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Shoot Like A Girl
Women, continuing with even more … Recommend this NPR Fresh Air piece on Major Mary Jennings Hegar, broadcast yesterday:
Women’ History Month
Of course, we all know — don’t we? — that March is Women’s History Month. And as women figure prominently in our lives, to say the least, herewith we present a bit of history compiled from MoJo.
The 1942 Battle of Los Angeles
Seventy-five years ago, in February 1942, fearing a Japanese invasion, military personnel and citizens reacted to the “Great Los Angeles Air Raid”.
Read the story here
Best of Luck with the Wall
(be sure your audio is turned on)
Best of Luck with the Wall from Josh Begley on Vimeo.
What If, Revisited
About four years ago, we posted a piece from Slate, imagining the possible unfolding and results of a Second Civil War. Still interesting reading.
Mark, In Memoriam
Last week friend and former co-worker Mark passed away following an extended bout with cancer. Here are a few of the photos I took of that young man around the office during the past two or three or four years.
rDay Six-Hundred-Eighty-Four
Warming, melting, even after a brief early morning heavy snowfall. Meeting up with Nik downtown, where he was walking Cheyenne’s dog.
1950s Roller Derby
As a supplement to the previous post, Brother Dennis adds this finding to remind us of women’s roller derby action in the 1950s: