Corpus Libris

Way back in 2008, I wrote a post about Sleeveface  (one or more persons obscuring or augmenting any part of their body or bodies with record sleeve(s) causing an illusion). People are still posting their sleeveface photos to flickr.

Also in 2008,  Emily Pullen started the blog Corpus Libris while working at Skylight Books in Los Angeles. At some point she moved it over to Tumblr.  It’s the same idea as Sleeveface except books are used instead of record sleeves.   These are some of my favorites.

Stephen Bishop, an artist, designer and developer based in Halifax, Nova Scotia via Corpus Libris

Allison via Corpus Libris

Gabe, s Skylight Books employee via Corpus Libris

Donnybrook by Frank Bill at WORD via Corpus Libris

I first heard about Corpus Libris  from this post at Buzz Feed, 17 Genius Photos Of People Posing With Books.  

The Kitten Covers

You might be surprised to see a post featuring kittens on this blog, since I rarely  post pictures of cats or kittens.  I posted pictures of Cats in Sweaters a couple of years ago, so this isn’t the first post featuring pictures of felines. It’s not that I don’t like cats, it’s just that I’m severely allergic so I’ve never been able to be around them enough to relate to them.

But during my lifetime, I’m purchased quite a few albums and cds. Alfra Martini has created 8 pages of  legendary albums from a world dominated by kittens.

There were so many great covers at The Kitten Covers that I had trouble narrowing down the ones to post here, even when I limited my selection to albums/cds I’ve owned.

In many cases, these covers are an improvement over the original. Check out the original cover for The Cars self titled debut album, which was the soundtrack for my summer of 1978.

link via Mental Floss

Found Photos from National Geographic Archives

Two weeks ago National Geographic, in honor of there 125th anniversary, started posting photos from their archives to  FOUND.  According to William Bonner, the curator of their extensive photography archive located in the basement of their headquarters in Washington, D.C.,  “Even after years of digging through the shelves of the archive, he still continues to find new stories and inspiring images that increase his appreciation for the collection.”

A girl feeds her pet bear in Riggins, Idaho.

PHOTOGRAPH BY MAYNARD OWEN WILLIAMS

 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Tourists on horses ride past a life-size apatosaurus statue 

in a South Dakota dinosaur park, 1956.

PHOTOGRAPH BY BATES LITTLEHALES

 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

A portrait of a woman riding an ostrich in South Africa, August 1942.

PHOTOGRAPH BY W. ROBERT MOORE

 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

A group of dancers perform at the Mississippi State College for Women, 1937.

PHOTOGRAPH BY J. BAYLOR ROBERTS

 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

A cowgirl puts a nickel in an El Paso parking meter to hitch her pony, October 1939.

PHOTOGRAPH BY LUIS MARDEN

 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

The pictures above are my favorites posted so far, to see more photos, go to FOUND. 

via Laughing Squid

You Had One Job

These were my favorites. You can see hundreds more at You Had One Job.

via Laughing Squid

Strange Photos

Just a few of the very strange photos at Black and WTF: a photoblog of strange black and white photos.

via Neatorama

Eyebombing

Eyebombing is the act of setting googly eyes on inanimate things in the public space. Ultimately the goal is to humanize the streets, and bring sunshine to people passing by.

THE RULES:
1. Only images of inanimate objects with wiggle eyes – NOT stickers.
2. Only images taken in the public space.

You can submit your own here.

link via Mark’s Scrapbook of Oddities and Treasures

Old Parked Cars

There’s over 1000 more pictures like this at Old Parked Cars, a photoblog by three guys from Portland, OR.

link via The Presurfer

Cats In Sweaters

There’s lots more at 109 Cats In Sweaters, and if you have a cat and your cat has a sweater I think you can add its photo to the collection.

via Nag On The Lake

Lesbians That Look Like Justin Bieber

link via Rue The Day

And if you’re sick of Justin Bieber, there is a firefox tool that removes all mentions of Bieber from the web.

Peeps In Places

Photo: Peeps peer through the viewfinder at the Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. By John Frazier, contributor to last year’s Peeps in Places favorites gallery.

Calling all sugar-crazed globetrotters! It’s that time of year again, time to bust your little marshmallow bunnies and chicks out of their cellophane cages to let them explore the world.

National Geographic is asking their readers to submit their photo’s of Peeps across the world. Jimmy and I are going on vacation soon. Maybe we’ll take some photos of peeps and submit them.