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The Wunderkammer of the Mild Colonial Boy, Esq., a Reactionary Tory Gentleman, who armed only with a Steampowered Babbage Engine and Pure Intentions, wanders the Time Streams and Aetheric Plane gathering an Eccentric Hodgepodge of Curiousities, Frivolities, Whimsicalities and Nonsense.

Q. Why is your Tumblelog called "My Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning"?

A. Because "My Grandmother's Ear-Trumpet Has Been Struck by Lightning" wouldn't fit in the available space.

atompunk: neilbobatea: Spaceship Reading Is Fundamental! by Mel(SD) on Flickr. The most awesome looking Geisel Library at UC-San Diego. I like how you can see the Dr. Seuss statue dwarfed below this massive architectural beauty. Designed in the late 1960s by William Pereira. The tower is a prime example of brutalist architecture. It rises 8 stories to a height of 110 ft (33.5 m). Pereira originally conceived of a spherical building resting atop a pedestal, with the structural elements on the inside. After several drafts of this ball-shaped design, the structural elements were deemed as being too space-consuming, and they were moved to the outside of the structure, essentially resulting in the current “lantern” design. Victorian time-travellers are invited to join fellow futurists, explorers, and adventurers at a steampunk-themed tea on Saturday, Aug. 25, at 2 p.m., in Geisel Library—known as the “mother ship”—on the UC San Diego campus. from UC San Diego Library to Host Steampunk Tea Aug. 25

atompunk:

neilbobatea:

Spaceship Reading Is Fundamental! by Mel(SD) on Flickr.

The most awesome looking Geisel Library at UC-San Diego. I like how you can see the Dr. Seuss statue dwarfed below this massive architectural beauty.

Designed in the late 1960s by William Pereira. The tower is a prime example of brutalist architecture. It rises 8 stories to a height of 110 ft (33.5 m). Pereira originally conceived of a spherical building resting atop a pedestal, with the structural elements on the inside. After several drafts of this ball-shaped design, the structural elements were deemed as being too space-consuming, and they were moved to the outside of the structure, essentially resulting in the current “lantern” design.

Victorian time-travellers are invited to join fellow futurists, explorers, and adventurers at a steampunk-themed tea on Saturday, Aug. 25, at 2 p.m., in Geisel Library—known as the “mother ship”—on the UC San Diego campus. from UC San Diego Library to Host Steampunk Tea Aug. 25

turner-d-century: GURPS, Steampunk and Tea The Geisel Library at the University of California San Diego has scheduled a steampunk tea for Saturday, August 25, starting at 2:00 P.M. GURPS Steampunk author William H Stoddard will be in attendance, along with Anastasia Hunter, director of programming for San Diego’s annual Gaslight Gathering, who will speak on steampunk literature from the nineteenth century to the present day. Attendees may watch classic steampunk films and look at exhibits, including several GURPS books in the steampunk genre—or meet and talk with Bill. (more at Sepiachord with thanks to Victorian Adventure Enthusiast)

turner-d-century:

GURPS, Steampunk and Tea

The Geisel Library at the University of California San Diego has scheduled a steampunk tea for Saturday, August 25, starting at 2:00 P.M.

GURPS Steampunk author William H Stoddard will be in attendance, along with Anastasia Hunter, director of programming for San Diego’s annual Gaslight Gathering, who will speak on steampunk literature from the nineteenth century to the present day. Attendees may watch classic steampunk films and look at exhibits, including several GURPS books in the steampunk genre—or meet and talk with Bill.

(more at Sepiachord with thanks to Victorian Adventure Enthusiast)