Found at “The Prepster” Blog - “A guide to modern style, with a preppy twist and a dash of thrift.”
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I believe that this piece of art was inspired by Albert Camus’ “The Stranger.”
I mean, seriously, it’s like school on Saturday.  Diddy has five of these - on one keychain!  Mex! Back in the day, reading Moby Dick was probably the last thing Keith Hernandez would have done with a woman, but according to this long-ish, sort of boring feature on Keith in Newsday, Keith Hernandez would now read Moby Dick with a woman. According to the story:
Scientists believe they’ve discovered proof of a new form of unregulated whaling along the coastlines of Japan and South Korea - “bycatch” whaling. “Bycatch” refers to whales killed incidentally by legal coastal fisheries. Japan and South Korea are the only countries allow for the commercial sale of “bycatch” whale products. According to Scott Baker of Oregon State University, “DNA analysis of whale-meat products sold in Japanese markets suggests that the number of whales actually killed through this ‘bycatch whaling’ may be equal to that killed through Japan’s scientific whaling program – about 150 annually from each source.” Along with Vimoksalehi Lukoscheck of the University of California-Irvine, Baker told the International Whaling Commission at its most recent conference that “46 percent of the minke whale products they examined in Japanese markets originated from a coastal population, which has distinct genetic characteristics, and is protected by international agreements.” In past years, Japan has reported as few as 19 minke whales killed in a single year through bycatch. According to Baker, the price of an adult minke whale can reach as high as $100,000, and he says, “Given these financial incentives, you have to wonder how many of these whales are, in fact, killed intentionally.” In 2008, Korean police broke up an illegal whaling operation in Ulsan, where they reportedly seized 50 tons of minke whale meat.  "The Ann of London on the Coast of Japan" by Frederick Myrick, 1829 David Place, an antiques dealer from Nantucket, has been charged with illegal importing and trafficking of sperm whale teeth. If convicted, he could get up to five years in the slammer and could be forced to pay up to $250,000 in fines. According to this article in the Village Voice, it’s not illegal to import sperm whale teeth, you just need to obtain the right permits. It goes to say that most of the illegal sperm whale teeth come from the Ukraine, where whaling is “legal.” This is actually the first time I’ve heard the Ukraine and whaling mentioned in the same sentence. Last year a former whaling museum director from Hawaii was arrested for whale teeth trafficking, and so was a Ukrainian scrimshander whose work has been commissioned by both Bush presidents. Scrimshaw is the art of etching and/or carving designs into whale teeth or bone. The piece at the top of this post is a picture of a “Susan’s Tooth,” i.e., a piece done by Frederick Myrick on the whaleship Susan out of Nantucket in 1828. Myrick’s work is famous for his attention to the detail of his voyage. He is also credited with the rhyme, “Death to the living, long life to the killers, Success to sailors’ wives & greasy luck to whalers.” Happy Earth Day 2009. Here’s some news from the world of whales:
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