PTSD

Sidewalk Chalk

So there's a story behind this. It turns out that being a geek runs in families. On the Flickr account, everything drawn is neatly described--I happen to think it's worth a look.

Of special interest: the train is not just a train, it's a Santa Fe line passenger express. In the top left corner, an earlier illustration of Lincoln acquired an assassin--because, as the nephew explained, "everyone knows President Lincoln got shot."

And finally, the big green thing with the lines on top is not a boat; he says it's a lake freighter. And not just any lake freighter--it's the Arthur Anderson. The ship that was in radio contact with the Edmund Fitzgerald just before it sank. It has "working radar and a propeller that's running on full speed, because they're trying to make Whitefish Bay." There was no reason to draw the Fitzgerald, because it sank.

I think he needs to watch more television.

posted by Elizabeth @ 12:37 AM