Weekend 140.1
The ideal Limestone Roof convention… “He was also somewhat familiar with Central Florida, for he had traveled to the Tampa area with another Disney official, Robert Gurr*, in October of Continue Reading →
Weekend 140.0
(1) The Science Behind Jabulani, Adidas’s 2010 World Cup Soccer Ball
D23 Road Trip?
D23’s “Walt Disney Archives 40th Anniversary Celebration” on Friday, June 25 at the Walt Disney Studios [Studio Theatre] in Burbank, California. Related Disney Legend Dave Smith (Archives)
Waning trust…
Mead’s argument in God and Gold is bunk because it assumes the public has trust in government. “Historian Niall Ferguson estimates that the British national debt as a percentage of Continue Reading →
Bike Pron
Velo: Bicycle Culture and Design
Giant Sink Hole
This Greek Tragedy Is Only Beginning (Forbes) European spendthrifts will have to make some painful adjustments. “Maybe the best lesson is one that we in the U.S. seem to be Continue Reading →
Where will you be?
2010 FIFA World Cup: Glory (England vs USA) I’ve been waiting for this rematch since 2005.
More redcoats
“To the British rank-and-file there was nothing novel about being a solider. The harsh life was their way of life. They carried themselves like soldiers. They had rules, regulations, and Continue Reading →
Memorial Day 2010
“We must repeat again and again that America’s honor is no illusion. Imperfect as it may be this is still the land to which – in large or small ways Continue Reading →
Billeted in Elysium
Not to Aonian spring, Parnassian mount, Famed Helicon, nor Aganippe’s fount, For fancied fire, I aim the wonted flight, Nor yet explore Olympus’ craggy height; Where fabled gods in famed Continue Reading →