Posted onAugust 25, 2011|Comments Off on Incredible wingsuit flying video
I recommend watching the whole video, but skip to 1:15 if you want to see a terrifying close call. I have jumped out of a plane before, but there is no way I could do this. I wonder if these wingsuits have a military application? Could you imagine flying through a combat zone in one of these? Talk about the element of surprise!
This poor kid is not so sure about this whole school thing. I did the same thing on my first day of kindergarden. So much so that my mother had to sit outside the classroom the entire day. I eventually got over it. However, I did still feel like crying on the first day of each subsequent year all the way through college. It even happens now as an adult on Mondays when I start the work week.
I wish I could say it gets better kid, but it doesn’t.
Posted onAugust 23, 2011|Comments Off on A new show for people that like junk and inventions
JUNKies is a new television show on the Science Channel about Jimmy’s Junk, a junkyard on Long Island that specializes in unusual salvaged parts for projects by artists and inventors. (via Laughing Squid)
Improv Everywhere constructed a custom wooden lectern with a megaphone holster and an attached sign that read, “Say Something Nice.” The lectern was placed in public spaces around New York and then left alone. They wanted to see what would happen if New Yorkers were given the opportunity to amplify their voices to “say something nice.”
I wonder if Minnesotans would be too shy to do this.
Posted onAugust 19, 2011|Comments Off on Linda Perry of 4 Non Blondes talks about Katy Perry’s music
I’ve always admired Linda Perry’s honesty when it came to writing music. Simply put, she doesn’t care what people think about her or her music. She does what she wants and not what record companies want. That attitude may prevent her from ever becoming a super star, but it does allow her to sleep at night. She is probably more known (within the industry) for her song writing ability, but most of us unfortunately only know her for blessed/cursed song “What’s Up.”
So what does a woman who has written some awesome songs and produced starlets from Christina to Gwen to Pink have to say about music today? Well, she’s not a huge fan of Adele, although she’s glad that she exists (ooookay?). But of Katy Perry, yeah, she’s not that into it. In fact, Katy Perry is not “reinventing the wheel,” according to Linda Perry, which is sorta correct, if you consider that Katy Perry’s M.O. is basically, y’know, boobs. Lots of boobs. I do think Katy has some pretty catchy tunes though.
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