This one’s probably the most fun tube map variation to come along…

“The animals, made up using tube lines, stations and junctions on the London Underground map were spotted by Paul Middlewick some 17 years ago.” MORE ➲

“Since its market introduction under the trademark Aspirin in the year 1899, acetylsalicylic acid has attained a leading position world-wide in the prescription-free therapy of painful, inflammatory and feverish states. The substance’s tolerability and special pharmacological traits allow for an easy controlling of therapy.” MORE ➲

“It’s late at night, the full moon is shining brightly, and you hear the dogs in the neighborhood doing a chorus of howling. Why do dogs howl at the moon?” MORE ➲

“The Earth Calendar is a daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world.” MORE ➲

“Tube, subway and metro maps of other cities.” MORE ➲

“While the overall qualities of warmth and heat have long been associated with comfort and relaxation, heat therapy goes a step further and can provide both pain relief and healing benefits for many types of lower back pain.” MORE ➲

From The Old Farmer’s Almanac. VIEW ➲

“When the dawn of the MP3 was upon us, I made it my entire mission to search out the worst and most interesting songs I could find. This trickled down to my collection of holiday music. This is a digital album of mostly rare and a few good gems for your festive holiday season.” MORE ➲

“Mooncakes symbolize the gathering of friends and family and are an indispensable part of the offerings made to the Earth God, Tu Ti Kung. According to popular belief, the custom of eating mooncakes began in the late Yuan dynasty…” MORE ➲

“KBD is the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids’ annual celebration of youth advocacy, leadership and activism. KBD is a day to stand out, speak up and seize control in the fight against tobacco.” MORE ➲

“For the treatment of pain, Americans rate massage as highly as medications, a new survey shows… Among those who actually had a massage in the past year, 28 percent say massage therapy gives them ‘the greatest relief from pain.’ Another 28 percent say medication gives them the greatest relief. Chiropractic comes in third at 11 percent, followed by 8 percent who got the most pain relief from physical therapy, 3 percent who said acupuncture was best for their pain, and 1 percent whose pain best responded to biofeedback.” MORE ➲

“Attention London tube map freaks: Oskar Karlin, whom we’ve met before, designed a new map of the London Underground as a design project. “I knew couldn’t just do a normal re-design; something had to be added. I started thinking what’s different in the world now from when the map was designed and one thing that are different today is time.” MORE ➲

“The only medically-approved uses for laudanum in the United States are for treating diarrhea and pain. Laudanum, as deodorized opium tincture, contains the equivalent of 10 milligrams of morphine per milliliter. By contrast, laudanum’s weaker cousin, paregoric, also known as camphorated tincture of opium, is 1/25th the strength of laudanum, containing only 0.4 milligrams of morphine per milliliter.” MORE ➲

Information design guru Edward Tufte on the tube map: “Harry Beck’s diagram of the 7+ lines of the London Underground, although geographically inaccurate, provides a coherent overview of a complex system. With excellent color printing, classic British railroad typography (by Edward Johnson), and, in the modern style, only horizontal, vertical, and 45 degree lines, the map became a beautiful organizing image of London.” MORE ➲

“Before the telegraph and telephone, before email alerts and instant messaging, people sent postcards when they had something to say. In Postmarked Yesteryear: 30 Rare Holiday Postcards, you will find a selection of the best holiday postcards from the unique art history book, Postmarked Yesteryear: Art of the Holiday Postcard.” VIEW ➲

“Although it is by far the biggest and brightest object in the night sky the moon is not an easy subject to photograph. Using a standard 50mm lens, an image projected onto a slide or negative is only about 1/50 of an inch. Also consider such issues as exposure times, film types, and lenses and you begin to understand what is needed to take photographs of the moon.” MORE ➲

“Vulcanalia, a festival celebrated at Rome in honour of Vulcan, on the 23d of August with games in the circus Flaminius, where the god had a temple. The sacrifice on this occasion consisted of fishes which the people threw into the fire…” MORE ➲

“The increasing use of methadone for pain relief, rather than to help people overcome addiction, has led to a sharp spike in deaths, both nationally and in Kansas.” MORE ➲

“Harry Beck designed the first diagrammatic style tube map. It was published by London Transport in 1933. Over subsequent years Beck updated his diagram to include developments to the network. His method of designing often involved cutting out sections of maps to enable reworking. This is a section from a map that was never issued.” MORE ➲

“It’s 1957 and the Soviet Unioin has just launched Sputnik I, touching off a space race with the United States thatm, fueled by the tow nations’ Cold War rivalry, leads to mind-boggling advancements in space technology.” MORE ➲

Or, “Effects of high-dose heroin versus morphine in intravenous drug users: A randomised double-blind crossover study. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of high doses of injected opiates as prescribed maintenance in intravenous drugs users. This was accomplished via a randomised double-blind study with crossover at an outpatient clinic in Bern, Switzerland. The subjects were 39 patients with a long history of intravenous opioid use and persistent abuse despite treatment…” MORE ➲

“For the first time since 1972, the United States is planning to fly to the moon, but instead of a quick, Apollo-like visit, astronauts intend to build a permanent base and live there while they prepare what may be the most ambitious undertaking in history — putting human beings on Mars.” MORE ➲

“This Rhythmic & Mismate train is stopping at Frog Innard, Tasted Algae and Apt Nodding: Thank you to the dozens of people who have now said ‘saw this and thought of you’ and ‘have you seen this?’ — it’s the fantastic London Underground Tube Map where someone has made brilliant anagrams from every Tube station’s name.” MORE ➲

“‘Billie Holiday: The Ultimate Collection,’ is a two CD/one DVD collection of Holiday performances. Included along with many of the singer’s classic songs are some rarely seen appearances of Holiday on 1950s television.” LISTEN ➲

“Did you ever notice how Europeans get six weeks of vacation a year? Clearly, what the US high-tech economy needs is a few more holidays to even things out. So here’s our follow up list of new obscure holidays.” MORE ➲

“Smoking marijuana eased HIV-related pain in some patients in a small study that nevertheless represented one of the few rigorous attempts to find out whether the drug has medicinal benefits. The Bush administration’s Office of National Drug Control Policy quickly sought to shoot holes in the experiment.” MORE ➲

“One of the things I find most interesting is the changing history of the railway, of which there is still much hidden evidence. For example, look through the window as you travel between Tottenham Court Road and Holborn on the Central Line and you’ll see a station — where no passengers have alighted since 1932. This used to be British Museum station.” MORE ➲

“This tool displays the approximate Moon phases for a given month.” VIEW ➲

“For some journeys it’s really not worth getting on the tube: it takes a long time, and costs you money. Sometimes it’s quicker and easier to walk. This is a slightly altered map showing which stations are an arbitrary and as-the-crow-flies 500 metres apart from each other.” MORE ➲

“During the Civil War, the painkiller used most often was morphine. The morphine was often given as opium pills. The surgeons of that day had no idea what an addiction was. As a result, most of the soldiers that came back form the war were addicted to opium. Opium, however, was not hard to come by and could be found at a local drug store.” MORE ➲

“‘Holiday in Cambodia’ was the second single by the Dead Kennedys. The record was released in May of 1980 on Alternative Tentacles with ‘Police Truck’ as the b-side. The title track was re-recorded for the band’s first album, Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (1980), and the version that appeared on this single, as well as the single’s b-side, are available on the rarities album Give Me Convenience or Give Me Death (1987).” MORE ➲

DK was one of my very favorite bands way back when. Still love ‘em. Here’s a live video performance.