Author Archives: Stan Flouride

CORRECTION: The pics were wrong, I have been placed with a family (Neyda y Enriqué). It is nearby but I replaced the photos with new ones showing the correct street below. It is next to the old German Quarter in … Continue reading →

On this day in 1957, machines at the Wham-O toy company rolled out the first batch of their aerodynamic plastic discs–now known to millions of fans all over the world as Frisbees. The story of the Frisbee began in Bridgeport, Conn., … Continue reading →

A few randomly snagged pieces from a very beautiful rabbit hole: http://collection.whitney.org/artists/by-letter/A

California’s Republican(sic) Senator feeds her husband the kind of info that sent Martha Stewart to the joint so he earns a billion and helps the defunding/privatizing of the USPS move forward. http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/dianne-feinsteins-husbands-real-estate-firm-poised-make-1-billion-selling-post?akid=12698.274885.Nq9fT5&rd=1&src=newsletter1030527&t=11

Now filling my apartment with a mouth-watering fragrance, an easy to make and delicious treat for a cold winter’s night. Most recipes I have found online use far too much sugar that masks the main ingredients’ flavors. This one started … Continue reading →

Or anyone else’s on ANY social media site for that matter. It’s just an ego stroke anyway but seeing the number of people from the far-flung reaches of this rocky orb that seem to be checking out my stuff is … Continue reading →

Via APoD: The Complex Ion Tail of Comet Lovejoy  Image Credit & Copyright: Velimir Popov & Emil Ivanov (IRIDA Observatory)                                             … Continue reading →

The eruption of Vesuvius in ad 79 obliterated the nearby towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum. But the volcanic ash preserved what it destroyed — including, in Herculaneum, a library in a lavish villa thought to have belonged to Julius Caesar’s … Continue reading →