Carey Wood

an evening coffee...

Inside the Automats Where Coin-Operated Machines Created a Modern, Democratic Dining Experience Alfred Hitchcock to the television viewers of America on March 25, 1959. 'Tonight I'm dining at my favorite club. There are many advantages here. As you can see, informality is the rule. There is also...

Inside the Automats Where Coin-Operated Machines Created a Modern, Democratic Dining Experience

Cab Calloway’s “Hepster Dictionary,” a 1939 Glossary of the Lingo (the “Jive”) of the Harlem Renaissance The lists are in. By overwhelming consensus, the buzzword of 2014 was “vape.” Apparently, that’s the verb that enables you to smoke an e-cig. Left to its own devices, my computer will still autocorrec...

Cab Calloway’s “Hepster Dictionary,” a 1939 Glossary of the Lingo (the “Jive”) of the Harlem Renaissance

When People Gave Anti-Valentine’s Day Cards: Revisit the “Vinegar Valentines” That Spread Ridicule and Contempt Krampus—the Christmas “half goat, half demon” of Germanic folklore—has become a figure of some fascination in popular culture recently. We might call the appetite for this “anti-St.

When People Gave Anti-Valentine’s Day Cards: Revisit the “Vinegar Valentines” That Spread Ridicule and Contempt

A Brief History of Japanese Art: From Prehistoric Pottery to Yayoi Kusama in Half an Hour The earliest known works of Japanese art date from the Jōmon period, which lasted from 10,500 to 300 BC. In fact, the period's very name comes from the patterns its potters created by pressing twisted...

A Brief History of Japanese Art: From Prehistoric Pottery to Yayoi Kusama in Half an Hour

A Database of Paper Airplane Designs: Hours of Fun for Kids & Adults Alike Though we can trace the history of paper aircraft back 2000 years to the Chinese and their kites, and into the 19th century with the French and their imaginary airships, the origin of the modern paper...

A Database of Paper Airplane Designs: Hours of Fun for Kids & Adults Alike

Watch All of the Commercials That David Lynch Has Directed: A Big 30-Minute Compilation Some filmmakers start in commercials, honing their chops in anticipation of making personal projects later. A select few go in the other direction, realizing their distinctive vision before fielding o...

Watch All of the Commercials That David Lynch Has Directed: A Big 30-Minute Compilation

The Japanese Fairy Tale Series: The Illustrated Books That Introduced Western Readers to Japanese Tales (1885–1922) Everyone in Japan knows the story of Momotaro, the boy born from a peach who goes on to defeat the marauding ogres known as oni.

The Japanese Fairy Tale Series: The Illustrated Books That Introduced Western Readers to Japanese Tales (1885–1922)

finally sorted an insta account for the open mic... better late than whatever.

the usual...

ah! well done! 😆

looks uncomfortably like Tramp's one showing him and a penguin heading towards Greenland...

Same bullshit, different cunt(ry).

red pencils (mostly)

no notes.

in two weeks, the first Speak-Easy of 2026!

(still hosted by yours truly)

type. tree. tinsel.

(archived photo)

ornament.

festive lights.

homemade pies.

sign.

no notes.

spa day for the typewriter.

snow.

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Tomorrow!

an open mic for your words said your way

come along and

• share
• listen
• support
• connect

(oh, and it's hosted by yours truly)

monday mornings

if you wrote it, come along and:

•speak it•
•share it•
•connect•

old and new.
stone and light.
equal in presence.