Carl Feagans

I've been using QGIS off and on for a couple of years. To be honest, it seems to do everything that ESRI products do. Just differently. It's a bit like learning to drive a different class of car city bus to compact or compact to 18-wheeler. Rules of the road are the same, but the controls are diff.

The Signing of the Declaration of Independence was painted in 1873 by Charles Édouard Armand-Dumaresq and has been hanging in the Cabinet Room since the 1980s. It's been replaced by The Peacemakers, an 1868 painting by George P.A. Healy. Undoubtedly chosen because of the frame not the content.

With Nancy Pelosi in the news lately, I'm reminded of one of my favorite images of her confronting a douche-bag. There's a lot going on here. This, of course, was the clown's first admin, before he blinged out the WH. Hanging on the wall is The Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

A great discussion (albeit long) with Flint and Chris Kavanagh on how they "decode" modern secular gurus on their Decoding the Gurus podcast. It's like the Lays Potato Chips of videos... you can't just watch a minute or two. It'll have you paying attention!

I think this is one of my favorites of your videos yet! I tried to have it on in the background while doings some house-chores, but found myself just sitting and watching! Great discussion and I think it's inspired me to do a re-visit of a blog post I did years back on the hallmarks of pseudoarch.

I keep meaning to go through all the "I found Noah's Ark" claims and plot their frequency. I think it's like every 3 years on average that someone "finds" it. The story of one of the last guys would make a funny movie if Steve Carell could play the lead.

Thankfully, the "cigar store Indian" is mostly a thing of the past, but they still exist. They promote tobacco use contrary to the way Native Americans generally used it, which was ceremonial. And the wooden figures themselves are often stereotypical and offensive caricatures of Native Peoples.

Wooden Cigar Indian photo taken in 1936 Manchester, New Hampshire.

1936 Wooden Cigar Indian photo taken in Denison, Iowa.

Largely considered culturally inappropriate today, the wooden Cigar Store Indian was not uncommon even through the mid-20th century. They originated in 17th century England as a means to advertise Virginia tobacco to a generally illiterate customer base. Both images are from 1936.

I just had to share this digital version of a lithograph of an illustration by John Gast from 1870. It's called, "The First Cigar."

That white-faced kid that's ready to puke made me grin! The peer-pressure here is strong.

From about 1846 until 1959, the U.S. Government required tax stamps on boxes of cigars to prove payment of excise taxes. It started as tax based on cigar value, but then became a flat tax per thousand cigars, and was eventually based on retail price (1917). Some states still require tax stamps.

The caption reads, "Dedicated to the gent who smokes 'em with the belts on." And the illustration was created by Samuel D. Ehrhart (1862-1937) in 1907 and was published as the centerfold for v. 61, no. 1566 of Puck magazine.

I like a good cigar. But apparently, vitolphilia--collecting cigar bands--was a thing that peaked before WWI. Even children collected them. The hobby encouraged makers of cigars to create elaborate and artistic bands, which I'm sure didn't hurt sales.

Details of the photo in the next comment.

They know.

And they know they deserve to be there.

Well shit. I do now.

Even a bad fisherman can see when the tide changes.

Yeah. I agree. I think it's a wasted opportunity though. In that hearing, a Dem member asked the room if anyone wanted to abolish 106 completely. No one spoke up. The idea, I think, was to point out that they all agreed cultural resources are important and I think they honestly do.

People say I'm lazy for not taking my cat to the vet for a rabies shot, but she's an indoor cat that self-identifies as a Christian scientist. Who am I to judge?

I think a priority should be that we somehow educate lawmakers. The Hatch Act keeps me from doing it, but professional orgs like RPA, SAA, etc have the ability to do it. And probably do. I guess lawmakers need to be willing to listen. /4

To my experience, most "bottle necks" in the 106 process stem from poor communication, consultation, and surprises with APEs on the part of project implementers.

but there was no push back on the left or from a witness to point out that they have a different agenda than CRM pros. Nor did anyone actually push back to quantify or ask for measurable data on alleged bottle necks. /2

I actually watched that hearing live last week and found that none of the Senators really seemed to have a grasp of what it is CRM pros do. Particularly those on the right, but even those on the left--though to a lesser extent. There was some talk of "radical environmentalists" by a republican /1

Albert Robida’s 1890 novel "Le Vingtième siècle: la vie électrique" was truly a sci-fi story of the Victorian age. He included the telephonoscope like some Zoom/Netflix hybrid but also predicted biological warfare, flying cars, a hyperloop train, and a version of the Ring doorbell.

Oh, the caption in the image reads:

"Every evening, before going to bed, Pater and Materfamilias set up an electric camera obscura over their bedroom mantel-piece, and gladden their eyes with the sight of their Children at the Antipodes, and converse gaily with them through the wire."

What a Zoom call might have been like in 1878. The telephone and the phonograph were recent inventions at this time, so George du Maurier imagined this is what Edison might have invented next. A sort of "Victorian Zoom." The Telephonoscope!

To Aceco demolitions in D.C.:

The East Wing was first constructed in 1912, making it over 100 years old. It's destruction amounts to a Felony ARPA (Archaeological Resources Protection Act) case. Unless you have an ARPA permit in your possession.

LOL.. the silent film comedian :-)

We were at Whataburger one day and the girl behind the counter asked him flat out: "why do you have Hit1er tattooed on your arm?"

I always felt bad for him after that :-)

I had a buddy who was a huge Charlie Chaplin fan. So he got a Charlie Chaplin tat on his arm. About half a sleeve worth. If you know who Charlie Chaplin is, it looks just like Charlie Chaplin. If you've never heard of him (just about all the last 2 gens), it looks like... well.. Hit1er.