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Today — October 22, 2026
	Go Out in a Blaze of Glory (permalink) We're honored that our If a Chessman Were a Word: A Chess-Calvino Dictionary is cited in an article in California Italian Studies. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Go Out in a Blaze of Glory . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From La Porte Est Ouverte by J. E. Poirier and illustrated by Elise Deane and W. R. Stark, 1900. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Staring at the Sun (permalink) From A Stellar Key to the Summer Land by Andrew Jackson Davis, 1867. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Staring at the Sun . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Here's today's mouse with bat wings.  From Wee Wisdom, 1949. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Of the Decorative Illustration of Books Old and New by Walter Crane, 1905. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From High Society: Hints on How to Attain, Relish, and Survive It by Fish, 1915. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "Keep concentrating until you see an image."  From Dark Shadows episode 523. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From All About Animals: Facts, Stories and Anecdotes, 1900. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

The Right Word (permalink) From Using Our Language, Grade VIII by T. I. Davis, 1961. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from The Right Word . . .

Old News (permalink) "Goes pink in the face of pollution."  From The Times, 1981. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Kansas State Agricultural College's 1913 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Mathematics We Need, Book 2 by Brownell & Weaver, 1965. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "Girls waited in agony."  From Henderson State Teachers College's 1960 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "You don't suppose my time bender has anything to do with it?"  From Timescope, Teacher's Guidebook by Alec Allinson, 1974. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Indiana University's 1983 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Separated at Birth? (permalink) Our custom widget that checks for duplicated images suggested this unlikely pairing.  Click each image for its source. . . . read more from Separated at Birth? . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Edinboro State Normal School's 1923 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures In Art with Special Reference To Their Use in British Heraldry by John Vinycomb, 1906. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Lasell Female Seminary's 1911 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought (permalink) "Peter Puck wants to know if the bandmaster has to pay the piper."  From The Children's Newspaper, 1938. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought . . .