Virtual Vaccine???

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WOW! Are We In Trouble!

Holy shit, it’s for real this time!!! Not a wolf — it’s a teensy-tiny little virus, not even a bacterium or nothin’, and it’s coming to get YOU!

I don’t know if you read my recent books “SlimeWars” and “Trump is a Four-Letter Word”, both of which accurately predict — not hard to do — a major pandemic sometime around 2018, 100 years after the Great Epidemic of 1918, which wiped out millions of people around the world.

Viruses adapt, they transmute and re-invent themselves over and over again, and they have rapid spans of many generations, all of which are wildly mutating with the flux as things go wonkier and wonkier.

The Coronavirus is working its way rapidly toward us, and it’s gaining momentum every single day, as the spread spirals out of control. Continue reading →

My Sailboat, “Titanic Too”

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Yes, the ship of state is soon to sail, and we’re the anchor they’ll cast off when they leave port. What I mean is, you’d better get your marketing together TODAY, or lose the chance forever. This day will last a thousand years — if you want it to (few want it to).

My little “Bandit” VIRTUAL SAILBOAT is already sailing around the Ashram and has been operating in these waters for several years now — I’m working on a water race course for sailors with Bandits. Believe it, the Bandit is the only sailboat worth owning in Second Life.

I’d like to introduce the idea of Particle Linkage. Look, you can get a Godd Particle from Uncle Claude, put it on your Ashram Avatar and you’re linked up. See? Continue reading →

Gold Claim for Sale!

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You are bidding on the full purchase price of a non-patented Placer Mining Gold Claim in Sierra County, California. The claim is the Yuba Sutter Placer #2 located near Sierra City on Highway 49.

There is an easy off-road access and a wondrous camping ground right next door to the property, with all the benefits of a full camping ground.

The placer mining claim is a non-patented federal mining claim. Fees are current, and you will need to file paperwork every year in order to hold onto the property.

Upon payment, the mineral claim will be transferred via a notarized Quitclaim Notice filed in your name with the County and BLM.

This is a federal mining claim and mineral deposits are protected by law. All mining activity on these and any other claims is prohibited unless permission is obtained by us.

There is are two streams and a river running through the property. You get about 1,000 feet of river frontage and it’s located high up in the Sierra foothills.

Description Specifics:

  • The claim extends over 40 acres, easily accessed with 2-wheel drive vehicles, and there’s plenty of camping and play space.
  • Good easy access to both creeks and the river.
  • Good gravels directly over bedrock.
  • Plenty of tree roots, downed branches, rocks and other areas of possible collection.
  • Shallow to Medium deep water.
  • Mining level currently recreational only — no commercial operations here.
  • Area is quiet, safe, great for families. We go up there all the time.
  • Children & Senior Friendly, and the local people are great!
  • Enjoy panning, dry dredging, camping, rockhounding the great minerals, and getting to see the local wildlife at the terrific hotel down the road!
  • Gas, Recharge, Lodging, food and bars are close enough, but not right on top of you.
  • Plenty of water and plenty of parking and camping space.

THIS IS WHAT WE WILL DO FOR YOU:

Upon full payment plus a $250 fee, we will send you a Quitclaim deed naming you as the new owner of this mining claim. All fees and documents required by the BLM have been filed for this assessment year. You will need to file either an annual maintenance fee or an affadavit of performance of annual work with a waiver form with the BLM before September 1st, 2020, and each following year thereafter. If you fail to correctly file the paperwork with BLM, they will close the claim. We will include the required forms to maintain the claim in good standing with the BLM and send you copies of the following:

  1. GPS COORDINATES to get you right to the claim.
  2. You will receive the BLM recorded Quitclaim Deed after the claim is paid in full and you will receive the DEED some four to six weeks later.

See You At The Top!!!

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Sleuthing a Painting

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I happen to own this piece pictured above — it’s “Rainy Afternoon on the Champs d’Elysee”, an oil on canvas possibly painted by Antoine Blanchard, an often-counterfeited and very famous and popular artists of the 1950s and 1060s.

Verifying his work is extremely hard. He was profoundly prolific, and thousands of his oil paintings now flood the market worldwide. Continue reading →

Autocracy Basics

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Suddenly overnight find yourself living in an Autocracy? Don’t know what to do, don’t know the right words, don’t know the right people?

First off, are you now, or have you ever been, a member of an organized political party? If you answer yes, you won’t have ever voted Democrat.

I’m taking  a few moments away from working out on my Gretsch guitele, which finally has some new strings, although I haven’t yet affixed them to same, so I can write and sing some more devastatingly hilarious folk songs about Trumplestiltskin, to write a letter to Rachel Maddow, expressing a concern that you might also have about your own situation, so here’s an Open Letter To Rachel Maddow (I posted an email directly to her desk as well):

Hi, Rachel! I’m now 78 years out of port, having seen a hell of a lot. I’m a pro writer (Galaxy SF magazine, OMNI and a host of tv spots, gags & treatments and some 50 books currently in print and actually selling now and then) and that’s what I’m writing about. It’s not fanmail, although I have to say that your show is the only one I NEVER miss. This sometimes causes astonishing and unexpected situations. On the writing front, like John Lithgow — and this is the only comparison I’m going to make — I HAD to write a book about Trump or bust, and I did. It’s titled “Trump is a Four-Letter Word”. I hope my grandkids don’t adopt the same linquistic style as our current white house clown and, yes, I know — elect a clown, you get a circus. Well, I wrote the book and put it up for sale in a variety of formats, some three years ago. Like any other writer exercising First Amendment Rights and Steamletting Procedures, I vented full and well, and the book sits waiting for that viral moment, for which I may or may not be here. I’m sitting here these days waiting for that knock on the door, and that’s the reason I’m writing you. You’re the closest living being to Sherlock Holmes I’ve ever seen in action, so tell me — how long do I have to wait for that midnight knock?– ej gold

Is there anything you’ve done lately that might come to the direct attention of Trump or one or more of his brown-shirt goons?

If so, you might be high up on his LIST. You know which list I mean — the one that Nixon also kept.

It used to be bipartisan time, but now, it’s Friend or Enemy.

If you aren’t on the top of the ENEMIES list, don’t worry — your time will come soon enough. Actually EVERYBODY is on his list — he wants to take the entire planet with him when he goes.

The Bardo is NOT a lonely place, if you have friends in high places.

Got a book in you that’s demanding to get out? Hey, why wait until you can’t do it any more??? Write it now.

Are you a member of Congress? This is the time to speak out while you still can.

Do you have a vote? If you don’t vote, you can’t complain.

See You At The Top!

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Greatest Side Hustle for Planet Trump!

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What you’re looking at here is an 1826 Capped Liberty Bust Solid Silver Half Dollar SLABBED into a circular coin-friendly acrylic capsule and foam shockproofing, then mounted on a handpainted fibrecraft box, then cleverly daubed with glitter-glue.

DO THE MATH — This coin was made and issued in 1826, only 14 years after the War of 1812 when the British marched on, and burned, the White House, along with some of the city of Washington, until the rainstorm came along to stop it.

So where the hell are the British today? Are they any better off? Think about it! Only fourteen years after the war of 1812, and how many after the War of Independence, often incorrectly referred to as the “Revolutionary War”, just as “The War Between the States” is often quite wrongly called the “Civil War” — it was anything but civil.

We’re now on the eve of the Second Civil War, and I’m trying to get a handle on which coins will be collector’s items in the future — I only know of the few examples that have survived into the 37th century, which is where I actually am, communing with this ever-so-quaint  21st century SIM of Planet Earth which you call “The Real World”.

Pardon me, while I laugh. (ref: Twain, “Connecticut Yankee” op cit.)

There’s more to all this than meets the eye, but you need to know a little history in order to successfully collect, trade and/or deal coins, and if you’re making the coins into coin-topped snuff boxes, stash boxes, trinket boxes, notion boxes, collectible boxes or super-saturated overdecorated mini-treasure-chests, I have the answer. Continue reading →

Goodbye, America!

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The Purges have begun. Everyone who has been critical of Trump will be rounded up and taken to the wall, and I don’t mean the one the Mexicans paid for, and I’ll be among them for a variety of offenses including my latest book, “Trump is a Four-Letter Word”, and my Protest Songbook, Protest CD album and of course my annoying videogames that make fun of Trump and his allies.

I’ll be taken down along with Joan Baez for singing “Nasty Man”, and I’ve no doubt that John Lithgow will be taken away kicking and screaming for having written and published the book, “Dumpty”, a New York Times Bestseller that was presented to me by Dick and Pat — they found it at the Bookseller in town.

The said “Dumpty” is funny as hell, or it would be if it weren’t describing a dictatorship in the making.

It’s a nicely bound hardcover which has within its hallowed halls such treasures as The Mortification of Elliot Broidy, The Walrus and the Kleptocrat, Jared & Mohammed and much, much more, all of which are well-constructed and well thought-out poetic criticisms of the Mad King Trump the IIIrd, no relation to Mad King George except the outright lunacy and disregard for people.

Will Trump be stopped? Yes, he will. I have it on good authority that eventually, he WILL be stopped. The key word there is “eventually”. Don’t hold your breath. Continue reading →

Fastest Draw You Ever Saw!

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I’m reposting this ancient blog from May of 2014, because Trumpism has made it necessary to get all important art and history items out of the area and into safe zones, away from the anti-history and anti-intellectualism of Trump World.

My entire plan is to find a good home for the Donner collection as a 30% expansion of the first edition, which is currently all that is known from the Donner family documents and witness sources, but I am offering a NEW edition with the expansion, which includes the original edition, which was in its time a best-seller.

I have, as you’d expect, a signed copy of the original book, but along with that, I have a ton of original letters, unpublished photos and private family data that no one else knows about or has ever seen, at least in the past 50 years or so.

I’m hoping that some entrepreneur will see the financial and historical wisdom in republishing the original bestseller book, but with this additional information added on, plus the many photos I have of the family.

I also have the contents of the Donner Cabin located near Yakima, Washington, where the family gold mine, the “Glory Hole” was worked up until WW II, which Donald thinks means “World War Eleven”. He may be right.

The two most vital and memorable incidents in early California history are the Donner Party and the ’49er Gold Rush. I don’t even have to tell you what those are about. If you’re like most Americans, especially Californians, you’ll know, and you’ll know all the really bad stuff first and maybe the other stuff last.

I happen to be a member of the early pioneer family known as “The Donner Party”, and I have on hand a bunch of unpublished Donner Party memorabilia that could well be instrumental in discovering what actually happened at Donner Pass.

Maybe these documents will tell the story; they’re waiting for historians to get hold of them, and maybe YOU could be the one to make that happen!

This collection of the UNPUBLISHED LONG-LOST DONNER PARTY LETTERS, PAPERS & PHOTOS is perhaps the most important historical discovery related to early California history in this century, and is now available for sale to some lucky person. The collection is all original documents — and the collection includes many letters, Daguerreotypes, Ambrotypes and other early photographs, magazine & newspaper articles, gold “California Fractionals” and other memorabilia which may solve many of the remaining mysteries related to the Donner Party Tragedy. Here’s a partial listing…

All original documents are included, along with the vintage 1912  typewritten transcriptions, with translations into modern standard English spelling and punctuation, from the phonetic guesswork of the 19th century writers.

1.  A Letter Dated March 18, 1852 To Sister Eliza from Georganner (Georgia Ann Donner). Eliza and Georgia Ann were daughters of George Donner and Tamsen Eustis Dozier Donner. 4 Pages on Folded Sheet, 9 3/4″ x 15″. Includes 1912 typewritten of the above letter.

2.   A Letter Dated November 4th (no year, probably 1857) to Sister Eliza from Georgia Donner.  Four pages of text on 2 double-sided sheets of lined school writing paper, 8″ x 10″.

3.   A Letter Dated February 21st (no year, very likely 1866) to Eliza from Georgia Donner. This is part of a much longer letter that no longer exists or was never completed. We have the remaining two pages on 1 sheet of lined school paper, 8″ x 10″.

4.   A Letter Dated April 28th, 1897, to Sister Eliza from Georgia Donner Babcock. Four pages of Text on 1 folded sheet of lined school paper, 9 7/8″ x 14 3/4″.

5.   A Letter Dated October 5, 1898, to Sister Eliza from Georgia Donner Babcock. 4 Pages of Text on 2 sheets of lined school paper, 8″ x 10″.

6.   A Letter Dated December 9, 1899 to Sister Eliza from Georgia Donner Babcock. There are six pages, on 3 sheets of lined school paper, 8″ x 10″.

7.   A Letter Dated March 6, 1912 to Mrs. L.O. Houghton (Eliza Donner) from Martha Jane Reed Lewis. Four pages on 4 sheets of wove paper stock, 6 1/8″ x 10 1/2″. The Original Draft of this letter at Sutter’s Fort.

8.   ORIGINAL 1912 TYPED MANUSCRIPT of a Letter to Martha Jane Reed Lewis from Eliza P. Donner Houghton, March 18, 1912. Two Pages typed in 1912, on 8 1/2″ x 11″ paper.

9.   A Letter Dated May 16, 1912 from Ida Babcock (Daughter-in-Law of Georgia Donner Babcock, wife of Frank Babcock). Eight pages of text on 2 sheets of folded paper, 6 1/2″ x 10 1/4″.

10.   A Letter Dated August 5, 1927 from Frank Babcock (son of Georgia Donner Babcock) to Clara. Four Pages of Text on 1 folded sheet of wove paper, 7″ x 10 3/4″.

11.   A Letter to Mrs. James F. Cunningham from Patricia Ferm, Secretary Hazen & Jaeger Funeral Homes, Inc. Spokane, Washington, June 8, 1976.

12.   A Letter from Ann Houghton Smith (grand-daughter of Sherman O. Houghton and Eliza Donner Houghton) to Mr. Paul Donner Spencer (great-great grandson of Georgia Donner Babcock), May 20, 1987. Two pages of Text on 2 sheets of wove paper, 5 3/4″ x 7 3/4″, with envelope. Enclosed is a copy of a picture; the original states on the back, “Mrs. Jos. Donner”.

13.  A Letter to Paul Donner Spencer and Eve Paige Spencer from Doris Wilder Shera (great grand-daughter of George & Tamsen Donner, grand-daughter of Frances E. Donner Wilder) Dated July 16, 1987. Four pages of Text on 1 folded sheet, 7″ x 10″.

14.   A Letter from Ann Smith, July 6, 1990, to Paul Donner Spencer. Two pages of Text on 1 sheet of wove note paper, 7″ x 9″.

15.  A Photograph — Georgia Donner Babcock, 2 1/2″ x 4 3/8″, Wright’s Art & Portrait Gallery, No. 284 Santa Clara Street, San Jose, California.

16.  A Photograph — Georgia Donner Babcock, 4 1/4″ x 6 1/2″, The Elite Studio, 818 Riverside Avenue, Spokane, Washington.

17.   Mrs. Christian Mary Brunner with Georgia & Eliza Donner, 4 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ in paper frame, 7″ x 9″, Identified by Letter #14.

18.   News Clipping: Ripley’s Believe it or Not, Donner Party, Los Angeles Times, August 13, 1932.

19.   News Clipping: Girls of the Golden West — Mrs. Margaret Breen. “History contains no finer chaper of faith and courage than heroine of Donner Party wrote while death lurked in the snow.” — Anna Sommer, 1933.

20.   News Clipping: Kin of Girl Saved from Donner Party Fate Visits Salt Lake City. (Mrs. Frank B. Babcock). Exhibit in Salt Lake City depicting details of the Nevadas tragedy induces group to confer with S.U.P. Head. Deseret News, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 18, 1936.

21.   News Clipping COPY: The Donner Party — an Odyssey of the Pioneers of 1846. “A fortunate co-incidence adds to our ranks a “Son” of the Donner Party Pioneers, Ben Donner Babcock.” — The Pioneer, September/October 1936, a photocopy of the original, 2 pages.

22.   News Clipping: Daughter of Donner Succumbs — Death of Mrs. Leanna C. Donner-App. “Only two now remain of historic and ill-fated Donner Party, 1940.

23.   News Clipping Mourn Pioneer — Death of Mrs. Leanna Charity Donner App at age 95, with current photo and drawing of the tragedy scenario, 1940.

24.   News Clipping: Tragedy Survivor Discovered — “Last of Donners breaks Lifetime Rule not to talk.” Photo of Mrs. Leanna Charity Donner App and film actress Mary Brian with short article, June 11, 1939, in pencil, 1940 in ink.

25.   News Clipping: Launching Ceremony Tonight to Honor Noted State Pioneer Sherman Otis Houghton. Long Beach Press-Telegram, February 4, 1944.

26.   News Clipping COPY: Donner Party Meets Tragedy & a Map of Routes Taken by Early Explorers — Utah Centennial, 1847-1947. A photocopy of the original, 2 pages.

27.   News Clipping: Tales of the Golden West —“This Donner Party Repast was Filling”, by Joe Smith, Sacramento Bee, December 20, 1970.

28.   News Clipping: Breaks Another Record —Re: Mrs. Julia Cooley Altrocchi, author of “The Snow-Covered Wagon”, an epic poem of the Donner Party. unidentified newspaper, no date.

29.   News Clipping: University Archives Used in Donner Party Documentary. —University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center. no date.

30.   DONNER PARTY PEDIGREE CHART. Compiled by James F. Cunningham, Dated January 15, 1976.

Other family items are included in the sale, related to the Donner Party and succeeding family generations, including many unclassified and unsorted and in some cases unidentified antique tintypes, Daguerreotypes and other early photographs, along with other related documents.

Personal profit from family papers? No, thanks. I already turned down $15 million from the California Lottery, and I’m happy I did.

I see this collection as a very important collection, and any wealthy California History Buff would and should give their eye-teeth to acquire it, and donate it to a worthy museum, and the money goes to a good cause — our ashram project, which includes several ashrams out of the country — I have recently applied for and received a passport to make this possible.

Sure, I can go to Sotheby’s or Christie’s with this collection — I have a very good relationship with them through the past 55 years of art dealing — but I want to alert folks that this exists.

Perhaps other hoards of early California history will turn up as a result. I have some ideas in relation to this. I believe firmly that there will never be as incredible a collection of Donner Party memorabilia and private papers as this in the foreseeable future.

Make me an offer I can’t refuse.

See You At The Top!!!

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A New Use For Old Coins

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Grading thousands of coins every night to make my Quantum Boxes.

Yeah, I’ve got a whole new product in my hands tonight — A guaranteed authentic 100-year-old VERY VINTAGE U.S. 1920 Lincoln Penny sealed into a protective acrylic capsule which is then mounted on a tiny papier-mache box to make a small and intricately designed “Trinkets & Treasures Box” or what is commonly called a “Memory Box”.

You’d keep small personal items that belonged to a person, place or time in there, which creates a powerful bond with the space-time config that is the source of the memorabilia. Continue reading →