From A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia [Hariot, Thomas (1560-1621). Published in Frankfort Germany 1590.]
[Found here via here. Printed word image from here. More about Dasamonquepeuc here.]
Category: True Stories
“It’s Art.” “It’s a pile of bricks.” “NO. IT’S ART.”
In 1976 London there was some tabloid excitement about the Tate Museum’s tax-payer funded purchase and display of Carl Andre’s Equivalent VIII-a group of 120 bricks arranged in a rectangle.The piece was originally part of an installation in New York in 1966. When no one bought the work at the time, the artist returned the bricks to the supplier. He had to obtain new bricks for the Tate. It reportedly cost the tax payers about $12,000.00, the equivalent of about $50,000.00 today.
[Image and caption from here, and yes, it’s a true story.]
Positive Negative Hot Links
Ultra-High Speed photography .gifs are ultra-slow to load, but they’re worth the wait.
Interesting essay on the existence and non-existence of the FBI Files on cartoonist Walk Kelly. [Related post here.]
“Michael row de boat ashore, Hallelujah!” Earliest known published lyrics of that song date to 1867 and were written in dialect. It was sung by former slaves whose owners had abandoned St. Helena Island prior to the arrival of the Union navy. [Wiki]
Gullah is still spoken on St. Helena Island. It’s a creole language.
Squirrel painlessly removes girl’s tooth. TRUE.
[Top image: A parallel LC circuit or band-stop filter. Image found here, via here.]
Miami Blows.
“Dude. GTFO. That’s my spot.” Then it happened. The wind kicked up and Miami started raining furniture.
This is the incredible moment chairs and furniture where whipped into the air by ferociously high winds in Miami. Patio chairs and sun loungers can be seen flying through the sky as the fierce storm scoops them up and flings them from a high rise building in the Floridian city.
[Image & video via here.]
Any Questions?
[Found in here.]
Be Careful What You Wish For.
The National Lampoon would have done it, but they’re not around anymore so someone had to.
Today’s Headlines: “WE MADE HISTORY”
This is what I found when I opened the paper this morning:
This is the first time in history a political party has nominated the subject of an ongoing FBI investigation.
Please do not harass the advertiser; compliment them for product placement instead. Image resized and cropped from my MojoFone .jpeg. No photoshop.
D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944
Many lives were lost
to save the lives of many more.
Here is the church and here is the steeple: Locklear’s & Elliot’s Contribution To The World
He meant to do that. Stunt pilots Lt. Ormer “Lock” Locklear and co-pilot Milton “Skeets” Elliot were filming The Skywayman, a silent movie released in 1920, and crashing the church steeple was part of the script.
From Wiki:
Principal photography on The Skywayman began on June 11, 1920, with DeMille Field 2 as the main base of operations. Despite Locklear’s public claim that new stunts “more daring ever filmed” would be involved, the production would rely heavily on models and less on actual stunt flying. Two stunts, a church steeple being toppled by Locklear’s aircraft and an aircraft-to-train transfer were both problematic and nearly ended in disaster.
Their final stunt did end in disaster, a nighttime dive that killed both Locklear and Elliot instantly when they didn’t pull up in time.
[Image found here.]
One Chord Hot Links
Amazing Naval weaponry: Lasers, Railguns and Hypervelocity Projectiles. If this is unclassified, just think of the stuff that is.
Greek Fire was a weapon used successfully to thwart invasions by muslim pirates in the early 7th century.
The Crusades were fought in response to Islamic aggression in the 11th century.
Who were the Barbary Pirates?
Okay, so the carpet caught fire. Big deal. It was an act of God.
Here are the rules for Kingyo-sukui.
Ruining Rock Paper Scissors. Look. Just throw the same 3 times in a row, then double your bet and throw the one that beats your previous three. Pocket your winnings and leave the neighborhood asap. Coming up next: How to get dibs on a baseball bat.
Wild Man From Borneo by Kinky Friedman. One of these days he’s going to have a Tribute band.
I’m not a “gamer” so I’m not sure what to make of The Stanley Parable, but it looks pretty cool.
[Top image from The Greatest Rock Video Under Two Minutes Ever.]
Tacky Raccoons 