Hey, look! It's Skully-Chan and the Mona Lisa!! 2 great works of art in 1 photo!! #Louvre #SkullyChan #MonaLisa #LaJoconde #LaGioconda #art #cartoon #helloskullyeuropeantour

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T-minus 23 hours and counting until I get my #GoogleGlass as one of the #GlassExplorers. Message me on G+ if you want to follow my adventures #ThroughGlass. thepete.com/+

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Shot of @SierraRein underneath Paris surrounded by a few thousand (or more) former Parisians. #creepy #amazing #Paris #Catacombes #catacombs #France #skeletons #skulls #bones

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Your creepy photo of the day: my wife standing next to the centuries-old bones of a few hundred long deceased Parisians. This was taken in Les Catacombes, under Paris, just a couple weeks ago. The story is, back in the 1800s (I think that’s when it was), Paris cemeteries were filling up too fast and Paris was growing too quickly so they decided to evict the dead and re-bury them in the miles and miles of old, underground quarries outside the city. Of course, Paris kept growing and these quarries are no longer outside the city, but under it. Sadly, authorities didn’t spend too much time respecting the bodies of the dead so they ended up being piled up and even turned into works of art and architectural choices for the catacombes, themselves. Being down there is depressing, humbling and somehow uplifting, too. Seeing all those bones in one place really gave me a perspective on history I didn’t have before. Seeing all of those lives represented so bluntly and so openly (via their deaths) reminded me of the “Pale Blue Dot” speech Carl Sagan once told. I felt both insignificant and incredibly important at the same time. If you’re ever in France, I highly recommend doing this. It’s incredible.

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#SCOTUS says, basically, it's OK to violate voting rights until we figure out how to tell if you've done it before. Um, WHAT? #BizarroWorldYear13

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ThePeteTV: TheDrawingVlog: Skully-Chan Commemorative Coin Design

Haven’t done one of these in a loooong time!

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There's something #ironic about the placement of these two signs next to each other inside the #Louvre.

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Meanwhile, back in #NYC, it's quite warm.

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A String Quartet in Piazza San Marco plays Whiter Shade of Pale on

What an incredibly special day this was! Had a brilliant martini at Harry’s Bar and then my wife took me on a gondola ride that ended at Piazza San Marco where I find these guys playing one of my favorite songs. TheBest. Birthday. Ever.

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#Venice, #Italy from above. (From the top of the campanile in Piazza San Marco, to be exact.)

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#Venice at night is like floating through a museum after closing time. #Amazing #romantic #beautiful #noteasytophotograph

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