Weekend 651.0 (Birthday)

Posted on August 23, 2025 by Winston Smith

LIMESTONEROOF turned 22 on August 21, 2025! (1) Chief Iron Tail (1857-1916) Around 1913 in Washington, D.C., he posed for the famous Indian Head Nickel. Mom left me this beautiful Continue Reading →

Weekend 650.0 (Diablos Del Cielo)

Posted on August 16, 2025 by Winston Smith

The OMNY cards are boring and could be from any city, and yes, you can “pay fares directly with digital wallets, contactless credit and debit cards” but just like tokens Continue Reading →

Train Sim World (Dovetail Games)

Posted on August 10, 2025 by Winston Smith

As a self-proclaimed train fanatic this is arguably the best developer in the space. This isn’t a review though; it’s just a list of fantastical wishes. It would be grand Continue Reading →

Weekend 649.0

Posted on August 8, 2025 by Winston Smith

“…for he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and maker is God.” (1) Coin (Noble) Showing Henry VI (The Met) (2) Notable on X:

National Lighthouse Day

Posted on August 7, 2025 by Winston Smith

A quote from Bermuda’s Story by Terry Tucker: “For a long time it had been very plain that there would continue to be many shipwrecks around our coasts unless a Continue Reading →

Weekend 648.0 (…things are upside down and in the air.)

Posted on August 2, 2025 by Winston Smith

(1) Inside Brompton: a pioneering provider of folding bicycles for fifty years (Wallpaper) (2) History has a rhythm and this is eerily relevant. A quote from The Brothers York: An Continue Reading →

Weekend 647.0 (…the pigment that colors the eyes of the lovers that betray you.)

Posted on July 25, 2025 by Winston Smith

(1) Reading With Jane Austen (The Imaginative Conservative) (2) The Great Bullion Famine: When Europe’s money ran out (Glint) (2a) A quote from The Brothers York by Thomas Penn: “There Continue Reading →

Weekend 646.0 (‘Perdition cometh!’)

Posted on July 19, 2025 by Winston Smith

“For all its convenience, it [The London Orbital] is a route to nowhere, a road which simply connects to other roads.” “Looking back at the line’s history as I write, Continue Reading →

Independence Day (Weekend) 2025

Posted on July 4, 2025 by Winston Smith

Nice holiday weekend. I saw fireworks with a friend and drank gratuitous amounts of coffee. This post does a great job of representing my interests— Bermuda, Disney (before Eisner and Continue Reading →

Eastern Air Lines at the 1964/1965 World’s Fair

Posted on June 29, 2025 by Winston Smith

This is a photograph of the Eastern Air Lines pavilion at the 1964/65 New York World’s Fair. Special transportation would whisk you away from JFK and LaGuardia Airport(s) right to Continue Reading →