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Thursday, September 22, 2011
Let's Bake! (NSFW)
When we finally start our cooking blog, we're pretty sure this will be the image on the front page.
A flyover of earth, from the International Space Station
We have really been enjoying the photography coming out of the International Space Station as it orbits earth. This time lapse video starts over the Pacific Ocean and continues over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica.
You can see--in order--Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, various cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. You see earth's ionosphere (the thin yellow line), the starts of the Milky Way, and at :55 seconds, a satellite.
You can see--in order--Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, various cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico, Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. You see earth's ionosphere (the thin yellow line), the starts of the Milky Way, and at :55 seconds, a satellite.
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Dead/Elvis (Elvis Costello plays and sings with Grateful Dead successors Furthur)
By Jack Brummet
Rock Editor
On 3/27/11, at Radio City Music Hall, Elvis Costello and his wife Diane Krall, sat in with Furthur (the Dead) and sang “Tennessee Jed,” “Friend of the Devil,” “Ship of Fools” > “Must’ve Been the Roses” > “Ship of Fools.” In the same show, Larry Campbell sings The Band’s “Chest Fever” and plays guitar and violin on a number of tunes.
Diana Krall, sings “Ripple” to end the first set and in the second set sings (and plays piano on) “Chest Fever” in the encore. Campbell’s wife, Teresa Williams, sings “Sunrise” in a second set that also includes “Uncle John’s,” “St. Stephen,” “Unbroken Chain,” “Morning Dew” and, to end the evening, “Attics of My Life” (with Teresa and Elvis in the chorus).
You can stream or download an audience tape of this show here. The show is not currently available for sale from Further or Dead.net.
Rock Editor
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Diana Krall, sings “Ripple” to end the first set and in the second set sings (and plays piano on) “Chest Fever” in the encore. Campbell’s wife, Teresa Williams, sings “Sunrise” in a second set that also includes “Uncle John’s,” “St. Stephen,” “Unbroken Chain,” “Morning Dew” and, to end the evening, “Attics of My Life” (with Teresa and Elvis in the chorus).
You can stream or download an audience tape of this show here. The show is not currently available for sale from Further or Dead.net.
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Sarah Palin: Quote of the Day
By Mona Goldwater, Tea Party Editor
Quote of the day:
"I knew that we'd be buddies when I met her when she said, 'Drill here, drill now.' And then I replied, 'Drill, baby, drill' and then we both said, 'You betcha!'"
- Sarah Palin, quoted by theWall Street Journal, recalling a previous meeting with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).
Quote of the day:
"I knew that we'd be buddies when I met her when she said, 'Drill here, drill now.' And then I replied, 'Drill, baby, drill' and then we both said, 'You betcha!'"
- Sarah Palin, quoted by theWall Street Journal, recalling a previous meeting with Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN).
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Another sweet photograph from the International Space Station
By Mona Goldwater
Aerospace Editor
The ISS Expedition Three crew captured the setting sun on a digital still camera, and the thin blue airglow line just at the Earth's horizon. Some of the station's equipment is in silhouette in the foreground. This image is from three days ago. Click on the image to see a much larger one. . .
Aerospace Editor
The ISS Expedition Three crew captured the setting sun on a digital still camera, and the thin blue airglow line just at the Earth's horizon. Some of the station's equipment is in silhouette in the foreground. This image is from three days ago. Click on the image to see a much larger one. . .
click to enlarge - image courtesy of NASA (your tax dollars at work)
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Monday, September 19, 2011
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