Saturday, May 29, 2021

A Technological And Also Political Appendix to Postblogging Technology, February 1951

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  "Sabre Dance" is a movement of the final act of Khachaturian's Gayane (1942), crossing over to mainstream popularity in 1948...
Saturday, May 22, 2021

Postblogging Technology, February 1951, II: Flying Saucers and Monstrous Regiments

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R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada. Dear Father: I have yours of last week and am puzzling through it. So far I am struggling to make s...
Saturday, May 15, 2021

Postblogging Technology, February, 1950, I: The Armageddon Rag

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R_. C__., Arcadia, Santa Clara, California Dear Father: Thank you very much for your kindness during my too-soon-done trip to San Francisco....
Friday, May 7, 2021

Gathering the Bones, XXIII: Wyandotte Days

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So. Precolumbian deforestation . Or the reverse!  My interest in Fenimore Cooper's 1843 Wyandotte: Or, the Hutted Knoll, is currently co...
Friday, April 30, 2021

A Technological Appendix to Postblogging January, 1951 With Bonus Public Engagement Content: Hometown Titanium

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  The North American F-100 Super Sabre was the first of the Century Series fighters, although the design had a shorter path to production t...
Sunday, April 25, 2021

Postblogging Technology, January 1951, 2: Titanium Days

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(Dean Martin imitating Bing Crosby ) R_. C_., Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: As predicted, the Communist advances in Annam and ...
Saturday, April 17, 2021

Postblogging Technology, January 1951, I: Loyalty Oaths

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R. _C._, Shaughnessy, Vancouver, Canada Dear Father: Here we are, back in beleaguered (they say?) Formosa, resuming our so-vitally important...