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7.26.2009

Take these sunken eyes and learn to see

Posted by Brad V at 9:46 AM














It's a bird...















...it's a plane.
















It's both.
Labels: aircraft carriers, blackbird, Intrepid, jets, Manhattan, planes

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Letters in Bottles began in January 2005 as "Letters in Bottles: The Island Pundit" at the University of Wisconsin. Started by Steve S, the blog includes a number of regular contributors, all of whom met originally on the "island" of Madison. We are: A veteran of the Iraq War. A former Peace Corps volunteer in the Caucasus. A law student in New Orleans. An Engineering grad student. We comment regularly on politics, world affairs, culture, news, music, and much more.

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