Entries from February 2009 ↓

I’m as interested in correcting fake history as the next guy, and, sure, in her paintings, Martha Washington looks like she was never any other age than 70.

But in this image created by portraitist Michael Deas, above, oddly enough, the mother of our country looks like one in the endless parade of 24-year-old white trust fund chicks who overpopulate New York City.

This likeness, says the artist’s web site,

was based primarily on a computer generated age-regression image created by an Louisiana State University forensic anthropologist. Contrary to popular belief, Martha Washinton was not a dowdy matron, but a witty, astute, and ardent patriot who followed her husband into battle, even encamping with him during the bitter winter at Valley Forge. The portrait is the Nation’s first glimpse at what Martha Washington looked like prior to her marriage to her famous husband.

I’m gonna send ol’ Martha a query letter and some of my clips.

Here’s something you don’t see every day: A picture of Earth from space while a solar eclipse is taking place. During this phenomenon, the moon comes between the Earth and the sun. In certain positions, the moon blocks the solar disk almost perfectly, casting this moon shadow upon our planet.

Somebody should put a giant, quadrillion-ton raw steak on that Earth. It’ll bring down the swelling.

[via current.com]