Your FSA/OWI photo of the day

I love this picture. Mr. Hotchkiss, whoever he was, had a way with lines. Washington, D.C. A demonstration of FSA (Farm Security Administration) trailers. Reginald Hotchkiss, 1941.

Your FSA/OWI photo of the day

Oyster tonger, Rock Point, Maryland. Reginald Hotchkiss, 1941.

Your FSA/OWI photo of the day

Nurse training. After a day of hard work and study, Susan Petty and her fellow student nurses enjoy a swim and frolic in the pool, one of the recreational facilities offered in the School of Nursing Residence. Fritz Henle, 1942.

Olympics wrap-up

1. They did finally show the still rings during prime time... wow! Viva Brasil!
2. NBC seemed to love BMX bike racing... something to do with the demographic, perhaps? I watched, generally bored, and feeling guilty wishing for a major wipe-out every round...
3. The Spice Girls still exist... who knew?

Can Music Be Perfect? Vol. 19

Which of Gabriel Fauré's Piano Quartets is more lovely, the first or the second? You don't have to choose, just buy yourself a copy of Domus's fantastic recording of both. Here's their version of the Adagio movement 3 in No. 1.

Baked...

NY Times:

Only two other athletes who competed in the London Games have been publicly identified as having failed a drug test: ...; and the American judo fighter Nick Delpopolo, who tested positive for marijuana. He said his positive test “was caused by my inadvertent consumption of food that I did not realize had been baked with marijuana, before I left for the Olympic Games.”

This being a nonpartisan blog...

... I decline to endorse either of these nicknames for our next VP...
8-year-old Randroid
Zombie-eyed granny-starver
... besides, better ones may yet come along...

Your FSA/OWI photo of the day: 2-for-1 special!

Two-for-one deal on Russell Lee (scroll down). And two observations:
1. So many great photos are of people just waiting around.
2. Despite the hard times, people dressed much better for spelunking back in the 1930s.

Tourists waiting to go into Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. Russell Lee, 1939.


















Tourists waiting to go into Carlsbad Caverns, New Mexico. Russell Lee, 1939.