Obscurorant 2.0

Way back when I wrote about the things I carry. Turns out there’s a flickr pool dedicated to this idea as well.  I’ll contribute in the near future.

From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State,
And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.
Six miles from earth, loosed from its dream of life,
I woke to black flak and the nightmare fighters.
When I died they washed me out of the turret with a hose.
-The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner by [...]

Speaking of books, there was a particular title I was hoping to come across Saturday (but didn’t). Different folks have recommended Heat and The Apprentice as books that someone with an interest in cooking would enjoy, and I intend to read both. But I’ve also heard tell of another cooking-related book I want to find [...]

Last week The Intended told me that I shouldn’t make any plans for the coming Saturday, as she had a surprise in mind for me. So Saturday came and we got in the car, and drove. And drove, and drove. And we wound up – Surprise! – at a bookstore. Namely this one, the Montague [...]

I didn’t think it was possible, but somehow John Wayne and Howard Hawks combined to make a dull movie. I like the Duke and Hawks, but Hatari was one long snooze fest.
You can count on a Hawks’ movie to feature two, if not three of the following elements: a loosely structured plot; a close-knit group [...]

This map is so feckin’ cool it makes me want to start reading The Mysterious Island immediately.

Some links concerning Massachusetts-That-Was:
The Ghost Cloverleaf of Canton
A picture of one of the original Howard Johnson’s in Wollaston.
And while we’re in the wayback machine – vintage posters for sale online.