So here.
A Question for Titanic Experts
I’ve been wondering this for a while, and I haven’t been able to find an answer in my cursory research, so I thought I’d throw the question up here. On the bow of the great ship, there’s a feature that I’ve always wondered about. Specifically, what is it? It’s the round thingie indicated by the arrow in this photo.
What is that? Anybody know? My geek brain tells me that this is the Titanic‘s main deflector dish, but I know that ain’t right. (Or, if that is right, man, did that thing ever fail spectacularly.)
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A nice photo
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Shea's Buffalo at night
I took this while standing outside the theater, waiting for the doors to open for Les Miserables. I insisted on getting there good and early, which didn’t go over well with The Family, as we ended up standing outside in the wind for fifteen minutes until the doors opened. Not sure why I did that…going to an event at Shea’s isn’t like going to the movies, where you pick your seats when you get there. Oh well…I just chalk it up to being over-excited for Les Miz.
I altered this shot a bit to make it brighter and changed it to B&W and all that…those weird shadow-features just kind of emerged as I did the altering, and I thought they looked kind of cool, so I made no effort to get rid of them.
There are times when I wish I wasn’t a maintenance man by trade…I look at this photo, and the first thing I see is several dozen light bulbs that need changing!
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Luck o’ the Irish!
It’s St. Patrick’s Day! Here’s some stuff.
Wondering about the logistics of Darth Vader quaffing a beer? I assume he uses a straw through the grates of his mask. Or maybe he just has it in his meditation chamber, once he kicks back and takes his helmet off. Who knows…of course, I can’t help thinking that maybe some of his problems in life might have been better dealt with by doing some drinking earlier on than by doing a lot of brooding and falling in with evil Chancellors and whatnot.
:: I know, I know, everybody says “St Patty’s Day”. But really, if you do this, please stop! It’s St Paddy‘s Day, not Patty. Thank you.
:: “Danny Boy” is the cliche song for St. Patrick’s Day and for any gathering of Irish or Irish-minded folk, so much so that it’s nearly impossible to hear a fresh take on the song. For that, we need three incomprehensible Muppets.
:: You can never go wrong with John Williams. Here he is, teamed up with The Chieftains, for the End Credits of the Irish-emigration-to-America saga, Far and Away. It’s a really kind of silly movie, but I like it because it’s really earnest in its silliness.
:: And finally, I am absolutely tickled that this is on YouTube at long last. The great sitcom Cheers had a recurring storyline of sorts involving the battle of pranks and stunts between the gang at Cheers and the rival bar, Gary’s Old Towne Taverne. These episodes were highlights of every season, right down to the final season, when the war was finally won. Just great stuff…and my favorite was the St. Patrick’s Day episode, in which the gang arrives at the bar to find that the bar itself has been enclosed behind a cinder-block wall by Gary and his cohorts. (With Woody inside, by the way.) Still, Sam decides to keep calm and carry on, especially when the Irish band he’s hired shows up to work its musical magic. And then…this happens.
This scene (which I consider one of the great all-time sitcom scenes) was actually written by Ken Levine and partner David Isaacs, so Levine provides the entire script of the scene here. Just great stuff. Also of interest is that the guy playing Sean, the lead singer, is actor Maurice Roeves, who also played Colonel Munroe in 1992’s The Last of the Mohicans (the Daniel Day Lewis version), and a Romulan on an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. According to Roeves’s IMDb bio, he was born in Sunderland (in England) and considers himself a Scot!
:: Need a toast for tonight? Pick one from here.
:: And later on, I shall be happy to raise a glass to each o’ ye!
May all your souls be in Heaven a full hour afore the Devil knows ye’re dead!
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I can't help it…it always makes me laugh.
‘We can’t repel odor of that magnitude!’
I’m really glad I wasn’t drinking coffee yet this morning when George Takei posted this on Facebook, because I would likely have spit the coffee out all over the place.
Well, folks, with my embrace of poop jokes, I can safely say that this blog’s journey towards the Dark Side may be complete!
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Why cats will never rule the world
Not that I disagree entirely with their approach to things….
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Photos from the White House
I really love the White House Flickr photostream, and I hope that even if there’s a new President in a little over a year (which I don’t hope happens at all, but if it does) that the next administration keeps doing this. White House photography just fascinates me, no matter who the President is. Here’s a random selection of photos that I particularly like (this service only began with the Obama administration):
Seriously, I could post a hundred more of these. I love this stuff.
And man, does the President keep a clean desk or what? Ye Gods! He’s got so little stuff on his desk that if he wants to do some of his own computer work, he has to go to an adjoining office!