I have some ideas in the queue and should start posting again soon.
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Time Enough at Last
Starting this week I am going to have a lot more free time on my hands. That means I can finally get around to all the projects I've been putting off. That includes the Ansonisms blog. I'll begin with sharing items from my Star Trek collection. Coming up: Starship Design from 1984.
ChatGPT Creates a Religion: Part 3 – Ansonism Gets Some Logos and a Creed
Continuing my experiment with ChatGPT creating a religion. Any religion worth its salt needs a logo and a headquarters. So I asked the generative AI to make some. The first HQ has a cool Atlantis vibe. And what legitimate religion doesn't have a creed? Here you will see the shiny new Ansonite Creed (ChatGPT called it the Ansonist Creed but I don't care for that name).
ChatGPT Creates a Religion: Part 2 – The Birth of Ansonism
In Part 2 of my experiment with ChatGPT creating a religion, we see the detailed history of the belief as well as a recruiting advertisement.
New stuff coming soon
I promise come April I'll have new posts. Your patience is appreciated.
New Year’s Hoppin’ John
That John is Hoppin'! It's become a New Year's tradition here to make a big pot of Hoppin' John for dinner (and for leftovers later). Hoppin' John is basically black eyed peas and smoked ham, usually ham hock, with a few other things. I didn't have ham hocks so I chopped a bunch of Black …
Formula Notebooks, circa 1980
Each notebook is filled with 3" x 6" loose leaf sheets covered in arcane formulae...
Insult cards from the 1970s
Found these on an archeological dig through my stuff. I can think of better insults now.
Notable Anson: Anson Bunker
BUNKER, Anson -- Serial killer "The Bloody Hand," the perpetrator of no less than fifteen cold-blooded murders, amongst which were the great Nathan murder of New York City, the murders of his three wives and several others in various parts of the country. Update: Harvard University Library has the full text of the pamphlet online.
Notable Anson: Anson Weeks
Anson Weeks Here's the Virtual Museum of San Fransisco's entry on Weeks: Oakland-born Anson Weeks was king of Nob Hill hotel dance bands during the 1920s and 30s, with a long run at Hotel Mark Hopkins.He formed his first band in 1924, and played in many famed Oakland and Sacramento hotels. In 1925, his band cut a test …
