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Fire from above
Above is a picture of the Station Fire, taken from the plane I was riding from Santa Barbara to Denver on Monday afternoon. I believe the water body at the bottom is the San Gabriel Reservoir. It lies in the midst of the San Gabriel Mountains, most of which are in the Angeles National Forest,… Continue reading
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The madness of man
(This post began as a response to this comment by Julian Bond, in response to this post about Mad Men. When it got too long I decided to move it here.) Smoking and drinking were standard back then. “Widespread” doesn’t cover it. They were nearly universal. It’s easy to forget that Industry won WWII, and… Continue reading