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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Edward Abbey
by Joe Bauman 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

Cal was a strange and malevolent character. He was indeed the model for Bidhop Love. A friend of mine who was a UPI reporter noted that Cal blew off The Monkey Wrench Gang, saying that he had never bothered to read it. But during an interview in Cal's office in his Blanding motel, he noticed a copy in thr bookshelf. Cal once threatened, in an interview with me, that ancient Indian ruins in San Juan County would be blown up if the federal government kept pushing for protection. He sneered at anyone who was concerned about radiation from uranium mines and wore a piece of high-grade uranium ore in his bolo tie clip. He died of cancer caused by that tie clip. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 5:32 AM MDT Dave Gary wrote: >If you had ever met former San Juan County Commissioner, Calvin Black, it would be fairly obvious that he was the “Bishop Love” portrayed in Abbey’s books. At least, when I first met him, I said to myself, ‘Holy, sh*t. Bishop Love.’ This was when I was a salvage archeologist for the state excavating on the Colorado Plateau. If ignorance is bliss, the “Bishop’s” existence was very serene. Looking back on it, by today’s standards, the “Bishop” seems lame and harmless. To put it in perspective, nowadays, who would prosecute Watergate? > >Dave >On Jul 23, 2013, at 11:20 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> It was several friends. The body's whereabouts is still a secret. I got to know Abbey a little -- he and "Seldom Seen Smith" (Ken Sleight) called me at work from Moab one night to compliment me on an environmental column. Abbey was pretty much plowed. We had a good time. I've also met and talked with him at other events. One of my pictures of him is here, for fellow FB-ers: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1710397780361&set=pb.1850628854.-22… -- Joe >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: D P Pierce <starsbirdsglyphs(a)gmail.com> >> To: utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:59 PM >> Subject: [Utah-astronomy] Edward Abbey >> >> >> I heard him speak to the Utah Librarians Association. He was >> hilarious. He complained he was offended because many considered him a >> country hick. He said he was really a sophisticated writer and >> intellectual then reached into his back pocket and pulled out a red bandana >> that was a yard square and spent about a full minute noisily blowing his >> nose. His book The Monkey Wrench Gang is one of the funniest books I've >> ever read. Desert Solitaire is another favorite with sometimes eloquent >> writing. >> When he died, a Moab friend hauled his body into the desert dumping it >> into a crevice then covering it with rocks. >> >> Deloy >> _______________________________________________ >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> >> Send messages to the list to >> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> >> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. >> >> To unsubscribe go to: >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". >> _______________________________________________ >> Utah-Astronomy mailing list >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> >> Send messages to the list to >> Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com >> >> The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. >> >> To unsubscribe go to: >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >> Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Personalities In Salt Lake
by Joe Bauman 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

I interviewed Fae Wray many years ago and she recalled her girlhood in Coppertown or one of the other towns that were gobbled up by the now Rio Tinto open pit mine. He first acting job came about because of the Dreseret News: she sold the most subscriptions and won the right to act in a little locally-produced movie. Also, Neal Cassidy, who is called Dean Morarity in Kerouac's On the Road, was born in Salt Lake City -- I seem to remember it was in a car, but wouldn't swear to it. In Lolita, Lo and Humbert Humbert are driving through southern Utah when she is hospitalized. While waiting to see her, Humbert reads the Deseret News. And don't forget Ed Abbey. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 12:04 PM MDT william baker wrote: >Now, that is interesting, thanks for sharing it with us. > > >________________________________ > From: M Wilson <astro_outwest(a)yahoo.com> >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 11:28 AM >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Personalities In Salt Lake > > >Did anyone see the movie "Pearl Harbor"? The captain of the USS West Virginia, Mervin S Bennion, was mortally wounded when the Japanese struck on Dec 7th. Despite his wounds, he refused to leave the ship and continued to direct the battle/evacuation of the vessel. His grave is in the Salt Lake City Cemetary http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8131613 > > >>Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 06:36:02 -0600 >>From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> >>To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >>Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] best manned mission site >>Message-ID: >> <CAHmuOYrKWuRT7AMZ5qu3W=-BNxZVyu2y-TyC6MFgtGroovuOVw(a)mail.gmail.com> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 >> >>That's very interesting, Joe! >> >> >>Did you know that the first American pilot to shoot-down an enemy aircraft >>in combat lived his later years in Salt Lake, as a faculty member at the >>UofU, and is buried in the Salt Lake City cemetary? I located his grave >>some years ago; Glen Warchol wrote it up for the Tribune as a Memorial Day >>piece. >>He was flying as a volunteer for the French at the time of his victory in >>WWI, in the Lafayette Flying Corps, long before the US entered the war in >>1917. >> >>On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> Did you know Burroughs wrote Maid of Mars when he was living in Salt Lake >> City? >> >> >>------------------------------ >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options". >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Moon
by Chuck Hards 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

Can someone check and see if the moon is currently near perigee? It seemed on the large side this morning.

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos re-booted.
by Joe Bauman 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

This is thrilling. I can't wait to watch the reboot -- Tyson is great! -- Joe ------------------------------ On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 10:54 AM MDT Chuck Hards wrote: >Thanks for that link, Dan. > >There's a debate on CN about it. Seems people are already either for it or >against it. Very few seem willing to watch it first, then make up their >minds afterwards. And it usually boils down to people either liking or >hating NDGT or Seth McFarlane, or even Carl Sagan. BTW, some of us >old-timers met Sagan when he gave a talk at Westminster in, what was it, >'75 or so? He was a perfect gentleman, very affable, even to this >then-teenager with maybe 1% of his I.Q. > >I have the original on factory VHS. I wonder if it's available on DVD or >download? Also still have my original vinyl LP of the "Music of Cosmos" >soundtrack. It still holds it's own very well. Some of the best parts of >the show had nothing to do with special effects. > >On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Daniel Holmes <danielh(a)holmesonics.com>wrote: > >> I'd heard about this a while ago, but at San Diego Comic Con a teaser >> trailer was released for the new version of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. It was >> great to see the 'Spaceship of the Imagination' again. >> >> >> http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/07/23/cosmos_a_space_time_ody… >> >> If there's one person who could do it justice, it's Neil DeGrasse Tyson. >> But since it's on Fox, I hope it doesn't get canceled after 5 >> episodes...grumbleFireflygrumble. >> >> >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Edward Abbey
by D P Pierce 24 Jul '13

24 Jul '13

I heard him speak to the Utah Librarians Association. He was hilarious. He complained he was offended because many considered him a country hick. He said he was really a sophisticated writer and intellectual then reached into his back pocket and pulled out a red bandana that was a yard square and spent about a full minute noisily blowing his nose. His book The Monkey Wrench Gang is one of the funniest books I've ever read. Desert Solitaire is another favorite with sometimes eloquent writing. When he died, a Moab friend hauled his body into the desert dumping it into a crevice then covering it with rocks. Deloy

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8" mirror blank, tool, pitch for sale
by John M. Craig 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

I have an 8" mirror kit, originally purchased from Edmund back in the 70's. I'm offering it locally before listing it on CN and Astromart. If interested, make me an offer. Kit includes: 8" full thickness blank (Pyrex IIRC) 8" plate glass tool Some abrasives 3 tubs of pitch John

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Cosmos Rebooted
by jcarman6＠q.com 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

Even an Ph.D in English would not put "science" and "Fox" in the same sentence. It is an oxymoron of the grossest proportions. Be prepared to learn the earth was created in 6 days and Comet ISON is going to hit the earth because HE is mad that America elected a democrat as president. :)

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Next ATM session reminder
by Hutchings, Mat 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

This is just a reminder of the upcoming ATM session. It will be this Saturday (7/27/13) at the Hutchings optical shop (my garage) from 09:00 to 15:00. Feel free to come and go as you please. If you need directions, give me a holler via e-mail. Mat This message and any attachments are solely for the use of intended recipients. The information contained herein may include trade secrets, protected health or personal information, privileged or otherwise confidential information. Unauthorized review, forwarding, printing, copying, distributing, or using such information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you are not an intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you received this email in error, and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this email and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please contact the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your system. Thank you for your cooperation

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos re-booted.
by Joe Bauman 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

He gotchya Dan! Dads never forget these things. -- Joe ------------------------------ On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 3:25 PM MDT Larry Holmes wrote: >As I remember, U of U football was mandatory. 73 > >On 7/23/2013 11:37 AM, Daniel Holmes wrote: >> Besides, nobody has ever forced me to watch a TV show since I was 8 years old. >> >> Dan >> > > >_______________________________________________ >Utah-Astronomy mailing list >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy > >Send messages to the list to >Utah-Astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com > >The Utah-Astronomy mailing list is not affiliated with any astronomy club. > >To unsubscribe go to: >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy >Then enter your email address in the space provided and click on "Unsubscribe or edit options".

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Re: [Utah-astronomy] Personalities In Salt Lake
by John R. Peterson 23 Jul '13

23 Jul '13

In the mid-fifties, Louis Armstrong came to perform at the Hotel Utah Ballroom. But, because of the color of his skin, he could not stay there. Being the local #1 radio personality, my father Rolfe Peterson had the honor of picking Satchmo up at his hotel near the Union Pacific Station to take him up to the Hotel Utah and back again afterwards. After that, whenever the family was driving by Temple Square, Dad would point up at the statue of Moroni on the temple and say, "Look, kids: There's Satchmo! >Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 06:36:02 -0600 >From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards(a)gmail.com> >To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] best manned mission site >Message-ID: > <CAHmuOYrKWuRT7AMZ5qu3W=-BNxZVyu2y-TyC6MFgtGroovuOVw(a)mail.gmail.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > >That's very interesting, Joe! > >Salt Lake has attracted quite a few big names over the decades. > >The Marx Brothers were traveling by train with Charlie Chaplin once, and >stopped in Salt Lake for the night. The story goes that the brothers took >Chaplin to a brothel, but he didn't seem interested in the girls, and spent >the entire night in the parlor, playing with the Madame's dog. The >brothers seemed to have found something else to keep them occupied. > >Did you know that the first American pilot to shoot-down an enemy aircraft >in combat lived his later years in Salt Lake, as a faculty member at the >UofU, and is buried in the Salt Lake City cemetary? I located his grave >some years ago; Glen Warchol wrote it up for the Tribune as a Memorial Day >piece. >He was flying as a volunteer for the French at the time of his victory in >WWI, in the Lafayette Flying Corps, long before the US entered the war in >1917. > >On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 7:19 PM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Did you know Burroughs wrote Maid of Mars when he was living in Salt Lake >> City? > > >------------------------------ >

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