Maszman Speaks!

Although they were sup­posed to be uphold­ing the law, dur­ing Pro­hi­bi­tion both the House and the Sen­ate had their very own boot­leg­ger, George L. Cas­si­day, keep­ing them sup­plied with whiskey and other spirits.

The prob­lem wasn’t find­ing cus­tomers, Cas­si­day wrote in The Wash­ing­ton Post in 1930. It was meet­ing the demand. Clients got tired of wait­ing when he could bring in only as much as he could carry hid­den in his coat.

Level & Tap

Level & Tap is a site ded­i­cated to sell­ing curated pho­tog­ra­phy prints. The work is selected by a small group of edi­tors, includ­ing me, Tom Wat­son. I love pho­tog­ra­phy, espe­cially printed, and want to pro­vide a place for peo­ple to find and buy great qual­ity work on the Internet.

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It’s quite pos­si­ble I’m immune to swine flu, depend­ing on whether or not the immu­niza­tion lasts that long. Poor Pres­i­dent Ford, he was lam­pooned on SNL for just about every­thing he did, includ­ing this. We all laughed at Chevy Chase falling over things with a syringe in his arm, but you can’t say Ford wasn’t try­ing to do the right thing. [Salon​.com]

As much of a mess as the Town of Greece schools are, their “police” depart­ment is even worse. Let’s see. Offi­cers dri­ving drunk and on cocaine crash­ing their car into a preg­nant woman? Check. Offi­cers forc­ing women to have sex with them? Check. Chief shred­ding evi­dence while under inves­ti­ga­tion? Check.

It’s time to shut up about the “value” of a town police force and go metro.

Us and Them — Tim Bray of Sun on their pur­chase by Oracle.