The book explores the ways society deals with unstable people in real-life situations and whether our law enforcement and justice systems are equipped to handle mental illness.
In Making Sense of Marshall Ledbetter: The Dark Side of Political Protest, Daniel Harrison tells the story of a young man whose silent struggle with mental illness first manifested in this peculiar public protest, followed by ten years in and out of institutions and his eventual suicide. He was making a statement no one was hurt he didn’t even have a gun. Occupying the Sergeant at Arms suite, he demanded an extra-large Gumby’s pizza and 666 donuts for the cops waiting outside (Jello Biafra later wrote about this incident in his song “The Ballad of Marshall Ledbetter”). We are excited to present the true story of a bizarre act of creative crime: the biggest security breach in the history of the Florida State Capitol.Įarly one morning in June 1991, after a long night of heavy drinking, Florida State University dropout Marshall Ledbetter used an empty whiskey bottle wrapped in a towel to break through the glass doors of the Florida State Capitol. “A compelling look at a significant but little-known incident in Florida history, one that turned out to be a precursor to the Occupy movement.”-Craig Pittman, author of The Scent of Scandal “I could not put down this book.”-George Singleton, author of Between Wrecks The case of Marshall Ledbetter is humorous, chilling, and an important story to tell.”-Gary Alan Fine, coauthor of Whispers on the Color Line Oh yeah - you can "like" the ALT*Con TARDIS on Facebook or follow on Twitter to keep up with her journeys.“Was this a courageous act of protest or a sad act of madness? This fascinating book explores the line between inspiration and insanity. After that, the ALT*Con TARDIS will be on display at the AMC Tallahassee 20, Monday, Nov 25 from Noon till 11:30 pm as part of the Doctor Who 50th Anniversary special showing of "The Day of the Doctor" in IMAX 3D! IMAX !! 3D !!! Somewhere down here along the Gulf Coast. They are working hard to finish Mark 3 in time for Nov 23rd and a special appearance at a place we can't tell you about, non-disclosure agreement and all that. Hangar 18 Props the Mark 2 TARDIS being assembled -Ī final note. Stormtrooper looking for R2D2 - "Move along now."Īnd Michael Berryman loved the TARDIS. R2D2 visting TARDIS at Pensacola ParaCon 2013.
BOOKSHELF 2 TALLAHASSEE CAPTAIN AMERICA FREE
The Sand People invade on Free Comic Book Day at The Bookshelf Tallahassee. This is the Mark 1 model that started it all for Verity and Brian. Both having a great time after Alt*Con April 2013. My daughter on the left with the Leon County Civic Center Director of Sales. Little boys were buying a lot of these cardboard boxes tho -Īnd the winners of the half-size TARDIS that was raffled. I didn't get this box thing, some sort of popular retro video game. This woman as a Steampunk Captain America was awesome! Various Doctors and all kinds of Sonic Screwdrivers. We were there both days and I must have had a 1000 people stop by for photos. Can you tell how thrilled they were to see the full-sized TARDIS? Here's 2 girls with their model Dalek and K-9. The young woman that won the raffle was very happy tho.
It was actually raffled off at this convention but unfortunately they did not quite get enough to cover the cost of Mark 3 which they are working on now. She said it was painful to "crack" a smile. I enjoyed talking to her, all 6 feet of her. This Elvira lookalike was a big hit for 2 very obvious and well-displayed reasons. Linda and Dana got second place in the costume contest.
They also came to our recent GLI-Expo, that's Gaslight Industries, Tallahassee's first-ever steampunk convention. And a lot of people played their TARDIS ringtones for us.Ī steampunk couple being interviewed. Not sure who this is supposed to be in the uniform -Ī common question was, of course, "Is it bigger on the inside?" We had various answers my son-in-law would go into a long spiel about the surface area being bigger. Kids just had to play with the "plunger". The Dalek was made by another vendor, his first attempt. This woman stopped by during setup at this long-running Tampa convention. The photo above was taken at Necronomicon in October.
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