Tuesday, August 30, 2005
The most unique photograph ever taken?
Did Wyatt Earp, Teddy Roosevelt, Doc Holiday, Morgan Earp, Liver Eating Johnson, Butch Cassidy, The Sundance Kid, Bart Masterson, Harry Britton, Judge Roy Bean and Ben Greenough pose for a picture together in Hunters Hot Spring, Montana in 1883? Check out this website for the answers.
Sunday, August 28, 2005
WM3
"Some people say to me, what are you doing defending these guys in Arkansas? They're a bunch of stoners who chopped up little kids for Satan and stuff! And I say, well, okay I wasn't there, I'm not 100 percent sure the West Memphis Three are innocent, but even so, isn't there something in the constitution about people have to be guilty beyond a reasonable doubt?" said Biafra. "If they're guilty, prove it this time. Prove it for real. No matter how law and order you are, wouldn't it be better to catch the right person before it happens to another kid?" - Jello Biafra
Thursday, August 25, 2005
Something to think about/Take it back
This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry,
I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me. - Woody Guthrie
Sunday, August 14, 2005
Nevada Neon Nights - Photo History
Neon came to Nevada just after the first interstate highways were built. The first to be completed was the Victory Highway -- later called U.S. 40 and nowadays Interstate 80. The first documented neon sign in Nevada is shown in a photograph by Frederick Jukes of the People's Market in Elko, which is dated 1928. Actually, electric signs, composed of hundreds of incandescent bulbs, had begun to replace the older painted signs a few years before. The Nevada State Journal of January 21,1924, blazoned forth, "Great White Way in Reno Shows Growth, Many New Electric Signs Are Installed in City." In Reno the completion of both the Victory Highway and the Lincoln Highway (later U.S. 50) was the occasion for a grand Transcontinental Highway Exposition, preparations for which included the erection of the first arch across Virginia Street with the slogan, "The Biggest Little City in the World."It was modeled after similar signs in central and southern California towns that beckoned auto travelers on the new highways to pause a while to sample the local pleasures. In 1934 the incandescent bulbs were replaced with neon as an economy measure. - More
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Lesson of the day
When pulling a marathon stretch of no sleep, it is inadvisable to start a pot of tea, return to your computer to write and put on headphones. The latter two steps make it entirely possible to forget about said pot of tea for a period of up to six hours completely ruining your favorite teapot (Making it sound as if I have a variety of teapots to choose from, I don't. But out of all the teapots I have owned in my life as an iced tea addict, my now charcoaled cow print tea pot was indeed my favorite.).
Monday, August 08, 2005
Loopy
Sleep deprivation and hours upon hours of Springsteen are a strange mix.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
Winning the war on terror.
We turned in our Oregon plates to the Nevada DMV yesterday. While we were speaking with the DMV representative she started going over the different plate styles available. It went something like this...
"Each of our custom plates support something. The rodeo plates support the rodeo. The cats and dogs plates support the SPCA. And the American flag plates support terrorism....um. You know what I mean."
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
Creepy Crawlies
What's that Bug? For the budding Entomologist in all of us.
Found via Skookum Talk.
Monday, August 01, 2005
Ice on Mars (3D)
Red/Blue glasses needed. Click on the picture for the article.
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