Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, 1961.
Joan, a 19 year old Freedom Rider, was sentenced to two months in prison for her involvement in the integration of a Jackson, Mississippi bound train. She served more than the required two months because each addition day reduced her $200 fine by $3.
In the Fall of 1961, Joan transferred from Duke University to historically black Tougaloo Southern Christian College because she felt integration should be a two way street.
Today Joan is a retired teaching assistant living in Virginia and mother to five sons. After the 2008 election she brought her Obama pin to the grave of Medgar Evers.
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The First Underwater Hotel Suite
Probably the closest thing to making my mermaid dream come true!
At the Conrad Maldives Rangali Island owned by Hilton Hotels, guests can spend the night 5 meters under the Indian Ocean in a private suite. The suite is encased in plexiglass and is accessible by descending a spiral staircase. Needless to say, the suite is quite breathtaking:
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Incredible Vampire Hunting Kit From The 1800’s
z’all dis z’antique shopping anz I never comeZ accross Z’anything cool like dis. (yes, I was trying to type like a vampire)
Travelers in the 19th century would purchase ‘vampire hunting kits’ in preparation for their travels to Eastern Europe. The kits would contain a wooden stake, Bible, crucifix, pistol with lead bullets, gunpowder, garlic and glass vials that held various concoctions to ward off vampires. Interestingly, these kits predated Bram Stoker’s Dracula and other written accounts of vampires, pointing to the strong oral history component of the undead bloodsucker.
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"Men have two emotions: Hungry and Horny. If you see him without an erection, make him a sandwich."
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Broccoli…. EVERRrry Day for Breakfast & Lunch for the last… man, I can’t recall when I ate anything else for breakfast/lunch… has it been months..? years even?! ahhhhhh!!
Cue Aerosmith vocals, ”I’m livin’ on the Veg!” \m/
Tootles, broccoli head
p.s. this is what the world looks like to me now… i guess you can say I have broc-noculars. ::elbow jabs:: eh? eh? :P
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