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From a fantastic collection of old amateur photos taken by the well-traveled Charles W. Cushman.  He donated the collection to his alma mater Indiana University.

Wonderful collection of amateur photographs taken by the well-traveled Charles W. Cushman. He donated them to his alma mater, Indiana University. It’s rare you get to see so many great candid pics from so long ago, and from so many destinations. My great-grandfather was a photographer for a WWII ship in the Pacific, I need to get his pictures scanned…

hat tip: Tyler Thomson

It was a disaster of mega proportions.

Massimo Vignelli on the emergence of desktop publishing (microsoft word etc). I thought that was funny. You can download his excellent 96-page pdf on better understanding typography in graphic design here.

hat tip: matthew buchanan.

Some people do not have to search -
they find their niche early in life and rest there, seemingly contented and resigned.
They do not seem to ask much of life,
sometimes they do not seem to take it seriously.
At times I envy them,
but usually I do not understand them -
seldom do they understand me.

I am one of the searchers.
There are, I believe, millions of us.
We are not unhappy, but neither are we really content. We continue to explore life,
hoping to uncover its ultimate secret.
We continue to explore ourselves,
hoping to understand.

We like to walk along the beach -
we are drawn by the ocean,
taken by its power, its unceasing motion, its mystery and unspeakable beauty.
We like forests and mountains, deserts and hidden rivers, and the lonely cities as well.

Our sadness is as much a part of our lives as is our laughter.
To share our sadness with the one we love is perhaps as great a joy as we can know -
unless it is to share our laughter.

We searchers are ambitious only for life itself,
for everything beautiful it can provide.
Most of all we want to love and be loved.
We want to live in a relationship that will not impede
our wandering, nor prevent our search, nor lock us in prison walls.

We do not want to prove ourselves to another or compete for love.
We are wanderers, dreamers and lovers,
lonely souls who dare ask of life everything good and
beautiful.

via Sean D Carasso

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The word “credit” comes from the Latin for “believe”.

exerpt from “Cheat, Pray, Love” by: James Surowiecki