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I was out of town and visiting friends in California these last ten days; no time for anything detailed, but a few things that are sticking with me.
- Got to see another of the old California missions. Would have looked at the church proper but they were having a funeral and feared asking if they could move the deceased aside for a few photos would seem insensitive.
- I begin to wonder if everything is now illegal to own, buy, or sell by private citizens in California.
- Got to see Mount Whitney, tallest peak in the lower 48, and the Sierras. They make the Appalachians look like overgrown molehills. They're just this -- wall that shoots right up from the ground and towers above you.
- Got to see Lone Pine, a town near by Whitney. Nice place but desert towns are pricy. Great film museum, though. PS Trigger the Wonder Horse has his own biography.
- Visited Indian Wells Brewery, infamous for weird beers and sodas. Like 'Pirate Piss' (yellow banana soda), 'Martian Poop' (I didn't dare to look very closely), and 'Old Lobotomy'. Also you can apparently make soda out of things like sweet corn, maple syrup and bacon, and ranch dressing. Drank one chocolate soda. One.
- Saw the Alabama Hills. Never heard of them? If you've seen films like Gunga Din, The Bamboo Saucer, Man Beast, Tremors, or a zillion B-movie Westerns, you've seen them. They were cheap location work for Hollywood for decades.
- Saw the remains of a volcanic plain. Including cinder cones and extinct volcanoes. Very fascinating. I NEVER WANT TO SEE A FOR-REAL VOLCANO IN PERSON EVER AGAIN.
- Rode through the Mojave desert. Wow but deserts are boring to look at.
- I pet someone's alligator, no joke. Afterwards was told I'd been warned and asked if I really needed ten fingers.
- All in all it was a great trip. Best all.
- Got to see another of the old California missions. Would have looked at the church proper but they were having a funeral and feared asking if they could move the deceased aside for a few photos would seem insensitive.
- I begin to wonder if everything is now illegal to own, buy, or sell by private citizens in California.
- Got to see Mount Whitney, tallest peak in the lower 48, and the Sierras. They make the Appalachians look like overgrown molehills. They're just this -- wall that shoots right up from the ground and towers above you.
- Got to see Lone Pine, a town near by Whitney. Nice place but desert towns are pricy. Great film museum, though. PS Trigger the Wonder Horse has his own biography.
- Visited Indian Wells Brewery, infamous for weird beers and sodas. Like 'Pirate Piss' (yellow banana soda), 'Martian Poop' (I didn't dare to look very closely), and 'Old Lobotomy'. Also you can apparently make soda out of things like sweet corn, maple syrup and bacon, and ranch dressing. Drank one chocolate soda. One.
- Saw the Alabama Hills. Never heard of them? If you've seen films like Gunga Din, The Bamboo Saucer, Man Beast, Tremors, or a zillion B-movie Westerns, you've seen them. They were cheap location work for Hollywood for decades.
- Saw the remains of a volcanic plain. Including cinder cones and extinct volcanoes. Very fascinating. I NEVER WANT TO SEE A FOR-REAL VOLCANO IN PERSON EVER AGAIN.
- Rode through the Mojave desert. Wow but deserts are boring to look at.
- I pet someone's alligator, no joke. Afterwards was told I'd been warned and asked if I really needed ten fingers.
- All in all it was a great trip. Best all.
Tiny Texas Tyrannosaurs and Hairy Ceratosaurs
Well, I was reading one of the books by that LeMay fellow, he of the 'Cowboys & Saurians' series, and he did raise an interesting point about some supposed 'dinosaur sightings' that he traced back to the original 1930s newspaper accounts. Some of the accounts were dated as late as the 1980's and 90's, occasionally with over a dozen witnesses. They described what can only be called 5'-6' tall Tyrannosaurs, mostly seen in west Texas and Colorado, running at high rates of speed alongside roads or sometimes through the countryside. The thing is, they are described as running with their bodies held perpendicular to the ground, heads outstretched, and their tails sticking out behind. Which is how current scientific theory thinks dinosaurs ran. But at the time it was believed that dinosaurs walked upright and dragged their tails. If you've ever seen the 1933 King Kong or any stop-motion dinosaur movie by Ray Harryhausen, you know what I mean. He argues this makes for a slightly greater
Raven, The Foxwoman by Hedningarna
A song I first heard years ago and still great, not least for the creepy tone to it. I still think it describes the foxwoman luring someone away into the forest where no one can hear as she devours her prey. The song proper: And the lyrics in English: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/r%C3%A4ven-fox-fox-woman.html With some shared for those who don't want to chase after them: Red lips hide your teeth and your tongue is so coarse Fire and frost are in your eyes are you a woman or a fox? Wild and sly you hunt in time of darkness long sleeves hide your claws with your prey you play your mouth is red with blood You are wild and frighteningly beautiful skirt barely hides your tail Luring deeper into the woodlands with your mad wild animal's dance Just when your clothes fall and I see your naked frame you laugh and open your jaws and give me deep bites of love Good work, isn't it? Makes me wish someone did a horror movie based on this.
Shared post: dealing with chat scams
A link to the information here. May it be helpful in removing these annoyances from DA. There's been a lot of these scams in the past year or so, haven't there? Oh yes, and here's the link, since I forgot to post it before:
The Pottstown Screamer
Was reading up again on real-life monster stories. Especially the ones from the 70's that ended in 'monster hunts' with dozen to hundreds of people swarming the nearby wilderness, guns and hunters both well loaded and looking to blast the first 'monster' they saw. Places as wide apart as Bladenboro, NC; Louisiana, MO; Fontana, CA; and Fouke, AR, ended up playing unwilling host to literally hundreds of men out for the 'monster'. In many cases the temporary population of monster hunters and reporters was literally bigger than the town's normal population -- the 1957 hunt for the Beast of Bladenboro lead to a town of 700-800 people getting invaded by 1,200 would-be monster hunters. Rewards were also often offered -- a Texas oilman supposedly put up a $5 million reward for the Fouke Monster, alive, and $1 million for it dead. The woods around Fouke were soon echoing to the sound of gunfire all night long, and the local sheriff had to deal with enraged local farmers who came in to complain
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Glad you enjoyed your trip!