Sunday, December 30, 2007
Water Horse
A Fine Mess
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Bagoomba
I may link to one or two of his posts below shortly but everyone is better off just zipping over there and seeing it all.
His post on the Nixon-Presley photo has great links including the letters surrounding the famous encounter. Haldeman's notation on his memo is funny.
Merry Christmas!!
via TheoSpark (NSFW) whom I noticed over at Freemarket. Theo's content is too ribald to enjoy from an employers computer, at least mine.
Sister's Birthday
Brother's birthday was on the eighth of October and I did blog that day which included a happy bday shout.
Below I will try to include some "on this date" tidbits, all are encouraged to add what they know regarding October 8th and December 22.
December 22:
We had a nice cut of filet today, these well known survivors were found on this date in 1972.
Much more occurred as well...
Now October 8.
Sunday, December 23, 2007
It Does Get Confusing
Friday, December 21, 2007
Lawrence
Lakota Indians
via Boingboing
Also inexplicable postcards from Poland sent to the person of your choosing laced with facts and personal data you supply...That would be funny.
Boingboing also links to this DangerRoom Holiday Gift guide which goes to this Blackwater Hello Kitty SigSauer! (scroll Down for image)
Sweet!
Ireland's
"Every year, at the time of the winter solstice, the sun shines directly along this passage into the chamber for about 17 minutes as it rises. The alignment with the sun is too precise to have occurred by chance.The sun however, does not enter the passage at Newgrange through the main entrance, but rather through a specially contrived opening, known as a roofbox, which lies directly above the entrance. Although solar alignments are not uncommon among passage graves, Newgrange is essentially the only one said to contain the additional roofbox feature. The solar alignment at Newgrange is also still very precise compared to similar phenomena at other passage graves such as Dowth or Maes Howe in the Orkney islands off the coast of Scotland."
They link to this NatGeo video.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Lithium Silicon
Via Instapundit
I wouldn't know if the "Silicon Shortage" be it 7 or 9 nines would be material to the technology, I remembered hearing something about that recently, though this article is from last year.
Pinch's
It's all true!
I love dogs but my natural inclinations towards the Times and those in it's employ lands me securely in Erik Prince's camp.
Bald Eagles
Date: Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007
Time: Approx. 4:00PM
Location: Trumbull, CT
My wife and I were leaving the Madison Avenue exit of the Westfield Mall in Trumbull, CT and saw our first bald eagle about 100 feet in the air. My wife Terri spotted it first and pointed it out to me. At first I thought it was a hawk, but as it circled toward us there was no doubt. Magnificent!
Yes, there will be a festival.
They must be visible from the Connecticut River Valley Monorail.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
The Flushing Remonstrance
via WatchingAmerica
Porcelain
via instapundit's link to this.
Previous Chicken Rocket post here.
Splodie
This article dealing with a community college "accomodating" muslims will make you sick.
Alleged terrorist was really hunting Nessie.
via LGF
You can hunt Nessie too and from the comfort of your own chair.
Physics Lecturer
Also, Boethin to show up on milk cartons?
A method for washing your hands with enough water from public restrooms and a great gift idea in the Merck Pet Manual. Hopeful news for belugas. A video on malaria research.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Keys Talk
Far more important is this regarding the repetition of shameless journalism. (Wait, that "journalism" term indicates some manner of conscience or concern for truth which is being violated. I should have labeled it "dhimmi generated propaganda.")
Birthdays!!!
They are 80 and 40 on this fine day, twice as many years for one as the other!!!
God Bless and Happy Birthday--Rahh Rahh!!!
I'm stealing this with attribution:
Historical Events on this Day in History ...
1118 - Alfonso van Arag¢n occupies Saragossa on Almoraviden
1352 - Etienne Aubert elected as Pope Innocentius VI
1406 - Anton van Bourgondi‰s becomes duke of Brabant
1603 - Admiral Steven van der Haghens fleet departs to East-Indies
1621 - English parliament accept unanimously, Protestation
1719 - Thomas Fleet publishes "Mother Goose's Melodies For Children"
1774 - Empress Maria Theresa expels Jews from Prague, Bohemia and Moravia
1777 - 1st national Thanksgiving Day, commemorating Burgoyne's surrender
1783 - English king George III fires govt of Portland
1787 - New Jersey becomes 3rd state to ratify constitution
1796 - 1st US newspaper to appear on Sunday (Baltimore Monitor)
1799 - George Washington's body interred at Mount Vernon
1813 - British take Ft Niagara in War of 1812
1832 - Charles Darwins visits Vurland
1839 - 1st celestial photograph (of Moon) made in US, John Draper, NYC
1849 - William Bond obtains 1st photograph of Moon through a telescope
1858 - Passy, at Paris: 1st "Samedi soir" i/d villa of lovers Rossini
1859 - South Carolina declared an "independent commonwealth"
1862 - Battle at Lexington, Tennessee (Forrest's Second Raid)
1865 - 13th Amendment ratified, slavery abolished
1865 - 1st US cattle importation law passed
1869 - Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club plays its 1st game
1878 - French SS Byzantin sinks after collision in Dardanellen, 210 killed
1890 - Lugards expedition to Mengo/Kampala, Uganda
1892 - Anton Bruckner's 8th Symphony, premieres
1892 - "Nutcracker Suite," Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet, premieres
1894 - Cricket day 4 1T Aus v Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front
1898 - Automobile speed record set-63 kph (39 mph)
1899 - Fieldmarshal Lord Roberts appointed Brit supreme commander in S Africa
1905 - H V Hordern takes 8-81 in 2nd innings of F-C debut (NSW v Qld)
1915 - Pres Wilson, widowed the year before, marries Edith Bolling Galt
1917 - Soviet regiment (Stalin/Lenin) declares Finland Independent
1920 - 1st US postage stamps printed without the words United States or US
1923 - International zone of Tangier set up in Morocco
1930 - Bradman scores 258 NSW v South Aust, 289 mins, 37 fours
1932 - Chicago Bears beat Portsmouth Spartans 9-0 in 1st NFL playoff game
1935 - Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia
1935 - Edward Benes becomes president of Czechoslovakia
1936 - 1st giant panda imported into US
1936 - Queensland cricket all out for 49 v Vic, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17
1936 - Su-Lin, 1st giant panda to come to US from China, arrives in SF
1939 - Finnish army recaptures Agl„j„rvi
1941 - Japanse troops land on Hong Kong
1941 - German submarine U-434 sinks
1944 - Destroyers "Hull," "Spence" and "Monaghan" sink in typhoon (Philippines)
1944 - Nazi occupiers of Amsterdam destroy electricity plants
1945 - Uruguay joins UN
1946 - TV's 1st network dramatic serial "Faraway Hill" ends 2 month run
1947 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Optissima Pax
1948 - WDSU TV channel 6 in New Orleans, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1948 - Indonesia begins it's 2nd political election
1949 - Phila Eagles beat LA Rams 14-0 in NFL championship game
1952 - Ellis W Ryan resigns as Cleve Indians president
1953 - KATV TV channel 7 in Little Rock, AR (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 - KMID TV channel 2 in Midland and Odessa, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
1956 - Phil Rizzuto signs as NY Yankee radio-TV announcer
1956 - Japan admitted to UN
1956 - Israeli flag hoisted on Mount Sinai
1956 - "To Tell the Truth" debuts on CBS-TV
1957 - Shippingport Atomic Power Stn, 1st nuke plant to generate electricity
1958 - Niger gains autonomy within French Community (National Day)
1958 - 1st voice from space: recorded Christmas message by Eisenhower
1958 - 1st test project of Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equip
1959 - Sammy Baugh named 1st coach of NY Titans (AFL)
1960 - General Meeting of UN condemns apartheid
1961 - Wilt Chamberlain of NBA Phila Warriors scores 78 points vs LA
1961 - KAIL TV channel 53 in Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1961 - India annexes Portuguese colonies of Goa, Damao and Diu
1961 - For 2nd cons year, AP names Wilma Rudolph female athlete of year
1961 - Britain's EMI Records originally rejects the Beatles
1962 - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 13th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962 - WAIQ TV channel 26 in Montgomery, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1963 - Clarke runs world record 10k (28:15.6)
1963 - Muskegon, Michigan gets 3' of snow
1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1964 - During services held for Sam Cooke fans caused damage to Funeral Home
1964 - "The Pink Panther" cartoon series premieres (Pink Phink)
1964 - "I Had a BaIl" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 199 performances
1965 - "La Grusse Valise" closes at 54th St Theater NYC after 7 performances
1965 - Borman and Lovell Splash down in Atlantic ends 2 week Gemini VII mission
1965 - Kenneth LeBel jumps 17 barrels on ice skates
1966 - Dr Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS
1966 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1968 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1969 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - Britain abolishes death penalty
1969 - "Coco" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 333 performances
1970 - "Me Nobody Knows" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 587 perfs
1970 - Polish uprising fails
1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1971 - 1st Candlelight Processional
1971 - CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts
1971 - People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic
1971 - US dollar devalued 7.9% in Holland ($1=Ÿ3,245)
1972 - US begins its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam
1973 - Soyuz 13 launched into Earth orbit for 8 days
1973 - Yanks sign Dick Williams as manager, overturned later by AL Pres
1974 - SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens
1976 - "A Star is Born," with Barbra Striesand, premieres
1976 - "Wonder Woman" debuts on ABC
1976 - Soviet dissident Viktor Bukovskiexchanged for Chile CP-leader Corvalan
1977 - Dutch Antilles: premier Boy Rozendal points independence off
1977 - Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 42, Nate Thumond
1978 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
1978 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1979 - Stanley Barrett 1st to exceed land sonic speed (739.666 MPH)
1980 - Bruce Sprinsteen's concert at Madison Sq Garden
1980 - Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts minister Van Agts abortion laws
1980 - IRA's Sean McKenna becomes critically ill, ends hunger strike
1980 - Vietnam adopts constitution
1982 - Flight readiness firing of Challenger's main engines; 20 seconds
1983 - NBA San Diego Clippers ends 29 game road losing streak
1984 - 73rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats USA in Gothenburg (4-1)
1985 - "Jerry's Girls" opens at St James Theater NYC for 139 performances
1985 - UN Security Council unanimously condemns "acts of hostage-taking"
1986 - Mr Gates, serves as acting director of CIA
1987 - Benazir Bhutto, Pakistan's future pres, marries Asif Ali Zardari
1987 - Ivan F Boesky sentenced to 3 years for insider trading
1988 - Seattle Seahawks win their 1st ever division title with 9-7 record
1988 - 5th meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets win and eliminate Giants from playoffs
1989 - "I Love Lucy" Christmas episode, shown for 1st time in over 30 years
1989 - Athol Fugard's "My Children, My Africa," premieres in NYC
1990 - NL releases short list of teams for 1993 NL expansion
1990 - NL announces Buffalo, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Tampa-St Petersburg, and Wash DC as 6 finalist for 1993 expansion (Miami and Denver win)
1991 - DeForest Kelly (Dr McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood
1991 - General Motors announces closing of 21 plants
1992 - FCC vote 4-1 to allow Infinity to purchase Cook Inlet stations
1993 - Kevin Scott skates world record 1K (1:12.54)
1994 - "Comedy Tonight" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 8 performances
1994 - "What's Wrong With this Pic?" closes at Circle in Sq NYC after 12 perf
1994 - Darryl Strawberry pleads not guilty on tax evasion charges
1994 - General Hospital stars Kristina Malandro and Jack Wagner wed
1994 - Norman, Couples and Azinger wins LPGA Wendy's 3-Tour Golf Challenge
1994 - Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election
1996 - Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe and England
1996 - TV industry execs agree to adopt a ratings system
Yesterday's Historical Events | Tomorrow's Historical Events
Monday, December 17, 2007
For Jimmy
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Phil Hendrie!
I am quite glad to have him available to listen to once again, and John Batchelor as well.
Solstice
Time Top Ten
Here is info regarding Brazil's recent oil discovery. Time mentions the matter in the top ten "Underreported Stories" piece. What a lot of guts it must take to publish an item on how you ignored or downplayed such important matters!! They are heroes over at Time.
Here is a random bad ship moment.
Adam has posted some Led Zep lyrics, but I am about to call and inquire as to the light posting the last couple of days. My hunch: he's been keeping the world safe for liberty. (ed.-as always) I just stuck that "ed" part in as if there were some kind of editor involved in this process, makes the place look a little more impressive, no?
Opus
America Map
BlogBDay
Confetti!!!!
Balloons!!!
Circus Animals!!!
Brassy Music!!!!
Woo...sheesh. That was quite a celebration!!!
On with it once more, I suppose...
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Storm
Golf Prodigy
Friday, December 14, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Zimmers
Micrometeoroid
When I was very young myself and a friend searched in the woods for hours to find meteorites that I did not know were the first recorded to strike the U.S. We had only read of an old strike and had rumors upon rumors for encouragement. Those woods are all developed now...wouldn't have known one if I had bonked my beak into it, but they are fond memories.
They are interring a time capsule in honor of the anniversary.
This Advocate article was nice to see so prominently splashed across the front page.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Mind Reading
Paris Hilton aides injured Oompa-Loompa--poor fellow needs a new kidney on top of it all. That via DaveBarry
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Ice Fishing
Gorilla Massacre
Monday, December 10, 2007
Geothermal
Also at Livescience: a bomb resistant fabric, Auxetix.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Steyn
via Samizdata
Steyn:
"Chapter and verse [Mark Steyn]
Anyone interested in reading in full the Canadian Islamic Congress' case against me and my Maclean's colleagues can find it here.
If convicted, I promise to re-publish the offending pieces in a special all-Islamophobic anthology. Of course, we'll have to do that this side of the border, but I'll use the old bootlegging runs around Lake Memphremagog to smuggle it across the Maple Curtain into Canada. Look for me selling it off the back of the pick-up in the parking lot of La Belle Province at Ange-Gardien, alternate Tuesdays. I'll be wearing a false beard over my real beard.
SteynonlineSaturday, December 8, 2007
New Cobra Species
Friday, December 7, 2007
Mr. Steyn
Via Kimball.
Steynonline
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Fish Videos
These remain, notice the blood on the hand in the second clip :)
Earthshots
They also have a "Wassup" video, but this video below is amazing...squeamish types I would encourage to stick with it. Difficult to argue against the notion of communication, and rather sophisticated, among the beasts:
Girls
via Instapundit who also has this post on Congress attempting to ban NASA from human exploration of Mars. Barney Frank is involved "Down with science and exploration--more money for __________..." well, with that guy you can fill in the blank, just not here.
Live Air Traffic
This link does not seem happy with Firefox, but it was also finicky with Explorer, worked on one computer and not on another...
Iceland
via Jungletrader (who never saw an abominable snowman but...)
He also links to the Indian bone trade.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Homey
Muslim Homeland
They are so loving and inclusive, when someone is a Muslim, they want you for good!!!
Oh well, the West is working overtime on it's demise
That last vie Boortz
Photo Problems
In the meantime, happy Ninja Day!!!
Meanwhile Adam is residing in Mohawk Country, his town was mentioned on page 111 of Russo's latest novel.
I half wonder if Richard Russo took the name for this book's town, Thomaston, from Thomaston Ct., home of the Rail Road Museum of New England. Me and Gator checked it out. The town was renamed from "Plymouth" in honor of Seth Thomas, who built a factory there.