Night and Day

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Projecting Maps

A new kind of body art?

Peek-a-Boo Two

It's so hard to pay attention to maps sometimes...

A Map Joke

In honor of the Middle East Peace Conference going on now...


A guy is walking along the shoreline at the beach.

Sure enough he kicks up a bottle, pulls the cork, and out comes a genie to give him one wish.

He pulls out a map of the Middle East and asks the genie if he can bring peace to this part of the world.

The genie pales, and says, “Master, these people have been at war since time began. It is their nature, the very fiber of their lives. What you ask is totally impossible. It is probably the only wish I cannot grant you. Ask for anything else and I will make it happen.”

“OK”, the guy says, “tomorrow morning have my wife awaken me with the best blow job I’ve ever had, on her own, without my begging and pleading. Because SHE LIKES IT, because SHE WANTS TO, because IT TURNS HER ON!”

The genie shakes his head and says, “Let me see that map again.”

Peek-a-Boo Map

This is a very attractive map of the United States.


But it's difficult to see with this person standing in the way.


I can make out New England and the Mid-Atlantic states.


Now the Great Lakes come into view.

Now I can see everything!

Measuring Up

Globe Pose

An Appreciation of Older Things

Although she is very au courant with the latest piercings, our model shows an appreciation for fine old things. Notice the books, furniture and, of course, the old-style globe. If we're fortunate, she appreciates well-aged men as well.

Spencer's been a bad girl!

Spencer had to write "I've been a bad girl" 100 times on the blackboard. Oh, and she had to do something else. Click on the photo to see.

Tyvek: It's not just for house wrap

This world map was printed on Tyvek, a synthetic material made by DuPont. It really makes the colors "pop", and the texture of the material adds visual interest.

Of course, there are ways to add more visual interest:

Lost in Manhattan

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Chicagoland by Rand McNally, Body by Celina, Photos by Usama Alshaibi

From Usama Alshaibi's Flickr gallery:





Posted with kind permission of Usama Alshaibi.


Thanks to Dubi Kaufmann for the idea!

School's Back

And this student may need to be punished.

Interesting Projection

This map was probably published in Australia, because it is a Pacific Ocean centered view. Most maps published in the Americas and Europe have an Atlantic ocean centered view.

Until a decade or so ago, most world maps published in the US had the US in the center, which forced the cartographers to cut Asia in half.

How to Read a Map

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