Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere veneer of vanity, is a vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished.
However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation, stands vivified and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin [...]

On this day, the 9th of April, 1806 Isambard Kingdom Brunel is born in Portsmouth. Creator of the Great Western Railway, the Clifton Suspension Bridge, the Thames Tunnel and many more great achievements of the Industrial Revolution; Happy Birthday Issy!
Via: Wired

Environmentalist and humanitarian, Lyle ‘Doc’ Thurston passed away on the 26th March 2008, at the age of 70, in Victoria, British Columbia.
A crewmember aboard the first Greenpeace campaign to stop nuclear testing in the Aleutian Islands and co-founder of Greenpeace International, Thurston was the cornerstone of the environmental community.
His contribution to environmental campaigning and his [...]

It went like this:
Him: “Oh Hai!”
Me: “We can has a marriage?”
Him: “Yai”
Me: “kthxbai”

Jacques Helleu, the artistic director of Chanel for over 40 years, passed away on Friday 28th September after a long illness.
Helleu joined the world-renowned house at the age of eighteen and created the most memorable advertising campaigns in Chanel’s modern history. Most recently he oversaw the “Coco Mademoiselle” campaign featuring Oscar-winning actress Keira Knightley.
Jacques Helleu’s [...]