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Capsule
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Yellow-faced Honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops), Lake Parramatta Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
JJ Harrison (https://tiny.jjharrison.com.au/t/WT321jx3uSS2lGF9) - Own work
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Lead Picture (Story below in Thumbnail)
Thursday, October 10, 2019
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Commentary
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Hollywood holds no surprises.
A Rambo film is always a Rambo film.
But is it cinema?
Yes, in the broadest sense of the term: it uses moving images and other sensory stimulations to communicate a story.
That the story is utterly absurd, that it appeals to our basest, most violent, perverted, and twisted instincts doesn’t obviate its use of moving images.
Nor diminish its place in cinema.
But would any of us want to be in that place?
Does Stallone’s net worth of close to half a billion dollars change our answer?
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Tuesday’s Dinner posted on
Thursday, October 10, 2019
The last turkey dinner.
The rest of the turkey will be simmered with carrots, celery, and onions for at least 6 hours to make a stock.
Some of the stock will be used to make a turkey soup.
Most of it will be reduced into a concentrate from which I’ll make turkey gravy for my next turkey dinner.
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Chuckle of the day:
Thursday, October 10, 2019
You’re driving in a car at a constant speed.
On your left side is a valley and on your right side is a fire engine traveling at the same speed as you.
In front of you is a galloping pig which is the same size as your car and you cannot overtake it.
Behind you is a helicopter flying at ground level.
Both the giant pig and the helicopter are also traveling at the same speed as you.
What’s the lesson to be learned?
Don't ride the kiddie merry-go-round when you’re drinking.
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A “Hello, my friends!” video.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
A poodle on safari
Think fast!
Length: 2.18
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Thursday, October 10, 2019
This from Jim P re: our postings yesterday regarding punishments, Jim’s response to my saying that, when a high school student in a Franciscan seminary, I discovered where this priest threw the many copies of prayers he doled out for us to write, stole them, and resubmitted them at my next, inevitable punishment.
Hi Dom,
That is a funny story. I wonder if Fr. Kenneth knew and let it slide. He may have appreciated your cleverness.
Web Meister Responds: There may be truth to what you’re suggesting. I got away with a lot of antics, throughout the seminary, but in particular when under the auspices of Fr. Kenneth. I remember jumping up once and throwing out the Fascist salute, calling him “Il Duce” for his taking an unusual authoritarian tone. Of course the class of high school sophomores cracked up as did he. Once he recovered himself, he ordered that I wear sunglasses to his classes because I made him laugh too much. That lasted three days then I lost them and never replaced them.
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Today’s Thumbnail
Thursday, October 10, 2019
The yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) is a medium-small bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae.
It takes both its common name and scientific name from the distinctive yellow stripes on the sides of its head. Its loud clear call often begins twenty or thirty minutes before dawn. It is widespread across eastern and south eastern Australia, in open sclerophyll forests from coastal dunes to high-altitude subalpine areas, and woodlands along creeks and rivers. Comparatively short-billed for a honeyeater, it is thought to have adapted to a diet of flies, spiders and beetles, as well as nectar and pollen from the flowers of plants such as Banksia and Grevillea, and soft fruits. It catches insects in flight as well as gleaning them from the foliage of trees and shrubs.
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) - Butterfly World, Florida
DickDaniels (http://carolinabirds.org/) - Own work
Some yellow-faced honeyeaters are sedentary, but hundreds of thousands migrate northwards between March and May to spend the winter in southern Queensland and return in July and August to breed in southern New South Wales and Victoria. They form socially monogamous pairs and lay two or three eggs in a delicate cup-shaped nest. The success rate can be low, and the pairs nest several times during the breeding season.
Honeyeaters' preferred woodland habitat is vulnerable to the effects of land clearing, grazing, and weeds. As it is common and widespread, the yellow-faced honeyeater is considered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to be of least concern for conservation. It is considered a pest in orchards in some areas.
A tip o' the hat (U.S. President Calvin Coolidge, 1924) after signing an Indian treaty
Sly devil that he was
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Acknowledgements
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Thanks to Jim Pasto for continuing the trip down memory lane.
Thanks to the Jokes Warehouse for the chuckle today.
Thanks to the Microsoft team at the Prudential Center for their unflagging availability to help with a constant flow of technological problems.
Always thanks to Wikipedia, the Lead and the Thumbnail sections of the Blog very often shaped from stories taken from that amazing website. They are truly worthy of public support.
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GoodMorning
Thursday, October 10, 2019
Love birds.
Always take 8-power binoculars with me.
Just in case.
And now? Gotta go.
Che vuoi? Le pocketbook?
See you soon.
Your Taeyeon