November 27th: Today in 1934 Baby Face Nelson was killed in a shoot out with the FBI. Nelson is often described as the opposite of the legendary ‘gentleman bandits’ like Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd as Nelson seemed to take delight in killing. Legends and songs came out of the lives of Dillinger and Pretty [...]
Curiosity Originally uploaded by Tancread. Saw this polar bear playing with a little girl at the Memphis Zoo. I suspect the map moving was about all the bear could see in the darkened room we were in so it kept coming at it.
November 24th: Today in 1963 Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President Kennedy as Harvey was being moved from Police Headquarters to a nearby jail. The killing was broadcast on live nationwide television and the photos of the shooting have become iconic with photoshop reworks [...]
I really enjoyed this story about the guy who has bought and restored the house from ‘A Christmas Story’. The ending is classic: Standing in front of the house holding a replica Red Ryder rifle, he discusses his future plans — which could include a nearby bed and breakfast — when, seemingly on a director’s [...]
The Mendoza Line is a New York based band with a variety of music styles ranging from folk to the catch all ‘alternative’. I have no idea how popular they are in the real world but their recent album Full of Light and Full of Fire has a number of good catchy songs. My favorite [...]
November 22nd: Today in 1935 a Pan American flying boat, the China Clipper set off to attempt the first cross pacific airmail delivery from Alameda California to Manila in the Philippines. The flight took nearly sixty hours of flying time but was successful with stops in Hawaii, Midway Island, Wake Island, and Guam before completing [...]