Author Archives: sam

As a six year old I couldn’t vote in 1972, other than for regular or chocolate milk, but I do remember voicing a preference for McGovern on the playground. RIP, you old prairie dinosaur.

Made me laugh. Spotted in the Guardian coverage of the TUC protest (piles of proletariat?) in London. Speaking of funny, some of the binder stuff was, but I couldn’t really get into it. Here’s a pretty good explanation why. Or … Continue reading →

Trip pix. We stayed in Lausanne and tram-tastic Zurich, and visited Gruyères, Lucerne, Winterthur, and the Château de Chillon near Montreux. The Lion of Lucerne, commemorating Swiss casualties from the French Revolution. It was sculpted by Bertel Thorvaldsen, whose “strict … Continue reading →