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Author Archives: Stan Flouride
R.I.P. Carrie Fisher, Jedi Script Master
In the 1990s Carrie Fisher was the ‘Go-To’ script rescuer We all know Ms Fisher for her sterling acting in many small roles: As the nun in Jay and Silent Bob Strike BackAs the therapist in Austin Powers As Phoebe Cates’ best friend … Continue reading
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Ten Years After: Remembering Pablo Heising
On Boxing Day 2006 my friend Pablo Heising walked out of the Cole Café, laughing at a joke told to him by the Captain of Park Station SFPD, took a sip of his morning latté, and died. The cop gave … Continue reading
Understanding an Overlooked Period of Islamic History
According to most history books, the Islamic empire came to an official end with the Mongol conquests of the Middle East during the mid-13th century. Although by this time the empire had well-surpassed its Golden Age and had entered into … Continue reading
Tracing the Sun from Solstice to Solstice
Today, December 21st, would have been my mother’s 99th birthday and of lesser import it is also the Solstice, the first day of winter in the north and summer in the south. To celebrate, watch this amazing timelapse video tracing the Sun’s apparent movement … Continue reading
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Amazonian ‘Stonehenge’- the Rego Grande Sun Stones
It pleases me greatly that I have lived long enough to see that modern scientists have come to understand that before it was tropical rainforest the Amazon was a cultivated landscape. A huge complex of cities and farms connected by advanced … Continue reading
Holiday Funnies and Other Amusements
And some seasonal comics: And some general amusements:
Aurora Borealis Live Webcam
Living in San Francisco one learns to not get too excited about our planet’s celestial shows. In the summer and winter it is often overcast so the Leonid and Perseid meteor showers are almost never visible. So watching the live … Continue reading
Godric Gryffindor Inspires Name for Unusual Spider in India
A new species of peculiarly shaped spider has been named after the owner of the Hogwarts Sorting Hat. It’s almost as if the Sorting Hat apparated to a forest in southern India where it was transfigured into a spider. … Continue reading
Frances “Fanny” Johnston, ‘New Woman 1896’
Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952) is seen here at age 32 in a triple-threat sendup of the 1890s “New Woman” — smoking, drinking, showing some leg. Best known as a prolific chronicler of Southern architecture. The thumbnails below are just a … Continue reading
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How Journalists Covered the Rise of Mussolini and Hitler
In this brilliant essay John Broich of Case Western Reserve University details how badly the US Fourth Estate failed to appreciate the dangers of 2 of the 20th century’s worst dictators (though they weren’t much better on Stalin). In nearly every instance you … Continue reading
Stannous Flouride's Book of Truthiness 