Starring Lisle. With supporting cast …
Post-Christmas Documentia
Month: December 2014
A Lesser Santa
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Icelandic Surf
My old photography sidekick, Bill, sends me this clip and link on an award-winning film related to his old obsession. When I met Bill, he was chief photographer for International Surfing Magazine, and did the waves daily himself.
Chilly & Foggy & Charlie
This morning …
Guess I could let you in on a little secret. I have learned that Ivi tends to disregard any family email or blog post unless its title contains the keyword “Charlie”.
About Age
Couldn’t resist just one more from James Hamblin:
While you’re at it, you might want to visit Hamblin’s website. Or this.
Going Outside with Dr. James Hamblin
The latest in The Atlantic‘s series of health videos:
Space
I’ve probably been a bit of a space junkie ever since my initial assignment in 1964 to a review of NASA’s Apollo program and contracts, working at mostly Los Angeles plants of North American Aviation, Grumman Corporation, The Aerospace Corporation and others, including local and regional NASA offices. Although I got to see and touch space capsules and related stuff up close and talk with many of the program’s movers & shakers, I never saw anything quite like this, said to be from NASA interns:
Quoting directly from NASA’s release:
Published on Dec 11, 2014“All About That Space” is a volunteer outreach video project created by the Pathways Interns of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. It was created as a parody (to raise interest and excitement for Orion’s first flight) of Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass”. The lyrics and scenes in the video have been re-imagined in order to inform the public about the amazing work going on at NASA and the Johnson Space Center.
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans farther than they’ve ever gone before. Orion will serve as the exploration vehicle that will carry the crew to space, provide emergency abort capability, sustain the crew during the space travel, and provide safe re-entry from deep space return velocities.
Learn more about NASA: http://www.nasa.gov
Learn more about Orion: http://www.nasa.gov/orion
Follow the Orion Spacecraft on Twitter: @NASA_Orion
Follow the Orion Spacecraft on Instagram: @explorenasa
Follow NASA’s Orion Spacecraft on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NASAOrionFor students interested in NASA Johnson Space Center:
http://pathways.jsc.nasa.gov
https://intern.nasa.gov/
http://www.facebook.com/nasa.jsc.stud…
http://www.twitter.com/nasajscstudents
http://instagram.com/nasajscstudentsSpecial thanks to: Dylan Mathis, Megan Sumner, Jack Moore, Allison Mcintyre, John Konvicka, Bill Bluethmann, Randy Eckman, and Logan Farrell
Point of Contact: Alex Hoffman
Director: Brianna Bolling
Lyrics: Sarah Schlieder
Video Editing: Avery Bodenstein
Audio Recording/Editing: Lauren Foley, AJ Sauter, Jimmy Garrett
Storyboard and Choreography: Christina Dillon, Brianna Bolling**For current Pathways Interns looking for information/how to’s/otherwise contact the students who created the video, contact Brianna Bolling using global**
“All About That Space” Lyrics:
Because you know
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel.
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel.
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel.
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that spaceYeah, it’s pretty clear, I ain’t commercial crew
But I can launch it, launch it
Like I’m supposed to do
‘Cause I got that boom boom that all the Astros chase
And all the space flight to all the right placesI see Orion crew workin’ that ship nonstop
We know we goin’ far
Now put that LAS on top
If you got boosters boosters, just raise ‘em up
‘Cause every spacecraft needs propulsion
From the bottom to the topHey, they’re working so hard, don’t you love these NASA guys?
They will take us so far the first time that Orion flies.
You know we travellin’ to deep destinations ‘fore to long,
So if that’s what you’re into then join in and ride along.Because you know I’m
All about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space
Hey!I’m bringing rockets back
Go ahead and tell the whole world that
We’re doing exploration. Come on, board it stat
We’re ready for liftoff
Every spacecraft needs propulsion from the bottom to the top.Hey they’re working so hard, don’t you love these NASA guys?
They will take us so far the first time that Orion flies.
You know we’re travellin’ to deep destinations ‘fore to long,
So if that’s what you’re into then join in and ride along.
Because you know I’m
All about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that spaceBecause you know I’m
All about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that spaceBecause you know I’m
All about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space, space travel
I’m all about that space
‘Bout that space
‘Bout that space, ‘bout that space
Hey, hey, ooh
You know you love that space.
Down By The River
Late this afternoon, Kim and I take a side trip to Riverside Park. We finally get a look at the (relatively) new footbridge spanning the river, and size up the riverside greenway path as a potential Charlie-walk venue.
