Recent content by Jot the Dot Dot

Man oh man! I never followed skiing, but applaud Vonn for her success and helping put the sport in the public eye. Hoping for a full recovery.

I know that violating the U.S. Neutrality act does not sound like your first notion of a 'crime', but after reading the book 'The Bayou Of Pigs', I thought I'd include this. In 1981, neo-nazi Alexander McQuirter, head of the Canadian Knights Of The Ku Klux Klan, cooks up this hairbrained scheme...

Mater Tenebrarum By Keith Emerson, from the soundtrack to Inferno. Filled with operatic drama Mater Tenebrarum

The horrific crimes of serial killer John Wayne Gacy are well known, I'm posting this now because of the Peacock 8-part miniseries still in its run. I first saw a two-part TV movie years ago, which starred Brian Dennehy, giving a menacing portrayal of him. The subject might be two much for some...

Harmonium Hardly a 'discovery', as this is over half a century old, but this is a rather unusual musical genre, Progressive Folk ! Beautiful vocals, melodies and rather elaborate instrumentation, as well as the trademark of progressive-rock: time signature changes. And all in French! From...

The thread Iran/Israel/US is too broad, as the Iranian uprising has as much to do with the US and Israel as it does with Britain, Europe or Russia. And I'm hoping for a thread where there will not be an open invitation for 'thread drift', so that such an important geo-political issue could be...

Riddle: How do you put an elephant into a Safeway bag? Answer: You take the 'S' out of Safe, and the 'F' out of Way.

Swiss born boogie pianist Ladyva , looks like a young Angelina Jolie Ladyva

Q: What did the Buddist say to the pizza maker? A:"Could you make me one with everything?" Follow up: The Buddist paid for his pizza with a 20 dollar bill. When he asked for change, he was stunned when the pizza maker replied: "Change must come from within."

Anagram Hall Of Fame Pure silliness! Any favorites?

The Faith Healers by James Randi First read this years ago, gave it a reread recently. Author does an excellent expose of swindlers, just read about his take-down of the Reverend Peter Popoff.

Remember, there are two kinds of people in the world: One who can extrapolate from incomplete data.......

Here is an issue related to the buildings, the legal status. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abandonment_(legal)

And here is another source: https://www.facebook.com/Brothersofdecay/reels/

This is a little eerie, a little odd, but how many of us can't resist the curiosity? Not to actually go inside such buildings, but at least to look into these video/visual accounts of factories, apartments, mansions, etc., that have been abandoned, left to rot, and the local governments have not...