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My mom, from a portrait taken for the website I’m currently building for the organization she works for

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Deaths always spike in the summer months due to the heat.

— my friend Meredith, while discussing John Hughes and the spate of celebrity deaths in the last few months

R.I.P. John Hughes

Gratuitous Picture of Your Grandparents’ Fill-in-the-blank Headstone Wednesday?

Vanity Fair goes behind the scenes of Mad Men (with photos of Don and Betty Draper by Annie Leibovitz, natch).

It’s official: Vladimir Putin is the Matthew McConaughey of former world leaders.

More photos of him with his shirt off here.

the internet works!

Last year my friend Kat posted a note on her tumblr about a former high school classmate of ours named Lindsey whom she had been trying to track down but was apparently one of the few people in the world who who wasn’t on Facebook.

this is a picture of lindsey strutzenburg and me freshman or sophomore year of high school…I am trying to get reconnected with her so if you know how I can please email me at katgallery@gmail.com

A few weeks ago, one of Lindsey’s friends randomly Googled her name and came across Kat’s post. She emailed Lindsey, who then contacted Kat. It turns out Lindsey lives in Newport Beach about 40 miles from where Kat was going to be moving on August 1. They’re planning on getting together later this month.