ED: I was about to post a comment to this post on Reddit. But, then I realized that I’d rather just put it on here instead. It’s a vast and fascinating subject. The post is titled “TIL The B-29 bomber program was the most expensive project of WWII, costing roughly ~50% more than the entireContinue reading “Largest Defense Expenditures of World War II”
Tag Archives: History
A 9/11 “What If?”
Saw this on ABC News today. It’s a few months old, but I thought it was poignant.
A Great Uncle
I just discovered a copy of something my dad once told me about. When I was a kid, he’d tell me about my great uncle. Stan was always pretty vague on the subject. Also, the guy had died five years before I was even born. But I still remember bits and pieces of what heContinue reading “A Great Uncle”
The First Time I Heard About “Taxi Driver”
I can still remember the first time I’d ever heard about Taxi Driver (1976). I was at Buckley, either 9th or 10th grade. Probably 9th. There was this neighbor girl who lived up the street. I only met her after I switched to her school. Her name was *redacted* or something. She and I wereContinue reading “The First Time I Heard About “Taxi Driver””
Imagine Trolleys on Third Street Promenade
A streetcar would whisk you up 3rd, all the way from the Starbucks at Santa Monica Place to the … Starbucks … at 7th and Montana. EDIT: I guess this ties in with my post on Steampunk Santa Monica. I don’t want to get bogged down in the history of “Third Street”, (a.k.a. “The Promenade”);Continue reading “Imagine Trolleys on Third Street Promenade”
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