Wednesday, May 3, 2017

LAST WORDS: Challenger Astronauts last words caught on tape





This is the real thing, a home movie found years after the Challenger disaster. It documents the reactions of some ordinary people standing around trying to figure out what is going on. In short, they're like everybody else. Even NASA didn't know what to say, except for that "malfunction" remark about five minutes in. People think this video is humorous, and in a way it is, but nothing else about that day was. Nor is the fact that the astronauts all survived the explosion and were alive for the 2 1/2 minutes it took for the capsule to hit the water. That's a very long time to be doomed. 

So what is the "last words" in the title all about? Just got mixed up, I guess. I get that way sometimes. Mixed up.


Wednesday's corset pin-up: she swoons!




Sunday, April 30, 2017

Bentley in the jungle





               The best cat ever, spending some time on my plant stand.


SCREAM!




This MUST be part of something much longer, and I'm dying to know what it is, but as usual I can't find the origin of it. It has just been shared and shared and passed around with no identifying marks on it. I've found various animations of The Scream, but none quite like this. God, I wish I could do real animation sometimes. Would it help to have talent?


Obsession: the case of the Bentley Embiricos




The 1938 Bentley Embiricos.


Saturday, April 29, 2017

Bigfoot jerky









Yowie is one of several names given to a hominid reputed to live in the Australian wilderness. The creature has its roots in Aboriginal oral history. In parts of Queensland, they are known as. . . 






quinkin (or as a type of quinkin), and as






joogabinna, in parts of New South Wales they are called






jurrawarra,




myngawin,




puttikan,




gubba,




doolaga,




gulaga and




thoolagal. Other names include




yahoo,



yaroma,




noocoonah,




wawee,




pangkarlangu,




jimbra and




tjangara.


(Gifs courtesy of a jerky company called Jack Links. Go figure.)