November 29, 2008
I like this photo of Mark Twain.
November 30 is the anniversary of the birth of Mark Twain, born 1835 (a year of an appearance of Halley’s Comet). The photo was taken in the spring of 1894 in the laboratory of inventor Nikola Tesla, and originally published to illustrate an article in the legendary Century Magazine, by T.C. Martin called “Tesla’s Oscillator and Other Inventions,” in the April 1895 issue.
Mark Twain, in the laboratory of his friend, the inventor Nikola Tesla, 1894 - photo in public domain to the best of my knowledge (See Wikimedia)
Who is that to Twain’s right in the photo? Tesla?
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Posted by Ed Darrell
November 29, 2008
It struck me today: Don’t the political events of the past year make a powerful argument that there is an afterlife, and that Molly Ivins is finally taking control of some of the supernatural strings?
Tip of the old scrub brush to Pamela Bumsted for sending the link to the Righteous Mothers singing the tribute to Molly Ivins:
The Righteous Mothers, \”Missing Molly Ivins\”
We’ll fight for truth and justice, and have fun.
Cover of Texas Observer "Tribute to Molly Ivins" edition; click to purchase a copy for your library and edification.
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Posted by Ed Darrell
Millard Fillmore's Bathtub 