Things that happen
Marysville Daily Appeal, Volume XIII, Number 107, 6 May 1866 Riot at Memphis (Tenn.)—Large number or Negroes killed and their Houses Burned— Gen. Stoneman takes Military Possession of the City. MEMPHIS, May 4th. The Memphis Riot culminated in a great conflagration of the negro quarters on Wednesday night, and the killing of some 15 negroes … [Read more…]
Some things we ate in San Sebastian in 2002: Tuna stuffed tomatoes Foie gras with apricots Gazpacho with beets and shrimp Goat Cheese Torta with Apple Sauce Spinach Ravioli with Bacon Stuffed Peppers with queso Bacalao with peppers and onions on bread Squid with green onions Squid with Spinach Cod with parsley sauce Roast duck … [Read more…]
Daily Alta California, Volume 16, Number 5211, 9 June 1864 Miscellaneous. Colonel Arguellet, who lately arrived in this city from Havana, was yesterday morning at an early hour arrested in his hotel, by two persons who represented themselves to be United States Deputy Marshals. No information was given the Colonel as to the cause of … [Read more…]
San Francisco Call, Volume 99, Number 135, 14 April 1906 CABLE CARS ARE HELD UP BY A CRIPPLE Wooden Leg Caught in Slot Causes a Blockade. A man with a wooden leg and an oversupply of cocktails delayed traffic on Market street for nearly a quarter of an hour during the busy part of yesterday … [Read more…]
California Digital Newspaper Collection – Daily Alta California Murder in San Francisco WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. 19, 1849 The Recent Murder. We cannot refrain from saying a few words with regard to recent sad occurrence at the Bella Union which resulted in the death of one of the parties concerned, and the utter ruin and disgrace … [Read more…]
I’ve loaded excerpts from John Berger’s “Ways of Seeing”, Jacques Ellul’s “The Technological Society” and Gary Panter’s very original “Rozztox Manifesto” to stimulate some thinking about advertising and its effects on modern culture. The use of the techniques of propaganda to sell products, ideas, and ways of life, we’ve allowed ourselves to be manipulated by … [Read more…]
Liberty ……. The LF silver lock on the gate is no more. After the past rain froze it, I sprayed and the shank came all the way out. That’s it for that lock. So from now on we will use the brass lock along with the Moto guys. The combo #. We will go with … [Read more…]
Vincent van Gogh – Letter to Theo 1889 … To be good – many people think that they’ll achieve it by doing no harm – and that’s a lie, and you said yourself in the past that it was a lie. That leads to stagnation, to mediocrity. Just slap something on it when you see … [Read more…]
