Kate McKinnon always makes me smile. Or this case, move. I love her juxtaposition of ideas. This post is about a melange of things... the Olympics, Romney's tone deafness, and words. I'll let you go to her elegant website to see how she put it all together, but just for pure joy I'm re-posting one of the videos she put up.
I can't believe this song came out in 1986 - one year after Lina was born. I love their sound, their clothing and their moves.
The Thunderbirds are in town for an air show at Joint Base Lewis McChord this weekend. Seriously badass.
I wasn't going to go out to see them, but was lucky enough to see them flexing their wings in rehearsal. Talk about LOUD.
No matter what jokes the Army makes about the Air Force ("Air Force? They're just our taxi service") seeing $20 million bucks' worth of airplane flying over is impressive. One F16 = $20M. I can verify that there's at least six of them - do the math.
Regardless of what you think of the cost, the implications, the morality of war, you still have to be awestruck by such an amazing piece of machinery and the brave pilots that operate them. In whatever formation.
Makes me want to see "Top Gun" again.
The best part is the beginning when you get to see the orchestrated movements of the flight crews. The editing on the intro is terrific. If you drive north on the Sound, you can see some of the massive hulking aircraft carriers in dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
Yeah, I listen to Dr. Laura. Sue me. Remember, it's important to listen to people you fundamentally disagree with - it lets you know, in the rawest form, what the other side is thinking. Assuming you can call it thinking. Sometimes she makes sense. Usually she sharpens my liberal focus by saying something idiotic.
Here's the conundrum: I don't know what is worse - luring unsuspecting folks into buying her crap because she's "famous" or the horrendously high prices she charges for this nonsense or that it's pretty evident from what's on her website that she has absolutely NO TASTE WHATSOEVER.
My kid's elementary school projects were better conceived and executed. Strike that, their pre-school projects were better conceived and executed.
Cruise around her website for just a few minutes and you'll think you've slipped into some kind of Bizarro World alternate universe. Can you imagine the Christmas office party at her show? "Gee, really, Dr. Laura you shouldn't have - a Limited Edition Slumped Booze Bottle Serving Trays For The Men In Your Life with spoon included!?"
Klimt. The Google header.
See how much I love you, Posterous? Two posts in one day.
I know we can make this work.
It's not just that I have been busy.
And not that I don't love you Posterous, I do, I truly do.
But I have been cheating on you with that sultry temptress, Facebook. I know, I know. I even did a rant a while back on it.
I have succumbed to the Borg, all seeing, all knowing. "Resistance is Futile."
I don't have a point-and-shoot right now (mine is BUSTED and in snail mail hell somewhere) and I caved in and was seduced by that vixen, Instagram. I joined in early January this year, but didn't use it much. Seemed kinda pointless. But then Facecrack bought Instagram in April, and boy howdy did that change up my game.
So if you know, is it still cheating? If I give you the link to my page and you can see that it's all harmless fun will you trust me again?
If I promise to post at least once a week, will you forgive me?
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