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Manifest Destiny
A provocative 1846 map showing the extent of American territorial ambitions in western North America, and in the disputed lands of the independent Republic of Texas. Mexico is shown with its northwestern boundary truncated at Sonora, and its province of Nuevo Mexico reduced to a mere strip of land along the west side of the Rio Grande. Oregon ( Read more... ) -
My ConFurence 6 video
I don't know why I never converted my old Hi8 camcorder footage of ConFurence 6 (1995) to a digital format before. It was my very first con, after all. I guess maybe one reason I didn't bother is that there isn't much of it - only about 5 minutes' worth. I of course intended to take a lot more videos, but I quickly found other things to do at the ( Read more... ) -
FEAR THE DEER!
The most awesome pro sports mascot in the world is, of course, a DEER!
I'm not a basketball fan at all (in fact I can't recall watching even one game in its entirety in my whole adult life), but I could watch Bango here forever.
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Furry invasion!
I had a great time at FC2015, but I had the best time of all at an event that took place before the con even started.
Not long after FC2014, this video was posted on YouTube. It became an instant fave of mine. (You might actually recall that I wrote about it here last year.) I loved it so much that, since then, I'm sure I've watched it more than a ( Read more... ) -
Fox Fires
Utagawa Hiroshige, New Year’s Eve Foxfires at the Changing Tree (1857), No. 118 from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo“It was believed that on New Year’s Eve all the foxes of the surrounding provinces would gather at a particular tree near Oji Inari Shrine, the headquarters of the regional cult of the god Inari. There the foxes would change their ( Read more... ) -
Furry Epiphany
It happened to me 20 years ago tonight ( Read more... )
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