an economist, a bureaucrat, and a poet
An economist, a bureaucrat, and a poet savage each other and lay claim to self-importance. Google determines the truth.
COB-19: sitting position
Being able to maintain a good sitting position is a core competency for bureaucrats. In the video below, a bureaucrat working in the Alberta Human Rights and Citizenship Commission demonstrates the challenges that a conscientious bureaucrat faces. Watch it carefully and learn! The bureaucrat begins with a lean-forward, braced note-taking position. The problem with such [...]
Bill Evans and Torpedo Squadron 8
William R. Evans was a torpedo-bomber pilot in Torpedo Squadron 8 (VT-8). That squadron operated from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet in World War II. Evans and all but one of his squadron mates were killed in action in the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942. Bill Evans and Charles Gillispie were roommates in [...]
decreasing value of a telephone call
Thanks to Aaron Logan for the image of the red phone booth.
Tagged: telephones
in focus
A tourist couple asked me to take a picture of them in front of one of D.C.’s sites. Their camera was a Sony Cyber-Shot with face-detection technology. This technology ensures that their faces, which are surely quite familiar to each other, are in focus. The site, which they traveled across the ocean to see, is [...]
Tagged: photography
arresting politicians, Soviet-style
Soviet President Kalinin’s wife was imprisoned in the Soviet Gulag from 1937 to 1945. How could something like that happen?