Saturday, 19. December 2009, 19:50:39
The Republic of Bullshit
The Loch Ness Ostrich?
This recent photo has been said to present
conclusive proof for the existence of the
Loch Ness Ostrich.
Sceptics say that it is not an ostrich. But
personally, I think it's an ostrich.
Not to be confused with the famous
Browne's Addition Ostrich, which lives
here in Spokane. In fact in this photo
I caught it passing by my desk.
Thursday, 17. December 2009, 22:12:49
Sasha
Sometimes, especially early in the morning when
she first gets up, our dog Sasha likes to do her
yoga workout.
First you raise your tail up and back and stretch
your front legs out in front of you rather parallel
to the ground, getting in a good long stretch.
Second you push forward onto your front front paws
and raise your chest, simultaneously lowering your
tail, extending your back legs low to the ground,
getting in another good stretch.
Sasha recommends this workout to any girl who wants
to keep a nice figure.
Of course, Sasha also recommends rolling over on
your back and showing your nipples. So...
Wednesday, 16. December 2009, 20:15:25
The Republic of Bullshit
This was one hell of a Ford truck ad,
I have to tell ya.
After years of criticism by consumers that TV advertising is abnormally
loud compared to most programming, a Bill is being considered by the
U.S. Congress which will limit the volume levels on TV commercials.
Yeah, but --
What about all the Americans who WANT their TV volume on ads nice and
loud? Who will then be forced to grab the remote and TURN UP the sound
to get their favorite Budweiser beer commercial cranking at deafening
theater-level decibel levels? Doesn't that infringe on THEIR rights?
Unconstitutional! Tea Party! Grab the rifles!
You know I might be wrong about this, but I was under the impression
that most new televisions had something you could set in the Menu to
equalize the volume. Yeah?
Specifications for RCA 26" LCD HDTV television
Model L26HD41.
Tuesday, 15. December 2009, 18:18:37
The Republic of Bullshit
See?
Nothing but a nice happy smiley!
Nothing bad or depressing or pessimistic!
And here's Winnie the Pooh!
And look! I'm even throwing in Hayley Mills
with a nice cat!
And when the drugs wear off, I'll go back
to my usual type posts!
Tuesday, 15. December 2009, 02:51:09
Music
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince of The Kills.
Really liked this photo.
I'd like to lay in bed with Alison with half our
clothes on and talk and smoke cigarettes.
[Photo by Pooneh Ghana.]
Monday, 14. December 2009, 22:27:35
Music, The Four Seasons
No mo' Info.
I was on youTube today going through a string of Thomas Dolby videos.
Dolby was one of those people during my New Wave days that had such a
great impact that he was almost taken for granted. But there is no doubt
that he was one of the people who set the bar for quality standards in
that era.
Well one thing led to another and I started in on some other 80s vids.
Eventually I went to an old favorite of mine -- "What's On Your Mind" by
Information Society. Or at least I tried. As it turns out the original
video of the song is not there anymore. Or at least I can't find it.
There is one that says "original" -- but it is not, it is a remix version.
And there are a couple of other remix versions of the song. None of which
is the original with it's incredibly hard-driving instrumental passage
towards the end. And of course to me the frustrating thing was that the
true original was one I had linked in my Crazy Daisy's Nightclub posts
here on the blog. I was talking about bad links in a post just the other
day. Not finding the video was a perfect example of what was bothering
me.
I don't think that a lot of people understand that you just can't take
something which is perfect and change it without screwing it up. I guess
that's not obvious enough.
You know I think that if all the idealists and such were to finally realize
their dream and the world would somehow become a perfect place that
humans would have it totally fucked up again six months later.
I've been trying to let go of it all, though; inasmuch as is possible to
do and still get up in the morning and keep walking across the floor.
Dying is easy. It's life that's so often tough.
Well I guess I'll get my ass back and listen to some more Wave. Time for
some Human League, I think. If I can find any originals left.
Sunday, 13. December 2009, 21:25:13
Astronomy, Science, Telescopes
In about a decade, there is a good probability that the
Voyager I and Voyager II spacecraft launched to explore
the outer planets in 1977 will reach interstellar space,
making them the first human objects to have reached the
stars.
The satellites are now traveling in relative opposite
directions, and are passing through the heliosphere --
our solar system's outer envelope.
Read more.
A beautiful photo of the bow shock created by
the star LL Orionis as its heliosphere collides
with the gasses of the Orion nebulae.
[Source.]
Showing posts 9 -
16 of 1196.
WIDGETIZE