My favorite photography site, Shutterglass, (not that I’m biased) features a new gallery: Painted Rocks Petroglyph Site, 90 miles SW of Phoenix. What were those paleolithic petroglyphers up to, I wonder? Enjoy the photos, and leave your comments if so moved.
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An intriguing item in this week’s C-ville Weekly: Better Than Television presents State of Siege. The 1972 film is based on the true events surrounding the Tupamaros guerilla movement’s kidnapping of an alleged American torturer in Uruguay in 1970. Roadkill Book Depot, 1302 Avon St. Roadkill Book Depot? Anyone know what that is? I must [...]
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Slate also has an interesting slide show on the history of the church sign — you know, those lighted marquee signs (“street pulpits“) that say “Seven days without prayer make one weak,” and so forth. Would you believe these signs originated in embroidered samplers? Nah, me neither, but it’s a thought. While you’re there, click [...]
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