A new record for the longest Rube Goldberg machine
An evening pause: The Purdue Society of Professional Engineers team set a new record last week for longest ever Rube Goldberg machine, taking 300 steps to flawlessly blow up and then pop a balloon.
Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Piff the Magic Dragon
An evening pause:
Russian flash mob – Putting on the Ritz
An evening pause: From frigid Russia, some Russians put on the Ritz.
The Little Mermaid – Part of That World
An evening pause: Sometimes, it is our dreams and hopes that matter the most.
Bonnie Tyler – Total Eclipse of the Heart
An evening pause: The live 1984 Grammy performance.
Mathilda’s solo
An evening pause:
What happens when you put a koosh ball in liquid nitrogen?
An evening pause: “Theories are nice, but the proof is in the experiment.”
Issy Emeney – Appalachian Flatfooting
An evening pause: Issy Emeney doing some Appalachian flatfooting.
Boney M – Rivers of Babylon
An evening pause: From 1978, though the lyrics are a bit older.
Henry Dagg – Somewhere over the rainbow
An evening pause: And now for something truly silly.
Japanese Dragon Painter
An evening pause: A hand-painted work of art in less than nine minutes.
Candide: Make Our Garden Grow: Bernstein at 70
An evening pause: The finale of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide. Just before the song begins, Candide says this:
We will not think noble, because we are not noble. We will not live in perfect harmony because there is no such thing in this world, nor should there be. We can only promise to do our best, and to live out our lives. Dear God, that is all we can promise in truth. Marry me, Cunegonde.