American writer Ransom Riggs has an interesting hobby of collecting photographs of other people he doesn’t know.
Omega Speedmaster “Red Hands”
ref. 145.012-67
cal. 321
Bracelet ref 1168 “Oyster” / end link 633
(Source: themasterofspeed)
I’ve been traveling/busy for the past couple of weeks, so enjoy these photos of Calvin and Hobbes, Photoshopped into real photos for the time being.
http://www.gizmodo.com/5986136/photoshopping-calvin-and-hobbes-into-real-life-makes-me-really-happy
Designer Karim Rashid’s book, entitled I Want to Change the World cut by Tobias Wong into the shape of a gun.
Friend of mine was talking to me about his upcoming trip to South Africa today and it made me recall the Giraffe Manor, a replica traditional Scottish hunting lodge in Nairobi, Kenya that now serves as a luxury boutique hotel. Even when fully booked, the guest to giraffe ratio is 2:1.
Visiting this place is on my bucket list.
From the brilliant minds at McSweeney's.
I REGRET TO INFORM YOU THAT MY WEDDING TO CAPTAIN VON TRAPP HAS BEEN CANCELED.
Dear friends, family, and Austrian nobility,
Captain Von Trapp and I are very sorry to inform you that we no longer plan to wed. We offer our deepest apologies to those of you who have already made plans to travel to Salzburg this summer.
Those of you on the Captain’s side of the guest list are probably aware of the reason for the change of plans. I’m sure by now you have received that charming “Save the date!” card in the shape of a mountain goat from the Captain and his new fiancée, Maria.
I must confess to being rather blindsided by the end of our relationship. It seems Captain Von Trapp and I misunderstood each other. I assumed he was looking for a wife of taste and sophistication, who was a dead ringer for Tippi Hedren; instead he wanted to marry a curtain-wearing religious fanatic who shouts every word she says.
But I don’t want you to be angry at him. We are all adults here. “But Baroness,” so many of my friends have said, “you must be devastated. You yourself are fabulously wealthy, so you cannot have wanted the Captain for his money—you must have truly loved him.” It’s true. But so, I am sure, does his new fiancée, his children’s nanny. Her wardrobe is made of curtains. She’s definitely not a gold digger or anything.
I’m sorry. That was crude of me. She seems like a lovely person, and she and the children have a great deal in common.
A great, great, great deal.
Since I will no longer be a part of their lives, I do hope you will all keep an eye on the Captain’s children. I am not terribly maternal but I was very fond of them in my own way and I must admit I am worried what will become of them now that I have gone. I had planned to send them to boarding school, since their education at the moment seems to consist mostly of marching around Salzburg singing scales. I think it would have been particularly helpful for the eldest daughter, who seems intent on losing her virginity to the mailman.
Please, friends, don’t worry about me. While I was a bit startled to be thrown aside for someone who flunked out of nun school, I assure you that I will be fine, and my main pursuits in life shall continue to be martinis, bon mots, and looking fabulous. You’ll also be glad to know I have retained custody of the Captain’s hard-drinking gay friend, Max. Anyone who gets tired of sing-a-longs should feel free to look us up.
Again, my deepest apologies for this disruption to your plans. I am currently sorting through the wedding gifts we’ve already received and I will send them back as soon as possible. The Captain would help, but he is busy learning to play a song about cuckoo clocks on his guitar.
Sincerely,
Baroness Elsa Schraeder
(Source: tastykake, via gingerhaze)
What you have before you is one incredibly rare Rolex. In the 1960s Rolex toyed with the idea of producing a nautical themed chronograph, as a followup to their much loved Submariner. They produced the dial with the name “Yacht Master” in 1967, which sat unused until 1969, when they built a watch around it that measured 39mm, or roughly the size of modern Daytonas. The prototype never went into mass production, and the Yacht Master name would stay shelved until 1992, when it was given to a luxury version of the Submariner.
There are currently three existing examples of the watch above: one is in the company’s permanent collection and two in private hands. The value of such a watch today is hard to say, as this is truly an example of something so rare that it’s worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. Eric Clapton sold his at a charity auction for $125,000 a decade ago in 2003.
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
