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We went to Dallas today. There are very few things people know about Dallas. One of them is sports, one of them is the Texas Schoolbook Depository, and one of them is this building.

And yet I don't actually know this building's name, nor does anyone I've asked. Perhaps it is not as big as rumored.


Anyway, we ended up going to Dealey Plaza, better known as that place where JFK got shot.
Here is a mock-up of the day and what happened. About a third of the exhibit was base on how awesome JFK was, followed by one half of what happened that day and the mystery, etc., and then there was one sixth exhibit of how awesome JFK was at the end. There actually was quite a bit of cool info; for instance, after the Warren Commission, quite a few official inquires were made into the incident, and they all had various conflicting results. Apparently, 18 witnesses were killed within a few years of the shooting; one by karate chop to the neck. Now, death is always serious, and there's a big to-do about conspirators and who killed who and who set up who, but really, what an awesome way to go out, amirite?

On the top level of the museum, there was an exhibit dedicated to the photographer who shot this shot. Quote: "It would have been terrible if Jack Ruby had taken one more step and blocked the shot." Yes, way to look at the big picture, Mr. Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer. It also would have been terrible if a presidential assassin got shot in front of your face.



This is a diagram of conspiracy theories about that day. Rather than following it, or paying attention at all to these theories, I now subscribe to this: Lee Harvey Oswald was trying to steal the Jack ruby from Warren Commission, but he was stopped by Dealey Plaza on the Grassy Knoll, a popular health food restaurant in downtown Dallas. Hey, prove me wrong. It's impossible.