Weekend 152.1
The illustration is from Here Is New York City by Susan Elizabeth Lyman and Dorothy W. Furman. It was published in 1962 and illustrated by Mary Royt and George Buctel.
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Weekend 150.0
“In periods of rapid personal change, we pass through life as though we are spellcast. We speak in sentences that end before finishing. We sleep heavily because we need to Continue Reading →
Weekend 148.4 (Holiday Perils)
“According to William Knox, one of Germain’s undersecretaries, his lordship was on his way to the country when he stopped by the office to sign his mail and was reminded Continue Reading →
Weekend 148.2
(1) The London Cyclist Blog (2) A Week at the Airport (Vintage International Original) (3) The Sunbeam 1000 HP Mystery, or “The Slug”, Land Speed Record Car from Schylling. The Continue Reading →
Weekend 147.0
(1) ‘I feel I need a holiday, a very long holiday, as I have told you before. Probably a permanent holiday: I don’t expect I shall return. In fact, I Continue Reading →
Weekend 140.1
The ideal Limestone Roof convention… “He was also somewhat familiar with Central Florida, for he had traveled to the Tampa area with another Disney official, Robert Gurr*, in October of Continue Reading →
Waning trust…
Mead’s argument in God and Gold is bunk because it assumes the public has trust in government. “Historian Niall Ferguson estimates that the British national debt as a percentage of Continue Reading →
Bike Pron
Velo: Bicycle Culture and Design
More redcoats
“To the British rank-and-file there was nothing novel about being a solider. The harsh life was their way of life. They carried themselves like soldiers. They had rules, regulations, and Continue Reading →
More Football Stuff…
The PATH to Red Bull Arena – Great advertisement for PATH (Port Authority of New York & New Jersey). GRINGOS AT THE GATE: Soccer and the US Mexico Divide – Continue Reading →