where "wet blanket" came from

Yep, for a whole year I've wasted more time on this web site than on anything else and enjoyed it better than anything else. I really have to thank the muse that got me here and the people that have been here.

I actually feel that I've made friends although I've… Read full post »

Twelve things about me that you may not know. Interesting challenge.

1) my love of theater made it's self know by the time I was six.

2) although many people have sterotyped me as a biker I've never liked to ride them.

3)  i really can fix anything with a wire… Read full post »

The Detroit area much like many other places is built on a first nation site. Detroit was French the name means "strait" in english. That made Detroit a safe place to land boats and was protected from storms on the great lakes. It was also praire making it a place where… Read full post »

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 I don't know why but this post disappeared after about two hours last night.

 So. this is a repost. 

After the candle or more likely along with the candle came oil lamps. This one was a foot light. You know the one that gives you the flashlight under the… Read full post »

You still hear the term Candle Power but it is now archaic. It served well in it's day but as a repeatable 'standard' it fails. The quantity of light emitted by an object is now measured in Lumens.

The Candle Power standard requires a 1/6 pound, round, axial wick, burni… Read full post »

 I don't know why but this post disappeared after about two hours last night.

 So. this is a repost. 

After the candle or more likely along with the candle came oil lamps. This one was a foot light. You know the one that gives you the flashlight under the chin… Read full post »

http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/detroit/tires-%26-rims-stolen-from-one-of-mayor-dave-bing's-security-vehicles

The detail about Rev Jesse Jackson having his car stolen and stripped of it's wheels just came to my attention.

The mayor's security vehicle had it's wheels taken last night. Rev. Jackson… Read full post »

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38956312

Another only in Detroit. Mayor Dave Bing was staying in a gated secure condo when the wheels were stolen from his SUV. The SUV was found up on blocks.

Only in Detroit.

Kathy Riordan wrote an post about Glen Beck a few days ago that included a picture of workers assembling one of the stage positions. The picture that she used was an AP picture and was used by a large number of newsources. On the top of the stage is a man… Read full post »

 Watch this video on VideoSurf or see more Pixar Videos or Dog Videos

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Don't preceed it with "Hold my beer". Then you'll have said the most common last words of the typical male.

When we saw the movie UP we… Read full post »

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Although the use of the term limelight to indicate the theatrical spotlight is disappearing the concept is still very much alive.

Followspots in the days of gas lighting developed their very bright white light source by bringing a piece of Quick Lime (calcium oxi… Read full post »

It's hard to know what people ate long ago. Sometimes, when conditions are right bones might stay around but soft bodied things like berries and fruit can only be discovered if their seeds remain. Sometimes pollen will still be there but rarely. It is only recently that pollen, seeds… Read full post »

http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/48817000/jpg/_48817066_rock_640.jpg

 When did life begin on this planet and what was i like is as big a mystery as the question about what is life. I find it  humorous that in this case it was an micro-organism found in the town of Beer… Read full post »

I've read through all of the current responses to this open call. Frankly only three of the responders is anywhere close to understanding the philosophy.

My goal here isn't to preach but to discuss with others the various viewpoints that lead to successfully becoming what i feel is a evolve… Read full post »

The Covent Garden theater still exists and performers still perform on the 'spot' where Punch and Judy set up when Covent Garden was thought of as a country market. 

http://www.rarenewspapers.com Read full post »

O.K. so spookier things have happened and this is probably more likely than winning the lotto but it still caught my eye and made me think for a moment.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g-68aSHxDF6vURVCemlPANKOuWGg Read full post »

 http://open.salon.com/www.thereformedbroker.com

Today's link is to an article suggesting that the Clovis culture exterminated enough wildlife to change the weather.

Actually today we consider the emmissions of livestock when calculating the carbon inpact of a business. Havi… Read full post »

We were just at a city wide garage sale. Big yawn, very rarely do I buy anything. Then I saw an estate sale. The person liked truly good things.

Like a flash of lightening I saw a real Stickley rocker. Our house is an Arts and Crafts bungelow… Read full post »

http://open.salon.com/www.transcotland.com

http://open.salon.com/scottish-crannog

There is a housing style that has been used around the world. It consists of a floor that is mounted on stilts which keeps most of the ground bugs, reptiles, and animals out. It is also  … Read full post »

Love is odd. I can't put a logical finger on it. I've noticed that we all have a personal definition of the physical form that would be ideal. The attributes that we would find the most desireable. Then there is the influence of society and the media. But; what really is… Read full post »

article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10874312

I'm sorry but this is nothing more than a protocat or maybe even just a cat without it's fur. I've said for many years that a cat is nothing more than a lizard with fur and I believe this is confirmation.

One look into those reptile eyes at… Read full post »

From the morning London Times (The Sun) comes this story of a man that will be much more careful of his footing from now on. 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3079749/Man-f-eel-ing-blue-after-op.html

This jerk threw people that displeased him into a pond of eels to be eaten.

h… Read full post »

http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00025/monkeys1_25894b.jpg

There's no stone tip. The end of the spear probably isn't even fire hardened. Then again it is straight and long making it easy to be accurate a long distance from your reach. It would even fly fairly strai… Read full post »

Otzi, or however it is spelled at the moment, is a 5,000 year old alpine hiker that was shot in the back and left for dead; which he was. Now twenty years after he melted out of the ice we know what his DNA was.

It seems wrong… Read full post »