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Friday, July 24th: A Triumphant Day
Last afternoon, I was luxuriating in a job well done, work-wise. I had done what I was hired to do and the event had gone well. Not as well as if I’d presented it but well enough to keep those m… more →
The Velvet Fist
Book Review in WSJ
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I have a review of the book, Boom Town, in today’s WSJ. It was odd reading a book about prejud … more →
Boom Town (1940)
wrote 2 months ago: So, I’m finally getting around to discussing this film, which I actually watched a couple of w … more →
Boom Days Delivers
wrote 4 months ago: Nobody puts on a Western parade like Leadville, Colorado during Boom Days. This festival is a celebr … more →
Friday, July 24th: A Triumphant Day
wrote 5 months ago: Last afternoon, I was luxuriating in a job well done, work-wise. I had done what I was hired to do a … more →
Got the videocam
wrote 5 months ago: I’d been putting it for weeks but yesterday I just thought: “Get this thing and let … more →
Video Link 1 - Lost Vegas - Current TV
wrote 7 months ago: http://current.com/items/90026412_lost-vegas.htm Click on link above. During the boom years, no plac … more →
Ride, Ride, Ride the Wild Surf
wrote 7 months ago: So said Jan and Dean way back in early 60’s California. Well, that’s where I am right no … more →
The Undead vs. the Crackheads
wrote 7 months ago: The last couple of days have been kind of a whirlwind, culminating this morning with an early wake-u … more →
American art in New Britain, Connecticut
wrote 8 months ago: The old museum building is on the right, the new one on the left. (April 11, 2009) Till a couple wee … more →
Kingsport Still Thriving through National Economic Struggle
wrote 1 year ago: The following is a small excerpt from the recent Times News article. “Kingsport sees record ye … more →
