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@jimfl Well, that second one is on me (and now corrected.)

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I got the Shingrix shingles vaccine on Thursday, and I definitely felt some side effects yesterday (fatigue, chills) but I’m pretty confident it’s way better than actually getting shingles.

overholt,
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@LillyHerself Yes, I’m scheduled to get the followup in six months.

overholt,
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@LillyHerself I thought so too, but it turns out that the interval is between two and six months.

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I just heard a 25-year-old on a podcast say “Growing up, we didn’t have a TV…” and after a brief pause he finished the sentence in a way that made me feel every bit of the twice his age that I am, “in the car, like the rich kids did, we just had one of those portable DVD players.”

overholt,
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Growing up, I didn’t have seatbelts in the car—my mom kept her first car, a 1963 Ford Falcon, into the early 80s. My dad, who was a sales manager, got a new leased Oldsmobile every few years from work, which had (for the time) modern safety equipment, and once, for an excruciatingly embarrassing period for his children, a CB radio.

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overholt,
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It wasn’t too hard to find the piece I was interested in within this pamphlet volume. I’m not sure how thrilled Conservation will be if I put it in the exhibition though.

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Struggling to remain strong enough not to mouse over onto this clickbait

but I'm losing the battle

i'm losing

overholt,
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@clive If you end up caving, can you see if it also says why I should put an empty toilet paper roll under the toilet seat?

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Note to self: when sitting close to the stage and a comedian makes a prostate joke and he looks at you, maybe don't give him two thumbs up.

overholt,
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@glennf Just one index finger, slightly curled.

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This afternoon I hosted a visit from a group called The Pursuit of History, 30 folks spending the weekend immersed in Revolutionary history, and had a lovely time showing them collections from 1774 Boston. https://thepursuitofhistory.org/pursuit-of-history-weekends/rebellion-in-new-england-may-2024/

Three large cartoon prints satirizing events in Massachusetts, particularly the British reaction to the Boston Tea Party
A manuscript diary of events of 1774
A sample of calligraphy from a Boston writing school

overholt,
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One of the attendees asked me what’s kept in the elegant wall cases in the room . I’m afraid the answer is a little prosaic—it’s the foam wedges we set the books on.

Doors open showing them full of green foam wedges neatly stacked

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Oh no, disaster has struck Houghton’s Lincoln Collection! (It’s OK, it’s just a simulated training disaster)

overholt,
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@rjblaskiewicz Simulated water coming from the ceiling.

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Just learned that Albrecht Dürer died at my age and I have got to get my act in gear.

overholt,
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@glennf I don’t want to put limits on you Glenn, but I feel like holding yourself to Durer standards is just asking for disappointment.

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I’m in Baltimore for a library event but it happens also to be the Flower Mart street fair and the weather for it is lovely.

Vendors selling plants in a plaza lined with row houses

overholt,
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The George Peabody Library is magnificent as always.

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Having visited four rare book and manuscript reading rooms in the last week, and being mildly admonished in one for bringing in a camera case that fit the camera but was considered technically a bag, the ability of people to steal these books is baffling to me. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/01/books/booksupdate/rare-books-pushkin-disappearance.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ok0.tGKz.8EhCFIXJJIf6&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

When I left one room, I was politely asked to open the cover of my iPad to ensure no papers were inside.

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@glennf And terrifying to me.

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The internet has decided — again — that Chris Pratt is the worst Chris, after reports that he and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, demolished a 74-year-old house by modernist architect Craig Ellwood in order to build a 15,000-square-foot residence. "They also tore up all of modernist legend Garrett Eckbo's original landscaping, effectively turning the nearly one-acre lot into one flat slab," reports Dwell. Here's the full story, including images of the house. To sprinkle some positivity on your day, we want to know, who is Hollywood's best Chris? Tell us in the comments if you're rejecting these options in favor of Rock, Guest, Walken, or some other Chris.

https://flip.it/1oOd6-

overholt,
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@CultureDesk Technically he's Baron Haden-Guest but I think of him as Chris.

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Harvard Yard will be closed all week in anticipation of protests. As I've mentioned before, I get it, but it makes things hard for our external patrons, especially when it's announced at 7pm on a Sunday. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/22/harvard-yard-closed-palestine-protests/

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Great, apparently we’re on total lockdown now—a colleague who left for lunch can’t get back into the Yard.

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"Protesters flooded into the Yard from various freshman dorms, cheering and carrying tent equipment. Multiple tents have already been erected on the patch of lawn in front of the John Harvard statue.

The encampment in Harvard Yard comes after similar protests at Columbia University, Yale University, MIT, and more across the country. At Columbia, Yale, and New York University, protesters have been arrested for their participation.

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/4/25/harvard-yard-protest-palestine/

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