Photos From the 50's & 60's

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One of the best baseball plays I have seen in a while, although traditionalists may shudder!

PIXELS

What did I do before videos on the internet?

Dear Madame Zoltar

Hello, my beauteous bluebells! How are you? Has it been a week already? My, how time flies when you are doing the jobs of three people, but getting paid only 75¢ on the dollar for one. Oppressed sisters of the world, unite! Oh my, where did that come from? It must be all the stress of trying to run the business and raise a son and maintain a house and a hundred other things. Oh dear.

Here I am the one who is supposed to be giving advice, and I’m complaining. Well, it’s my blog and you are my dear Irregular family, so who better to tell my troubles to? “Physician, heal thyself.” Maybe, but I’m no MD, just a Certified Master Psychic. Sometimes we all need a little break from the daily grind, even when your grind is providing other people with their breaks. So excuse me while I let down my hair a little bit and take a load off.

In my line of work, I deal with the public a lot. Some days more than others, but always to some extent. They are my bread and butter, and the bane of my existence. I’ve learned to tolerate or cope with a lot over the years. But certain things just keep coming up like snake eyes on a craps table. The number one offender, in my opinion, is the cheapskate who wants a million dollar future with a fifteen dollar price tag. Sorry, sweetheart, but like so many other things, you get what you pay for with me. If you want the cut-rate version, visit the Lake Hag under South Pier, if you can catch her sober.

A related nuisance that I encounter too often is those people who are unwilling to accept their limitations. Silk from a sow’s ear? Not a problem, usually. But I cannot go against the laws of nature and turn you into something that your soul is not. I don’t transform devils into angels, or vice versa. You have to speak to a higher authority to deal with those issues. I just work here.

Finally, please don’t wait until a situation is milliseconds from doom before you contact me. I can’t undo decades of neglect in an instant. Again, that kind of thing belongs upstairs. I am capable of some quick, short term actions, but it will cost you and I shy away from the illegal stuff. (I don’t care what my ex told you!) Zoltar® brand products and personal readings and advice are for serious students of the arcane arts. If you received your 4th DUI citation and are looking for a way out of it, get a lawyer, not me. (I’m the one who could have told you about the traffic stop beforehand so that you could avoid it, but you were too cheap to pay a “dumb fortuneteller.” Ha ha!) Of course, if you are an Irregular, my services are always available to you at a greatly reduced price.

Thank you so much, my dear friends, for allowing me to whine about work in my blog this week. I love each and every one of you. Madame Zoltar watches over her Irregulars, like a bat in the Romanian night sky.

Send your comments, questions, cheers and jeers to: madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com.

Have you been listening to the sounds of the birds this spring? They are calling to you and me. They want to share with us in the joy and beauty of the season. Guano!

Photos From the Air

L-Cattle, Argentina
R-Coal Mine in South Africa


L-Sha Kibbutz,
R-Israel Military cemetery in Verdun, France



L-Suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark
R-Elephants on the savannah, Botswana


L-Favelas in Rio de Janeiro
R-Ruins of the medieval city of Shali, Egypt


L-Switzerland
R-Gullholmen, Sweden


L-Denver, USA
R-Fraser Island dune, Australia



L-Pena, Portugal
R-Amazon River, Brazil


L-Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa
R-Machu Picchu, Peru



L-Walled City of Dubrovnik, Croatia
R-The Changping District in Beijing, China


L-Cattle near the Masai Mara National Park, Kenya
R-Tasmania, Australia


L-Boat Houses in Lagos, Nigeria
R-Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey


L-Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
R-Hashima Island, Japan


L-Stockholm, Sweden
R-Boats stranded on the dry Aral Sea, Kazakhstan


L-Palm Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
R-Pigeon Houses Mit Gahmr Delta, Egypt


L-Varanasi, India
R-Solar plant in Andalusia, Spain


L-Easter Island, Chile
R-Epicenter of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima, Japan


L-Mountains near Jengish, Kyrgyzstan
R-Freeways in Los Angeles, USA


Louver and Ile de la Cité in Paris, France

Mom Spanked the Gay Out of Me!

I just post them folks, I don't explain them.

Let's Produce A Financial Meltdown

Ever want to have the financial mess explained to you in simple terms by some Broadway stars and an all star production team in a manner that will leave your toes tappin'? Well, then today is your lucky day as you learn how the Wall Street Wizards brought the American economy to the brink of disaster by Betting Against the American Dream.

Bet Against the American Dream from Alexander Hotz on Vimeo.

OK Go - "This Too Shall Pass" - Rube Goldberg Machine Version

http://www.okgo.net/

http://www.rubegoldberg.com/

I think Mr. Goldberg would be proud.

More on The Midwest Fireball Meteor

This time I thought I would post the video of the man who found a piece of it last week.



Finding meteor fragments is not easy...that's why they are valuable! Meteors that come from known falls tend to me more valuable than random finds.

I have a small meteor...it was given to me as a gift. It was found in Sudan if I remember correctly, but not part of a known meteor. It's a fairly common type and not particularly valuable (probably in the $20 range on the open market) but it's still kind of cool to have.

Ramblings of a Retired Mind

I was thinking about how a status symbol of today is those cell phones that everyone has clipped onto their belt or purse. I can't afford one. So, I'm wearing my garage door opener. I also made a cover for my hearing aid and now I have what they call blue teeth, I think.

You know, I spent a fortune on deodorant before I realized that people didn't like me anyway.

I was thinking that women should put pictures of missing husbands on beer cans!

I was thinking about old age and decided that old age is 'when you still have something on the ball, but you are just too tired to bounce it.'

I thought about making a fitness movie for folks my age, and call it 'Pumping Rust'.

When people see a cat's litter box, they always say, 'Oh, have you got a cat?' Just once I want to say, 'No, it's for company!'

Employment application blanks always ask who is to be notified in case of an emergency I think you should write, 'A Good Doctor'!

An Oldie...

Here is an old photo...from November of 2004. I was in Florida for the launch of the Swift satellite. There was a mission briefing for all the people who worked on the mission and their families there for the launch. We came out after the briefing to head over to the party and the rocket garden was beautifully lit with a crescent Moon to boot. This was taken with my first digital camera (a Nikon...forget the model number), not the nice Canon DLSR I have now. Still, I think it came out nice and holds fond memories of that day (which was one of those rare almost perfect days in life).