ALEX DEELEY

AN ARTICLE ON core77.com caught my eye today.  It features some of the more interesting designs of American currency in the late-nineteenth century through early-twentieth century. Some of my favorites are: This amazing five-dollar bill from 1896.  I love this one because the text is just gorgeous and they were still hanging on to the Roman numerals (which, I still think would look nice). This one's a bit more strange.  This bizarre art-deco thing they were going for doesn't quite work.  It certainly doesn't fit into the style that had been evolving for some time.  It's like a b-side to the currency of the day. Anyway, there's a whole bunch more on that article I liked.  I recommend checking it out!

Tasty I'M NOT A BIG FAST FOOD FAN, so this doesn't come as much of a surprise, or a repulsion as it might for others.  Over at The Daily Mail, they've run a story detailing a man's archive of a single McDonald's hamburger . He bought the sandwich to show his friends how, after a month, it would be preserved.  Then, he forgot about it.  Two years later, he found it in a coat pocket and decided to keep it around. Delightful, eh?

THIS GUY, Christopher Knight, has spent the last 27 years living as a hermit in Maine .  He was caught stealing food and supplies from a local camp, and that's why he's not a hermit anymore.  This story is pretty strange, but I can relate in a weird way.  I wouldn't want to not talk to anyone for 27 years, but the appeal of just existing out in the woods somewhere and reading and meditating all day is pretty cool.

This article talks about something that doesn't affect my running style yet, as I only run about four miles at the most.  However, it's something I'm going to take into consideration as I expand my range and start moving more toward distance-running. The motion of the arms as you run is vital to your ability to keep going without getting fatigued.  I'm going to experiment with it and see if it improves my running. Below is the video featured in the article.  I recommend at least watching this.

This article I plucked from HowStuffWorks examines five major cities, which are now ghost towns.  These kind of abandoned dwellings are very interesting to me.  I'm not sure what their charm is; perhaps it's the solitude of it all, or the simplicity of knowing that nobody is there, but seeing man-made structures left to the ages just gives me a weird, good feeling.