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Andy Griffith, Villain - Gone

from The Atlantic
Why People Still Watch ‘The Andy Griffith Show’
Now as when it first aired, the series is a refuge from modern life, not a reflection of it.

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Andy Griffith was a great villain. Anyone who has seen Griffith’s film début can attest to that. In 1957’s A Face in the Crowd, directed by Elia Kazan [...]

Lullaby’s Revenge

from The NY Daily News
Austria investigating whether dead famed composers’ teeth were stolen
VIENNA — Have the teeth of two famed 19th-century composers been stolen from their graves? Austrian prosecutors are trying to find out.
Thomas Vecsey of the Vienna state prosecutor’s office says authorities are considering filing charges against a man suspected of breaking into the [...]

Special Sauce

from The Daily Mail
Marijuana deals, the pain of Happy Meals and how to get a free Big Mac: McDonald’s worker reveals secrets of fast-food giant  (and warns against ordering grilled chicken)
By DANIEL BATES

A McDonald’s worker has lifted the lid on what it is really like to work at one of the restaurants in the chain in [...]

“No longer a lost, joss-stick-scented tradition.”

from The Independent
Ultimate pop art - Why gig posters are a sound investment
Posters have always been sentimental souvenirs of a concert. But now they are being seen as art, and an investment.
by NICK HASTED

The beautiful psychedelic gig posters that helped define the 1960s San Francisco rock scene are no longer a lost, joss-stick-scented tradition. Musicians from [...]

Depraved Penguins

from The Guardian

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Shooter Sandwich w/Bacon and Swiss

via imgur
Heres what you are going to need

I used a loaf of hard crusted Italian bread, 3 ribeye steaks 1 lb mushrooms, an onion and some bacon.
Hollow out bread

Cook that shit

Try to leave the steaks a little rare as they will carry over cook a little more in the sandwich.
Shove one of the steaks in [...]

The History Of Art By Movement

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Write Like The Wind G.R.R. Martin!

Rainbow Oreo

from ABC News

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Royal, Remington, Underwood, Smith-Corona, Olivetti, Corona, Adler, Oliver

from Salon
Time for a typewriter renaissance?
Hipsters and newbies alike rediscover those beautiful machines that go clickety-clack
BY JESSIE SCHIEWE
(Credit: toadberry via Shutterstock)
It was 4 p.m. on a Thursday, two hours until the end of Jesse Banuelos’ workday. He was standing behind the front counter of Berkeley Typewriter, his trademark green apron tied around his waist. A dozen broken typewriters — [...]