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Today — March 4, 2026

Go Out in a Blaze of Glory (permalink)
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Liberty Cap at Mammoth Hot Springs.  From Cubby in Wonderland by Frances Joyce Farnsworth, 1932.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
Apollo.  From Wee Wisdom, 1929.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Amrita, 1973.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Lilliput Lyrics by William Brighty Rands and illustrated by Charles Robinson (1899).
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"How nice not to be afraid of injuring stockings."  From Youth's Companion, 1924.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From By the Roadside by Dunn & Troxell and illustrated by Nell E. Hukle, 1928.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Long Ago by John Waddell, 1933.
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Temporal Anomalies (permalink)
Letters in the mail are superstitious when they find themselves in the same bag as a postcard undelivered for 32 years.  From The Children's Newspaper, 1933.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From The Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office, 1895.
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Old News (permalink)
"Less cause for worry."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1914.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Loyola University's 1925 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Mercury, 1920.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
"And did you make up your mind to sacrifice?"  From Lighted Pathway, 1958.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Chatterbox, 1891.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From the University of Arkansas' 1920 yearbook.
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Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink)
From Alpha, 1979.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
"Time marches on!"  From UNC Chapel Hill's 1937 yearbook.
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Strange Dreams (permalink)
Maybe for tonight -- an orb of dream.  From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook.
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Yearbook Weirdness (permalink)
From Bowdoin College's 1968 yearbook.
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