Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Firefighters trapped atop a ridge....
Twelve firefighters are trapped atop a ridge off Santiago Canyon Road in Orange County after flames jumped the road. The blaze roared up the hillside and prompted the crew members to deploy their fire shelters. They were surrounded by burning brush, but they made it out alive. “We just remained calm, everyone did,” one firefighter said after he was checked out by paramedics. All of the firefighters were treated at the scene and did not want to go to the hospital.
13 amazing Cirque Du Soleil performances
I’ve seen a number of Cirque du Soleil shows in Las Vegas as well as in various cities when they travel. The bad news is that tickets normally run around $100 per person, and you have to buy them well in advance to get great seats. The good news is, you’ll never see anything cooler in your life, so the shows are worth every penny they charge. The even better news is that I’ve assembled 13 great acts here for you to see without having to pay to do it!
I concur. I’ve seen a few of them, and they are absolutewly great!
This clip is from Cirque Du Soleil’s 25th Anniversary
The rest of the story....
This somewhat famous full-page photo appeared in Time Magazine (and in Life Magazine’s Retrospective of the 60’s issue).
It was taken during the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention held in Chicago IL. The angry shirtless young man in the center of the picture flipping the bird to the police and press is the subject of this story. He’s the brother-in-law of my close friend. His name is Al. I won’t divulge his last name because I don’t know if he’d care if anyone knew it was him. He’d probably be fine with it, but I’m not sure, so he’s just Al.
The story behind this photo is as follows: Al was not into protesting and didn’t realize the convention was even being held there at that time. He and some friends drove to Chicago from St. Louis for the sole purpose of “testing out a new cooler” they had picked up. He saw the protestors in the street and just joined in…. not knowing what they were protesting.
I remember seeing the picture when it originally was published and didn’t know who he was at the time. A few years ago during a discussion about Al, my friend told me that he was in the magazine. I had remembered the picture all those years. Al hasn’t changed much at all. He still looks the same… his hair is a little shorter and he’s older, but you can tell it’s him. No question about it. I’ve met him on several ocassions. He’s quite the character.
The picture was also in a film that was out a couple of years ago. I can’t remember the name of the film now, but I recognized it instantly as one of the characters in the film was flipping through the magazine.
Anyway… now you know the rest of the story.
Stuff you didn't know
To “testify” was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a
statement made by swearing on their testicles.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
“Dreamt” is the only English word that ends in the letters
“mt”.
There is a seven letter word in the English language that
contains ten words without rearranging any of its letters,
“therein” the, there, he, in, rein, her, here, ere, therein, herein.
Donald Duck’s middle name is Fauntleroy.
Alfred Hitchcock didn’t have a belly button.It was eliminated
when he was sewn up after surgery.
Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.
The dot over the letter ‘i’ is called a tittle.
Have you ever seen....
I have never seen a road killed crow.
I think that is because there is always one crow on watch setting on a fence post call out as a car approaches ” CARRR_CARRR_CARR “.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Stranger at the window
Two guys left the bar after a long night of drinking, jumped in the car and started it up. After a couple of minutes, an old man appeared in the passenger window and tapped lightly.
The passenger screamed, "Look at he window. There's an old ghost's face there!"
The driver sped up, but the old man's face stayed in the window. The passenger rolled his window down part way and, scared out of his wits, said, "What do you want?"
The old man softly replied, "You got any tobacco?"
The passenger handed the old man a cigarette and yelled, "Step on it," to the driver, rolling up the window in terror.
A few minutes later they calmed down and started laughing again. The driver said, "I don't know what happened, but don't worry; the speedometer says we're doing 80 now."
All of a sudden there was a light tapping on the window and the old man reappeared. "There he is again," the passenger yelled. He rolled down the window and shakily said, "Yes?"
"Do you have a light?" the old man quietly asked.
The passenger threw a lighter out the window saying, "Step on it!"
They were driving about 100 miles an hour, trying to forget what they had just seen and heard, when all of a sudden there came some more tapping.
"Oh my God! He's back!" The passenger rolled down the window and screamed in stark terror, "WHAT NOW?"
The old man gently replied, "You want some help getting out of the mud?"
Remember Baby Jessica?
Remember 20 years ago, 'Baby Jessica'? She was the little baby who was rescued after falling in a well. Huge story. She's almost 21 now and will soon be getting a million dollars from the funds set up with donations when she fell down the well. She's getting a million dollars. In a related story, earlier today, Senator John McCain threw himself down a well.
Vista Conversion update
Just thought I’d let you know that it’s been a rough couple of days… but after several missteps I have loaded Vista on my desktop PC. So far, so good.
I’m in the process of moving files and folders to the new system, but everything seems to be hunky-dorey (I don’t think I’ve ever typed that phrase before in my entire life until just now).
The previous post (Internet stars) and this one were done on the new OS. Everything seems to look OK. I’m keeping my fingers crossed.
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