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A Visual Timeline of the Future (As Per Famous Novels)

Books and infographics. How could I resist?

Designed by Italian artist Giorgia Lupi, this timeline of future events as predicted by famous novels was originally published in the Sunday supplement of Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera. She generously created an English version for the site Brain Pickings, and I can’t help but be mesmerized!

The resulting visualization is predictably HUGE, so for those who don’t want to click on it to view it large format, I have decided to add a couple of screenshots to this post:

Star Wars Business Cards

The past few days have been rough. Little Aerin fell ill for the very first time in her life — thank goodness she had gotten her flu shot last month! — and I ended up catching her cold too. We sent Claire away to her grandparents’ in hopes that she won’t get sick, and the household has been a disarray of used Kleenex, dirty laundry, and VapoRub.

But I remain in high spirits, because my beloved Knickerbockers are 5-0 for the first time in almost 2 decades. 🙂

Needless to say, inspiration has been running dry (inversely proportional to the level of snot and phlegm in my respiratory system), but I quickly wanted to pop in to share these Star Wars business cards from Etsy seller frommntoyou, who explains that her sister gave these to her when she was a kid.

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