Southampton Saints FC Relegation Day

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Winston Smith

My BEST #SaintsFC tweet of 2023. Complete 2023 football campaign washup as soon as the season is done and dusted. Update: The Saints were relegated after a 2-0 loss to Continue Reading →

Weekend 569.0

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Winston Smith

(1) Do you remember when GE (General Electric) built things? (2) A poem¹ by Tom Moore: Have you not oft, in nightly vision, stray’d To the pure isles of ever-blooming Continue Reading →

Drunkenness, dissipation, and dirty habits

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Winston Smith

A very rare almost mid-week post. I’m feeling puckish as the globe careens towards insolvency. (1) 10 Hardest Kingdom Hearts Secret Bosses, Ranked (CBR.COM) I smoked Dark Inferno (#3) under Continue Reading →

Immortalized in Stained-Glass

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Winston Smith

A quote from Bermuda’s Story by Terry Tucker: “On the north side of the nave in the Bermuda Cathedral in Hamilton you will see a stained-glass window picturing the storm Continue Reading →

Weekend 568.1

Posted on April 30, 2023 by Winston Smith

(1) NYC Subway Maps: Historical Maps (1a) Subway Art Card for the MTA by Visual Storyteller Feifei Ruan (1b) Commuter Rail Guide designed by Joan Charysyn (1975)

Weekend 568.0 (Sparsa Collegit)

Posted on April 28, 2023 by Winston Smith

There’s a battle ahead, many battles are lost…but you’ll never see the end of the road…while you’re traveling with me.(1) Impressions of a Soulless New Airport (The Imaginative Conservative) “There Continue Reading →

Weekend 567.2 (On-Time Departure)

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Winston Smith

Screenshot is from Mr. Mouse Takes A Trip (November 1, 1940).

Weekend 567.1

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Winston Smith

For you have given your children a sacred time for the renewing and purifying of their hearts, that, freed from disordered affections, they may so deal with the things of Continue Reading →

Weekend 567.0

Posted on April 22, 2023 by Winston Smith

(1) How to Play: Race the Rails the TfL Card Game (YouTube) (2) Ebbsfleet International to Stratford International / British Rail Class 395 Javelin (Train Sim World 3) (2a) Limestone Continue Reading →

Significant Dates / Holidays – Part 1

Posted on April 16, 2023 by Winston Smith

March 29 Battle of Towton April 23 Coronation of James II April 26 Shakespeare Baptized May 10 Death of Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson June 15 Magna Carta Signed July 03 Continue Reading →