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The Happy Cats – Doesn’t come any better
Maria and the Captain dance the Laendler
An evening pause: From the classic musical, The Sound of Music (1965), a moment with few words where all things change because everyone understands everything anyway.
As I noted in my first Evening Pause on July 1, 2010, “Julie Andrews, in her prime, had one of the most incredible screen presences of any actor in the history of film.”
Out of the Canyon
We exited the Grand Canyon on schedule at about 1:30 on Thursday. The hike out this year took one hour longer than last year, mostly because we took longer breaks.
As always, the Canyon is a sublime place, hard to describe to those who have never been there and unnecessary to describe for those who have. We hiked in, did an 11 mile hike the one day we were at the bottom, then hiked out today.
Posting will resume but will remain light until I return home on Sunday night.
We exited the Grand Canyon on schedule at about 1:30 on Thursday. The hike out this year took one hour longer than last year, mostly because we took longer breaks.
As always, the Canyon is a sublime place, hard to describe to those who have never been there and unnecessary to describe for those who have. We hiked in, did an 11 mile hike the one day we were at the bottom, then hiked out today.
Posting will resume but will remain light until I return home on Sunday night.
Eddi Reader – Galileo
An evening pause:
Galileo fell in love as a Galilean boy
And he wondered what in heaven, who’d invented such a joy.
But the question got the better of his scientific mind
And to his blind and dying day
He’d look up high and love and sighed and sometimes cried,
Who puts the rainbows in the sky?
Who lights the stars in the night?
Who dreamt up someone so divine?
Someone like you and made them mine?
Spyro Gyra at Montreux Jazz 89
Puddles Pity Party – “Royals”
Mike Oldfield – The Bell
Monty Python – Mafia
An evening pause: The first half captures perfectly the determination, courage, and willingness to fight for freedom of most of my baby boom generation. The second half for some reason reminds me of the IRS.
Rick Wakeman – keyboard solo
An evening pause: Thanks to Danae again for this.
I am still looking for Evening Pause suggestions. I found late last year that I could no longer keep it up by myself. If you have something you think would be worth posting, make a comment here and I will email you. Don’t post the link, let me check it out first and then schedule it.
Art Garfunkel – All I know
An evening pause: Recorded live on Ellis Island, New York, 1996. Your heart will break at 3:18 when you see the image.
Mark Knopfler – Wild Theme
An evening pause: Hat tip to Danae for sending me this.
As I mentioned yesterday, I am open to suggestions for future Evening Pauses. Music, engineering, wild nature, comedy, anything with a spark of magic that will brighten our day will be gladly viewed and posted.
John Prine and Iris DeMent – In Spite of Ourselves
An evening pause: Thanks to Keith for sending me this video. Note that I am open to any recommendations of good videos for posting as an Evening Pause, including music, engineering, comedy, anything quirky or interesting with a spark of originality.
Let me add that if you have something you want to recommend, don’t post the link in the comment. Just say in your comment that you want to recommend something and I will email you direct. I want to view and schedule these posts rather than have them appear in the comments first.
Gigantic underground trampoline about to open
Want to have some fun? An amusement park in Northern Wales is about to open a gigantic underground trampoline ride to the public..
Battle Below is located deep within a 100 ft (30.5 m) deep and 60 ft (18.3 m) wide disused mine. The new site features three large trampolines stretching across the cave-like mine walls and are positioned at varying heights. The trampolines are linked together by 60 ft (18.3 m) slides and a spiraling staircase. Adding to the atmosphere, multi-colored LED lights have been installed throughout the mine, which project onto the walls of the cavern.
It took over a kilometer of nett and 4,500 man hours to complete the underground trampolines, which can accommodate 100 bouncing visitors at a time. Patrons are required to wear protective gear, including overalls and a helmet before gaining access to the site via an old mining train. They’re also encouraged to bounce as high as they dare, potentially reaching a maximum height of 80 ft (24 m).
Bounce Below opens on July 4, with tickets starting from £15 (about US$25) per person.
Want to have some fun? An amusement park in Northern Wales is about to open a gigantic underground trampoline ride to the public..
Battle Below is located deep within a 100 ft (30.5 m) deep and 60 ft (18.3 m) wide disused mine. The new site features three large trampolines stretching across the cave-like mine walls and are positioned at varying heights. The trampolines are linked together by 60 ft (18.3 m) slides and a spiraling staircase. Adding to the atmosphere, multi-colored LED lights have been installed throughout the mine, which project onto the walls of the cavern.
It took over a kilometer of nett and 4,500 man hours to complete the underground trampolines, which can accommodate 100 bouncing visitors at a time. Patrons are required to wear protective gear, including overalls and a helmet before gaining access to the site via an old mining train. They’re also encouraged to bounce as high as they dare, potentially reaching a maximum height of 80 ft (24 m).
Bounce Below opens on July 4, with tickets starting from £15 (about US$25) per person.
37 amazing places you must visit before you die.
37 amazing places you must visit before you die.
Great pictures. I am happy to say that I’ve seen most of the places listed that are in the U.S. And I’ve also seen other places in the U.S. quite comparable to international locations shown here.
37 amazing places you must visit before you die.
Great pictures. I am happy to say that I’ve seen most of the places listed that are in the U.S. And I’ve also seen other places in the U.S. quite comparable to international locations shown here.
The race between Lady Gaga and Sarah Brightman to be first professional singer to perform in space.
The competition heats up: The race between Lady Gaga and Sarah Brightman to be first professional singer to perform in space.
The competition heats up: The race between Lady Gaga and Sarah Brightman to be first professional singer to perform in space.
Fifty-one fascinating historical pictures.
Fifty-one fascinating historical pictures.
I especially like the contrast between #26 and #41. And #18 is pretty wild also.
Fifty-one fascinating historical pictures.
I especially like the contrast between #26 and #41. And #18 is pretty wild also.
My cat goes rock climbing.
Building a scale model of the International Space Station — using matchsticks!
Building a scale model of the International Space Station — using matchsticks!
Recently completed by Acton, the wooden ISS is as impressive in size as it is in detail. Comprised of 282,000 matchsticks, the 1/26 scale model required 8 gal (30 L) of glue and took roughly 1,950 hours to complete. Whereas the actual ISS measures out at 108.5 m (356 ft) wide and 72.8 m (239 ft) long, Acton’s scaled down version measures out at an impressive 4.1 m (13.5 ft) and 2.8 m (9.2 ft) wide. Solar arrays, trusses, communication components, and even the Space Shuttle Atlantis, are all there in intricate detail.
With pictures.
Building a scale model of the International Space Station — using matchsticks!
Recently completed by Acton, the wooden ISS is as impressive in size as it is in detail. Comprised of 282,000 matchsticks, the 1/26 scale model required 8 gal (30 L) of glue and took roughly 1,950 hours to complete. Whereas the actual ISS measures out at 108.5 m (356 ft) wide and 72.8 m (239 ft) long, Acton’s scaled down version measures out at an impressive 4.1 m (13.5 ft) and 2.8 m (9.2 ft) wide. Solar arrays, trusses, communication components, and even the Space Shuttle Atlantis, are all there in intricate detail.
With pictures.
A man doing a 16-mile charity swim was surrounded and protected from a shark by dolphins.
Cool! A man doing a 16-mile charity swim was surrounded and protected from a shark by dolphins. With video.
More evidence that dolphins are much smarter than we think.
Cool! A man doing a 16-mile charity swim was surrounded and protected from a shark by dolphins. With video.
More evidence that dolphins are much smarter than we think.
A history of global warming “Tipping Points” where it was declared that doomsday was certain in only a few years if we didn’t act now
Crying wolf! A history of global warming “Tipping Points” where it was declared that doomsday was certain in only a few years if we didn’t act now.
The article is quite hilarious. Again and again and again and again the climate fear-mongers have announced with absolute certainty that, unless we pass draconian government regulations, the climate was going to go crazy and we were all going to die. Sometimes they declared we only had hours, sometimes months, sometimes years, sometimes even decades, but every time they were certain they knew what was going to happen and thus we had better obey them. And anyone who dared question their certainty was worse than a fool and should be imprisoned!
Of course, none of these predictions have proven true. The climate might yet warm and even go wild, but none of these doom-sayers have done any of us any good. If things do start going bad in future years, it is now going to be very difficult to convince anyone of this fact.
Posted from Tucson International Airport. I am on the way to Denver to tape two television interviews with George Noory of Coast to Coast for his television show, Beyond Belief. Should be fun.
Crying wolf! A history of global warming “Tipping Points” where it was declared that doomsday was certain in only a few years if we didn’t act now.
The article is quite hilarious. Again and again and again and again the climate fear-mongers have announced with absolute certainty that, unless we pass draconian government regulations, the climate was going to go crazy and we were all going to die. Sometimes they declared we only had hours, sometimes months, sometimes years, sometimes even decades, but every time they were certain they knew what was going to happen and thus we had better obey them. And anyone who dared question their certainty was worse than a fool and should be imprisoned!
Of course, none of these predictions have proven true. The climate might yet warm and even go wild, but none of these doom-sayers have done any of us any good. If things do start going bad in future years, it is now going to be very difficult to convince anyone of this fact.
Posted from Tucson International Airport. I am on the way to Denver to tape two television interviews with George Noory of Coast to Coast for his television show, Beyond Belief. Should be fun.
A list of some incredibly useful webpages.
Want to watch today’s SpaceX launch and tonight’s lunar eclipse? Here’s how?
Want to watch today’s SpaceX launch and tonight’s lunar eclipse? Here’s how?
Want to watch today’s SpaceX launch and tonight’s lunar eclipse? Here’s how?
A different look at 25 famous places that gives you a better idea of what it is really like to visit them.
A different look at 25 famous places that gives you a better idea of what it is really like to visit them.
I thought the images of the Mona Lisa and the Alamo were the most revealing.
A different look at 25 famous places that gives you a better idea of what it is really like to visit them.
I thought the images of the Mona Lisa and the Alamo were the most revealing.
A retired NASA manager is suing the Discovery Channel for its false portrayal of his action in connection with the Challenger shuttle accident.
Fake but accurate: A retired NASA manager is suing the Discovery Channel for its false portrayal of him in a movie about the Challenger shuttle accident.
The suit says that in the movie’s crucial scene Lovingood is shown testifying falsely that the odds of a shuttle failure were much higher than other NASA engineers calculated. … “The clear statement and depiction was that Lovingood lied about the probability of total failure being 1 in 100,000 when NASA’s own engineers said it was 1 in 200,” the lawsuit says. “This movie scene never took place in real life at any hearing. (Lovingood) was never asked to give any testimony as depicted and he did not give testimony to the question shown in the movie in this made up scene.”
“It makes it look like (NASA leadership) ignored a highly risky situation” in deciding to launch Challenger that day, Lovingood’s attorney Steven Heninger of Birmingham said Friday. Heninger said the movie was the network’s “first attempt at a scripted program … and they took shortcuts because they were writing for drama.” The testimony in the movie was not in the investigation commission’s records or Feynman’s book “What Do You Care What Other People Think?,” both of which were sources for the film, the suit claims.
Though NASA management did consistently claim the shuttle was safer than it actually was, to falsely portray this specific individual as the person who said those lies when he did not is without doubt slander. I hope he wins big.
This is, by the way, a nice example of typical media arrogance. If you are going to fictionalize real events for dramatic purposes, you don’t use the names of real people and put words in their mouth when you do so. It leaves you very vulnerable legally to exactly this kind of lawsuit. That the Discovery Channel did so is good evidence they think they are above the law and do not have to care if they destroy people’s lives.
Fake but accurate: A retired NASA manager is suing the Discovery Channel for its false portrayal of him in a movie about the Challenger shuttle accident.
The suit says that in the movie’s crucial scene Lovingood is shown testifying falsely that the odds of a shuttle failure were much higher than other NASA engineers calculated. … “The clear statement and depiction was that Lovingood lied about the probability of total failure being 1 in 100,000 when NASA’s own engineers said it was 1 in 200,” the lawsuit says. “This movie scene never took place in real life at any hearing. (Lovingood) was never asked to give any testimony as depicted and he did not give testimony to the question shown in the movie in this made up scene.”
“It makes it look like (NASA leadership) ignored a highly risky situation” in deciding to launch Challenger that day, Lovingood’s attorney Steven Heninger of Birmingham said Friday. Heninger said the movie was the network’s “first attempt at a scripted program … and they took shortcuts because they were writing for drama.” The testimony in the movie was not in the investigation commission’s records or Feynman’s book “What Do You Care What Other People Think?,” both of which were sources for the film, the suit claims.
Though NASA management did consistently claim the shuttle was safer than it actually was, to falsely portray this specific individual as the person who said those lies when he did not is without doubt slander. I hope he wins big.
This is, by the way, a nice example of typical media arrogance. If you are going to fictionalize real events for dramatic purposes, you don’t use the names of real people and put words in their mouth when you do so. It leaves you very vulnerable legally to exactly this kind of lawsuit. That the Discovery Channel did so is good evidence they think they are above the law and do not have to care if they destroy people’s lives.
A California couple finds a hoard of gold coins buried on a nearby trail estimated to be worth $10 million.
We should all be so lucky: A California couple finds a hoard of gold coins buried on a nearby trail estimated to be worth $10 million.
We should all be so lucky: A California couple finds a hoard of gold coins buried on a nearby trail estimated to be worth $10 million.
New Yorkers react to Obama’s State of the Union speech, before it happens.
No wonder they all vote Democrat: New Yorkers react to Obama’s State of the Union speech, before it happens.
The best question: “So, what did you think about Obama’s faking a heart attack at the end?” And the answer? Watch.
And yes, it is almost certain that every single one of the individuals in that video voted Democrat, as about 80 percent of Manhattan’s population voted for Obama in 2012.
No wonder they all vote Democrat: New Yorkers react to Obama’s State of the Union speech, before it happens.
The best question: “So, what did you think about Obama’s faking a heart attack at the end?” And the answer? Watch.
And yes, it is almost certain that every single one of the individuals in that video voted Democrat, as about 80 percent of Manhattan’s population voted for Obama in 2012.
Twenty places that are difficult to believe really exist.
Twenty places that are difficult to believe really exist.
Twenty places that are difficult to believe really exist.
Jimmy Kimmel savages Obamacare and ignorant young who support it.
Jimmy Kimmel savages Obamacare and ignorant young who support it.
Read and watch it all. Quite entertaining, in a painful sort of way.
The article also notes that while young people should surely be criticized for their blind faith in Obama and the Democrats, the media is as much to blame.
Without question, if America’s media had behaved responsibly in 2009 and 2010, the calls and emails to Congress opposing this legislation would have been so voluminous it never would have passed.
But instead, with the exception of the conservative outlets, America’s media were 100 percent behind this legislation, aiding and abetting the President and his Party to enact something that virtually all late night comics agree is a total joke.
Jimmy Kimmel savages Obamacare and ignorant young who support it.
Read and watch it all. Quite entertaining, in a painful sort of way.
The article also notes that while young people should surely be criticized for their blind faith in Obama and the Democrats, the media is as much to blame.
Without question, if America’s media had behaved responsibly in 2009 and 2010, the calls and emails to Congress opposing this legislation would have been so voluminous it never would have passed.
But instead, with the exception of the conservative outlets, America’s media were 100 percent behind this legislation, aiding and abetting the President and his Party to enact something that virtually all late night comics agree is a total joke.