My brother sent me this, and I almost fell over laughing.
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I am sad to report that Rosemary Hunter, who would have made an awesome super powered crime-fighter, failed the tests administered by the James Randi Educational Foundation. If you so desire, you can view the test on Youtube individually, or as an auto-advancing playlist.
For what it’s worth, Ms. Hunter seems like a very nice woman, and if there was any paranormal power I’d like to have seen verified, that was it.
I recently started getting into Amie Street quite a bit. You can get a lot of good music really cheap. Heck, if you’re quick enough, you can get some good stuff for free. I recently obtained all of Jonathan Coulton’s songs for fifty cents, which is absolutely amazing.
I’ve decided that I will occasionally share a song or two that I discover on Amie Street, as there’s some neat stuff there. This time around, I’m going to be sharing an entire album by soft-rockers (and new parents) The Weepies. Their latest album, Say I Am You, is a beautiful series of songs that I can’t seem to yet get tired of listening to.
Give it a try, and see if this album doesn’t hook you.
This was very eye-opening for me, being that I have often purchased things based on the promise of all natural and no side effects. James Randi, head of the James Randi Educational Foundation talks about homeopathic medicine, and why you should be careful.
Something in the neighborhood of twenty years ago, I was in my high school Independent Study in Art class, and my teacher started talking about this con man called Christo, who would wrap things in fabric and call them art.
Years later, I’m reading about a horrible accident that happened today in 1991:
33-year-old insurance agent Lori Keevil-Matthews visits an outdoor art project installed by Christo. 1,760 yellow umbrellas were scattered along the ridge line of the Tejon Pass, near Interstate 5 in Southern California. Then a freak 40 mph gust suddenly picks up a 485-pound umbrella, slamming the spectator against a boulder. She dies on the scene.
I decide to go check out what this Christo is all about, and presto, I find his website, replete with a gallery of some of his work. I start to look at this stuff, and suddenly it hits me – I like it. It’s not a painting, or a sculpture, or anything like that. It’s more than that. It’s of a scale that most people wouldn’t attempt, and is executed with a certain sense of style that really takes one’s breath away. I can almost imagine going to see one of these projects, perhaps on a day that’s not windy, and taking in the sheer breadth and scope of what Christo and Jeanne-Claude are able to accomplish.
So, after years of thinking that this man was the con artist of the art world, I must now change my opinion and declare that I believe him to be a man who has crafted some very beautiful landscapes, which is something he should be darn proud of.
So, does this bring back memories for anyone?
I’m not sure what to say, except that this website heralds the apocalypse. Start stocking your pantries now. Get ready for the roving bands of mutants. Society is going to fall.
You may not believe this, but I think Paranormal Urination would be an awesome super power. Imagine that you’re called to stop a bank robbery in progress. The villain, resplendent in striking color-coordinated spandex, would sneer at you and say, "Do you think you can stop me, pipsqueak?" Suddenly, he’d start peeing himself. That would distract him long enough for you to knock him over, take his super-weapon, and save the day.
If this Rosemary Hunter person turns out to be genuine, she should become a crime fighter.
This is totally awesome. I must learn more about these guys.
This site seems like a good place to start.
I’ve been wanting to change the look of this site for a while, so rather than get off my butt and code a theme from scratch, I installed and configured Release Candidate 2 of K2, a new theme for WordPress. It’s a very versatile theme, and let me do a lot of customization (adding the picture I took when Daniele went on our first photo safari through Los Alamos and the Jemez as a header, for instance). I’m likin’ the way it came out.
There may be some links that don’t work like they used to, so if you find one, let me know.
