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Found 14 posts tagged ‘survival’

Old News – July 21, 2029

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"You get 12 matches, a cup, a knife, and 3 days to enjoy yourself." From Scholastic Voice, 1973.

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#vintage headline #survival #headline

The Right Word – July 1, 2028

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"Though I shall be wholly abandoned by my friends, yet will I not be utterly cast down." From Brown's Language Lessons by Henry Kiddle, 1889.

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#vintage diagram #sentence diagram #friendless #survival #abandonded #1880s

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – March 3, 2028

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"Whether we are relaxed or disturbed, quiet or rowdy, at work or at play, we get through the best we can in the best of ways. We are surviving." From Ohio University's 1981 yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #yearbook #survival #getting through

Yearbook Weirdness – December 30, 2025

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The uphill climb of survival. From Ohio University's 1981 yearbook.

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*For some unbelievably weird yearbook imagery, see our How to Hoodoo Hack a Yearbook.

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#vintage yearbook #survival #uphill #climbing

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – January 4, 2024

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"Make sure you survive killing yourself, that's the way to go."

—Michael Cisco, The Divinity Student

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Old News – October 15, 2023

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"Can man survive?" From East Carolina University's 1971 yearbook.

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#end of the world #vintage yearbook #yearbook #vintage headline #survival #headline

Restoring the Lost Sense – June 27, 2023

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"The desperate hours and how to survive them." From Current Sauce, 1968.

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[Inexplicable images from generations ago invite us to restore the lost sense of immediacy. We follow the founder of the Theater of Spontaneity, Jacob Moreno, who proposed stringing together "now and then flashes" to unfetter illusion and let imagination run free. The images we have collected for this series came at a tremendous price, which we explained previously.]

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#vintage illustration #eyes #survival #desperate

Restoring the Lost Sense – September 17, 2022

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May it be true for you, too -- "Just as like as not you'll come out of this affair alive." From The Century, 1886.

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#vintage illustration #survival #making it #getting through

Restoring the Lost Sense – September 16, 2022

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From Survive the Night by Danielle Vega.

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#skull #darkness #night #survival

Old News – September 12, 2019

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Making it through the day. From West Chester's 1992 yearbook.

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I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – September 11, 2019

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The best thing to do right now is to:

get yourself a cookie
proceed antisystematically and aphoristically, or lyrically, or musically
keep together
turn to page 8 and get an idea
lay low for a bit and let the heat die down
hold the nerves in, keep cool and let the fish take the line for a run
bite the bullet and show up
rest for a little bit
keep quiet
get away from the monkeys
sit down, relax, have some lunch
go for a swim
build a fort
give these people a chance
get out there as quickly as possible
just watch what he does
learn how to cope on your own

[Tidbits gathered through the course of our research. See the remarkable collection, entitled Bullet Lists.]

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#advice #survival #what to do #list

I Found a Penny Today, So Here's a Thought – July 16, 2019

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We can get through this if we:

don't pass out
stay in the moment
tough out the next few days
tell ourselves we can
stay here and focus
don't panic
take risks
trust each other enough
do it together
talk to each other
keep our minds clear
put up a united front
follow simple precautions
rely on the Lord
vote on an amendment
keep it light
hold onto our patience
stand up for one another
can forgive
are determined to grow
don't start screaming

[Tidbits gathered through the course of our research. See the remarkable collection, entitled Bullet Lists.]

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#survival #getting through #list

Indubitably (?) – July 9, 2019

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The only way to survive is to:

write and read big fat books
make fun of yourself
pretend you're not there
embrace the madness
run forward as fast as you can go
be merciless
work until the wee hours of the morning
set yourself in perpetual opposition to the system
gird your heart
fight back
become strong
prevent
join the side that's winning
live underground and eat worms
muster the aid of magic
laugh
hunker down
become more efficient
be one step ahead
keep moving
stay resilient in your suffering
be totally self-seeking
stick together
climb out of the ring
have a protest strategy from day one
remove the brain implant
actually be optimistic and make the best of everything
stay connected

[Tidbits gathered through the course of our research. See the remarkable collection, entitled Bullet Lists.]

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#survival #list

Book of Whispers – January 14, 2017

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"The secret to surviving is to go unnoticed." —J. L. Witterick, My Mother's Secret

* The most profound secrets lie not wholly in knowledge, said the poet. They lurk invisible in that vitalizing spark, intangible, yet as evident as the lightning—the seeker's soul. Solitary digging for facts can reward one with great discoveries, but true secrets are not discovered—they are shared, passed on in confidence from one to another. The genuine seeker listens attentively. No secret can be transcribed, save in code, lest it—by definition—cease to be. This Book of Whispers collects and encodes more than one hundred of humankind's most cherished secrets. To be privy to the topics alone is a supreme achievement, as each contains and nurtures the seed of its hidden truth. As possessor and thereby guardian of this knowledge, may you summon the courage to honor its secrets and to bequeath it to one worthy.

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#survival #unnoticed #low profile #invisibility