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Les Trois Inventeurs [x]
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Fried chicken and waffles is a delicious combo — but is it a traditional Southern one? A lot of readers objected to the idea that this dish originated in the South. We look into the roots of the dish — and the objections to calling it Southern.
Fried Chicken And Waffles: The Dish The South Denied As Its Own? : The Salt
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Is there a way of ensuring that a work of art or literature won’t survive? Shelley Jackson thinks there is, and is out to prove it with SKIN, a project she calls A mortal work of art.
In the summer of 2003 Jackson put out a quiet call for volunteers. Each volunteer would agree to have a word from her 2095-word story tattooed somewhere on his or her body. The story is a closely guarded secret and the volunteers are able to read it only after they’ve been inked.
Jackson encourages potential volunteers to read her other works, especially her short stories, but if she has her way, the complete text of SKIN will never be made publicly available, in print or online.
The first tattooed word (SKIN, the story’s title) is on Jackson’s own wrist and subsequent words are slowly being issued in story order, based upon applications Jackson feels speak to her.
Over 10,000 volunteers for her project have poured in from all around the world. Mothers and daughters have requested words together as a bonding experience and groups of friends have asked for words in sequence to form a sentence. Thus far, Jackson has accepted 1875 applications, has received a total of almost 22,000 emails and has proof of 553 inked words.
Once a word has been tattooed, the person then “becomes” the word and Jackson refers to her “words” as someone else might speak of their own children.
Jackson isn’t fussy about the final incarnation of her work. She says if she doesn’t find enough participants, the incomplete version will be considered definitive. If she hadn’t received any volunteers at all, the call itself would have been the work.
To attempt to define exactly what her work is begs some interesting questions. Is it literary? If this story were printed on paper it would certainly be called a literary work and not a work of art, but conversely “words” do not usually have jobs and paint their nails and do the washing up.
From that perspective it’s easy to see a whimsical element of performance art, and it cannot be denied that this project is far more visually interesting than the average novella.
The most fascinating element of SKIN, be it literary or artistic, is its transient nature. The story may never be fully realised, as it seems possible that before the last word has been “born” one of the others may have died.
And the author is quite aware that many of her words could outlive her. But this seems to be part of her grand design, an integral part of her artistic vision: “As words die the story will change; when the last word dies the story will also have died. The author will make every effort to attend the funerals of her words.”
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Having a poopy Friday? So are we! For your reading pleasure: two feces-related stories that are sure to make your afternoon… unique.
First, the prank that earned William Buckland the title of ‘Best Use of Grass Ever’ from Robert Krulwich.
Second, a years-old debate on our friend, the toilet: is squatting or sitting better for your health?
Happy Friday! — rachel
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Sometimes, you just hit Tumblr gold. — rachel
This is not a story from The Onion.
(Photo of Peter Glazebrook with his world-record 18-pound onion by The Press Association via The Daily Mail)
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This vintage Japanese rock collections features specimens labeled in kanji and English.
From TokyoVintage.
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No one looks good while diving competitively. Via the FW, which has many more great shots.
Our Olympics headquarters is here. Photos by Matt King, Adam Pretty & Al Bello (Getty)
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One Job Seeker's Ruse To Check Out His Competition →
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“Eric Auld wants a full-time job. He completed a master’s program in 2009 and has a part-time job as an adjunct lecturer, but that provides barely enough to cover the bills.
After a fruitless job search — endlessly scanning Monster.com and Craigslist and tweaking resumes and cover letters — he grew more curious about his competitors. So he created a fake Craigslist ad for an administrative assistant position and, in one day, received 653 responses from applicants with a wide range of education and experience …”
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CIRCUS FREAK PORTRAITS
In the 1860s, a photographer named Charles Eisenmann photographed thousands of circus freaks.
The Albino Twins:
Elasticman:
Bearded lady:
Fin hands:
Four legged girl:
Gross legs:
Hairy baby:
Little girl:
Stumpy daddy:
Skeleton man:
Three legged man:
Tophat skeleton:
Werewolf boy:
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