Saturday, May 02, 2009
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RANDOM EBAY OBJECT
OMG! i found an abe palatnik critter, BUT i would not pay more than $5.
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
DENTISTRY- 95-100 no illustrations.
DENVER- recent origin. pop in 1873-15,000, but rapidly growing.
DESCARTES, RENE- pgs 115-128. b tourlaine 1596 d. stockholm 1650. family of poitev in decent. his father purchased a commision as councellor in the parliament of rennes, so isolation between bourgeoisie + high nobility, 1/2 each year in rennes. 3 kids. older boy foolowed father in govt + a daughter + rene. mother did not recover from his birth + raised by a nurse- was an imaginative child, sent at 8 to the school of l fleche, which henry V had founded + endowed for the jesuits + stayed 1604-1612, later D praised it. his feeble health excused him from morning duties + he developed a habit of matutinal reflection in bed, which he kept up. even then didn't trust tradition + authority. 2 yrs before leaving, selected 1 of 24 who went to receive the heart of the murdered king. at 16 went home to his father in rennes, who had remarried 1612, completed his lessons in horsemanship + fencing + in 1613 begun to taste adulthood in paris. but did not lead to dissipation, tho fan of gaming. made aquaintance w/ leading mathmaticians + intamacy w/ a former classmate, who had become a friar. when he left for a post D abandoned social life + 2 years spent secluded blah blah 1617 took service in netherlands in prince maurice of orange's army. saved his payment the rest of his life as a curiosity.(framed?) continental stint blah blah. 'inspiration' in 1619. travel 1921. back to paris. sold property giving him a yearly income. off to italy. 1625 returned home. settled in paris + devoted to pure mathmatics + refraction of light + making magnifying glasses, but engaged in reflections on the nature of man + sou + god. went to the siege of la rochelle + went in w/ the army in 1628 + came back settled on philosophy. 1633-53 lived in holland. visited france a few times, england, + denmark. moved a lot. healthier around 30 blah blah letters, cortesian blah blah. queen christine of sweden hired him, but he died after attending to a sick friend. he was short. dressed in black. unmarried. GEEK! NO READ REST!
RANDOM VOLCANO CAM
looks like they washed the lens at redoubt.
Friday, May 01, 2009
RANDOM HOARD
metal capital stamps. sooooo cool. mine! for now.
RANDOM NEW NEW HOARD
these are the ones with hive & grindstone on the reverse. old, but only by the hive & grindstone. not sure of the age. 1910?
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RANDOM EBAY OBJECTS
i found these at an estate sale years ago and finally decided i wasn't gonna fix them and not really my cup of tea, but cool, so i ebayed them. somebody else liked them too.
FRIDAY ART BLOGGING
i called her miss america in this drawing i think. not pretty but very nice tits. colored pencil and crayon.
