August 16, 2012 in Oddities, Still photographs
Starting with the earliest known photographs, moving on to the first high speed photographs and other historically interesting images… a must read for history and photography enthusiasts. Click here.
August 14, 2012 in Everything else, Oddities, Pics
Just found this amazing old video of the San Francisco Earthquake and fire aftermath. The quality is fantastic considering it’s age. Just about as amazing as the complete destruction, are the people, their clothing, kids running around in front of the cameras, the old horse buggies and trollies. About half way through it shows footage of the fires still burning and the demolition of Read the rest of this entry →
August 11, 2012 in Oddities, Still photographs
Click the photos to see the large version. Be warned, some may be disturbing to young children and easily grossed out adults. Enjoy!
Please note, some adjustments have been applied for your viewing pleasure…
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1898 In the Rogue's Gallery - A cat is posed seated on a chair in front of another cat operating a camera.
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A Very serious case -Girl holding smaller girl with bandage on her head, with small boy wearing top hat and holding walking stick and bag playing doctor.
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Miss Rose Cade--Queen of the Lemons - Rose Cade, who has also been nominated Southern California's "Swat the Jinx" girl, dressed in model of large lemon pointing to calendar dated Friday, February 13, 1920.
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1900 - Caught in the act - Man dressed as Santa Claus seated on model of chimney smoking long pipe and blowing circles of smoke.
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More to come very soon!
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August 9, 2012 in Oddities
Everybody has different beliefs about what happens when we die. Here are some interesting videos and links from people who claim to have had near death experiences (NDEs) and children who remember ‘past lives’:
Some surprising people have reported having NDEs - Jane Seymour, Liz Taylor, and even Gary Busey. Read about their experiences here.
I recently had a facebook friend post about the book described in the link above called, “Heaven is REAL.” It was written by an 11 year old boy after a NDE. She loved it. I think I Read the rest of this entry →
March 22, 2012 in Oddities
I’ve written a lot over the years about oddities, and I always wanted to start a category for them here. Mysteries are fascinating, and solving them is even more fun. Since my brain doesn’t want to write about anything too deep right now, I thought it would be a good time to start some strangeness here.
Digging through the news this morning, I came across another weird noise story (read it here). It caught my eye because over the last year I seem to keep finding them. This time it’s in Wisconsin. People are freaking out and Read the rest of this entry →
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