Vanity Fair Senior Contributing Editor Alex Shoumatoff probably wishes he never ran afowl of The Owl.
Just look at him now. Poor little feller.
All are warned by this logo seen on Talyor Street in San Francisco’s Union Square. Fair enough:
It looks like nobody else will get in to spy on Bohemian Grove this year. Oh well.
It’s been printed in the San Francisco Examiner, (so it must be true):
Captain James Dudley of Central Station in North Beach plans to ask the San Francisco Entertainment Commission to consider making mandatory handstamps specific to a bar or club so police can more easily make connections between specific locations and drunken behavior.
According to the Cap’n, “it would be helpful to be able to track people.”
Will this idea pass constitutional muster? Is it justified? Feel free to read the Captain’s weekly newsletters to see what he’s dealing with on a nightly basis in the world-famous North Beach area.
Will mandatory handstamps make your San Francisco bacchanal safer? Adamcomerford via Flickr
Be sure you don’t spend too much time showing off all your temporary tracking stamps to your friends on the street, as loitering too long in front of a club will soon get you into hot water as well.
Stay safe and have fun!
Just what is this tiny figure embedded in the top corner of all one dollar bills in circulation in the United States?
Some people think it’s a Great Horned Owl, but others say it’s a spider. You can see for yourself but that might strain your eyes. Let’s take a look using a Canon Macro Photo MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x lens at five times lifesize:
Not as owly-looking. Here’s a closer view:
You’d have to call that a spider. Or a spider/owl. Or a Spowl.
In this age of conspiracy theories, let’s assume a secret organization put on our currency a little figure, one that sometimes looks like an owl and sometimes looks like a spider.
Who cares about spiders and owls? The Bohemian Club, that’s who. Check out this scary two-hour movie, Dark Secrets Inside Bohemian Grove, to learn more. We’re through the looking glass here, people!
Beware the Spowl.
Here’s the warning above the Bohemian Club at 624 Taylor in San Francisco - “Weaving Spiders Come Not Here.”
Get ready for Bohemian Grove up in Sonoma County in July - it’s like Burning Man for plutocrats. Check it out.
