This short piece is worth reading for those who post photos online taken from their phones.
It's a little scary. Especially if you have children who post photos from their phones.
http://tinyurl.com/3dvs89e
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
So there's this kid...
in Provo who did a little video to show his friends.
He's 13.
And he can throw a football.
Really well.
Here's the short article:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705371463/Provo-teens-football-arm-getting-lots-of-attention-online.html?s_cid=Email-1
And here's the video, that's at over 188,000 views so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eiyCpIRCWU
He's 13.
And he can throw a football.
Really well.
Here's the short article:
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705371463/Provo-teens-football-arm-getting-lots-of-attention-online.html?s_cid=Email-1
And here's the video, that's at over 188,000 views so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eiyCpIRCWU
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
In other news...
Today is the 20th anniversary of the TV show "Dinosaurs," for those of you who may remember it!
(It featured creatures by the Henson folks.) And my daughter-in-law was on an episode.
Here's a little link to a look back with some video including (at the bottom of the page)
videos on the making of the creatures and the show. Included is part 1 of 2 and if you look, when
it's over, you can see part 2 of 2 and click on it as well.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2011/04/26/dinosaurs-where-are-they-now/
(It featured creatures by the Henson folks.) And my daughter-in-law was on an episode.
Here's a little link to a look back with some video including (at the bottom of the page)
videos on the making of the creatures and the show. Included is part 1 of 2 and if you look, when
it's over, you can see part 2 of 2 and click on it as well.
http://www.tvsquad.com/2011/04/26/dinosaurs-where-are-they-now/
Monday, April 11, 2011
Lame story of new U.S.Postage stamp...
Linn's Stamp News ran this.
The new Statue of Liberty stamp features a photo of the Statue of Liberty replica in Las Vegas instead of the real one in NY!
Talk about lame!
The new Statue of Liberty stamp features a photo of the Statue of Liberty replica in Las Vegas instead of the real one in NY!
Talk about lame!
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
BBC 100 Books
To Kill A Mockingbird really is one of the great American novels.
And the movie made of it is also a fabulous movie
It's also pretty much all Harper Lee ever wrote.
But hey, if you're only going to write one book, what a way to go.
Same thing for Margaret Mitchell and Gone with the Wind.
Excellent book, excellent movie (yes, even now) and all she wrote.
The Great Gatsby is one of the books I'm in the process of but I need to restart it because I've read too many books since I began it.
(And though most of the critics didn't like it much beyond the detail and acting, I loved the 1974 movie with Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, & Edward Hermann.)
Daphne duMaurier's Rebecca is definitely on this year's list. I'm told it is not to be missed. Another one of the great American novels. Her Jamaica Inn was incredible. Most of you have never heard of her but she was a great gothic-esque mystery writer from the 1930's (maybe the 1920's) up through the 1960's. If I told you she wrote the short story on which the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds was made, would that help?
I'm a bit alarmed at how many of you have not read The Wind in the Willows. You should be ashamed of yourselves. (Or I should be ashamed at not having forced you to sit and listen while I read it to you!) There should be a separate list for Children's books anyway.
And the movie made of it is also a fabulous movie
It's also pretty much all Harper Lee ever wrote.
But hey, if you're only going to write one book, what a way to go.
Same thing for Margaret Mitchell and Gone with the Wind.
Excellent book, excellent movie (yes, even now) and all she wrote.
The Great Gatsby is one of the books I'm in the process of but I need to restart it because I've read too many books since I began it.
(And though most of the critics didn't like it much beyond the detail and acting, I loved the 1974 movie with Robert Redford, Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston, Bruce Dern, & Edward Hermann.)
Daphne duMaurier's Rebecca is definitely on this year's list. I'm told it is not to be missed. Another one of the great American novels. Her Jamaica Inn was incredible. Most of you have never heard of her but she was a great gothic-esque mystery writer from the 1930's (maybe the 1920's) up through the 1960's. If I told you she wrote the short story on which the Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds was made, would that help?
I'm a bit alarmed at how many of you have not read The Wind in the Willows. You should be ashamed of yourselves. (Or I should be ashamed at not having forced you to sit and listen while I read it to you!) There should be a separate list for Children's books anyway.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
A little bit of magic in your morning...
Okay, so you may know how much I like a good magician.
And as much as I like top drawer magicians like David Copperfield, I like a lot of the new generation magicians come on without all the fancy trappings. And I especially like how they ply their trade "on the street," as it were, right there in plain sight of everyone, without the stage, and without the curtains and smoke and effects. To me that kind of illusion is the most stunning and spectacular.
This is one of those.
It is VERY cool. It's an old trick you've seen before, but you've never seen it done like this.
En-joy.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
New USNavy Pirate Catcher...
So this is one of those things from my relative I already mentioned.
This is not in the Backwood Humor Category, but more in the General Interest Category.
It looks pretty cool!
Navy's New Pirate Catcher
This is the U.S.S. Independence (LCS-2)
It is a Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster.
The U.S.S Independence was built by General Dynamics. It's called a "littoral combat ship" (LCS), and the tri-maran can move its weapons around faster than any other ship in the Navy. (Ironic that with all that high tech, the ship reminds one of the Merrimac ironclad from Civil War days.)
'Littoral' means close-to-shore and that's where these very ships will operate. They're tailor-made for launching helicopters and lightly-armored vehicles, sweeping mines and firing all manner of torpedoes, missiles and machine guns.
These ships are also relatively inexpensive. This one is a bargain at $208 million, and the Navy plans to build fifty-five of them.
This tri-maran is the first of a new fire breathing breed, ready to scoot out of dry dock at a rumored sixty knots top speed. It's like a speedy and heavily armed aircraft carrier for helicopters.
Here she is at sea trials running at forty-three knots!
NOTE the absence of a bow wave.
Also turns tightly too. Allegedly this turn was also done at forty-three knots...and from the look of the small bow wave, she's still in the turn. Note the absence of any sign of her 'heeling over' even at that speed.
And then there's the massive helicopter deck big enough for a CH-53.
Note there is very little spreading wake. In fact, it does not look like a wake at all, just foamy water from the water jets.
She's aerodynamically designed and kind of strange looking.
Here's more photos of the U.S. Navy's new pirate catchers:
Here she is under construction...
This is not in the Backwood Humor Category, but more in the General Interest Category.
It looks pretty cool!
Navy's New Pirate Catcher
This is the U.S.S. Independence (LCS-2)
It is a Triple Hulled, Weapon-Laden Monster.
The U.S.S Independence was built by General Dynamics. It's called a "littoral combat ship" (LCS), and the tri-maran can move its weapons around faster than any other ship in the Navy. (Ironic that with all that high tech, the ship reminds one of the Merrimac ironclad from Civil War days.)
'Littoral' means close-to-shore and that's where these very ships will operate. They're tailor-made for launching helicopters and lightly-armored vehicles, sweeping mines and firing all manner of torpedoes, missiles and machine guns.
These ships are also relatively inexpensive. This one is a bargain at $208 million, and the Navy plans to build fifty-five of them.
This tri-maran is the first of a new fire breathing breed, ready to scoot out of dry dock at a rumored sixty knots top speed. It's like a speedy and heavily armed aircraft carrier for helicopters.
Here she is at sea trials running at forty-three knots!
NOTE the absence of a bow wave.
Also turns tightly too. Allegedly this turn was also done at forty-three knots...and from the look of the small bow wave, she's still in the turn. Note the absence of any sign of her 'heeling over' even at that speed.
And then there's the massive helicopter deck big enough for a CH-53.
Note there is very little spreading wake. In fact, it does not look like a wake at all, just foamy water from the water jets.
She's aerodynamically designed and kind of strange looking.
Here's more photos of the U.S. Navy's new pirate catchers:
Here she is under construction...
Friday, April 1, 2011
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