The Indian in the Test Pattern

Another image of youth-the test pattern shown when the station wasn't broadcasting. This would be prior to infomercials. I always wondered why the guy at the top of the pattern. I did some looking and discovered this was created in New Jersey in 1939. But no idea why the chief at the top.

Evil Clowns

I feel awful that I can't come up with credit for the source on this-someone send me a link and I copied the pic, then forgot to note the source. But one day ... this is from the 20's. Evil clowns living in Washington D.C. Could be Teapot Dome ... reminds me of the late, great Evil Clown record store in Chicago. Always found something I wanted in there, even though it was frequently priced high. There used to be a lot of very fine record stores in that part of Chicago but now most have closed.

R.I.P. Lux Interior

Sad news that I won't see The Cramps again. Always enjoyable and when I had my old "Bad Music For Bad People" shirt, I enjoyed the strange looks it got.

Hansborough Indoor Stadium

Carolina's win last night over Duke made Tyler Hansborough and Danny Green 4-0 lifetime at Duke's arena. Can't do any better than that and while I try to avoid public celebrations of wins due to the inevitable time Carolina loses a big game, this is a feat worth recognizing. Not sure who's responsible for the 'shop here but thanks.

Von der Tann

When I'm getting the daily walk in English Landing Park, I've got something or another on my .mp3 player. Right now it's Robert Massie's excellent Castles of Steel, the story of the British/German naval war in World War I. The narrator does a fine job and one of the things I like is his pronunciation of the name of the German battlecruiser Von der Tann. Seems to have been a fine ship and as lethal as hoped by its designers. Picture courtesy of Wikipedia.

Cats

I've got two cats here. Weasel, the gray one, is a shelter rescue and Whisper, a stray rescue by my friend Todd Foltz. While they do like to wrestle over who gets the top of their new handmade cat perch, they get along very well and nap together. The first pic is them sleeping, the second is after they woke up after the flash. Weasel's slightly annoyed, Whisper is cleaning her paw.