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Madelyn Dunham, Barack Obama’s beloved grandmother, died today after a battle with cancer. Obama left the campaign trail on October 23rd to spend a day with the ailing Dunham, whose health took a turn after she broke a hip. 
Born Madelyn Payne on October 26, 1922, Dunham was born in Peru, Kansas but raised in Augusta, Kansas. She was a strong student and met her future husband, Stanley Dunham, while in Wichita for a big band concert. The couple married in 1940. Stanley enlisted in the Army during WWII while Madelyn …

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While the main products at LilyPang Art and Design are the original works of art and prints, the laptop skins are what drew me in. There’s a retro kitsch to the designs on the easily applied (and removed) vinyl skins that offsets the sheer modernity of a laptop. The ready to ship sizes will fit laptops with screens up to 15.4″ but if your screen is larger, message the seller and she will customize a size for you for a few extra dollars. 

Owl Laptop Skin 8.5″ x 11.5″, $22.00 (or …