salto mortale

Wednesday, January 05, 2005

IN LOCAL NEWS...

all hailThe effort to name the Bay Bridge after famous 19th century lunatic Emperor Norton (background here and here) moves right along:
More than a century after a quirky San Francisco character who called himself Emperor Norton I ordered a bridge be built spanning the bay, a move is under way to name the later-day Bay Bridge in his honor.

The drive was publicized by Chronicle cartoonist Phil Frank in his strip "Farley" -- perhaps a fitting forum for a man who walked the streets of San Francisco in the late 1800s with a plume in his hat and a sword in his hand, issued his own currency and declared that calling the city "Frisco" was a High Misdemeanor.
High marks from Salto for even considering this.



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