History of the RW...BS!

I'm spending this Presidents Day familiarizing myself with Windows Moviemaker which is included with Windows Vista (I'll be using MacIntosh's similar iMovie for a local history project at work, so I wanted to familiarize myself with the editing process during my day off).



I was originally going to make a series of RW...BS history documentaries from parts 1 & 2 of Boz's old audioblogs as well as my recollections, but it's a pretty time consuming process and I used all my archival images up during this first part, so I'm gonna just stop here.

More Historical Encapsulations

From the tiles which are on display in front of one of our local supermarkets and which were apparently created by young grade schoolers.


Shock and Awe.

Henry the VIII Lopez.


John Adams: The Crossdressing Years.

Historical Encapsulations

One of our local grocery stores has installed historically themed tiles which were prepared by what must be early grade school students. They really encapsulate the historical experience and it's practically the next best thing to actually having been there.

Here are two:


World War II.


The Space Shuttle Columbia.


Somebody should paint a tile of Avengers #3.

Yes! That is the next contest! Draw the cover of Avengers #3!

Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

I had to watch Sopranos Season 4, disc #2 tonight because it's due back at the video store tomorrow, so part 2 of my audiopost will probably wait until tomorrow.

Until then, here's some authentic RW...BS ephemera:

Ephemera = miscellaneous disposable items that were not intended to persist into the future and were not supposed to hold any historic value.
When ephemera is retained into the future, it can occasionally offer a more complete picture of events for researchers interested in that particular subject.

Here's my quiz result from Boz's early "Which Real World...Blogger Style Member Are You?" quiz, circa Jan./Feb., 2004 -


The aquarium theme in the background matched the original RW...BS website layout.

Some months later, Boz updated the page to include this header:


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The fish were animated .gif files, so you could actually watch them wag their tails. It was the most action-packed template we ever had (and also the most controversial - 2 members actually left the blog over that template).

RW Recollections, Part 1

Jonnie tries to get it together enough to recollect the RW...BS's origins.