Gregory Crouch's Blog, page 10
March 7, 2015
Weapon of Mass Instruction
A 1979 Ford Falcon converted into a tank armed with 900 free books. Continue reading →
March 4, 2015
KTSF News spotlights Moon Chin and the CNAC exhibit at the SFO Museum
Link to KTSF television news spot featuring Moon Chin and the Legends of CNAC exhibit at the SFO Museum. (102-year old Moon Chin is looking pretty spry, and he's interviewed in English. With a cameo appearance by Craig Chinn.) Continue reading →
January 23, 2015
Rescued World War II photographs
Very cool story on Huffpost: “Recovered Film Gives An Amazing First Look at Scenes from World War II” About a photographer who recovers and develops old and abandoned rolls of film.
January 3, 2015
Gigantic China’s Wings photo gallery
Classic aviation photos of flying in China in the 1930s and 1940s pertaining to the China National Aviation Corporation, a Chinese-American civil aviation partnership that flew and fought in China Continue reading →
December 5, 2014
1868 baseball advice (that is not a typo)
It was "the national game" back then, too. 12 pieces of baseball advice handed down by The Weekly Alta California in 1868. Continue reading →
December 3, 2014
Links to good writing advice I’ve been collecting
Links to pieces of writing advice that I've been collecting. Continue reading →
November 26, 2014
I’d like to propose a new word…
Apocalist. Def.: The Thanksgiving shopping list. Continue reading →
November 23, 2014
Wartime spy finally accepts she is a French Heroine
A close family friend – her godmother’s father – had been shot by the Germans and her godmother had committed suicide after being taken prisoner by the Nazis. “I did it for revenge," said Mrs. Doyle. Continue reading →
November 21, 2014
50 Notable works of nonfiction, posted by the Washington Post
A list of 50 notable nonfiction books curated by The Washington Post. Continue reading →
November 14, 2014
The Naked Mountaineer by Stephen Sieberson, reviewed by Gregory Crouch
"The jacket copy promises irreverent adventures and peculiar characters presented in a manner far removed from that of “the typical mountaineering book.” And so we crack its covers hoping for alpine rambles in the vein of Eric Newby’s lighthearted bumble “A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush,” of Tom Patey ’s gently deprecating “One Man’s Mountains,” or of W.E. Bowman ’s side-splitting satire “The Ascent of Rum Doodle... " Continue reading →
