got caught up on work today, which was nice. but even nicer was getting a response to an email about emerson hough research. it was from the izaak walton chapter in my hometown, named for hough. i did send a few questions, and expressed interest in touring the facility when i am in town soon. i would enjoy seeing the hough artifacts there, like the creel that was in the newspaper article i found at the county museum. had to look up what a creel was, and as expected it was a basket. there was a wikipedia article about it, like so many other things out there. it said it was used in fly fishing, which hough liked to do along with many of the founders of ike's.
i also looked up what school apparel could be found online, i had bought from alumni class before. i ordered a travel mug, sweat pants, and shirt with the e.h. name on it. since i had also wanted something that said 'huskies', their mascot, i made sure to order accordingly. and since hough had played football, and i was on my school's team as equipment manager, i wanted one that said 'football'. so the shirt says football, the pants say huskies, and the mug says elementary. haven't used them yet but at this point i want to keep them pristine. i found another site called spirit shop, or prep sportswear, and it had beach towels, unlike the other site, but i left the site and went back in later, noticing it went from 'emerson hough' to 'ehes'. may be just as well, since i already had plenty of towels. but it would have been cool to have a huskie head on the towel.
it can be something i get should the appeal of the school closing be successful. guess they didn't waste any time to disable anything with the e.h. name on it. i am thankful to have bought some e.h. stationery at the fundraiser last month. one of them is on display at my office. next thing would be to get a picture of hough there as well. after all, i already have one up of lady gaga that i had found online.
i can still order things like some of his books and movies, like 'covered wagon'. i saw a vhs copy available on e-bay. in fact, i found a hough item on an odd site. it was called 'elite view'. address given was in cheng du, china. must be why most of the characters were not in english. it had 'modern indoor decoration, delivered from the US'. it was of his movie, or book, 'north of 36'. near it was 'wizard of oz' by l. frank baum, somebody that hough had worked with. another said 'american stadium', and i said it looked like yankee stadium in new york. upon a closer look, i was right. this was found when looking at the hough photos on google, where i had found my own photo from facebook. it was in reference to a posting i had made on the pat garrett fan page.
speaking of ebay, i am watching jay leno as i write, and he is going through items found on ebay. i don't watch these shows much as i like watching 'nightline' instead. but it is not on right now, due to the NBA finals. one should be well-informed, it is why i like the news shows. i had originally started watching 'nightline' in 2005 as i wanted more coverage of hurricane katrina. even though it saddened and angered me to see new orleans drown, i wanted coverage. i wouldn't have cared much, but i loved my visit to the city in november 2002. i called it a 'benchmark' in my life, as i left behind many of my cares about life in the french quarter. i had to get out my souvenirs to remind me of the 'big easy' i had wanted to remember, and not the one unfolding on t.v. it was gut-wrenching to see the footage of the man on top of his flooded house, waving a red flag and next to two girls holding up a sign that said 'help us'.
naturally, we must do more than be well-informed. once we have the news, we need to act upon it and do something about it. knowing about ills and doing nothing is no better than not knowing.
i also looked up what school apparel could be found online, i had bought from alumni class before. i ordered a travel mug, sweat pants, and shirt with the e.h. name on it. since i had also wanted something that said 'huskies', their mascot, i made sure to order accordingly. and since hough had played football, and i was on my school's team as equipment manager, i wanted one that said 'football'. so the shirt says football, the pants say huskies, and the mug says elementary. haven't used them yet but at this point i want to keep them pristine. i found another site called spirit shop, or prep sportswear, and it had beach towels, unlike the other site, but i left the site and went back in later, noticing it went from 'emerson hough' to 'ehes'. may be just as well, since i already had plenty of towels. but it would have been cool to have a huskie head on the towel.
it can be something i get should the appeal of the school closing be successful. guess they didn't waste any time to disable anything with the e.h. name on it. i am thankful to have bought some e.h. stationery at the fundraiser last month. one of them is on display at my office. next thing would be to get a picture of hough there as well. after all, i already have one up of lady gaga that i had found online.
i can still order things like some of his books and movies, like 'covered wagon'. i saw a vhs copy available on e-bay. in fact, i found a hough item on an odd site. it was called 'elite view'. address given was in cheng du, china. must be why most of the characters were not in english. it had 'modern indoor decoration, delivered from the US'. it was of his movie, or book, 'north of 36'. near it was 'wizard of oz' by l. frank baum, somebody that hough had worked with. another said 'american stadium', and i said it looked like yankee stadium in new york. upon a closer look, i was right. this was found when looking at the hough photos on google, where i had found my own photo from facebook. it was in reference to a posting i had made on the pat garrett fan page.
speaking of ebay, i am watching jay leno as i write, and he is going through items found on ebay. i don't watch these shows much as i like watching 'nightline' instead. but it is not on right now, due to the NBA finals. one should be well-informed, it is why i like the news shows. i had originally started watching 'nightline' in 2005 as i wanted more coverage of hurricane katrina. even though it saddened and angered me to see new orleans drown, i wanted coverage. i wouldn't have cared much, but i loved my visit to the city in november 2002. i called it a 'benchmark' in my life, as i left behind many of my cares about life in the french quarter. i had to get out my souvenirs to remind me of the 'big easy' i had wanted to remember, and not the one unfolding on t.v. it was gut-wrenching to see the footage of the man on top of his flooded house, waving a red flag and next to two girls holding up a sign that said 'help us'.
naturally, we must do more than be well-informed. once we have the news, we need to act upon it and do something about it. knowing about ills and doing nothing is no better than not knowing.
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