Welcome! Its me, Stephen Clark. This is my site and it is where I share all things fun, silly, interesting and thoughtful. I occasionally make digital bits and my resume is always an entertaining read. The site is made with care and paperclips in New Jersey, USA.
A massive set of fossils has been found near Aspen, CO that date back 75,000-125,000 years. They were discovered during the construction of a reservoir dam near Snomass, CO. In the span of 70 days, when the archaeologists got to dig the site, they found over 4,500 fossils from mammoths, mastodons, bison, camels and other [...]
Barn on grounds of Grover Cleveland’s birthplace We were up in Caldwell, NJ this past weekend and stopped by Grover Cleveland’s birthplace. Took a few photos of the grounds including this barn in the backyard. In a related story, his ancestors are still bitter about having a rest stop on the NJ Turnpike named after [...]
Birdhouse, Barnes Foundation, Upper Merion, PA (Taken with picplz.)
The “clean” wishbones hanging at McSorley’s Old Ale House in the East Village, NYC On a quiet April morning this past weekend, a sad event took place at the legendary McSorley’s Old Ale House. If you have been to McSorley’s down in the East Village, you may have noticed the chandelier above the beer taps…you [...]
(Taken with picplz at MTA Subway – Franklin St (1) in Manhattan, NY.)
A significant collection of Thomas Jefferson’s library has been discovered at Washington University of St. Louis Library. Those books were dispersed after Jefferson’s heirs reluctantly decided to sell them at auction in 1829 to pay off Jefferson’s debts; auction catalogs survive, but not a record of who bought the books. The retirement collection is the [...]
Awesome cupcakes decorated as the main characters from The Muppets show. Beaker and Statler & Waldorf are awesommme!!
Model NYC (Taken with picplz at East Brunswick, NJ in East Brunswick, NJ.)
Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Bruce Willis from Bruce Willis Very very funny edition of “Between Two Ferns” with Bruce Willis. Zach: How many children do you have? Who is your favorite? Ashton? Do you get his tweets (@aplusk)? Classic!
Google is taking its popular site YouTube to NYC’s Guggenheim Museum. The search company will set up shop in the Guggenheim’s main atrium with all sorts of TV and video displays promoting the finalists from a recent promotion they ran. The exhibition, set for October, will showcase videos from as many as 20 finalists of [...]
Back in the day, Colonnade Row was a top address for the guilded age wealthy of NYC. However, in the infinite wisdom of other NYC real estate moves, John Wannamaker tore down five of the facades of this beautiful architectural landmark to put up one of his warehouses. And since that infamous decision, the fate [...]
Interesting article about how keeping Facebook friends you have not spoken to in 25 years is a benefit to your real life social standing and social interactions. A decades-old insight from a study of traditional social networks illuminates one of the most important aspects of today’s online social networking. In 1973, sociologist Mark Granovetter showed [...]