Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom

In 2007 I attended a workshop held in the Library of Congress on the subject of cataloging rare maps. While I was there I used the men's restroom and kept a paper towel which I have since treated as if it was Holy Relic. Here is the envelope containing the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom, next to a wood relief of a cat ringing a bell heralding the awesome presence of this worldly vestige of wonderfulness.


The cat is very serious. As you can see by this closeup, it appreciates the gravity of what I am about to do with the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom. Note the lack of visible means of support for the bell, lending an air of mysticism to this event.


Here are the actual words I wrote on the envelope containing the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom. They read: "Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom." The writing has faded a bit since 2007. That is due to the fact I bequeathed this item to another library worker who had it on display for awhile, as did her successor. But somehow fate brought the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom back to me. There are no coincidences. This was meant to be.


And here the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom is actually being removed, ever so briefly, from the envelope and displayed in full glory. Yes, you are permitted to gasp in ope mouthed awe.


Here is a cup I purchased while I was in the Library of Congress. It includes an illustration of the corner of the building where the workshop was held. I could see the Capitol and the Supreme Court buildings from my classroom! And it was in this wing of the Library of Congress building that I found the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom. A moment that has burned into the very marrow of my cranial case.


Now I have returned the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom into the envelope and stapled it to ...


The Bulletin Board! One day in the future someone will perform an excavation on this board and among the many items they will find will be the Authentic Paper Towel From the Library of Congress Men's Restroom. And good fortune shall befall them.

The End.

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On Highway 12, between Porter and Oakville
Grays Harbor County, Washington

Bezango: Ted Bundy-- Elected Official?

Olympia Power & Light # 39 (July 27-August 9, 2011).

Ted Bundy was not only politically active in Olympia, he was a rising star in the Washington State Republican Party. It is chilling to consider the potential of how far he could've gone in government policymaking if his campaign shenanigans had not been uncovered.

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Oakville, Washington

City Limits Gazette # ** (Mar. 1993)

Logo by Gary Usher, news on the Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide by Jay Kennedy, Clay Geerdes' Comix World/Comix Wave at the 20 year mark, Bruce and Joan Chrislip visit McCleary, Bizarro bibliography by Bob Moulton, CLG reader profile of Dennis Pimple, Bil Keane Watch by Wayno - Maximum Traffic - "Harvey" - Jeffrey Kipper, On selling out by Lynn Hansen, Harvey Kurtzman 1924-1993, a word from Denis Kitchen.

The bibliography on the Superman Bizarros by Bob Moulton and the subsequent discovery of the Nixon connection remains one of the eeeeeeeriest "coincidences" I've ever encountered. That whole scenario so impressed me I worked into one of my Twisted Conundrums.

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EAT
Vader, Washington

It was just a bit north over the county line in Lewis County not far from this ancient giant EAT sign (just as easily seen on Interstate 5 today as it was when it was displayed on the Oregon Trail during the time this little cafe served the pioneers), that my ancestors first settled in Washington Territory in the mid-1870s.

City Limits Gazette # 222222222 (Feb. 1993)

Logo by Ted Delorme, Bruce Chrislip covers the hip Ballard scene including J.R. Williams - R.L. Crabb - brothers Kelly - Pat Moriarity plus a David Lasky mention, McJacksonstein escapes the Tumwater Psychiatric Prison for the Transculturally Perverse, Bil Keane Watch by Jeff Zenick - Wayno - Dusty Rhodes, CLG reader profile of Jeff Zenick, Bob Vojtko sends a blade of grass from his yard, Working Mother magazine apologizes for slamming The Master, Comix reviews by Lynn Hansen, Bil Keane Watch by Mark Campos, Dave Szurek on Obscuro press 1961, Comics Journal small press index by Gary Usher.

Just for fun I tracked two primary documents. Vojtko's blade of grass, trapped under tape, still looks pretty good. Also, I dug up the actual letter from Working Mother, representing one of CLG's proudest moments.

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Ducks on the River in downtown Portland, Oregon
quack out, "It's the Willamette, Dammit!"

City Limits Gazette # ... (Feb. 1993)

Logo by Dockery and Salzbach, Sean Bieri joins us, Maximum Traffic responds to Ricardo Nancy McJacksonstein, Bil Keane Watch by Dusty Rhodes, Obscuro press 1961 by Gary Usher, Bil Keane Watch comes this close to being picked up by Harpers, Bil Keane Watch by Mike Lee, Emergency Horse folds up, Comics Journal small press index by Gary Usher.

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