[Found here. Some NSFK, and I suspect a bit o’ fotoshoppery for some, including the top one.]
Month: September 2017
Snake & Jake
11 September 2001 – Never Forget
“I think an act of heroism just took place on that plane.”
– Vice President Dick Cheney, upon learning of the crash of UA93
“Flight 93” is a must-see movie. Based upon transcriptions of interviews, live recordings and eyewitnesses, it kept to the facts as much as possible. The 90 minute film plays out the events of 911 in real time, and focuses on the heroes of that doomed flight.
[Related 911 posts here.]
Homogeneous Diversification Hot Links
Sebastian Junger’s “The Perfect Storm” was one of the best books I ever read twice. The movie version was kinda okay, but it ignored significant details IMO.
Top Ten Finalists for Best Illusions of 2016.
Communists are illegally crossing our southern borders. TRUE.
For only a few hundred dollars you can eat and study Greek philosophy at the same time.
Here’s an interesting Princeton Senior thesis. It explains a lot.
Launched on 17 October 1997, The Cassini Spacecraft has been messing around near Saturn for about thirteen years now, and it’s scheduled to crash and burn on 15 September 2017 after 20 years of service [via].
Making a very stressful salad.
[Top image found here.]
Saturday Matinee – Rubbing Forearms, Juan Gabriel, Muddy Waters & The Diablos.
Something to do when you’re really bored. That and other illusions may be found here.
This song seems appropriate given the hurricane tragedies unfolding in the southeast US. From the vid description:
”’Quiero Creedence‘ is the Latin tribute album to Creedence Clearwater Revival. This album includes covers of CCR’s greatest songs by some of the top Latin artists from across the world including Juan Gabriel …”
Other great versions of that classic song may be found here (assuming the links are still intact).
Muddy Waters was an undervalued gem.
The [1976?] band consists of Muddy Waters on vocal/guitar, Bob Margolin guitar, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith drums, Jerry Portnoy, Harmonica and Luther “guitar” Johnson.
Meanwhile, I couldn’t find a live vid for this 1954 Detroit R&B classic. The ending is pure awesome.
There’s not much to say about the tragedy, both ongoing and pending, that hasn’t been said elsewhere. For those of you in the path of Irma with no means of escape, we pray for you. For you looters, please stay put, and move to lower ground.
Stay safe. You can replace your stuff, but you can’t replace your life.
The .Gif Friday Post No. 501 – BoomBoomBoomBoom, Bird/Camera Frame Synch & Dance Hard
Holy crap. It’s all coming out of West Africa.
The POTUS & Congress need to fix this Anthropogenic Climate Change ASAP before a CAT 1 hits Ireland.
The backboard is clean because the game hasn’t started.
One Pint Too Many
[Found here.]
Pah-Rumpah Pum Pum.
[Found here.]
Tacky Raccoons 