Friday Ephemera

Today’s word is rethink. || Always respect the media. || Piano improvisation made simple. || Build your own mobile phone. || “No bathroom inside, but many nearby.” || She does this better than you do. || Self-lubricating condoms. || For me, yes, but not thee. || One whole minute of performance art. || Don’t all rush at once. || Chart of note. (h/t, Damian) || How Jack Became Black. || Ladies, in states of undress, with skeletons. || On watching Alien for the first time. || Ladder-climbing snake robot. || Drone versus aircraft wing. (h/t, Tony) || Today’s other word is character. || Naked man fights cop car. || Rat infestation. || Achievement redefined. || Analogy of note. || It’s hard to know where to start.

Comments

[jabrwok]

Re: low-hanging fruit, I was unaware that Mr. Medulla had had a musical career before he took up teaching!

And speaking of pleasure from healthcare providers, it's not exactly a new thing. Not for the womenfolk at least.

[jones]

Ref "today's word is rethink".

In its microcosm I suspect that this is the level of awareness the SJW crowd has of the latent power that they are deliberately antagonising.

[Uma Thurmond's Feet]

"For some marvellous photographs of the Apollo missions, Michael Light’s Full Moon is strongly recommended."

Third thumbs-up for Full Moon. The coffee table book that doesn't translate to ebook format.

They even have color photos of the moon. You have to look carefully. There was a splash of minerals that make it look like gold flakes were scattered across the surface. But that's it: It's grey all the way down.

[David]

See also Light’s companion volume, 100 Suns.

[Alex deWinter]

Finally got our first color TV -- RCA -- 1968.

Sometime in the early '70s, for me. I recall being flabbergasted that Fred Flintstone's outfit was orange.

[Daniel Ream]

I recall being flabbergasted that Fred Flintstone's outfit was orange.

1977. Apparently I ran upstairs to excitedly tell my mother that Big Bird was yellow.

[David]

[ Hands out cocoa and slippers. ]

[Trevor]

Sometime in the early '70s, for me.

November 1973 for us, the better to enjoy Princess Anne's (first) wedding. I remember it being enormous - the television set, that is.

[ftumch]

"November 1973 for us, the better to enjoy Princess Anne's (first) wedding."

It was awesome. We got the day off school.

First colour tv: 1980. My dad insisted when we moved house, he didn't see the point, but a cut a deal with my mum. He could thereafter watch the snooker in colour.

Re: the moon landings:

https://twitter.com/sw1a0aa/status/1054385673497726978

[pst314]

Achievement redefined.

Redefined yet again.

Both Twitter accounts have been suspended. They came to the attention of the Twitter Thought Police.