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The bomb squad blew up two World War II hand grenades in Deland, Florida last Tuesday morning.
The man was given the pineapple-style grenade by a neighbor, who used the explosive as a bookend, deputies said.
When deputies arrived in the DeLand neighborhood, they found the man, who told them he had pulled the pin on the grenade, put the pin back and placed the grenade outside.
The man told deputies his neighbor had a second grenade.
That woman told Local 6 the grenades belonged to her deceased husband, who fought in World War II, and were used as bookends for several years.
The explosions left a 2-foot crater in the ground. Link -via Arbroath
Uprisings Bookend – $74.95
Uprisings bookend is based on the art duo Kozyndan’s take on Hokusai’s classic Japanese woodblock print The Great Wave off Kanagawa (c. 1829 – 32). The 9-1/2" tall piece (with bunnies!) is made from rotocast vinyl, produced by designer toy maker Munky King and is available from the NeatoShop.
It works great as a bookend, or as a stand alone sculpture: Link | More Office & Desk items
Arrow Bookends – $29.95
Psst, book lovers! Here’s a set of bookends that will let you highlight your favorite book with two set of gravity-defying arrows. From the NeatoShop: Link
Photo: Gentle Giant Studios
The Star Wars cantina bookend set is currently out of stock, and at a cost of over $150.00 it’s definitely for those with money to burn. Neatorama sells cool bookends for far less. However, this and other examples including Lord of the Rings, Batman vs. Superman, Harry Potter and more can be ogled at Uphaa.
Rosie the Riveter Bookends (set of 2) – $34.95
Here’s something quite neat for your bookshelf: a pair of matching Rosie the Riveter bookends, made from heavy-duty stone resin. The bookends, created by Chris Collicott commemorate the spirit of the machine age and honor the hardworking ladies who worked in war factories during World War II.
You can count on Rosie the Riveter bookends to work diligently in keeping your books organized and neat!
From the Neatorama Shop: Link
Lenore over at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories blog created this bra-ket bookends perfect for your quantum mechanics textbooks. Dirac would’ve been proud though Heisenberg would’ve warned about the uncertainty of having objects heavier than books that may fall out of the shelf.
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