I have observed during my travels that in times of war and chaos, all life is negotiated around weapons. Societies are reordered into sharply defined new hierarchies: into those who have weapons and those who have not. A man with a gun can walk to the front of the bread or gasoline line. With his … Continue reading
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Foot and Mouth Disease Memorial – London
A rather unique memorial to some of the many victims of human excess and folly can be found humbly tucked away in a small garden along the Thames Path near The Cutty Sark Tavern in Greenwich: If you are not able to make out the text on the marker for some reason, it reads as … Continue reading
Quote Of The Day
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who … Continue reading
Albert Clark Reed – Disappearing Scientist
A continuation of: The Road To Happiness: A Series From the Los Angeles Times in the 1950s: In an old photograph, Albert Clark Reed looks like just another balding man in a coat and tie, a 45-year-old husband and father from the 1950s. He has a thin mustache and a pleasant half-smile that looks as … Continue reading
Photo Of The Day: 7/7 Bombing Picture (The Evil That Man Do)…
Inching through debris and choking heat, police forensic officers comb the wreckage of one of the 7/7 Tube trains in this never-before-seen picture… Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article Continue reading
Oliver Cromwell’s Death Mask
Oliver Cromwell died at Whitehall on September 3rd, 1658. His death mask is on display in the Museum of London. He was buried in Westminster Abbey, but when the Royalists returned to power his corpse was dug up, hung in chains, and beheaded. His measures against Irish Catholics have been characterized by some historians as … Continue reading
S/V Legend
1915 – Built in Scheveningen as a sailing trader/fishing vessel 1917 – During World War I she is reported missing in the English Channel 1925 – Found abandoned in the Congo River by a Scheveningen fisherman who brings her back to the Netherlands 1928 – First engine installed 1926-1940 – Operates mostly as a cargo … Continue reading
The Velvet Rocket 