In 1891, James William Lambert was involved in the first car accident in U.S. history. The accident occurred in Ohio City, Ohio. Lambert’s vehicle — the first single-cylinder gasoline automobile, which was carrying Lambert and James Swoveland, hit a tree root, causing the car to careen out of control and smash into a hitching post. […]
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Words to Live By
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Words to live by from Eleanor Roosevelt. “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” -Eleanor Roosevelt, “This Is My Story,” 1937
#HollywoodAssistants
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
#HollywoodAssistants may be the best blog you are not reading. It features Internet Memes from Los Angeles and worth five minutes of your time. The site features animated GIFs focusing on bad things that happen to Hollywood assistants. Take a study break and check it out.
Child of the 90’s
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
I love the new Microsoft Internet Explorer ad: “Child of the 90’s.” Sure the commercial is getting a lot of criticism on social media, but I think Microsoft nailed it. Market through emotion rather than reason. And if your heart skipped a beat when you saw that U.S. Robotics X2 External hardware modem. You are […]
The Quaker Way
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
This In Memoriam is about a stranger. Last night, a friend posted about someone who he had lost to breast cancer. The post and the passing of a complete stranger got me thinking about life, love, loss, and how world faiths mourn. Although I am born Jewish and I know Mourner’s Kaddish by heart, I […]
Random Thought of the Night
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Random thought of the night. My friends weren’t the ones who liked to color within the lines when they were kids. That’s why they’re awesome.
Man gets his last Whopper during his funeral procession
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Now I am a vegetarian, so not the target audience for the Whopper. But this guy REALLY loved his Whoppers. via MSNBC.com. A Pennsylvania man who died at age 88 was buried Saturday — but not before a stop at Burger King on the way to the cemetery for a Whopper Jr. The York […]
Happy Oz Day!
posted by Daily Post from Bluxome Street
Why celebrate Australia Day? As one commercial proclaims, Australia Day is a chance to say thank you for beaches, lamington drives, Kylie and our democratic right to give dead arm. The day commemorates the establishment of the first settlement at Port Jackson in 1788. Port Jackson is now Sydney, and Sydney is now one of the best […]
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