Map of the World, 1977
I came across this 1977 map. It’s of Scotia, Schenectady, and Mechanicville. That third one seems a bit odd, but...
“There is no tragedy like this under the sky”
There is a popular and often-repeated notion that romantic love is a modern invention of the Western world. Writer after...
Eloquence
Symbol of the “New York Society for the Suppression of Vice”, advocating book-burning. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Eloquence in the face...
Seen from the train, No. 2
View Larger Map Again from Newark, the kind of place that gives the old hazardous waste remediator in me palpitations....
American Scoundrel
Cover via Amazon It wasn’t an abiding interest in the Civil War that caused me to tuck into Thomas Keneally‘s...
The other one
Barnes & Noble 3-20-11 DSC_2176.jpg, originally uploaded by carljohnson. I could have put up the pic where she stuck her...
Spring spatters
Spring spatters, originally uploaded by carljohnson. 43 degrees. Wet lube on the chain, double-bagged knees and some embrocation, bike shoe...
At the movies
What deathless cinematic visions were showing on a summer’s eve in the Capital District in 1977? And in what eternal...
Egyptology
Things I learned about Egyptian culture while watching several hours of informative movies on Turner Classic Movies the other night:...