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Monday, February 16, 2009

Why are we changing maps?



"You can't do this."

"Why not?"

"Because it's freaking me out."

Via Eric at Following the Equator

4 comments:

  1. Ha! This has gotta be the most high-profile pop culture moment for the Great Projection Debate in history.

    I like how what's-her-name's mind is blown by these cartographic revelations.

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  2. That's a great clip. I should get the West Wing DVDs some time...

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  3. This moment in West Wing was the first time I had heard of the Peters map, and it's stuck with me ever since.

    When we hung up our own Peters map at our house, I couldn't stop thinking about this scene. Josh's disbelieving exuberance is priceless.

    Thanks for sharing, and thanks for the link.

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  4. And she's from Dayton, so double relevance points :-) Man, I wish I'd watched The West Wing when it was on TV...

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