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ANZAC DAY
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Category: History
Saturday Matinee: Pure Logic = Brilliance.
Folks, for those of you not familiar with Milton Friedman, you’re in for a treat, as I was when I found these videos. He’s not talking about politics here, but common sense economics.
What amazed me as I watched these videos is how easily Mr. Friedman understood the basic principles beneath apparently contradictory economic philosophies, and simplified/pared down the questions until the answers were obvious.
His extraordinary logic left both Phil Donahue and the liberal student in the dust; I doubt that either one of them completely understood what Friedman said.
This is stuff that even Oprah fans can understand, but many in the US Congress either do not, or choose not to. Our president is not stupid. He knows about the probable economic damage and is willing to forfeit his veto power (just as he is willing to tell our enemies his war strategy, as he did today). God help us.
BUT ON A LIGHTER NOTE:
Cheesecake from the Dawn of Time? Nah.
“The Dancing Venus of Galgenberg is unique. Her head and limbs are carefully depicted, and even accented with openings in the stone. Her left arm is raised with the hand behind the head. She stands with her weight resting insouciantly on one foot, and the right hand is placed on the hip. One breast is shown in profile, the other is carved in low relief. In my column, I drew attention to Betty Grable’s familiar pose.
“The Dancing Venus is no Mother Goddess. This is a chick with sex appeal. Cheesecake since the dawn of time.“
Really. Someone needs to get a life. Continue reading “Cheesecake from the Dawn of Time? Nah.”
Saturday Matinee: Jerrie Thill, Ray McKinley, Gene Vincent & Clifford Stoll.
We have a very eclectic combination this weekend. You’re gonna like ’em.
Oddness alert: Jerrie Thill, and Allee Willis. [Found here.]
Ray McKinley‘s band with “Big Boy” (featuring Imogene Lynn) and “Jive Bomber.” These appeared in a 1942 short that included “St. Louis Blues.”
Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps’ “Baby Blue” from the 1958 movie “Hot Rod Gang.” Oh yeah.
18 Minutes with Clifford Stoll, an amazing guy with a lot of things he’s not going to talk about. (This is the same guy who more recently was mocked for a Newsweek article he wrote in 1995 regarding the future of the Internest… and was wrong.) I wouldn’t be surprised if he was the inspiration for Dr. Emmet Brown, played by Christopher Lloyd, in the movie “Back To The Future.” This one is mandatory viewing here, so grab a snack and a beverage and watch the whole thing.
[Found at Neatorama.]
Saturday Matinee: Rays
The Ray Beats had a great album, “Guitar Beat.” Get it.
The Rays: Silhouettes, 1957. Another great Chess Records group.
Ray Price. His Cherokee Cowboys included the likes of Willie Nelson, Roger Miller, and Johnny Paycheck, so quit snickerin’ y’all.
Okay. This kinda stuff is obnoxious and completely unnecessary in Bunk’s opinion. Sort of like taking your favorite beer, wine, champagne, brandy, whiskey, bourbon, gin and tequila, dumping it all in a plastic trash can, and declaring the resulting cacaphony great.
But there ARE some greats on that stage, including Ray Charles, James Brown, B.B. King, Little Richard (who tells everyone to go home), Bo Diddley, Fats Domino (?), and Jerry Lee Lewis (whose microphone should have been left turned off).
Who else did I miss in that awesome lineup?
The Dawn of Efficiency
And boy was Dawn efficient. According to her husband, she was a regular filament-winding prodigy.
[Image with caption from the master of Captionland, Fengtastic.]
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The.Gif Friday Post No. 64: Lenticulations
Want to make your own 3D images and .gif’s? Directions and cool links here. Another thingy here. A nice, tasteful and odd collection of .gif animations here.
[Found via The Presurfer.]
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[Image from here.]
Miss Prattle
Miss Prattle, consulting Doctor Double Fee about her Pantheon Head Dress, has a very unusually shaped bottom that always points very very slightly to the southeast of her chamber pot in her chamber. What does it mean?
I don’t know, Babs, but I do know this.
Bunk’s outta work, and may slow down his posting for a while. Lo Siento. Of course, maybe I’ll work for free, cleaning up the mess in the back yard and stuff. Or maybe I’ll work for free messing around here while I drum up some busyness.
I decided that if I’m gonna be unemployed, I might as well make it worth my while and delve into savings. If I delve frugally enough, I’ll have enough to pay for my own office while I scrounge for additional projects. All I need is to hold my breath while the C and D students eat it.
Unfortunately for us, the C and D students run the world, but all I have to do is beat the dregs. Meanwhile, lemme know if y’all want your windows washed.
[Image from NM/GH.]
Tacky Raccoons 