John Steinbeck's immortal character Doc from the book Cannery Row lived and worked in a small building on Cannery Row. Doc was modeled after Steinbeck's friend Ed Ricketts, and often it was hard to see where Ricketts and Doc differed.
My point is this. The picture on the left is of Doc's lab much as it would have looked in the 1930s. The picture on the right is how it looks as of about a year ago. We are one of the few societies, and certainly the only first world society that goes out of its way to fuck up its own heritage. By the way, down the way from Doc's lab and the big ass condo is a Bubba Gumps's Shrimp resturant. I wonder how many of the people that just slugged down the Bubba platter and now need a Gump pump even know who Steinbeck was. They certainly will not get any idea from visiting Cannery today.
