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Sunday, August 23, 2026
Hobbes was coughing?
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Now, it's all skateboards and bikinis, but back in the day...
Back in 1930, California was producing nearly one quarter of the entire world’s oil output. These oil wells in Venice, California, were still operational on the beach in 1952. The image shows a dense forest of wooden oil derricks crowding the shoreline and beach area during the Southern California oil boom in the early 20th century.
Large-scale petroleum discoveries in the 1920s and 1930s turned parts of the Los Angeles coastline, including Venice and Playa del Rey, into packed industrial drilling zones right up against the ocean. Beachgoers, homes, and seaside areas sat shoulder-to-shoulder with active rigs and storage tanks before regulations and tourism eventually shifted the coastline's purpose.
Venice, California experienced a massive, fast-moving oil boom after the Ohio Oil Company struck oil on December 18, 1929, near the Grand Canal and Washington Street. Within two years, more than 400 towering metal derricks crowded the beachfront and residential lots, transforming the resort town into a noisy, sludge-filled industrial zone before production quickly declined. The first wildcat well yielded 3,000 barrels per day from a depth of nearly 6,200 feet, sparking intense "oil fever" during the Great Depression. By July 1931, over 340 to 450 active wells crowded the Venice peninsula south of Washington Street, making it one of the top-producing fields in California.
Drilling waste, thick sludge, and foul odors polluted the historic canals, forced local school closures, and ruined the beach. Production dropped drastically by 1932, though low-level pumping continued for decades. By the 1970s and 1990s, all remaining wells were completely capped and removed, leaving behind the modern residential and recreational neighborhood.
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It's love, actually...
This poor bastard baring his soul is from a scene from the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually, where the character Mark, played by Andrew Lincoln, uses cue cards to silently profess his love.
This divisive scene has been described by some as both "creepy and sweet" due to the character's unrequited feelings for his best friend's wife. The director, Richard Curtis, has expressed regret over the scene in recent years, noting it has aged differently in a modern context.
Despite debates, the movie remains a widely watched Christmas classic two decades after its release. Yeah, tell me you don't watch it every year...
Saturday, August 22, 2026
Not on the menu for Scat...
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"Ridiculous ideas"...
A great pair of jeans for under $ 18.00 bucks?
And they're great pants, too. Go figure.
Rustler makes a great pair of pants for a ridiculously low price.
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How many Jewish men have seen the Coca Cola recipe? Easy answer - one...
In 1935, Rabbi Tobias Geffen became the only known person outside
of The Coca-Cola Company to examine the company's closely guarded secret formula.
Living in Atlanta, where Coca-Cola was headquartered, Geffen received repeated questions from Jewish communities about whether the drink was kosher. To answer them, Coca-Cola allowed him to privately inspect the confidential ingredient list under strict conditions that he would never reveal the recipe.
During his review, Geffen found that one ingredient, glycerin, was being produced from non-kosher animal tallow. He worked with the company to replace it with a vegetable-based alternative. He also helped resolve a separate Passover issue involving a grain-derived ingredient by recommending an alternative sweetener that preserved the drink's taste.
After these changes were made, Geffen ruled that Coca-Cola was kosher for year-round use, with a special Passover formulation also becoming possible. His work helped make the world's most famous soft drink accessible to millions of observant Jewish consumers while preserving one of the greatest trade secrets in business history.
For Passover, Coke replaces high-fructose corn syrup with pure cane sugar (sucrose). This change makes the soda compliant with Ashkenazi Jewish dietary laws during Passover, when corn-derived ingredients (kitniyot) are forbidden. These special bottles feature distinct yellow caps and are sold in stores each spring. Buy 'em whenever you see them...
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Black jack's greenhouse - not far from where I am...
This is the Victorian orangery located within the walled gardens of Glenveagh Castle in County Donegal, Ireland. The greenhouse is situated in the heart of Glenveagh National Park. The castle and its surrounding gardens were originally built in the 19th century.
Glenveagh National Park, Gardens and Castle are located on the Loch Bheatha near the town of Letterkenny in Ireland.
John George Adair Built the castle after acquiring land through the notorious 1861 eviction of 224 tenants, earning him the nickname "Black Jack Adair". Adair was born in County Laois, Ireland, was a Scots-Irish businessman and landowner, financier of JA Ranch in the Texas Panhandle. Adair had made his fortune in Ireland buying up estates bankrupt after the Irish potato great famine.
John's American wife Cornelia took over after his death in 1885, developing the famous castle gardens and hosting high-society guests...
Friday, August 21, 2026
If all HillBetty's looked like her...
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All fangs and no brains...
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Ever heard of 'Detroit Agate'?
Fordite, also known as Detroit agate, is not a stone - it's a by‑product of the automotive industry. It formed in factories between the 1920s and 1970s, when cars were hand‑sprayed and overspray collected on racks, rails, and floors.
With each new paint job, another layer was added - sometimes over 100 layers per car. Over time, the hardened paint was cut, polished, and transformed into jewellery, cufflinks, and inlays.
Because modern robotic painting techniques and environmental regulations have changed how factories handle paint waste, the original accumulation process no longer happens the same way.
Workers and collectors eventually realized these chunks could be cut, shaped, and polished into cabochons for unique, one-of-a-kind jewelry. Cutting through the random layers yields striking visual effects, ranging from tight, linear geometric stripes to wild, concentric bullseyes. Each piece is unique, its colours reflecting the car styles of its era. A one‑of‑a‑kind gem born from an industrial process - and no two pieces are ever the same.
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It used to be a truly happy place for me...
I know I've talked about Washington Square Park in Greenwich Village before, and I'll continue to say that it is/was one of my favorite place on earth, Back in the 60's and 70's, and even in to the 80's, it was a vibrant, fun, carefree oasis in a big crazy city, but sadly now it's turned in to yet another shithole filled with druggies and jerkoffs, filthy dirty and not desirable at all - especially at night. It's a shame such beautiful places go to shit when nobody cares...
Thursday, August 20, 2026
This HillBetty's bustin' out...
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