Police burst into an apartment when death threats and “womanly” screaming are reported by neighbors, find something amusing.
Archive for the ‘Fun Stuff’ Category
That must have been embarrassing
Friday, November 27th, 2015This is why clocks are so scary
Thursday, October 29th, 2015Reminds me of the stupid things I did
Monday, August 10th, 2015Here we have an individual throwing (and batting around) gasoline-soaked flaming tennis balls.
When I was younger, back in the days when beer and soft drink cans were still made of steel, rather than aluminum, it was possible to cut the tops and bottoms from two or three cans, tape them together to make a tube, and add one more can with several holes in one end and a single hole in the other to act as a combustion chamber. This was known as a “coke can cannon.” Squirt a little lighter fluid into the combustion chamber, shake it around to increase the amount of vapor, drop a tennis ball in the other end, and launch it by holding a match to the hole in the bottom of the combustion chamber.
If you “wet down” the tennis ball with lighter fluid before putting it into the tube, it would come out flaming, which looked cool if done at night.
Of course, you did have to worry about the combustion chamber exploding. I never had that happen, luckily, but I did once put a significant dent in the garage door when recoil caused the cannon to jump from my hand.
As I said, one of the stupid things I did when I was younger.
It’s all rather amusing, really
Saturday, August 1st, 2015I’m watching a documentary I recorded on Turner Classic Movies, titled God Respects Us When We Work, But Loves Us When We Dance.
It’s a short documentary of the first Los Angeles love-in, which took place on Easter Sunday, 1967. No narration or dialogue, just film footage with a musical track. Lots of people with flowers, although overall the crowd was smaller than I would have anticipated. Given that it was only two years after the Watts riots, it’s interesting that there’s no apparent racial tension.
What struck me most, though, was how people were dressed. I wasn’t surprised by the men in casual clothes, tunics, and even loincloths, the women in everything from strategically-tied scarves and diaphanous nothings to maxi-skirts and minidresses, and children in what looked like serapes made from throw rugs. What I didn’t expect were the men wearing ties – I’d forgotten that there was still a fair amount of formality in dress back then, even in the counterculture. I kind of miss that look.
Something I didn’t see in the film were people who were fat. Overall, people didn’t weigh as much back then, and it shows when you see something like this.
It also shows when I look the mirror, but that’s another story.
Happy 75th, Bugs!
Monday, July 27th, 2015Bugs Bunny first uttered his famous, “What’s up, doc?” on July 27th, 1940.
Going to the Faire
Thursday, June 11th, 2015I’ve been kind of neglecting posting for a while. Nothing much to say, and not a lot going on. Also, busy at work.
That’s changed a bit – this weekend, I’ll be manning a booth for my company at the Denver Mini Maker Faire at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. I’ve been working on software for an application to demonstrate our new Mercury boards. Our booth will be right next to the Denver Hackerspace booth. We’ll definitely be talking with them to find out how they’re using the supplies and equipment we donated when we moved from our old office to our current location.
I’ll have to find the booths for the Denver Mad Scientists and Epilog Laser, since I have friends that should be at both.
The show runs 9 am-5 pm on Saturday and Sunday. We’ll be setting up our booth tomorrow. Should be fun. Please show up if you’re in the area.
That’s Entertainment
Thursday, May 21st, 2015I took Marion to Bette Midler’s show at the Pepsi Center last night. It was her only appearance here as part of her Divine Intervention tour. I’d never seen her before in person, although I have seen both of her concert movies. We had very good seats, and it was a very good show.
I’d certainly be willing to see her in concert again.
If I hadn’t already made plans …
Friday, May 15th, 2015to be at Ukefest, I might have been tempted to attend this, which is taking place in my old neighborhood. As it is, though, Ukefest wins hands-down.
Denver Ukefest this weekend
Friday, May 15th, 2015It actually started last night with the Heavy Metal Uke Jam, but I had class last night elsewhere. I’ll be going to the concert tonight, then spending tomorrow attending workshops and the Saturday night concert.
This is the 8th Annual Denver Ukefest, and I’ve been to all of them except #1 and #3.
Happy Pi Day!
Saturday, March 14th, 2015I’m posting this as closely as I can to 9:26:53 (you know, I hope my ISP’s server notes the proper time zone for me) – here’s a few photos to explain:
And, if you still can’t figure out the relevance of this post:
