Funny social media posts from older people who haven't quite mastered the internet. They're referred to as "Boomers," but that really has nothing to do with it.
Why The US South Is Insanely Poor. Nothing in this video is new to me, but he explains it better than I could.
Detroit’s Michigan Central Station Is Restored to Its Original Glory. A big project with impressive results. (via Nag on the Lake)
How Much House is Too Much House?
A Brief History of the Goodyear Blimp, Which Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary This Year.
Zuckerberg ends fact-checking program for Facebook and Instagram in the name of free speech, no matter how much misinformation it contains.
The Lost Art of Hollywood’s Kaleidoscopic Fever Dreams. This is about Busby Berkeley, with plenty of videos.
The First Flying Saucer Film Is Not What You Think. It doesn't even have aliens!
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This guy is hit or miss, but I really liked his video of a ride in a blimp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_sFEJlPU8o
The boomer posts list. The guy does have a point about scrambled eggs :) And, just for giggles I looked up the demographics for FB users. Not a lot of old folks, biggest group is men 25 -34.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/376128/facebook-global-user-age-distribution/
We own a Busby Berkeley collection on DVD, and those movies are quite something. If you haven't seen any, please look for Gold Diggers of 1933, and 42nd Street. Very good movies both, with music by Harry Warren & Al Dubin.
Back in my day Facebook was a Yearbook and if we wanted to unfriend someone we just punched him in the nose.
That house in Leverett, MA, is too much house. Who needs 16 bedrooms, 25 bathrooms, a kitchen with 5 ovens and 2 dishwashers, plus 4 tennis courts, a bowling alley, etc, etc.
However, the climate controlled 65 car garage is just right.
Watching those Busby Berkeley clips for the zillionth time brings warm and fuzzy awe.
The amazing performance of those athletes, and make no mistake the people who performed those routines were superb athletes. One I noticed today in “The Gang’s All There”. About 20 female dancers sitting with their legs over the edge of the stage holding a 2 ft diameter disc in their right hand. They swing their legs up so they’re sitting on the stage floor with their knees bent and feet flat on the floor still holding the disc. Then they stand up... that’s not possible for normal people. Go ahead, try it. You can’t do it. The only assist is the disc in your right hand and left hand can give a little push off the floor. I can’t imagine the hours of training to be able to do those routines. None of the ladies is big busted because after the training they have about 0% body fat.
xoxoxoBruce
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