Jib Jab – So long to ya 2010
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Category: The Evening Pause
A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
Mike Oldfield – Music of the Spheres
An evening pause: On Johannes Kepler’s birthday.
The joy of stats
An evening pause: As we approach the end of the this first decade of the 21st century, let’s take a look back at the progress of the past two hundred years, illustrated by the progress of a single graph and animated in a way you’ve never seen before.
A Christmas Carol (1951)
An evening pause: Scrooge awakes on Christmas Day. From probably the best movie version of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol (1951), starring Alastair Sim in an astonishing performance.
Apollo 8 on Christmas Eve
An evening pause: The Christmas eve telecast by the Apollo 8 astronauts from lunar orbit, December 24, 1968, probably the most listened to space telecast in history. The story behind how and why these men said what they did is the central theme of my first book, Genesis, the Story of Apollo 8.
Katie Melua – Have yourself a merry little Christmas
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How to play in the desert
An evening pause: How to play in the desert.
Winter Solstice in the Arctic
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Tom Seaver tribute
An evening pause: For those who remember the 1969 Miracle Mets (Happy birthday Lloyd!), here is a tribute compilation of newsclips, celebrating Tom Seaver’s Hall of Fame career. Ya gotta believe! (Though Tug McGraw said it, it was Seaver more than anyone else who made it happen.)
Speedflying
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Monty Python – The dead parrot sketch
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Peter Paul & Mary – The first time I ever saw your face
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