1895: "Louis Lumiere patented a motion picture machine. What Lumiere invented was a portable motion-picture camera, a film-processing unit and a projector called the cinematographe — three functions covered in one invention."
1930: "Sandra Day O'Connor [born on this day] was the first woman to become a U.S. Supreme Court justice in 1981."
Post by brucemacneill on Mar 25, 2023 7:01:18 GMT -5
Great post but a day early. This is the 25th.
Out of habit I keep reaching for my glasses but I don't have any usable glasses yet. Can't see well enough to drive and probably won't have glasses until late April.
Wish it were the 26th, then I would be back in bed. As it isn't, I am presently off to "the dreaded Saturday morning rehearsal". They are early and they are long. But, at least they have donuts.
"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Post by billhammond on Mar 25, 2023 8:33:09 GMT -5
Speaking of oopses, today's print edition of the Strib has a Page 1 "refer" thingie up on top of the page telling of a story inside that section about Biden and Trudeau meeting in Canada. Except whoever did it typed "Trump" instead of "Trudeau."
Snow to the south and east, and not very far away, but here the ground is brown. I did notice a little green showing in the neighbors yard, and the buds on the trees are swelling, giving them a redish hue, except for the weeping willows which are turning yellow.
Big snow drifts melting in the park across the street. In a few days Simon will be in his element. When there are small patches of dark ground amongst the snow cover. That guy blends in so well he is really tough to see. A little after that there is mostly wet ground with just a few small patches of snow, it's Riley's time. The happy hunting ground.
It’s really dreary here. Rain, clouds, chill, wind. It’s so depressing I almost thought I was in Iowa. Northwestern suburbs are supposed to get 6-7 inches of heavy, wet snow. We could get an inch that will blanket the newly blooming daffodils. A goofy relative refers to daffodils as “dafs” which I find unusually irritating, but, I am old so being irritated goes with the territory.
I am not going to post in two daily threads. I don’t care what the date says.
Speaking of oopses, today's print edition of the Strib has a Page 1 "refer" thingie up on top of the page telling of a story inside that section about Biden and Trudeau meeting in Canada. Except whoever did it typed "Trump" instead of "Trudeau."
Talk about embarrassing.
Maybe the Strib should think about hiring an editor.
“Life isn't waiting about for the storm to pass, it's about learning to dance in the rain.”
- Saskia Fraser
“I think [life is] more like a bar crawl, where you stumble and swerve from stop to stop. And then end up face down in some random ditch at the end.”
Raining and sleeting. More foul weather predicted in the next two weeks with lots of indoor time with granddaughters. Our son just reported that they were going on a rain walk - a 5-year-old and two two-year-olds and their courageous Dad.
GAS, consumerism, whatever you want to call it, it just grabs me once in a while. Last night I was youtubing and saw a review of a Sire S3 - Larry Carlton endorsed. The reviewer raved about how great a guitar it was, great fretwork, rolled edges, reliable whammy, mahogany body, good pickups, medium jumbo frets, bone nut, maple neck, satin finish on the neck, full size pots, etc, and only $399. So I watched five more reviews and the reviews raved about them, expecially how great they are for the price and that they will likely go up in price and/or become scarce because of the likely popularity. I just about ordered one. It is crazy.
I can hardly play electric guitar. I am not in a band, have never played out with electric guitar. I have a great Fender Tele and a nice Squier Classic Vibe Strat, a PRS SE Hollowbody and old Ibanez Musician M150. What the hell am I thinking!
Post by billhammond on Mar 25, 2023 14:39:31 GMT -5
Today's errands included filling the motorcar with petrol, for which I usually stop at a Speedway station, nee SuperAmerica. The one closest to me had regular at $3.19. Three miles north, it was $3.39 at the station near Trader Joe's. I elected to stop at neither, as there's a third Speedway half a mile from the first one I mentioned, so I swung by there on my way home from TJ's. Theirs was $3.06. So I saved $4 on 12 gallons from the spendiest to the cheapest.