1924 Road Tripping – Park III: The End Of The Road
This is the third and final letter from Miss Edith Bordner, from the end of her travels in Vancouver, British Columbia at the end of summer 1924. [Letter 1] [Letter 2] She mentioned in...
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1924 Road Tripping – Part II: Through Santa Fe and further west
We continue with the second of three letters from Miss Edith Bordner of New Philadelphia, OH, from her automobile trip across America in the summer of 1924. [Letter 1] [Letter 3] This was the...
1924 Road Tripping – Part I: Out of Ohio and Through Missouri and Kansas
A while back I came across a vintage postcard from Santa Fe featuring the slogan “The Most Wonderful 50 Mile Square in America.” I had never heard the phrase before so I did some...
Trump’s Rise To Power Is Most Alarming To Me
The comparisons of Trump and his followers to the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party are many. The similarities have become more indurate with each passing day. The rise in incidents of hate...
Thoughts On The Death Penalty
Today I am struggling. After a lifetime of being staunchly opposed to the death penalty I find myself re-examining decades-old beliefs and trying to stave off deep feelings of anger and bloodlust revenge. A...
Voter ID Laws Only Serve To Disenfranchise Minorities And The Poor
Now that the conventions are over and our candidates have been set loose upon the campaign trails we can focus on other matters. In this post, voter ID laws. My belief has always been,...
Stamp Stories: The Nursing Commemorative Stamp
I recently pulled out my ancient stamp collection, dusted it off, and thought, “Man, what’s the story behind this one?” on several of them. To that end, I’ve added a “Stamp Stories” section of...
Playing around with the Mandelbrot Set
What does a geek do when he’s given a little downtime during a week of conference talks and meetings? He plays with the Mandelbrot set. I’ve been getting into vector programming – the nitty-gritty...
“The Cinema Craze” as seen in the UK circa 1917
The New Age was a weekly British magazine that covered modernist topics in the arts and society, most active in the years 1907-1922. It featured several notable contributors during that time, among them George...
On The Effects Of Ballpark Altitude On The Number Of Home Runs
The other day a friend of mine commented that he witnessed quite a few home runs during a Cubs vs. Rockies game at Coors Field in Denver. There was a total of 4 home runs,...
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