Nesbitt notes
Notes to discuss with Greg Nesbitt (nonfiction).
See Nesbitt notes (archive) for older notes.
"Fightin'" Bert Russell
"Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
Bertrand Russell, age 4, approves of peace talks.
Characters with palm held up
To do, series of full-height character drawings with one hand held palm-up, like Asclepius Myrmidon (without TRIAGE):
The other hand may be variously expressive from character to character.
HUAC and Alice Beta
While newsmen take notes, Chairman Dies of House Committee investigating Un-American activities, proofs and reads his statement replying to Alice Beta's attack on the Committee (Oct. 26, 1938).
Mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta says she stands by every word that she has written about the House Un-American Activities Committee and the ENIAC program.
Richard Sharpe Shaver
1975: Author and illustrator Richard Sharpe Shaver dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.
The June 1947 issue of Amazing Stories featured the "Shaver Mystery" by Richard Sharpe Shaver.
July 22: On This Day in History
1826: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi dies. He discovered dwarf planet Ceres.
1827: Gem detective and astronomer Niles Cartouchian discovers time crystals on the dwarf planet Ceres.
July 27: On This Day in History
1973: Math photographer Cantor Parabola takes advance photographs of the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voting to recommend the first article of impeachment against President Nixon.
1974: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
1974: Writer and philosopher Culvert Origenes says that "it's about time the House Judiciary Committee got busy impeaching Nixon."