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Old Is The New New

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Entries from September 2008

The Henry Ford of Literature

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Emanuel Haldeman-Julius, the huckster visionary whose mail-order superhighway paved the way for civil rights, feminism, the sexual revolution and the information age. Also, he may have been murdered by the FBI.

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Tags: Asides · Books · What I'm Reading

Great God, Where Is The Ship?

September 4th, 2008 · No Comments

I don’t talk much politics here, but The Phil Nugent Experience is one political blog I can usually read without curling up into a ball crying.  Also: “Drill, Baby, Drill”? Really?

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Tags: Asides · Blogging

Sex Magic Rocket Science

September 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

A biography of Jack Parsons, occultist and rocketeer, in comic book form.

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Tags: Asides · Comics · Cranks