Bobby Knight Dies; Recent Odds and Ends

 I would not call myself a Bobby Knight fan, but he did leave his mark. I do respect him for putting his students ahead of his record.

 I have spent too much time this past week and a half writing everything but on material for this blog. Here are some of the thing I have read which I found interesting enough to read and lacked time to do more.

The history of Baker’s Junction Haunted Train from IU's Indiana Daily Student:

Baker’s Junction Haunted Train sits on Fairfax Road just south of Bloomington, a short drive away from Monroe Lake. A passerby may think they have stumbled upon an 1800s ghost town. Old wooden buildings and rusty trains juxtapose the concrete backdrop of a foreboding castle.  

The property is home to John Baker and his family. John, a sturdy man who gets around by electric wheelchair, loves haunted houses so much that he lives in one. He grew up hearing stories of trains and railroads, and, one day, decided to purchase old train cars and repurpose them into a home — but he didn’t stop there.  

It began in 1976, when he was driving up Rogers Street. He pulled into the hundred- year-old Monon Railroad Station just to look around and think about what he was going to do with his life.

He was a retired veteran, still possessing both legs and all fingers.

A sign on the door read that the depot was set to be demolished. He said he thought that someone ought to save it, and after the historic society showed no interest, that someone became him. 

Communicating Vessels by Bernard Martoïa 

 Roving Ramblers Make the Best Protagonists

  Companion Films

Richard Roundtree, ‘Shaft’ Star, Dies at 81  -Always the real Shaft, always cool:

     Long and illustrious, it was. Already a marquee name, Roundtree quickly grew beyond his star-making role, with performances in the ensemble disaster film “Earthquake,” a starring turn alongside Peter O’Toole in “Man Friday” and another as an ill-fated detective in Larry Cohen’s monster comedy “Q — The Winged Serpent.” He also frequently popped in for guest starring performances on TV, with credits including “Roots,” “Magnum P.I.” and “The Love Boat.”

Roundtree returned to the world of “Shaft” in director John Singleton’s 2000 revival of the franchise, starring Samuel L. Jackson. Although Jackson also played a detective named John Shaft, his character was written as the nephew to Roundtree’s original private eye. Both actors reprised their roles in 2019 for Tim Story’s comedic take on the series.

Born July 9, 1942 in Rochester, N.Y., Roundtree briefly attended Southern Illinois University before dropping out to pursue a modeling career. In the late ’60s, he joined the Negro Ensemble Company and began acting in New York stage productions.

My third office building has changed: Rapid transformation for historic building. 

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