One more brief update on the aftermath of the Sendai earthquake/tsunami:
Tsunami video from Miyako City in Iwate Prefecture:
This and all previous posts on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami can be found here.
Japan Tsunami/Earthquake Update for Monday, March 21
March 21st, 2011Tangential Crime Blotter: Sherry Black, Warren Jeffs, Robert Ben Rhoades
March 19th, 2011As far as I can tell, there’s been no real news in the Sherry Black murder case since it was featured on the America’s Most Wanted website in January. But in poking around, there is some news on some tangents of the story, and tangents of the tangents.
I recently received a couple of comments on a previous post on the Sherry Black murder, including one claiming to be from Warren Jeffs, accused felon and President of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I know this may come as a shock to some, but people aren’t always who they claim to be on the Internet. (I will now wait a moment for the incredulous outrage to die down.) As far as I can tell, Mr. Jeffs is currently held in lieu of bail at the Reagan County Jail in Big Lake, Texas awaiting trial. The possibility that he might be allowed Internet privileges while under heavy manners, and that he would use such privileges to post random, badly capitalized blog comments, seems…remote. Plus, the ip address of the poster (72.250.219.218) points to Ogden, Utah, not Big Lake, Texas.
Incidentally, Jeffs still seems reveared by the FLDS faithful, with thousands of letters and many visitors (up to the max of ten a day).
Strangely enough, Jeffs isn’t the only famous (or infamous) prisoner currently awaiting trail at Big Lake. Accused serial killer Robert Ben Rhoades, who has been convicted of torturing, killing and raping women, and who has been accused of as many as 50 serial killings, is also held there. For comparison’s sake, 50 victims would put him up in Henry Lee Lucas territory, and more than John Wayne Gacy or Ted Bundy.
Here’s some background on Rhodes, evidently written by someone who bought a pallet of true crime adjectives at Sam’s and wanted to use them up before the expiration date. There’s even a Utah angle here as well, since charges against Rhoades for the murder of Candace Walsh were dropped in 2006, mainly so Rhoades could be tried in Texas, where he would be subject to the death penalty.
As shown in the Deseret News, he even looks like a serial killer.
He surely must be happy with everything he’s got
March 19th, 2011Rereading this post made me go poking around the Internet, where I came across this vintage video of Simon & Garfunkel performing “Richard Corey” live in 1966:
Two- (and three- and four-) part harmony is sadly underutilized in music today…
Million Dollar Idea
March 17th, 2011Charlie Sheen.
Lindsay Lohan.
On Broadway.
In Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?.
Charge $500 a ticket and it will still sell out a three month run.
Get on it, Broadway producers! There’s gold in them thar freaks!
Random Japanese Earthquake/Tsunami Updates for Thursday, March 17
March 17th, 2011A few random notes on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami:
Top-down view of the tsunami engulfing a fishing port:
Scenes of post-apocalyptic devastation:
At lot of the videos I’ve put up are from Russia Today. Either they’re very good at getting high-quality source videos, or very good at ignoring copyrights…
New Lame Excuse Books Catalog Available
March 16th, 2011I just sent out a new Lame Excuse Books catalog filled with interesting science fiction, fantasy, and horror first editions. Once again there’s lots of great stuff, including new books from Joe R. Lansdale, Jay Lake, Henry Kuttner, Charles Stross, Neal Stephenson, a Tim Powers Charnel House book, a signed Roger Zelazny limited edition, a desirable Jack Vance first, and numerous small press books from Subterranean, Haffner, PS Publishing, and Night Shade, among others. Let me know if you’d like me to email you a copy.
Japan Tsunami/Earthquake Update for March 16, 2011
March 16th, 2011A few tidbits of news on the Sendai earthquake/tsunami aftermath in Japan:
Another gallery of aftermath photos.
I’m not seeing too many new videos worth putting up. You’ve probably seen a lot of this video before, but here’s one long, continuous aerial take of the tsunami coming in:
More volcano erruption footage:
To end on an encouraging note, here’s a video of two dogs who survived the earthquake and tsunami:
This and all previous posts on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami can be found here.
Japan Earthquake/Tsunami Update for Tuesday, March 15
March 15th, 2011Some news on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami:
More aftermath pictures from the Sendair earthquake and tsunami.
Tsunami coming in to Iwaki City:
More tsunami wave footage:
Rooftop tsunami footage:
Sendai tsunami footage:
The tsunami in Minamisanriku:
Still more tsunami footage:
The aftermath in Rikuzentakata:
Shinmoedake volcano eruption in SW Japan:
This and all previous posts on the Sendai earthquake and tsunami can be found here.
Howard Waldrop and I Review Battle: Los Angeles
March 14th, 2011Short description: Better than Skyline, but no great shakes in the SF department…
