Saw One for the first Time In My Life

altimore Oriole a female. Shining in the sun. The best part was I beckoned it into my proximity by imitating its call. Yay.

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Speaking of museums of niche interest, while I was connecting at SFO twice last month or saw I beheld the tools of early automated illegal gambling - aka slot machines.

Let me say I detest casinos. They suck. Name anything about them, it sucks even if it's like, say R.E.M. playing the Borgata - they then suck, and so on....

But these early gambling appliances were fascinating- ingenious in their configuration, metalcraft, and design. And next time I'm back on the left coast (which is quite often now) I'm goin' to Big Joe Welch's American Antique Slot Machine Museum, in San Bruno, where 90% of these came from and somewhat fittingly, does not have a website.

Artist Josh Ellingson has taken quite a few better photos than I of some of the machines, mainly because I used my cell phone, so tough.

I was particularly worked up about the art on the punch boards - a form of gambling apparently still in use legally in Washington State in the form of "Pull Tabs"

The Contenders - Series 7

Tune in! The government says so! Wiki Here
I can't believe I never posted this before..... I bought a Chinese copy years back and the hacked my DVD player to watch it.

The American Astronaut

The American Astronaut. A pal insisted I watch about 15 minutes of it this morning; now it's tonight's selection. Official site here - inneresting

Like a Bird in a Tree

Heard Robert Gordon singing it this AM.

Cowboy Henk

The Horrors Of It All have several nice examples of this cool absurdist comic.

Magnajector: Shut-Ins?!? Really?!?

What if their medication kicks in? Isn't it possible the bulb could really heat up and burn them while they slept in their drug-induced stupor? If trapped in a bed, how is this easier than just reading the items you'd be putting under the Magnajector to view? Why?!? WHY!?!?

I had about 7 of these when I was a kid. I now own one again. Yay.

Juvenile Health Guide