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Saturday, August 22, 2026
Friday, August 21, 2026
Word choices for...the rabbit or the hare?
(Sigh.) I have no filter when it comes to quips, jokes, and puns that fly out of my mouth. If it's something that gets laughs, I am sure to figure a way to say it to others.
I am also sure that if a spaceship landed and I was the first person to greet the travelers, I would say something that might get me vaporized in a flash of light.
Or maybe not.
Anyway, a friend posted something on Facebook: "He who chases two rabbits will catch neither. Choose your battles carefully."
(And me, being a classic wiseguy, wrote back), "More importantly, choose your rabbits/battles carefully. You might be a hare off the mark!"
(Obviously, a play-on-words about rabbits and hares.)
But...since I mentioned it...
The Fastest Poison We Ever Made — The History of Cyanide
NOT what I normally would post, but it applies to pharmacology and chemistry. And legal issues.
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Lawnchair Larry - at 16,000 feet elevation in a chair
Larry Walters, 33, from San Pedro, had dreamed of flying his whole life. He bought 42 eight-foot helium weather balloons, tied them to a regular Sears lawn chair, strapped on a parachute, packed a BB gun to pop balloons to descend, a CB radio, sandwiches, and a six-pack of beer.
He expected to float a few hundred feet above his backyard.
He cut the rope and shot up like a rocket — to 16,000 feet.
He drifted directly into the main approach path for LAX. Two airline pilots radioed the tower: they had just passed a man in a lawn chair holding a gun at 16,000 feet.
For 45 minutes, he floated over Los Angeles, freezing cold, too scared to shoot balloons because he might fall.
Finally, he started popping balloons one by one and slowly descended.
He landed tangled in power lines in Long Beach, California, causing a blackout. When police arrested him, they asked why he did it. He said, "A man can't just sit around."
The FAA fined him $4,000. He became a national folk hero — Lawnchair Larry — and inspired the movie "Up."
The Fascinating Story of the Slide Rule, the Tool That Put Men on the Moon Without a Battery
This is a must-watch in my graduate MBA Communications-Critical Thinking class
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
More Sandi Art from Indonesia for the end-of-summer
Sandi from Indonesia continues his end-of-summer sale: these are only $30 each.
Monday, August 17, 2026
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Bee Gees - Too Much Heaven: The Male Falsetto voice
(That's called "falsetto" to reach those high notes)
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