I can only say that Joe Lasser was a great colleague, teacher, and friend. I can't believe he's gone, and I would give anything to have him back with us again. I knew him for thirty-five years. I wish I'd known him longer.

Nikola Tesla had an intimate connection with Colorado Springs. He established a laboratory there because the region was reputed to have more lightning strikes than anywhere else in the country. Having lived through some of the Summer Seminar thunderstorms, I can easily believe it.

Tesla spent last ten years and died in Room #3327 because Earthquake Machine No. 3 was the Knob Hill Apparatus in Colorado Springs which caused the 27 day long 1899 Alaskan Earthquakes commencing on September 3, 1899 at 3h03m27s or 3:03:27 pm epicenter time. That was a year divisible by 3 times 3, a month divisible by 3 times 3, a day divisible by 3, in an hour divisible by 3, a minute divisible by 3, a second divisible by 3 times 3 times 3 days and it was Earthquake Milne Shide No. 333 and lasted 3 times 3 times 3 days.

This is from straight the USGS regarding the 1899 earthquakes at Yakutat Bay, Alaska.

"Treasurer of the U.S. Rosa Gurntaotao Rios"

"GREATER LOVE HATH DO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MANY LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIEND." There are three typos in that line.

Here is a reference I have never before seen and it might be of interest to one or more E-Sylum readers.

This doesn't necessarily have a lot to do with coins, but got me thinking -- there is a lot of recent numismatic history which is surprisingly elusive. Dave Bowers, Tom DeLorey, Dave Lange and others work tirelessly in this area, documenting modern events which might easily escape the historians of the future.