Archive for 31 March 2011

Chair Recognize Slim Charles

Posted 31 March 2011 by Slim Charles
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The flesh of his middle and index fingers presses against white hide and red wax-covered thread. His medieval weapon of an arm rears up and crests the plane above his head. Electrical impulses have already left his brain and are racing to his hand to tell his thumb to move out of the way at [...]

Sixties relic still swinging in the desert

Posted 31 March 2011 by Tex Connally
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Strange stirrings deep in the desert could herald the return of a expansion-era baseball icon. The San Diego Padres retired their beloved Swinging Friar logo in 1985. Since then, a modified version of the Friar has appeared as a secondary graphic, but the original cleric has remained missing — until a recent sighting in Arizona. [...]