I learned a long time ago, writing captions for photos in magazines and newspapers, that context is everything. Even pictures can mean vastly different things, depending on context: for example, I can show you a picture of a vacant lot, overgrown with weeds and maybe some typical urban trash. And I can provide you with [...]
3 December 2008
Are We Having Fun Yet?
Some creepy statistics:
From Lusitania sinking
To Armistice Day =
1284 days.
= World War I
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From Pearl Harbor
To Japanese Surrender =
1365 days.
= World War II
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From Fort Sumter
To Appomattox courthouse =
1458 days.
= U.S. Civil War
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From Lexington and Concord
To British surrender at Yorktown =
2375 days.
= American Revolution
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World War I + World War II =
2649 days.
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From September 11, 2001 (bin Laden on [...]
