Posts by Dr. Boli
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY.
ON THIS DAY in 1767, the Mason-Dixon Line was completed. Mason went back to Philadelphia where the Proprietor was waiting to congratulate him on a job well done; but Dixon, having laid the last stone, found himself stuck on the Maryland side and unable to return without a passport.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR.
Sir: This morning I slipped as I was walking down the stairs. However, I grasped the rail with my hand, and did not fall to the bottom.
Is any further proof needed that this so-called “gravity” is a myth, foisted on us by university intellectuals to gain lucrative professorships and publishing contracts sponsored by Big Gravity? And we can see why, when the whole edifice of “physics,” by which the universe is asserted to be billions of years old, rests upon “gravity” as its foundation. Were it not for the tragic consequences of this deception, it would be almost laughable. Who, after all, would believe that the universe we see around us today began billions of years ago? My own research into ancient texts indicates that the universe dates back to the Truman administration at the very earliest.
Yet the ridiculous fable of “gravity,” which leads to such absurdities, is taught as fact to our children in the public schools. What has happened to our liberties? Who are these self-appointed “educators” who ensnare our youth with their tales of “Isaac Newton”? Under a democratic government, should not the fundamental principles of science be determined by referendum?
I have written my state representative a strongly worded letter on this subject, and I urge all your readers to do the same. I would also have called her office, but the number she gave me after my speech at the last community meeting was 555-1212, which appears to be incorrect. I suspect she may have accidentally transposed some of the digits.
Sincerely,
Worthington Pomfret IV,
Sewickley Heights
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY.
ON THIS DAY in 1931, Al Capone was convicted of failing to signal while changing lanes, which at the time was a capital offense.
THE MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHY OF ANSEL ADAMS.
ANSEL ADAMS’ STYLE is arguably the most recognized in photography, and Adams himself our most popular photographer. Though he died a quarter-century ago, his photographs still adorn dentists’ waiting rooms and corporate cubicle forests across the length and breadth of North America.
Adams set up his camera in thousands of different places through more than half a century of active work. But regardless of the subject, there is always a certain instantly identifiable je ne sais quoi (which is French for “beats me”) in every Adams photograph.
Here is a small portfolio of some of Adams’ best-known works:
Barren Hillside with Snow, Rocky Mountain National Park
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Winter View from the Back Porch of a Cabin in the Adirondacks
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Interior, Dining Room, Home of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Wheatland
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Portrait of the Artist’s Cat Minerva, Reclining
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UFO Landing Site, Taos, New Mexico, Just After Dawn
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Some Kind of Big Mountain or Something
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY.
ON THIS DAY in 1783, the Montgolfier brothers sent up their first manned balloon, earning them the undying respect and gratitude of King Louis XVI—a reward that, in the event, proved less valuable than it had seemed at the time.
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FUN FACTS ABOUT CANADA, OUR NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH.
THREE OUT OF five Canadian prime ministers have not been able to tell the difference between Alberta and Manitoba.
Under Canadian-content regulations, 34% of all fictional programming on Canadian television is required to include William Shatner in the cast.
Buckingham Palace officials report that Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, upon whom the entire machinery of Canadian government depends, is able to name the capitals of at least four provinces on a good day.
Toronto is the largest city in the world that is inside Canada.
No country in the world spends more per capita than Canada on marketing souvenir Mountie hats.
The Canadian flag was scheduled to be raised for the first time on February 12, 1965, but the ceremony had to be delayed for three days when it was discovered that the artist had depicted the leaf of a Norway maple (Acer platanoides) instead of a sugar maple (Acer saccharum).
Curiously, ordinary Canadian citizens seem to be completely unaware that the War of 1812 was a glorious victory for the United States.
From DR. BOLI’S UNABRIDGED DICTIONARY.
Bipartisanship (noun). Both parties doing what the speaker wants them to do.