Litigation over the next several years gave the owners of the molasses facility a wider platform from with to insist that anarchists — Italian immigrants specifically — had instigated the disaster. Though nativist hysteria during those years sowed more than its share of misfortune, liability for the Great Molasses Flood was unmistakable. By 195, USIA had settled lawsuits amounting to more than $600,000.

Change a few choice words in that paragraph and it’s instantly modernized. Every age has it’s “ists” though, so you can change a few words in that paragraph and backdate it to any number of events.

You know, they always have said too much sugar will kill you, but most people envision slow death by diabetes, not instant death by molasses tidal wave.

Speaking of tidal waves, I think that last swallow of leftover coffee-debacle was a tidal wave of grounds. Need to fine-tune my grinding method.

So I’ve decided I am going to unleash my HDR skills upon the microscopy world. I believe it’s ripe for the plucking. In fact I think I have some shots left over from last semester that I can blend to HDR with to show my teacher what I’m talking about and maybe I can get some credit for training student and staff in the technique. At the very least, I’ll have the prints that are the envy of everyone.

This entry was posted on Thursday, January 15th, 2009 at 16:46.