All the Pages Are My Days - the first 12 years
the (archived) online world of Mike Rodriquez 2002-2012
According to this BBC article, we’re actually quite lucky to be here. Based on the results of analyzing human DNA, some scientists are starting to believe the human race had dwindled down to a worldwide population of around 2000 people sometime within the past 100,000 years. Though the date when the population reached its lowest … Read more
I love the rich, saturated artwork of these old images from the early 20th century. You can find more images like this, plus a whole lot more at the MemorialDay.org site.
I think this imaginative picture is so cool (click on it to see a larger version): Here’s some more info about and work by the artist, Boris Artzybasheff, who created this highly expressive view of a modern (circa 1950’s) photographer. One of the greatest thing about visiting the the links mentioned above is that I … Read more
Understandably, and unavoidably, the first Mother’s Day after the loss of one’s mom is an emotional time. With those thoughts in mind I’m pleased to be able to share this story about the courage and foresight displayed by the women who helped found the Mother’s Day holiday over 100 years ago. They say mothers know … Read more
By now, most folks have heard about the recent experiences of the American astronauts who finally returned to Earth a couple of days ago. They had been stranded on the International Space Station after the Columbia disaster, and hitched a ride home on a Russian Soyuz space vehicle. Their craft landed a couple of hundred … Read more
The sheer magnitude of the loss of the cultural artifacts and antiquities during the looting of museums in Iraq is close to incomprehensible. The fact that more attention was paid to saving oil wells than to saving items comprising a large part of the earliest history of western culture is equally unforgivable. A rather in-depth … Read more
LSD was discovered by Dr. Albert Hoffman, a Swiss chemist. He was an apparently somewhat accident prone person, as he both created LSD by virtue of a mistake in the lab, and also, later that same day, accidently ingested some of his new creation. He realized what had happened as he was riding his bicycle … Read more
This is such a story of courage that I’m breaking my ban on reporting on the current conflict. It’s also a story that testifies to the power of just one person who takes action and does the “right thing”. It seems the rescue of Private First Class Lynch came about because Mohammed found out from … Read more
Speaking of antiwar protests, I’m very pleased to link to local activist Lisa Rein, who has put together an excellent narrative of her experiences observing the antiwar protests in San Francisco these past few days. Along with the compelling writing and lots of photos, she’s provided some excellent videos of what she saw and heard. … Read more
Paul Freeman has put together a fascinating site that contains photos and descriptions of abandoned airfields from all across the US. Covering over 570 airfields located in 46 different states, this site provides a fascinating view of early aviation history. Besides looking at Bay Area favorites such as Crissy Field, I looked back at my … Read more