Monthly Archives: December 2015

  It’s undated but I’m guessing sometime in the ’70s based on the hair. You sure can’t tell from the bathrobes, which are relatively immune to fashion. Bonus: A closeup of the azimuth marker!  

Obviously. A while back I got this question from Carl Riedel in the Central Plant: I have been working here at the Rice Central Plant since 1991. I was asked a question today about the steam plant’s early days that … Continue reading →

I generally like my job on most days but every once in a while it positively fills me with glee. This usually involves something either deeply strange or so tiny as to be nearly trivial (or both). This time, though, … Continue reading →

I got home much later than usual tonight so I don’t have the energy to say very much but I do promise that I’ve got a couple of really exciting things coming tomorrow and the day after. For right now, … Continue reading →

I love this image but I don’t quite understand it. It looks like there’s something happening beyond just listening to records but I’m not sure what that might be: I also lack both a date and a location. The record–La … Continue reading →

There is no identifying information for this photo at all. I have no real idea what’s going on other than it has something to do with film. I don’t know who they are. But look at all that glorious hair! … Continue reading →

I’d noticed these images before but as you can see they’re slides, which are a bit awkward to deal with, so I just left them and moved on with my tasks. Yesterday, though, I had enough time to go back … Continue reading →

J. Frank Dobie, Texas writer and folklorist, speaking at the fifth anniversary celebration for Hanszen College: There is, apparently, nothing new under the sun. Bonus:

This afternoon I ran across this fascinating Houston Post article about the opening of Brown College in 1965: There’s so much of interest here I almost don’t know where to begin, but a visit yesterday morning to the offices of … Continue reading →