Cured!
Finally conquered "Global Warming".
"Deep Freeze Slams U.S. East".
"Forecasted Lower 48 average temperatures for the next two weeks will be well below the 30-year average"
Enjoy.
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Apology Of Sorts
I find myself letting my anger at what's going on in this country slip too much into this site. I should apologize for that - there are enough blogs around that focus on politics and I don't really wish this site to become one of them.
I am considered hard right by most people on both coasts; I'm right of center hereabouts.
So what. I don't apologize for that; my apology is for letting it spill over to extremes here.
On this site, I don't care about your politics.
Kick me back out of the gutter if I get too political; let's look at more pretty pictures and the good things happening around us.
Not that it changes my opinions on things going on ... or not going on.
Or probably not entirely stop me.
Horace H. Rackham Memorial Fountain
aka "The Bear Fountain" at the Detroit Zoo.
Located in the center of the 125 acre Detroit Zoo (actually in Royal Oak, at 10 Mile [now I-696] and Woodward, 2 miles north of the Detroit city limits), the Bear Fountain was sculpted in 1939 by Corrado Parducci and formally named after the first president of the Zoological Society, Horace Rackham. Rackham was a Detroit industrialist (and a lawyer for and one of the original stockholders in Ford) in the days when Detroit was a far different city than it is today. He sold his 50 shares of stock for $12.5mil in 1919. Mr Rackham died in 1933. His widow provided the funds to create the fountain.
Parducci commented: "I didn't like that. I made it against my will. They wanted, Mrs. Rackham was sold on that, bears"
(He may not have liked it, but I'm willing to bet he liked the commission ...)
The two 10 foot tall bronze bears stand in the middle of a 75,000 gallon pool. The pool - a bit larger than 3 Olympic pools - is a splash pool in the summer and an ice skating rink in the winter. It is one of the more popular items at the zoo.
My grandparents lived within walking distance of the zoo; I spent a lot of time there. Admission was free back then ... not now.
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"Dem Senator Warner Joins Seditious Chorus: "Military May Help Save Us" From Trump"
If it's OK for congress-critters to call for the military to "Save us from Trump" - the duly elected Commander-in-Chief, is it OK for citizens to ask for the militia to "Save us from Democrats"?
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"Dangerous snow squalls brewing as arctic blast moves across the U.S."
"Throughout the day, whiteout conditions are possible along major U.S. Interstates, including I-90, I-81 and I-80, with some areas around the Great Lakes and in the Northeast forecast to see several inches of snow."
Major Update
Had about 10 updates to the site today; two of which may cause problems.
Please let me know if you run into any issues
DT
Life On The Road
aka "Home, Sweet Home"
I'm sure I'm not the only one whose work took them to various hotels; here are two representatives of places I've called "home". On the left, a room in Washington, PA where I stayed for a month or so while supervising a test of coal mine equipment; that on the right my home for 2½ years (!!!) at an extended stay place on the DC beltway.
Wasn't sure how long the DC job would last and had trouble finding a place with a reasonable lease AND parking for a full size pickup. That job paid well but I never plan on being anywhere near DC ever again.
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Evolution Of Music
Tunesday: Insect Trust – Declaration Of Independence
A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today's selection: Insect Trust - "Declaration Of Independence" 1968
Today's selection was inspired by several of Jean's poems.
A New York band of sorts, the core of the band to be left for San Francisco in '66, singing for gas and food along the way as the Solip Singers. They gave up heading west, the Solip Singers broke up, and returned to Memphis. The Insect Trust congealed in 1966 in Memphis and bounced back and forth between Memphis and Hoboken. During their "success" time, they fronted for bands such as Santana and the doors but eventually, personnel problems - drugs and business didn't mix well - led to the final breakup in Hoboken.
This cut is from their first, self-titled album. As one critic put it: "The album did nothing, sales-wise ... But what was really remarkable was that, somehow or other, the Insect Trust got a second chance a year later with "Hoboken Saturday Night. After the 2nd release, the band quietly fell apart bit by bit."
