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Archive of older notes from the Nesbitt notes page.


Characters with palm held up

To do, series of full-height character drawings with one hand held palm-up, like Asclepius Myrmidon (without TRIAGE):

  • Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg

The other hand may be variously expressive from character to character.

HUAC and Alice Beta

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.

    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.

    The June 1947 issue of Amazing Stories featured the "Shaver Mystery" by Richard Sharpe Shaver.

July 22: On This Day in History

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.

    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: 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."

    1974: Writer and philosopher Culvert Origenes says that "it's about time the House Judiciary Committee got busy impeaching Nixon."

Matt Farthing pix

The Realist

Dominique Jean Larrey

Dominique Jean Larrey (French: [larɛ]; 8 July 1766 – 25 July 1842) was a French surgeon in Napoleon's Grand Armée and an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage. He is often considered the first modern military surgeon.

  • Larrey amputating the arm and leg of colonel Rebsomen at Hanau (1813).

    Larrey amputating the arm and leg of colonel Rebsomen at Hanau (1813).

  • Ambulence volante du modèle Larrey.

    Ambulence volante du modèle Larrey.

  • Bronze statue of Dominique Jean Larrey by David d'Angers (1843) standing in the courtyard outside the Val-de-Grâce military hospital.

    Bronze statue of Dominique Jean Larrey by David d'Angers (1843) standing in the courtyard outside the Val-de-Grâce military hospital.

  • Asclepius Myrmidon goes back in time to document Dominique Larrey's career.

    Asclepius Myrmidon goes back in time to document Dominique Larrey's career.

Comics About Copyright

Pulizter Prize

  • 2017: Judge Havelock With Glass wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "a prescient study of emerging information technologies in mid-1800's America."

    2017: Judge Havelock With Glass wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "a prescient study of emerging information technologies in mid-1800's America."

Neptune Slaughter News

  • 1551: Explorer Cornelis de Houtman publishes "The Legend of Neptune Slaughter, a Tale of Monstrous Disaster from beyond the Islands and the Oceans of the Furthest East."

    1551: Explorer Cornelis de Houtman publishes "The Legend of Neptune Slaughter, a Tale of Monstrous Disaster from beyond the Islands and the Oceans of the Furthest East."

The Panthéon

Archangel

  • Archangel - forthcoming graphic novel written by William Gibson. This could be some awesome shit. I can see tailoring Gnomon Chronicles for the same audience that buys Archangel.

    Archangel - forthcoming graphic novel written by William Gibson. This could be some awesome shit. I can see tailoring Gnomon Chronicles for the same audience that buys Archangel.

Historical Person of Interest: Florence Violet McKenzie

  • 1982: Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie dies. She was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women. Fiction, she works with Henrietta Bolt during World War 2.

    1982: Electrical engineer Florence Violet McKenzie dies. She was Australia's first female electrical engineer, founder of the Women's Emergency Signalling Corps (WESC), and lifelong promoter for technical education for women. Fiction, she works with Henrietta Bolt during World War 2.

  • 1942: Pilot and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt works with Florence McMcKenzie on secret wartime communications protocol.

    1942: Pilot and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt works with Florence McMcKenzie on secret wartime communications protocol.

Historical Person of Interest: Max Planck

  • 1947: Physicist and academic Max Planck dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory. His is an interesting life story ... First World War, nuclear research, Second World War ... his son Emil died in one of the conspiracies to bomb Hitler in 1944. I see a drama around the mathematicians and scientists in 1920s-30s-wartime Germany ... Einstein and the rest ... there's a story about a scientist dissolving a Nobel medal in acid, the actual gold medal, to keep the Nazism from taking it ... after the war, the gold was recovered from the acid, and the medal restored.

    1947: Physicist and academic Max Planck dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory. His is an interesting life story ... First World War, nuclear research, Second World War ... his son Emil died in one of the conspiracies to bomb Hitler in 1944. I see a drama around the mathematicians and scientists in 1920s-30s-wartime Germany ... Einstein and the rest ... there's a story about a scientist dissolving a Nobel medal in acid, the actual gold medal, to keep the Nazism from taking it ... after the war, the gold was recovered from the acid, and the medal restored.

The Taking of Pelham 3.1415

The Noel Harrison Sensation

  • The Noel Harrison Sensation (or simply "The Sensation") is a transdimensional corporation which Noel Harrison uses to project his sensorium. Harrison usually manifests The Sensation as a movie poster, although he occasionally manifests as a life-size cardboard figure. Careful placement of The Sensation in space and time allows Harrison to privately experience gala openings of his films, his own theater performances, and other film- and theater-related events, without drawing undue attention to himself.

    The Noel Harrison Sensation (or simply "The Sensation") is a transdimensional corporation which Noel Harrison uses to project his sensorium. Harrison usually manifests The Sensation as a movie poster, although he occasionally manifests as a life-size cardboard figure. Careful placement of The Sensation in space and time allows Harrison to privately experience gala openings of his films, his own theater performances, and other film- and theater-related events, without drawing undue attention to himself.

Alien (documentary)

To-Do List

In The News (miscellaneous):

  • 2017: Leonardo Draws Clock Head wins Newbery Award for Best Children's Book Cover of the Year.

    2017: Leonardo Draws Clock Head wins Newbery Award for Best Children's Book Cover of the Year.

  • 2017: Signed first edition of The Safe-Cracker sells for ten million dollars.

    2017: Signed first edition of The Safe-Cracker sells for ten million dollars.

  • Custodian catch phrase: "Don't make me get the shovel." (Scene: shovel full of people in foreground, Custodian, Custodian doing the shoveling.)

    Custodian catch phrase: "Don't make me get the shovel." (Scene: shovel full of people in foreground, Custodian, Custodian doing the shoveling.)

  • 2017: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden wins Pulitzer Prize.

    2017: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden wins Pulitzer Prize.

In the News: Mir and AESOP:

  • 1999: Sensors on the Mir spacecraft detect patterns of electricity which reveal existence of a vast electrical intelligence in the Earth's ionosphere, now known as AESOP ("Artificial Expert System of Philosophy").

    1999: Sensors on the Mir spacecraft detect patterns of electricity which reveal existence of a vast electrical intelligence in the Earth's ionosphere, now known as AESOP ("Artificial Expert System of Philosophy").

  • AESOP ("Artificial Expert System of Philosophy") said to be cause of prophetic dreams among the Mir astronauts.

    AESOP ("Artificial Expert System of Philosophy") said to be cause of prophetic dreams among the Mir astronauts.

From the July 20 "On This Day in History" template:

From the August 21 "On This Day in History" template:

  • 1944: Extract of Radium distributor and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung programs the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory to fatally irradiate physicist and crime-fighter Harry Daghlian.

    1944: Extract of Radium distributor and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung programs the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory to fatally irradiate physicist and crime-fighter Harry Daghlian.

  • 1945: Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    1945: Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  • 1945: The Custodian stops Baron Zersetzung from stealing the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    1945: The Custodian stops Baron Zersetzung from stealing the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

From the July 28 "On This Day in History" template:

  • 1974: Watergate scandal: 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: Watergate scandal: 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: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the House Judiciary Committee members murdered, as a lesson to the others."

    1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the House Judiciary Committee members murdered, as a lesson to the others."

From the August 17 "On This Day in History" template:

From the May 6 template:

  • 1936: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming Hindenburg disaster.

    1936: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming Hindenburg disaster.

  • 1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

    1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

  • 1938: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating Egon Rhodomunde's hunting lodge, allegedly searching for evidence of Rhodomunde's involvement with the Hindenburg disaster.

    1938: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating Egon Rhodomunde's hunting lodge, allegedly searching for evidence of Rhodomunde's involvement with the Hindenburg disaster.

From the July 24 template:

  • 1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the Watergate scandal (nonfiction).

    1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the Watergate scandal (nonfiction).

  • 1974: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

    1974: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

  • 1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the Supreme Court justices murdered, as a lesson to the others."

    1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the Supreme Court justices murdered, as a lesson to the others."

Baron Z and Skip Digits:

Philippe Petit:

Miscellaneous:

  • 2017: New survey shows that "suicide-by-Ultravore" is on the rise.

    2017: New survey shows that "suicide-by-Ultravore" is on the rise.

  • Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin publishes new class of cryptographic numen in violation of agreement with The Custodian.

    Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin publishes new class of cryptographic numen in violation of agreement with The Custodian.

  • Hanford Site engineers begin feeding radioactive chemical waste to Ultravore.

    Hanford Site engineers begin feeding radioactive chemical waste to Ultravore.

  • Synthetic organism Ultravore begins consuming and dematerializing radioactive chemical waste at the Hanford Site, kicking back thirty percent of the energy harvest to The Custodian.

    Synthetic organism Ultravore begins consuming and dematerializing radioactive chemical waste at the Hanford Site, kicking back thirty percent of the energy harvest to The Custodian.

  • The Custodian lets Ultravore live in exchange for thirty percent of the energy harvest from whatever Ultravore consumes.

    The Custodian lets Ultravore live in exchange for thirty percent of the energy harvest from whatever Ultravore consumes.

  • 2017: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier Clock Head says it has "long since retired from guns in particular and machinery in general. Machinery other than myself, I mean."

    2017: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier Clock Head says it has "long since retired from guns in particular and machinery in general. Machinery other than myself, I mean."

Previously

  • Group comedy ethic: Respond with "Yes, and" (never "no"))
  • Air-horse raiders appear in space-time above planet Earth-space-time, descend on First World War, the worst of it, trenches, shells, gas, 1917, 1916, 1915, working backwards ... Air-horse attack armored electrical-signal-train traversing telegraph wires across Western North America ... race to San Francisco, which telegraph will click first, who will be first to receive the news? "The happiness of Rome seemed to hang upon the outcome of a race" -- Baron Z syndicates the show and sponsors the air-horse raiders ...
  • Havelock - must traverse back before he risks dying "for real", after 1911 - traversing back he keeps his identity - dying "for real" he is reborn the early 1800's with only residual memories of his deal with The Custodian
    • But it's like quitting smoking, he knows he should traverse back, but traversing forward feels so good, and traversing back is worse than work -- it is painful work.
  • Scene: Havelock Plays Russian Roulette for charity at Carnival Tenebre, a dollar a spin, to ransom O. Henry (nonfiction), or maybe for Mark Twain.
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