February 15, 2007
Happy Birthday, Cyrus McCormick!
Born this day in 1809 in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Inventer of the mechanical reaper in 1831.
There's a hotel (a Ramada Inn, or some such) along I-81 in the northern part of the county. It boasts (or did when I was in school, at any rate) a lounge known as the "Reaper Room." I always found this vaguely chilling in a Stephen King-ish way as I drove past. Indeed, over time I started to sketch out a story about it featuring Death as the bartender.
"Last call," indeed.
Posted by Robert at February 15, 2007 05:28 PM | TrackBackComments
Don't fear the reaper.
Posted by: GroovyVic at February 16, 2007 08:07 AM
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