t Charlen604.]
[Photo by Frank Kunert found here.]
[Found here.]
(Until Then) I’ll Suffer, Barbara Lynn (1971) Barbara Lynn (aka Barbara Lynn Ozen, Barbara Lynn Cumby) is a well-known blues / R&B singer, songwriter and electric guitar player* with an impressive discography. She was only 19 when she began her recording career with Give Me A Break in 1961, and the following year she scored her biggest hit You’ll Lose A Good Thing. Many years and many tours later, sharing the stage with almost every big name in the business, she’s still performing.
*Barbara Lynn plays a left-handed guitar without a pick [video].
Sampling! [h/t Jaime G.]
Trains of the Rock Island Line.
Billions In Change [h/t Linda M.]
Mr. Skygack From Mars [h/t Gord S.].
Another indictment [via Bunkerville].
Cephalopudlian [via Memo Of The Air].
Inspired [via The View From Lady Lake].
The Jackson Lean [via Sloth Unleashed].
“Yo mates! Look at his leg!” [via Mme. Jujujive]
Valtteri Bottas, famous racecar driver [h/t Nan N.]
[Top image found here. I messed with it a tad.]
From the Archives: 1 year ago. 5 years ago. 10 years ago. 15 years ago.
[Update: Re-arranged gallery, added Shut Up Helmet. All images previously posted elsewhere, click for larger.]
After posting the photograph to Facebook, Scott Taylor was amazed by the attention the image received. “I am from a town of 960 people where everyone knows pretty much everyone, so to receive the amount of attention that I received was absolutely crazy to me. People from all over the world started contacting me.”
[Image and caption found here, via here, and everyone has already mentioned the game except for me, so don’t bother.]
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 