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Everything old is new again, bicycle tricks edition
If you haven’t seen this amazing show reel from Danny MacAskill, it’s time to stop what you’re doing and gawk.
In fairness, I think the opening trick on the cast iron fence is perhaps the best thing in the video, but it’s totally worth the price of admission – hard for me to imagine doing such [...]
Posted in Video, history Also tagged bicycle, bike, cycling, Danny MacAskill, Thomas Edison, tricks, Video Comments closed
And so it is begun
I still have two syllabi to finish, a research paper with a looming deadline, a messy office, and a huge to-do list.
But I have a President that doesn’t suck, and that ain’t a bad thing.
Cheers and best wishes to all. Check out WhiteHouse.gov; I know it’s all symbolic at this point, but it’s something [...]
An MLK day to remember:
We’ve come so far, and there’s so much still to do
Now let’s get to work, folks.
Tags: history, inauguration, MLK, Music, Obama, Politics, president, Video
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Common working people has got to take the seatin Washington, in Washington.And I’m gonna tell you workers ‘fore you cash in your checksthey say America first but they mean America nextin Washington, in Washington. — Woody Guthrie, “Lindbergh”
Is it annoying if we keep wrestling with the same issues, or does it just mean they’re [...]
Riding out of Spain (Back to the UK, and then off to home)
Last night we went on an very nice night-time (started at 9:30pm) guided walking tour of Cordoba. Our two hours of walking through the old part of the city included two bits where an actor appeared in the dress of local figures: first the 20th century painter Julio Romero de Torres, then and the [...]
Posted in Art, Events, Family, Photography, Sabbatical, Travels Also tagged Art, Cordoba, my photography, Sabbatical, Spain, travel Comments closed
Mirages as both science and art
If you’re never been over to BibliOdyssey I highly recommend a visit. The sub-title for the blog is “Books~~Illustrations~~Science~~History~~Visual Materia Obscura~~Eclectic Bookart” which, well, sums it all up rather nicely. Lots of neat old illustrations, often (but not always) on scientific themes. The themes are interesting, the background info excellent, and the [...]
Back from a wonderful visit to Methwold Old Vicarage
We just got back from a really fine week at Methwold Old Vicarage, a wonderful Landmark Trust property. The house dates to 1490-1510, and is quite beautiful inside and out. For an American like me, the idea of sleeping in a house constructed in the time of Columbus’s voyage is just too amazing.
The [...]
Posted in Family, Photography, Sabbatical, Travels Also tagged Landmark Trust, Methwold Old Vicarage, my photography, Norfolk, Sabbatical, travel Comments closed
Off to Methwold Old Vicarage (all because of a visit to Peake’s House)
A mentioned earlier, our friend Jane stayed in Peake’s House, a wonderful old Landmark Trust property here in Colchester. This photo is Jane, Sub-Evil Boy and WeatherGirl as they walk towards Peake’s House (the half-timbered building on the left) in the evening.
We were so inspired by that great house, and the wonderful collection of [...]
Posted in Events, Family, Photography, Sabbatical, Travels Also tagged Colchester, holidays, Landmark Trust, Methwold Old Vicarage, travel Comments closed
More fun (with skulls) in London
We just finished two consecutive day trips to London (Friday and yesterday) and I’m thoroughly tired, and full of undigested photos. This fellow, one of the few I have processed, is from the Egyptian mummification exhibit at the British Museum (Rooms 62 and 63).
On Friday we started down in Greenwich. It was our [...]
Posted in Art, Events, Family, Music, Photography, Sabbatical, Science, Travels Also tagged Art, British Library, British Museum, fun, London, museum, Music, my photography, theatre Comments closed
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