Author Archives: James

Cat Pong

Posted on July 10, 2015 by James| Comments Off

(simulated, of course)

Timber Wolf

Posted on July 9, 2015 by James| Comments Off

This is Olav the Wolf, a sculpture made from scrap lumber by Copenhagen artist Thomas Dambo. It was commissioned for the Copenhell 2015 music festival. They asked him to make a large, evil wolf, so he made it appear as if it were emerging from the underworld- and named it after a friend who helped him build it. The sculpture had lights inside, so it glowed red during the entire festival. Then by tradition, it was torched on the final night of the festival.

Posted in Because I Can, Critters

Still Less Complicated

Posted on July 9, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Posted in Humor

RIP Ernest Borgnine

Posted on July 8, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Ernest Borgnine (January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012)

Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino) was an American film and television actor whose career spanned more than six decades. He was an unconventional lead in many films of the 1950s, winning an Oscar in 1955 for Marty. On television, he played Quinton McHale in the 1962–1966 series McHale’s Navy and co-starred in the mid-1980s action series Airwolf, in addition to a wide variety of other roles. Borgnine was also known for his role as Mermaid Man in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Borgnine earned an Emmy Award nomination at age 92 for his work on the series ER.

Posted in The Big Screen, The Little Screen (Television)

STS-135 launch

Posted on July 8, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Space shuttle Atlantis launches for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station in the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff was at 11:29 a.m. (EDT) on July 8, 2011. Astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists, were on board.

Posted in Because I Can, Patriotic, Planes Trains and Automobiles

To Quote David S. Broder

Posted on July 7, 2015 by James| Comments Off

David Salzer Broder (September 11, 1929–March 9, 2011), was an American journalist, writing for The Washington Post for over 40 years. He also was an author, television news show pundit, and university lecturer.

Anybody that wants the presidency so much that he’ll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
- ‘Washington Post’ 18 July 1973, p. A 25

Posted in Humor

Seems to be a thing these days…

Posted on July 7, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Posted in Planes Trains and Automobiles

Happy Birthday, Merv Griffin

Posted on July 6, 2015 by James| Comments Off

The answer is Merv Griffin. The question could be just about anything.

Mervyn Edward “Merv” Griffin, Jr. (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American singer, talk-show host, composer, mogul, philanthropist and puzzle fan who created the long-running hit game shows of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.

Wikipedia Link

Posted in The Little Screen (Television)

Star Spangled Banner played on Eight Floppy Drives

Posted on July 5, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Posted in Because I Can, Humor, Patriotic

Haiku by a Robot

Posted on July 5, 2015 by James| Comments Off

At the tender age of 9, Nathan Beifuss of California showed that his creation, aptly titled “Haiku by a Robot,” fulfilled all of the requirements of a haiku, namely that it has a five-seven-five syllable structure and that it makes no sense whatsoever. Genius!

Posted in Humor, Literary

1812 Overture played with flaming bagpipes on tall unicycle – The Unipiper!

Posted on July 4, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Posted in Because I Can, Humor, Patriotic

Happy 4th of July!

Posted on July 4, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Posted in Because I Can, On This Day, Patriotic

Back to the Future Turns 30 Today

Posted on July 3, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Back to the Future was released on July 3, 1985.

Posted in On This Day, The Big Screen

RIP Andy Griffith

Posted on July 3, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Andrew Samuel “Andy” Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012)

Andy Griffith was an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan’s epic film, A Face in the Crowd (1957) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead characters in the 1960–68 situation comedy, The Andy Griffith Show, and in the 1986–95 legal drama, Matlock. Griffith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President George W. Bush on November 9, 2005. Griffith died on July 3, 2012 at the age of 86.

Wikipedia Link

Posted in Because I Can, On This Day, The Little Screen (Television)

Anniversary of the Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Posted on July 2, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Amelia Earhart (July 24, 1897 – 1937?)

Amelia Earhart Signature Amelia Mary Earhart (July 24, 1897 – disappeared 1937) was a noted American aviation pioneer and author.Earhart was the first woman to receive the U.S. Distinguished Flying Cross,awarded for becoming the first aviatrix to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many other records, wrote best-selling books about her flying experiences and was instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots. Earhart joined the faculty of the Purdue University aviation department in 1935 as a visiting faculty member to counsel women on careers and help inspire others with her love for aviation. She was also a member of the National Woman’s Party, and an early supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment.

During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10 Electra, Earhart disappeared over the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career and disappearance continues to this day.

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Posted in On This Day, Planes Trains and Automobiles

Happy Birthday, Mr. “The King”

Posted on July 2, 2015 by James| Comments Off

Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. “The King”, as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the NASCAR Championship seven times, winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races (ten of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone. (A 1972 rule change eliminated races under 250 miles (400 km) in length, reducing the schedule to 30 (now 36) races.) Petty is widely considered one of the greatest NASCAR drivers of all time. He also collected a record number of poles (127) and over 700 top-ten finishes in his 1,185 starts, including 513 consecutive starts from 1971–1989.

Wikipedia Link

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