Long Ago

January 15, 2025

Mid-1960s, I think. I analyze the performance envelope of the P-38 fighter for the benefit of my mom’s friend Giulia Simola.

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Immigrant

January 12, 2025

A Viking grave in a Scottish churchyard. (I don’t remember the name of the village, but it was very near Loch Lomond.) The gravestone is carved so as to resemble an overturned boat— boat burials were still a thing. The “viking funeral,” with the ship set on fire and pushed out to sea, is a […]

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Holy

January 10, 2025

This photo is 50 years old! And sort of looks it. I and Photoshop have done our best. This, from 1975, looks down from Delphi toward the Gulf of Corinth. I had come to Delphi at the command of a couple of major figures— one from the Bible, the other from science fiction. Not that […]

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Spin About

January 7, 2025

A reconstruction of the turret of the USS Monitor, open to allow a view of the mechanism and one of the two 11-inch guns. The turret was designed by American inventor Theodore Timby, and the rest of the ship by the Swedish-born John Ericsson. A problem with the turret was that there was no brake— […]

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Waterfowl

January 4, 2025

Trees, pond, sandhill cranes. Sunset today.

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Ghost Docks

December 31, 2024

About six years ago I was on a motor trip along the North Shore of Lake Superior, and wandered down a small road from the highway down to the lake. When I parked in the small recreational harbor, I saw this huge abandoned facility along the shoreline. (It’s much bigger than it looks in this […]

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Ear Jive

December 29, 2024

From Britain, 1975. Heineken had a whole series of these ads, promising that Heineken would help consumers grow, ah, firmer. Apparently it also works on aliens.

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20% Off

December 29, 2024

I spotted this globe in the gift shop of the Corning Museum and immediately wanted it. I wanted it so much that some Japanese visitors actually took a picture of me wanting it. It’s about the size of a bowling ball and was created by artist Josh Simpson. While it may look as if it’s […]

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Jimi’s Jacket

December 26, 2024

Found in a museum exhibit of psychedelia, this is Jimi Hendrix’ jacket. While there seem to be a number of techniques used in constructing it, much of it seems to be hand-painted silk. The second I saw it, I was struck with jacket envy. Judging by the size of the jacket, Jimi was a tiny […]

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Bogiemas

December 25, 2024

Everyone have a merry Bogart’s Birthday!

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