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Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon and John Wilkes Booth

| January 4, 2012

Most people have heard of the game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon,” where it is proposed that any actor can be linked to the prolific entertainer in six steps or less. Readers of popular online link site Reddit decided to put this to the test, and were even able to connect Lincoln assassin John Wilkes [...]

Historic LOLs

| August 15, 2011

One of the humor sites I read is “Historic LOLs,” which add humorous captions to old photos or vintage illustrations. I love the expression on this man’s face. You wonder what the original circumstances were of this photo.

Wonders of the Art Business

| July 29, 2009

I of course had to share this! (image removed by host)