Matthew J. Mason

Look at this fucking hipster, cycling edition.

Photo is Jonathan Vaughters, directeur sportif for Garmin-Transitions, on the front page of VeloNews. I hope he dresses like that in the team car during the Vuelta a España.

Deer Tick - Breakdown (Tom Petty Cover)

whitehousephotostream:

P080910PS-0356:

President Barack Obama jokingly puts his toe on the scale as Trip Director Marvin Nicholson, unaware to the President’s action, weighs himself as the presidential entourage passed through the volleyball locker room at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Aug. 9, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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Slick.

oldbookillustrations:

Almonds in the hold…

Walter Crane, from The Fairy ship, London, 1870.
Via archive.org.

oldbookillustrations:

There were fifty little sailors
Skipping o’er the deck…

Walter Crane, from The Fairy ship, London, 1870.
Via archive.org.

oldbookillustrations:

The captain was a duck
With a jacket on his back.

Walter Crane, from The Fairy ship, London, 1870.
Via archive.org.