English pub signs are a form of commercial art that I find myself quite taken with. Here are some examples: Unquestionably above the others though is, the one and the only, original Goat Tavern near my old residence along High Street Kensington: Continue reading
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Fat or Phat?
A Lovely Fairy Tale
Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl ‘Will you marry me?’ The girl said, ‘NO!’ And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and went traveling and had wonderful adventures and got laid often from lots of different girls and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet … Continue reading
Godfrey Osei and the Ghana Coup: Chapter 3
U.S MERCENARIES ESCAPE BRAZIL TO TELL OF PLAN TO OVERTHROW AFRICAN LEADER By KATHERINE BISHOP, SPECIAL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES Published: December 27, 1986 Two American mercenaries have escaped from a Brazilian prison and returned to the United States to tell a tangled tale of a foiled effort to overthrow the Government of Ghana. … Continue reading
Godfrey Osei and the Ghana Coup: Chapter 2
San Jose Mercury News (CA) October 29, 1986 Author: PETE CAREY, Mercury News Staff Writer MERCENARY HELD IN BRAZIL DISCOVERS ‘HELL’ Article Text: In a series of letters filled with black humor, whimsy and despair, a former San Francisco State University graduate student hired to help overthrow the West African nation of Ghana tells of … Continue reading
Godfrey Osei and the Ghana Coup: Chapter 1
This is one of those stories we should know about, but don’t. And I only came across it because I was doing research for my dissertation in this subject area. Try finding any information about it without intensive research of newspaper archives, academic publications or JSTOR! San Jose Mercury News (CA) June 22, 1986 Author: … Continue reading
Interesting site in case you get pulled over…
http://ratemycop.com/ There is not much you can do if you are pulled over and the officer you are dealing with is unpleasant. And I’m afraid that I am speaking from personal experience when I make that statement. The site above at least gives one a chance to document their experience and to compare it with … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 