Our Revolution … presented us an album on which we were free to write what we pleased. We had no occasion to search into musty records, to hunt up royal parchments, or to investigate the laws and institutions of a semi-barbarous ancestry. We appealed to those of nature, and found them engraved on our hearts. …
We were down to a skeleton crew of five. Due to the severe gravitational pull of other local events like the ritual relocation of a certain pirate, the opening night of RENT (The Movie) and the booking of some inexplicably popular Bon Jovi cover band, the only hands on deck belonged to Nikki, Tony, Joseph, …
Bill Clinton and Al Gore – Putting People First (1992) (1 of 6) Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. While cleaning out the closet under the stairs, I went through some old papers and scraps and so on. In among the photos and college newspapers, I found this. Interesting reading, particularly the part about the religious Right …
SearsWishbook.1979C.P024 Originally uploaded by Sears Wishbook. A found Flickr photo scan from the 1979 Sears Wishbook. I was seven at the time, so I had to have the Superman PJs for Christmas. And I got red socks to go with them. Of course, the only super power those faux-flannel PJs gave anybody was the ability …
Based on our recent trip, some observations … Tabloid-sized Newspapers. Britain’s tabloid papers are usually poor representations of journalism. Most are loaded with gossip and speculation. Most are focused on celebrity and fueled by rumour. Most are written with a sensationalism that would make a National Enquirer turn to the copy of The Star and …
(Originally, I was going to post this to the Atlanta Metblog … but I thought again, decided against … then I thought again, decided for … then against again. Now, it’s been aging in my draft posts for a few weeks months and I feel obliged to put it somewhere, because I like what the …
Red Children Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. We were in London on Monday. Today is Friday and we’re home. It’s good to be back. We walked from The British Library to The British Museum. This stretch is described as The Museum Mile, though it felt more like three or four than one. Using the Force — …
Today, back in Gerrards Cross. Yesterday was spent in Salisbury. Words do nothing to describe Salisbury Cathedral. Photos might fail as well, though many of them I took. The B&B was the best of the three we’ve visited and we told our innkeeper as much. Monday night was spent just blocks from Waterloo station. Richard …
Steeple Silhouette Originally uploaded by grabbingsand. I’ve posted and made public the photos I took in Cambridge. Later photos from Canterbury will come … well … later. For now, take a look and see some of what we’ve seen so far.
In Canterbury. This is our second day in the city. Right now, I’m in the lobby of our B&B, posting from an old school iMac (this one is blue) on what has to be the slowest wireless connection ever. I know how much time has passed because of the many light jazz favorites that have …
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