Doom and Gloom

American this time, and maybe too slight and early to blog. But I was reading James Lileks this morning and came to a mention of what Minneapolis grade school kids would like for us all. “…the other day when I went to read a book in her [his daughter’s] class I noted the exhibit outside …

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Dad’s B -17

Reid’s post below on the weather vane reminded me of a sketch he and Matt and other visitors have seen in my library. In 1941 my father was a scholarship student at the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston. A year later he was a first lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, a bombardier …

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Neanderthal Doom

According to this piece in the BBC News, some late Neanderthalers were wiped out by a cold snap even they could not survive: “…a climate downturn may have caused a drought, placing pressure on the last surviving Neanderthals by reducing their supplies of fresh water and killing off the animals they hunted.” (Snip) “These creatures …

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Not a Vegetarian

The ever- carnivorous John McLoughlin sends a quote, which he attributes to one Jethro Trogo: “If ever the world will be ruled by vegetables, I can truthfully say,“I never ate your kind willingly.”

Kazakhs respond to Borat

According to the Moscow Times (link may now be behind firewall), Kazakhstan has decided to counter Borat with a bit of reality. “The Kazakh ambassador has embarked on a tour of universities around the United States to counter the outlandish portrayal of his home country in the movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make …

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More Doggie Descendants..

AKA “granddogs”– the latest in a series. These are of Dutch Salmon’s lurcher girl “Mona” from Plum and Lash, who caught 30 hares in her first year– and who would be sterile (and illegal to breed) under the new law mentioned below. Photos courtesy Dan Gauss.

Another Mauser

I posted a while back on a beautiful classic Mauser. Unfortunately, it had hidden problems and ultimately it went back. I kept my eyes open and eventually found another 7mm. Mauser, this one a fifties- style custom gun on a Czech military action, with a Belgian Fabrique National sporter barrel, for half the already cheap …

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More Pigeons– Flight Art

Pigeons with flute and camera Artist and pigeon fancier Timothy Hume of of the Lord of the Isles Loft and Dovecote Gallery on Salt Springs Island in BC has been collaborating with another artist, Annie Dunning, to create more flying “Sky Art”. They really need a website of their own to do it justice, but …

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Why Pigeons?

Another guest post, this one by semi- regular commentator Jake Sewall. The “Why” of the Pigeon Sometime in the not-too-distant past Steve made a comment about looking at racing pigeon mags periodically and not finding what it was that initially attracted him to pigeon racing. Which, if you look at the way it is practiced …

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Spay Neuter

Our friend Dutch Salmon has allowed me to post this urgent op- ed piece from the Las Cruces Sun News here in its entirety. Take it away, Dutch. Spay/Neuter Bill is Anti-Hunting Law By Dutch Salmon A bill in the State Legislature relating to the spaying and neutering of pets would seem to be something …

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