A most curious towel advertisement from World War II

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Drawing: Faces #810 - Faces at The Preakness

By Jack Brummet

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Cobbles Brummet

By Jack Brummet, Family Ed.

My son Colum with his cousin Paloma.

Colum with his Mom, Keelin

Colum with his Uncle Brendan and cousin Paloma

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So long: Charles Peter Curran was laid to rest today

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In memory of Charles Peter Curran

By Jack Brummet, Curran Ed.

After the accident, our family spent a lot of time over the last eight days remembering Pete, and sorting out and honoring his legacy. Over the last few years, Pete's tendency to coin phrases and nicknames has been in full bloom. My sister in laws Marcy and Betsey Curran and my niece (and goddaughter and birthday mate) Melanie came up with this partial list of Peteisms. It could probably double in size if we put our minds to it, since he was constantly evolving and tweaking and concatenating them. But here are a handful of Pete's stock phrases. I have to admit that my personal favorite is the one he would often haul out when we took him to his beloved local--Mama Stortinis. He would tell the person he was engaging (and he engaged everyone--puppies, little kids, and especially women between the ages of 20 and 80) "I just got out of jail."

Bring on the girls

Pete with one of his favorite partners, David Hokit

Perry Mason Pete, sometime between 1965 and 1970

Leisure suit Pete, 1979

Pete, holding either Keelin or Colin, mid 50's

Most of us, on one of our many annual family reunions.

Pete at 13 coins in March, 2014 (photo by Megan Curran)

Pete with my children Claire and Colum

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Aunt Velma

By Jack Brummet, Matrimony Ed.

From Historical Indulgences, tuesday-johnson.tumblr.com/

“Handwritten note on the back: “Aunt Velma, she never married.”

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33 days until summer begins

Catch a wave!

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Faces No. 806: Eagles on a rusty saw blade

By Jack Brummet

[acrylic paint, pencil, and Sharpie on a rusty skill-saw blade]

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Ignoring warning labels and directions

Jack Brummet, Warnings & Disclaimers ed.

You know, some things only work right if you ignore the warning labels, directions, disclaimers, and instructions. Two that come to mind are Q Tips and alcoholic beverages. "DO NOT INSERT IN EAR CANAL" and "Drink responsibly."  and then,"“Do Not Consume Raw Cookie Dough," “For Tobacco Use Only”

Maybe some prescription drug directions too?  There must be dozens more.  . .

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Vladimir Lenin's red hand

By Jack Brummet, Seattle Metro Ed.

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's Red Hard, from the statue in Fremont (right across from my office) at Fremont Place and N. 35th Street.  The statue was constructed by a Slovak Bulgarian sculptor, Emil Venkov, under a commission from the Soviet and Czechoslovak governments.and was installed in 1988.  Unfortunately, the Soviet Union dismantled itself the following year, and a lot of Soviet artifacts ended up in the scrap heap.  A Seattle man found the 16 foot tall, seven ton sculpture face down, mortgaged his house, bought it, and moved it to Seattle.

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A gathering of White House Superheroes: Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan. George H.W. Bush, Richard Nixon

By Jack Brummet

[original photographer unknown]

A gathering of White House superheroes. Say what you will about Dick Nixon, he lasted longer in the West Wing than anyone else in this lineup, except RWR.

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A morph of me and my son Colum

By Jack Brummet, Photography Ed.

This photo from a Mashable post today looks like a morph of my son Colum, and a younger me.  It's a little shocking how close it looks aside from the shape of the eyebrows.

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