A nightly pause from the news to give the reader/viewer a bit of classic entertainment.
An evening pause: Not surprisingly, much of the process is automated and illustrates some very sophisticated engineering that we all take for granted. However, I was astonished that the stripes are still hand-painted on.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
An evening pause: To quote the YouTube website: “Stuie (Electric), Camille (Acoustic), Sonny (13) and Chet (16) from our living room in Nashville.”
Very nice, but I must admit the best part might be watching the expressions on the face of Mom in the background.
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
An evening pause: A different look at the same volcanic eruption taking place now in Iceland shown in a previous evening pause.
Hat tip Cotour.
An evening pause: Feature Crossland’s banjo playing previously. Takes your breath away.
Hat tip Tom Wright.
An evening pause: Something for all those new home schoolers, and their parents, to puzzle over and use to learn something worthwhile and real.
Note also how the concave mirror eventually forces the disk into the center of the mirror.
Hat tip Phill Oltmann.
An evening pause: I first posted this as a pause back in 2012. Time to post it again, as I empathize with Wainwright even more now than then.
We all travel a path in life. Once Americans celebrated those who chose an independent and unique path. That no longer appears true, not that it would make any difference to Wainwright, or to me. For some, to chose a unique path and be true to yourself is the only option.
An evening pause: Much of the math goes over my head, but the story is still fascinating in showing how you can discover what later seems obvious, merely by keeping an open mind while endlessly and repetitively asking the next question.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
A evening pause: On this day, July 2nd, the day the Founding Fathers actually signed the Declaration of Independence, I think it appropriate to once again watch this wonderful song from the 1976 movie version of the 1972 musical, 1776. As I said in earlier posts of this song on Independence Day, “not only did the musical capture the essence of the men who made independency happen, it is also a rollicking and entertaining work of art.”
And despite the hate being spewed against America and its founding principle that all humans are created free with the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that truth still shines. As John Kennedy said of himself, ourselves, and these founding fathers. “We stand for freedom.”
An evening pause: Watch as the artist creates a work of art, that can be reproduced endlessly..
Hat tip Cotour.
An evening pause: Hat tip Jim Mallamace, who calls this “Music to accompany the plague.” Seems appropriate considering the events of the last year.
More on the history and design of the hurdy-gurdy here.
An evening pause: Nice cover, sung by someone who’s first language is not English.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
An evening pause: We’ve had two bee swarms at my house in Tucson in the past decade. With the first we made the terrible mistake of taking the advice of an exterminator who destroyed it. The second time we knew better and simply waited 24 hours for them to move on.
The bee remover here removes them, but wisely without harming them. And he does it in a manner that will both surprise you and make you cringe.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
An evening pause: Stay with it for what is made to appear as an impromptu addition of an audience member dancing. She steals the show.
It might be improvised, but if it was, it happened repeatedly, at different places, sometimes with a girl that looks identical to this one. I suspect they pre-planned it each time, but no matter, it works quite well this time, for sure.
Hat tip Cotour.
A evening pause: Fun stuff, but the dance choreography does make me think I’m watching an exercise video.
Hat tip Cotour.
An evening pause: While figuring out why this works is really complicated, the simplicity of the technique and engineering is superb, and illustrates again why the U.S. did so well against Germany.
And yes, that is the voice of Mel Blanc.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
An evening pause: This guy might not be the greatest guitar player or singer, but stay with it, the song and words I think make up for any lack in playing.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
An evening pause: From one of television’s best comedy shows. Note the number of people from this show who became very big movie stars.
Hat tip Cotour.
An evening pause: It seems there is a fourth story plot available to writers (see yesterday’s evening pause).
Hat tip Tom Biggar.
An evening pause: There is an old saying that all story plots can be summed into one of the following three categories: Man vs Man, Man vs Nature, and Man vs Himself.
Vonnegut gives us a far better summary.
Hat tip Mike Nelson.
