Invisible Fence Posted to Flickr by samplereality. Here's another sign common in my subdivision. It's an Invisible Fence (r) sign, and in terms of semiotics -- i.e. the study of signs, signification, and meaning -- it's surprisingly dense. The sign is not a warning sign per se, but it does evoke several implied threats. The… Continue reading Warning: Invisible Fence
Author: Mark Sample
Warning! Southern Bell!
Southern Bell Uploaded to Flickr by samplereality. Lately I've become aware of all the danger signs and hazardous warnings in my subdivision. Who knew suburbia could be so dangerous? I've decided to document as many of the warnings as I can find, beginning with this sign. It's on a Southern Bell utility box, located in… Continue reading Warning! Southern Bell!
Atlases & Maps before GPS
I love maps, and I'm fascinated by the history of mapmaking. Check out this anonymous 17th century atlas I've come across, published in London in 1650. The title is succinct enough: A book and map of all Europe with the names of all the towns of note in that known quarter of the world: so… Continue reading Atlases & Maps before GPS
Killer Robots!!!
From the archives: one of my students dug up a report by the United Auto Workers which details the history of death-by-robot in the auto industry. As the report warns us, "Robot injuries are one of the best-kept secrets." The best-kept secrets where, I'm dying to ask, and I'm hoping they mean "in the industry"… Continue reading Killer Robots!!!
More liberty from the liberty-loving Liberty Baptist Church
Yesterday I focused on the bag I received, like manna from heaven, except it wasn't the desert and it wasn't edible, and it wasn't from God either, from the Liberty Baptist Church. Now I'd like to share, because that's WWJD, what was in the shiny, plastic, shopping bag from what I like to think of… Continue reading More liberty from the liberty-loving Liberty Baptist Church
Liberty Baptist Church Wants Me!!!
Yesterday I had the good fortune of receiving, on my front porch, a gift bag from Liberty Baptist Church in nearby Mooresville ("Race City U.S.A."). At left is this fabulous surprise, which made my day (click the image for a larger photograph). How ironic that just moments before finding the bag, I had been pondering… Continue reading Liberty Baptist Church Wants Me!!!
Disco Tango
Caution Remixed, Flight XYZ#123
Poetry from Row 16A on US Airways #952 (the trip home)
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Memory is not a Document (Ronald Reagan Lives on in our hearts and envelopes)
Mark Sample Identity Theft Watch
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Who’s Your Pope?
Milk, It Does the Corporation Good