Month: December 2018

Awesome.

[Found here.]

What a Cheops Shot

The Great Pyramid of Giza, aka The Pyramid of Cheops.

[Large scale image found here via here. Related post here.]

Dripping The Light Fantastic Hot Links

The future’s so bright.

Things are getting better.

Two idiots and a lotta birds.

Mama needs a new hip bone.

Carnival scams are winnable, but…

The Smothers Brothers still kick it.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Man [via].

Why you shouldn’t put Christmas lights on Palm Trees.

[Portrait of Bill Murray from here.]

 

Saturday Matinee – G-AAH, Billy Strings, Billy Gibbbons & Stéphane Grappelli

Aviator Amy Johnson was honored with an Underwood typewriter animation.tribute [via]. She achieved worldwide recognition when, in 1930, she became the first woman pilot or aviatrix to fly solo from England to Australia. She flew the G-AAAH Jason, a second-hand trainer airplane.

Billy Strings [h/t windbag].

Billy Gibbons with ratrods [h/t Octopus].

Stéphane Grappelli

Great early morning road trip music back when I was running early morning road trips. 1930s sunrise swing always worked for me.

Have a great weekend, folks. See you back here tomorrow.

The .Gif Friday Post No. 562 – 7 December 1941 We Remember

The missus’ Uncle Harry was there. The Japanese were strafing the airfield, and Harry dived under the heaviest piece of equipment he could find.  He found out later that it was an ammo truck.

Harry survived the attack. Many did not.

That’s a scan of my late Dad’s rubber stamp. He used on all his snail-mail correspondence.

[Related posts here.]

Retro Reflections Part II

Okay, so I was curious about the image PREVIOUSLY POSTED HERE, trying to suss out what make/model/year the car is, as the source didn’t identify it. Tineye had nothing, and a Google image search of classic car grilles didn’t help.

Then I found a link to another image search engine:Looked pretty cool, so I decided to take it for a spin, and my question was answered instantly.

Awesome.

Retro Reflections

Not sure what make/model the car is, but the reflection is interesting. I messed with it a tad. It’s definitely not what I expected.

[Top image found here.]

[Update: The car year/make/model has been confirmed. Details here.]

A Small Problem.

[Found here.]

Yep. This deserves a selfie.

[Found here.]

Huang Yung-fu’s Contribution To The World: Painted Village, Taiwan

What started as a hobby became something with more of a purpose. Local families were protesting the scheduled demolition of an abandoned 1940s military encampment just on the outskirts of Taichung. Huang Yung-fu, who is now known as ‘Grandpa Rainbow’ is a veteran with no previous professional trainings. He just picked up a paintbrush about 4 years ago and the whole neighborhood is his huge and borderless canvas to paint.

[Images and caption found here via here.]