On 12 May 1860, a battle erupted in the Pyramid Lake vicinity between Northern Paiute and their Shoshone and Bannock allies and white settlers from the Nevada (then Utah Territory) communities of Virginia City, Carson City, Genoa, and Silver City. The Paiute War (also Pyramid Lake War) was what I consider a symptom of [...]

Posted on July 18th, 2008 by Andi
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It’s Monday July 7th, and I’m standing in a stuffy, dim gymnasium that might’ve seen its best days in the 1940s. It’s about the size of gym that elementary students used for student assemblies, and indeed, there’s a stage on the far end stacked high with an assortment of beat-up chair-desks that probably saw their [...]

Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Andi
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Hi, all! Did you miss me? I sure did. I’ve been checking milk cartons to see if my photo appears on any of ‘em, but so far, no. Dang. Where the hell did I put myself?
Does anyone here remember “sniglets“? That’s a term for a made-up word that actually makes a lot of sense. Like, [...]

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Andi
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