{"id":831,"date":"2007-10-26T20:26:06","date_gmt":"2007-10-26T20:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:42","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:42","slug":"holy-gasbags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Gasbags!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>[<\/strong>&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/action_listen.gif\" alt=\"Listening to Social Distortion\" style=\"vertical-align: middle\" border=\"0\" \/> <strong>Currently:<\/strong> Listening to Social Distortion&nbsp;<strong>]<\/strong><br \/>Among ape collectors, Gil Brewer&#8217;s &quot;Gorilla of the Gasbags&quot; is a Holy Grail of sorts.  The legendary cover of the June 1929 <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Zeppelin Stories<\/span> tantalizes with a gorilla and a man fighting from the ladder beneath a flying dirigible! I&#8217;ve longed to read the story, but not only have I never actually seen one, I know of no one who has read the story.<\/p>\n<p>Shockingly, a copy of the much sought after pulp recently <a href=\"http:\/\/cgi.ebay.com\/ZEPPELIN-STORIES-June-1929-4-dirigible-stories_W0QQitemZ330168469459QQihZ014QQcategoryZ3967QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\">sold on ebay<\/a> for the astronomical sum of $3,183.33!  Oh, to find one at a garage sale someday!<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/weblogs\/upload\/16\/4714118144722434e32389.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Remember that my 40th birthday is rapidly approaching.  Just an observation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[&nbsp; Currently: Listening to Social Distortion&nbsp;]Among ape collectors, Gil Brewer&#8217;s &quot;Gorilla of the Gasbags&quot; is a Holy Grail of sorts. The legendary cover of the June 1929 Zeppelin Stories tantalizes with a gorilla and a man fighting from the ladder &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holy Gasbags! - The Geek Curmudgeon<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Holy Gasbags! - The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[&nbsp; Currently: Listening to Social Distortion&nbsp;]Among ape collectors, Gil Brewer&#8217;s &quot;Gorilla of the Gasbags&quot; is a Holy Grail of sorts. The legendary cover of the June 1929 Zeppelin Stories tantalizes with a gorilla and a man fighting from the ladder &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-10-26T20:26:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-08-17T05:19:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/action_listen.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@rickklaw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Geek Curmudgeon\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Geek Curmudgeon\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5aff9b51d7f4ac07b16a90e522e59e87\"},\"headline\":\"Holy Gasbags!\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-10-26T20:26:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-17T05:19:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":114,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/bb\\\/images\\\/weblogs\\\/action_listen.gif\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/\",\"name\":\"Holy Gasbags! - The Geek Curmudgeon\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/bb\\\/images\\\/weblogs\\\/action_listen.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-10-26T20:26:06+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-08-17T05:19:42+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5aff9b51d7f4ac07b16a90e522e59e87\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/bb\\\/images\\\/weblogs\\\/action_listen.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/bb\\\/images\\\/weblogs\\\/action_listen.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/2007\\\/10\\\/26\\\/holy-gasbags\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Holy Gasbags!\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Geek Curmudgeon\",\"description\":\"Where opinionated geek Rick Klaw expresses his views\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5aff9b51d7f4ac07b16a90e522e59e87\",\"name\":\"The Geek Curmudgeon\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d8fef42bf3bfaecca46077e79bc05d3c47c12cd563bfc6f2de4e29467f85f832?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d8fef42bf3bfaecca46077e79bc05d3c47c12cd563bfc6f2de4e29467f85f832?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d8fef42bf3bfaecca46077e79bc05d3c47c12cd563bfc6f2de4e29467f85f832?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Geek Curmudgeon\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/rickklaw\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.revolutionsf.com\\\/revblogs\\\/geekcurmudgeon\\\/author\\\/klaw\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Holy Gasbags! - The Geek Curmudgeon","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Holy Gasbags! - The Geek Curmudgeon","og_description":"[&nbsp; Currently: Listening to Social Distortion&nbsp;]Among ape collectors, Gil Brewer&#8217;s &quot;Gorilla of the Gasbags&quot; is a Holy Grail of sorts. The legendary cover of the June 1929 Zeppelin Stories tantalizes with a gorilla and a man fighting from the ladder &hellip; Continue reading &rarr;","og_url":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/","og_site_name":"The Geek Curmudgeon","article_published_time":"2007-10-26T20:26:06+00:00","article_modified_time":"2012-08-17T05:19:42+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/action_listen.gif","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"The Geek Curmudgeon","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@rickklaw","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Geek Curmudgeon","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/"},"author":{"name":"The Geek Curmudgeon","@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#\/schema\/person\/5aff9b51d7f4ac07b16a90e522e59e87"},"headline":"Holy Gasbags!","datePublished":"2007-10-26T20:26:06+00:00","dateModified":"2012-08-17T05:19:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/"},"wordCount":114,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/action_listen.gif","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/","url":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/","name":"Holy Gasbags! - The Geek Curmudgeon","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/action_listen.gif","datePublished":"2007-10-26T20:26:06+00:00","dateModified":"2012-08-17T05:19:42+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#\/schema\/person\/5aff9b51d7f4ac07b16a90e522e59e87"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/action_listen.gif","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/bb\/images\/weblogs\/action_listen.gif"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2007\/10\/26\/holy-gasbags\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Holy Gasbags!"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/","name":"The Geek Curmudgeon","description":"Where opinionated geek Rick Klaw expresses his views","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/#\/schema\/person\/5aff9b51d7f4ac07b16a90e522e59e87","name":"The Geek Curmudgeon","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d8fef42bf3bfaecca46077e79bc05d3c47c12cd563bfc6f2de4e29467f85f832?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d8fef42bf3bfaecca46077e79bc05d3c47c12cd563bfc6f2de4e29467f85f832?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d8fef42bf3bfaecca46077e79bc05d3c47c12cd563bfc6f2de4e29467f85f832?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The Geek Curmudgeon"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/rickklaw"],"url":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/author\/klaw\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=831"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1685,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/831\/revisions\/1685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}