Monday, April 24, 2017
Trumpty Dumpty
#trumptydumpty #meme #trump #resist #shutdown #wall #governmentshutdown #nowall #maga #trumpwall #trump100days
Thursday, March 9, 2017
Republicare
Trump unveils "wonderful new" Republicare bill ... #republicare #healthcare #obamacare #trumpcare
"wonderful new" Republicare bill ... #republicare #healthcare #obamacare #trumpcare
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Presidents Day
Presidents day is next Monday. Actually it's Washington's birthday. Well some states don't celebrate Lincoln's birthday, so they lump Lincoln's in with Washington's. In Illinois we celebrate Lincoln's birthday on February 12th. I didn't get that day off work! We also get off the first Monday in March for Casimir Pulaski day. Who? Casimir Pulaski, revolutionary war hero. The father of American cavalry.
"Presidents day" "Washington's birthday" "Lincoln's birthday" Illinois "first Monday" "Casimir Pulaski day" "Casimir Pulaski" "revolutionary war" hero "American cavalry" #PresidentsDay #NationalStrike #TheResistance #Resist #Resistance
No deed goes unpunished ...
"Episode 6": Brace tells Delaney that his mother was confined to a mental asylum after she attempted to drown him and that his father had saved his life. Zilpha murders Thorne and his corpse is disposed of by Dumbarton. Ibbotson takes confession but the priest is in the employ of the Company. The gunpowder is not found and is successfully transported to the dock, but the Company destroy Delaney's ship. Delaney gets hopelessly drunk, and on recovering, he finds Winter's corpse. Chichester continues his investigation into the Company's corruptness discovering that the name of the slave ship had been changed and was registered as being empty; that it was staffed it with a skeleton crew; and that Stuart Strange’s own brother owned a sugar plantation in Antigua.
#Taboo #bbctaboo #TomHardy #TabooFX #jamesdelaney #winter #taboowinter
Monday, February 13, 2017
On notice?
Evidently North Korea is not on notice..
#northkorea #KimJongUn #POTUS #FakeNews #alternativefacts #trump #donaldtrump
Saturday, February 11, 2017
Merle is back amongst the Guardians
Merle is back amongst the Guardians
#StarLord #Gamora #Drax #RocketRaccoon
#walkingdead #GuardiansOfTheGalaxy
Thursday, February 9, 2017
Flea Market Kart
We go to the Grayslake flea market every other month, or so. Last time we had way too much stuff. Decanters, geodes, figurines, rocks, etcetera, etcetera. It was getting heavy. And my back started aching. So I grabbed a cart. Gina was like, "It's taking forever with that huge freaking cart". I was like, yeah but my back feels much better. This weekend I'm taking my folding dolly, with a couple of milk crates and a tie down. Much easier on the back.
"Grayslake flea market" Decanters geodes figurines rocks "shopping cart" "folding dolly" "milk crates" "tie down". "do it yourself" #fleamarketflip #thriftstorefind #DIY #upcycle #FleaMarket #repurposed #furniture #antiquefurniture #antique
Friday, February 3, 2017
Solar Eclipse 2017
Mark your calendar. August twenty first, two thousand seventeen. 8/21/17 There's going to be an eclipse. The west coast will see the eclipse peak at 10:15 am. Here in Chicago the eclipse will peak at 1:19 pm. On the east coast the eclipse will peak at 2:42 pm. Most of America will see a partial eclipse. Those in the totality zone from Oregon to South Carolina will see a total eclipse. If you want to view the eclipse, get some eclipse glasses. Or better still, look at the shadow of a tree. The leaves project little moons into the shadow. Don't view the eclipse with your sunglasses. Your eyes will fry.
"partial eclipse" "totality zone" "eclipse glasses" "solar eclipse" occults syzygy. "total eclipse" "circular orbit" Moon elliptical umbra #eclipse2017
#eclipse "celestial display" #NationalEclipse "April 21"
Monday, January 30, 2017
#DeleteUber?
Uber is in trouble with the human rights community. Why is that? Uber lowered rates at LaGuardia when Taxi drivers struck to protest the Trump Muslim travel ban. Wait, you're pissed cause Uber was charging less? Twitter users rallied with #deleteuber. I have deleted the Uber app. You don't even use Uber. Rival Lyft pledged $1 million dollars to the ACLU. And Uber pledged to create a $3 million legal fund for Uber drivers. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is a member of Trump’s economic advisory group. Travis is urging the government to reinstate U.S. travel rights for residents, whatever their country of origin. Uber's website was flooded with complaints. “You work with Trump, I’ll work with Lyft,” read one complaint. So you downloaded the Lyft app, and will never use it. Give me that. I'm not working with Trump. You're not working with anybody.
Uber "human rights" LaGuardia "Taxi driver strike" "Trump Muslim travel ban" Twitter #deleteuber "Uber app" Lyft, ACLU, "Uber CEO Travis Kalanick" "Travis Kalanick" "Uber CEO" "travel rights" #Science #ScienceMarch #sciencematters #DeletingUber #AlternativeFacts #TrumpLies "Trump Lies" "Fake news" #fakenews #proPeace #proAmerica #proTrump #antiGlobalism #TrumpSupporter
Friday, January 27, 2017
Doomsday Clock
The 2017 doomsday clock has been reset to two and a half minutes to midnight. It is the first time since the cold war in 1960 that the clock has had less than three minutes to midnight. The Trump white house's denial of climate change, their promise of nuclear escalation, their embrace of falsehoods pawned off as alternative facts, and their cyber manipulation of our democratic process, have led editors at the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to take time off of their Doomsday Clock. Scientists at the Bulletin stated, "It's almost the end of the world and we have to say things like "Facts are Good". The ironic thing is their Doomsday clock is not based on science or fact.
"Trump Whitehouse" "nuclear escalation" , falsehoods , "alternative facts" "cyber manipulation" "cyber warfare" "democratic process" "Doomsday Clock" "the apocalypse" "nuclear proliferation" Armageddon "Cold War" "climate change" "nuclear escalation" "Donald Trump" "cyber warfare" "global warming" #climatefacts #AlternativeFacts #TrumpLies "Trump Lies" "Fake news" #fakenews "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists" "Bulletin of Atomic Scientists"
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Haunted Circus Cemetery
In 1918 a Hagenbeck-Wallace circus train got rear ended by another train. Sixty one circus workers in the rear sleeping cars were instantly killed. Four days later they were buried at Wood Lawn Cemetery. Five elephant statues mark the boundaries of Showmen's Rest. On the gravestones, the dates of death are all marked June 22, 1918. Beneath is a mass grave containing the remains of clowns, trapeze artists, strongmen and other circus performers. Legend has it that the elephants were buried where they lay. Locals claim to hear the haunted cries of the elephants at night.
"Woodlawn Cemetery" "Circus Train Wreck" "Showmen's Rest" "Hagenbeck-Wallace circus" "Secret Clown Cemetery" clowns, "trapeze artists", strongmen "circus performers" "haunted cries" gravestones "mass grave" "haunted cemetery" "paranormal experience" "The Greatest Show on Earth" "Ringling Bros" "Barnum & Bailey"
Friday, January 20, 2017
Whitehouse Zillow
So I was driving home from the store, thinking about yesterday's video / blog posting. I decided to change the name of the YouTube video to Whitehouse Zillow. That's mostly what the video is about. I did throw in a little snarl about politicians, referencing the meme I threw in at the end of the video.
People are so hung up on their guy getting in or not getting in that they miss the big picture. I'm just saying. Do you think Donald is that much better or worse than Barack? I don't. But that's not really what the video is about, now is it?
Zillow , Whitehouse , "Donald Trump" , "Trump Tower" , "Trump Penthouse" , "Trump White House" , "Obama Renting" , "The White House" , "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" , "Same as the old boss" , "The Who" , "Won't get fooled again" , "Who's Next" , "Drop the Mic" , "Obama Mic Drop" , potus , "white house cost" "white house price"
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Meet The New Boss
Zillow has a listing for The Whitehouse. Four hundred fifty million. That's an upgrade for Donald. His penthouse in New York is only worth 100 million. Obama's renting a DC house worth only 6 million. Quite the downgrade for Barack. But he won't miss the Whitehouse. I'm sure he and Michelle are happy to leave.
Zillow , Whitehouse , "Donald Trump" , "Trump Tower" , "Trump Penthouse" , "Trump White House" , "Obama Renting" , "The White House" , "1600 Pennsylvania Avenue" , "Same as the old boss" , "The Who" , "Won't get fooled again" , "Who's Next" , "Drop the Mic" , "Obama Mic Drop" , potus , "white house cost" "white house price"
Monday, January 16, 2017
Machine Dream
Respected / Protected. Dream in the machine. Wormhole consciousness. Shiny lens time. Data factory line. Shattered glass. Cyber motor fast. Fatal drive chimes. ( drop the mike )
"Machine Dream" "stream of consciousness" time "Data factory" "Shattered glass" "Cyber motor" "Fatal drive" cyberpunk , poetry , poet , futuristic , Nueromancer , parallels , rhyme "poetry slam" "drop the mic" inceptionism , "neural network" "DeepDream" morph , psychedelic , abstract "Looking Glass" "light cycle" tron , "solar sailer" "open slam" "Dead Poet Slam"
Thursday, January 12, 2017
Super 8 Revival
Kodak first manufactured the Super 8 in 1965. Super 8 defined amateur movie making for 30 years. But then came the 80's and video replaced film. And now Super 8 has had a bit of a resurgence. Danish Company Logmar released a new Super 8 camera in 2013. Specialty companies are selling refurbished Super 8's. Prices for Super 8's are rising on EBay. They must be selling some film cause Kodak is once again coming out with a Super 8 camera.
Kodak , "Super 8" , "amateur movie making" Logmar , EBay , "Super 8 camera" ,
CES "LCD screen" C-mount Ricoh Focus "Nikon lens adapter" Kodachrome "micro USB" tripod "8 mm film" "Logmar Camera Solutions" "Kodachrome II" Ektachrome Tri-X "Vision 3" "Fuji Velvia 50" camcorder "video camera" videotape
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Let Sleeping Birds Fly
Tall buildings and birds do not get along. A friend volunteers as a bird collision monitor. She goes downtown early and picks up casualties. I see the posts on facebook. Mostly dead thrushes and sparrows. Occasionally she'll pickup a live one and keep it in a box. German scientists have proven that frigate birds sleep during flight. Well I've got news. It ain't only the frigates that are sleeping and flying.
"Tall buildings" , birds, "bird collision monitor" , thrush, sparrow, frigatebirds, "nodding off" , "Max Planck Institute" , Germany, seabirds, Fregatidae, roost, "Nature Communications" , “flight data recorder” , "Galápagos Islands" , "black box recorder" , "rapid eye movement" , "REM sleep" , "animal sleep" , biology, "bird flight" , "bird sleep" , "modern mysteries", "natural world" , Science , sleep , sleeping
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Express Train
Footage of the Chicago Botanic Gardens Wonderland Express interwoven with Chicago landmarks. All aboard the Vlog Moskow Express. Next stop, The United Center. You're riding Thomas the Train. Millennium Park is next. Doors open on your right at the Bean. Doors closing. Next stop, Northwestern university. Doors open on your right. Doors Closing. The Bahai Temple is next. Doors open on your right. Doors closing. Chicago Botonic Gardens is your last stop.
"United Center","Michael Jordan","Chicago Bulls","Thomas the Train","Millennium Park","Cloud Gate","Anish Kapoor","the Bean","Northwestern university","Bahai Temple","Chicago Botanic Gardens","Wonderland Express", CTA, "Orient Express",
"G Scale","G Gauge","railroad gauge","Model trains", Lionel, locomotives, rolling stock, streetcars, tracks, signalling
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