St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Wall Street Journal on World's Fairs
There’s an infographic about the US fairs, but it wasn’t loading properly in Firefox.
And, they omitted Seattle ‘62. Luckily there’s a photo gallery at http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/worldsfair/
Win/Win Situation
General Motors asks for up to $16.6 billion in loans, Chrysler $5 billion. In return, the automakers say, they’ll slash jobs.
(from LA Times front page)
There's Flies in the Kitchen
John Prine apparently wrote, and first recorded, “Angel from Montgomery.” (!)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_from_montgomery (yes, it cites reputable sources)
I actually think his version is better than Bonnie Raitt’s.
Daily Routines - Robert Caro
http://dailyroutines.typepad.com/daily_routines/2009/02/robert-caro.html
Indeed, though they have each devoted their lives to him for more than three decades, the Caros have a policy of not discussing Lyndon Johnson, at dinner or anywhere else. Ina presents her research to Bob in typed reports, which her husband then marks up. “I know what he’s looking for without him telling me,” she explains. She rarely reads his work until it is in manuscript form.
Ain't No Monkey, But I Know What I Like
http://bpfastball.com/Neko%20Case-Buckets%20of%20Rain.mp3
Neko Case recording of Buckets of Rain. Thanks to NY Times for reminding me.
Vermont Country Store Introduces Sex Toys
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/02/16/us/AP-Catalogs-Quandary.html
”The intimate massagers are certainly not what will uplift the youth of America but instead will lead them to be perverted pleasure seekers,” wrote one customer, asking to be removed from the mailing list. ”Please rethink what you are doing.”
From Hygeia, the Health Magazine, August 1931
To the editor - I have tuberculosis. I am not very ill but I have an abnormal fear of spreading infection to others. In two of my desks, there are books, papers, pencils and pens that have come in contact with me. The pens and pencils I have placed in my mouth; I may have wet my fingers in turning the book pages or my hands may have been sputum soiled. Do you think that my desk and its contents are infected and dangerous? Some time ago I used handkerchiefs for expectoration, which were placed in my coat cuff, pocket or were wrapped in thin paper and placed on the floor until they were washed. Is the closet in which they were placed, its floors or the clothes in it infected? While walking in a field in which cows were grazing, I raised some sputum. Not knowing how to dispose of it at the time, I buried it, but the ground was hard and it was not buried well. Do you think that one of the cows may have come in contact with it and could tuberculosis then develop in the cow? My doctor told me that swallowing either lung sputum or catarrhal discharge from the nasal passages will not harm my health. If sputum were raised and swallowed instead of expectorated, would my lips e soiled nevertheless and need cleaning in order not to spread the bacilli? - L. K, Connecticut
The Reed School: For Nervous and Backward Children
and for the correction of defective speech.
http://content.lib.washington.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/advert&CISOPTR=193&CISOBOX=1&REC=4
Wassenaar, Wassenaar, Wassenaar
Dutch pop song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTcqvsYwMag
Translated lyrics: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Flirama.net%2Fsong%2F56972&sl=nl&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
I waited on the bus, my card ready Saturday
I said “driver, I have to Wassenaar”
I got off the bus, called to her ha -
She said “come up, iba man, come but”
r I ran it here and I put it there
She said “now you get my sensitive nerve”
Suddenly she was strange and a bit weird
She said “turn on my buttocks, pulling her to my
Harder, harder, because I almost “(woehoe)Wassenaar, Wassenaar, Wassenaar, Wassenaar, uhuh, Wassenaar
