Best Ocean Beach surfing video ever?
Powerlines Productions video of the best swell I have ever personally witnessed in 33 years of surfing.
Author: Gregory
Fleeing Shanghai, August 1937: one DC-2 gets wrecked & Moon Chin saves another
The China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) fleeing the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai in August, 1937. This episode details the wreck of one of CNAC's D...
Only in America: In which I get taught a lesson in humility by Mrs. Melissa Twiner, the woman in Wednesday’s “Get a gun and the dog!” post
In which I receive a lesson in humility from Mrs. Melissa Twiner.
Fleeing Shanghai, August 1937: Tensions in the partnership threaten to tear the airline apart
Fleeing the Battle of Shanghai, August 1937: the China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) was in bad shape--tensions in the Sino-American partnership threaten...
Only in America: “Get a gun and the dog!” Road rage in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee
Only in America. You can't make this stuff up. Road rage strikes Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee.
Fleeing Shanghai, August 16 & 17, 1937: Evacuating CNAC’s wives and children
Wives and children of CNAC's American personnel flee the outbreak of the Battle of Shanghai, August 17, 1937.
Book cover mashup
Photo mashup of the covers of the books I've written.
Let There Be Night
Link to an Atlantic article that features Paul Bogard's book The End of Night: Searching for Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light.
Tomato Love, a reprise, a world record book domino, and when in doubt…
Tomato Love, a reprise… One of my tomato plants peaked this week, producing a trifecta of obscenely perfect tomatoes that contributed the base layer of a ...
Sad news: Iranian trio perishes on Broad Peak
Sad news: “Iranian trio perishes descending Broad Peak,” published today by Alpinist. My condolences to their family and friends, and to the Iranian...