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Tom of Finland (Entry 1315.EX0402)
In which an adman who survived Nazi and Soviet invasions goes on to reinvent gay eroticism, and Ken wonders which Founding Father looked best naked. …
2 years, 7 months ago
The Magic Gang (Entry 747.EX0722)
In which a ghost-written memoir explains how a great British stage magician defeated Rommel in North Africa with his trickery, and John considers say…
2 years, 8 months ago
The Traffic Jam of the Century (Entry 1325.EZ1704)
In which a perfect storm of construction, coal mining, and Communist commemoration creates twelve days of gridlock in central China, and Ken imagines…
2 years, 8 months ago
One Glass of Red Wine (Entry 866.DE3233)
In which one Canadian newsman convinces America for several decades that daily drinking is the key to solving the "French Paradox," and John thinks K…
2 years, 8 months ago
(LIVE) Hiroo Onoda (Entry 867.1C1526)
In which Japanese soldiers, unwilling to believe that World War II is over, hold out for decades on islands all over the Pacific, and Ken will never …
2 years, 8 months ago
Kids on Milk Cartons (Entry 686.DE2407)
In which a nationwide panic over "stranger danger" turns regional dairies into activists for missing children, and John likes when things are "de min…
2 years, 9 months ago
The NS Savannah (Entry 849.MK0436)
In which the world's first nuclear-powered merchant vessel is launched in all its modernist glory, and Ken wants an infinitely long ship. Certificat…
2 years, 9 months ago
The DuMont Network (Entry 386.LK2417)
In which the three nascent American broadcast networks face a challenge from a scrappy engineering lab, and John thinks gadgeteers should be certifie…
2 years, 9 months ago
Universe 25 (Entry 1350.GE0907)
In which the "behavioral sink" of rodent utopias is discovered in a Maryland barn, and Ken sings about a urinal trough. Certificate #38792.
2 years, 9 months ago
Enneagrams (Entry 415.JM0124)
In which Sufi mysticism inspires a Bolivian philosopher to divide all of humanity into nine personality types, and Ken visualizes the ur-cow. Certifi…
2 years, 9 months ago