Today is Hillary Clinton’s last day as Secretary of State.
Here is Clinton in every country she has been in. (HT Ben Smith)
Hillary Clinton spent 2084 hours traveling 957,000 miles during her tenure as the most traveled secretary of state in U.S. history.
Number of countries visited: 112 - Slideshow
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Nature’s Tunnel of Love in the Ukraine
The Tunnel of Love is a unique and truly amazing piece of forest located in Ukraine. With a railway passing through the thick vegetation, a natural “tunnel” formed in the shape of a train as trees grew freely in the Kleven forest. While the tunnel is very nice to look at, it’s believed that if two fully committed lovers pass through the tunnel holding hands, all their wishes will come true. Looks like the Eiffel Tower has been outdone this time. [Image Credit: Tadam Tadam]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mekqm42RhV1qevmz4o1_400.jpg)
>Nature’s Tunnel of Love in the Ukraine
The Tunnel of Love is a unique and truly amazing piece of forest located in Ukraine. With a railway passing through the thick vegetation, a natural “tunnel” formed in the shape of a train as trees grew freely in the Kleven forest. While the tunnel is very nice to look at, it’s believed that if two fully committed lovers pass through the tunnel holding hands, all their wishes will come true. Looks like the Eiffel Tower has been outdone this time. [Image Credit: Tadam Tadam]
“Hon A B Lincoln…
Dear Sir
My father has just home from the fair and brought home your picture and Mr. Hamlin’s. I am a little girl only 11 years old, but want you should be President of the United States very much so I hope you wont think me very bold to write to such a great man as you are. Have you any little girls about as large as I am if so give them my love and tell her to write to me if you cannot answer this letter. I have got 4 brothers and part of them will vote for you any way and if you let your whiskers grow I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you and then you would be President. My father is going to vote for you and if I was a man I would vote for you to but I will try to get every one to vote for you that I can I think that rail fence around your picture makes it look very pretty I have got a little baby sister she is nine weeks old and is just as cunning as can be. When you direct your letter direct to Grace Bedell Westfield Chautauqua County New York.
I must not write any more answer this letter right off Good bye
Grace Bedell”
Lincoln responded a few days later:
“Miss Grace Bedell
My dear little Miss
Your very agreeable letter of the 15th is received — I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughters — I have three sons — one seventeen, one nine, and one seven years of age — They, with their mother, constitute my whole family — As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?
Your very sincere well wisher,
A. Lincoln”
While he made no promises about the beard to Bedell, he stopped shaving and allowed the beard to grow not long after their exchange and was elected as the 16th president of the United States a few weeks later. On his inaugural train ride from Illinois to Washington, D.C., the president-elect stopped in Bedell’s hometown of Westfield, N.Y., and asked to meet her.
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Every time I see a commercial for Disney World, I die a little inside.
Why do you have to be so far away?
(Listen!)
OH WOOOWWW
I love all of these remixes, this is beautiful
Best movie, sweet remix *__*
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Ah ha ha ha Halloween Costumes.
See, the ones on the right are the scary ones. Guy on the left? Gumby. Girl on the right? The person who killed Gumby and skinned him to make a coctail dress.
That’s some Leatherface sh*t right there.
Along those lines, I imagine these are before-and-after photos.
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Domespace houses- aerodynamic, anti-seismic, insulated, and capable of rotating throughout the seasons. Very cool.
HAPPY 101st BIRTHDAY, Lucille Désirée Ball [LUCY]
(August 6th 1911 - April 26th 1989)
Whenever they were in the Bay Area, she (Lucy) and Harriet, who was not only her maid but her gin rummy partner and confidante, visited Harriet’s best friend, Dot. Knowing Lucille loved barbecue, Dot bought ribs, and they all sat in the kitchen eating them. “I kept staring at this beautiful lady eating messy ribs,” said Dot’s daughter, Barbara, who was ten at the time. “Lucille loved children and she always treated me like a princess. She had her dressmaker make me pinafores and she sent socks to match. My mother was afraid I would be spoiled rotten, and I was. Lucille made people feel important in her company, because if she liked you, she loved you.”
The little girl delighted in seeing how silly Lucille and her aunt Harriet behaved together. “They tried on hats with feathers and veils and pranced around like college kids.” Harriet and Dot reminisced about being dancers together, and Lucille chimed in with tales of her Goldwyn Girl days. “The three of them would have a couple of drinks, then push the furniture back and form a chorus line, laughing and giggling and dancing,” Barbara recalled.
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German photographer Christoph Steelbach’s new series, Bibliotheken, explores the elaborate interiors of beautiful libraries around Europe. The architectural style of the featured libraries ranges from Victorian to Modern, and each interior is a great example of design from different eras. It might be a little too distracting trying to read a book in such a beautiful space.
I’m going to model my home after this…
Introducing: This Month in Charts
July 2012 brought the heat. We’ve decided to return the favor by bringing the first installment of the hottest new series on the whole internet, This Month in Charts. Brought to you by the folks at I Love Charts.
Starting Off with a Bang
July kicked off with the most explosive of holidays, especially if you happened to be attending the fireworks show in San Diego.
