From Our Abecedarian Blog . . .

Today — June 20, 2026
	Go Out in a Blaze of Glory (permalink) Stills from Grave Mood Rings, courtesy of Dare-g on Tumblr. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Go Out in a Blaze of Glory . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Daily Mirror, 1904. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) "Just knock at the title page, open the door, walk in, take off your monocle—or your turreted tiara—and make yourself perfectly at home." 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) From Our Bird Friends and Foes by William Atherton DuPuy and illustrated by George Miksch Sutton, 1925. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From the rare Gogmagog, The Buried Gods by T. C. Lethbridge. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Orange Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford, 1906. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From the Bombay Sunday Chronicle, 1936. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From Secrets of Dungeon Mastery, "by the hand of the late Sir Edvarg the Unfailing, may the heavens have mercy upon his soul," 1988. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

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? . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) May any carriers in your vicinity restrain themselves.  From Wizardry IV: The Return of Werdna Handbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From the University of Southern California's 1910 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Initiates of the Flame by Manly P. Hall, 1922. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "Ahem!  I am the tail that wags the dog."  From the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's 1919 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Old News (permalink) "'Dead' man is under arrest."  From the Duluth Evening Herald, 1908. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Old News . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Colorado College's 1958 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Journal of the Imagination in Language Learning, 1994. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) From Illinois Woman's College's 1916 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) Not a golden calf but a yellow dog.  From Watson's Magazine, 1906. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .

Yearbook Weirdness (permalink) "Jokes and 'life.'"  From the University of Arkansas' 1917 yearbook. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Yearbook Weirdness . . .

Restoring the Lost Sense (permalink) From The Why of Fashion by Karlyne Anspach, 1967. Click to view a larger image . . . read more from Restoring the Lost Sense . . .