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Illustration by Franklin Booth for Robert T. Barretts’ “The Telephone’s Message,” 1931

Rest easy, Robert Duvall.

Robert Duvall, star of “The Godfather” saga (1972-1990), “Apocalypse Now” (1979), “Colors” (1988) and “Falling Down” (1993), passed away yesterday at the age of 95.



Photo credit: Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

“Happiness,” Franklin Booth, 1921

Saturday Evening Post.  Advertisement for N.W. Ayer & Son.

My college pal Amy took this picture the other day …

But it’s actually a trick license plate.  (It only says “Hysteria” when you’re near.)

North Jefferson Street in Roanoke, Virginia, looking south, 1951

The original source for this photo is the National Archives; I found it via the cool people at Virginia Life Stories.

Cover to “24: Underground” #1, David Furno, 2014

IDW Publishing.

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“Is not January the hardest month to get through?”

“Is not January the hardest month to get through? When you have weathered that, you get into the gulfstream of winter, nearer the shores of spring.”

— Henry David Thoreau, February 2, 1854



Happy Valentine’s Day!!

Photo: Clopper Mill Elementary Hearts for Heroes