By John on July 27, 2011 |
The Missus and I took a much-needed mini-vacation this past weekend, trekking off to central Florida for (among other things) our first visit to the other theme park in that neighborhood. We love amusement parks and fairs (county, state, you name it), but neither of us is a big roller-coaster fan; most of the rides at [...]
Posted in Cartoons & Animation, Everyday Life, Looney Tunes, Merry-Go-Round, Music, My Kindle, Reading, The Missus | Tagged amusement parks, Disney, earworms, Harry Potter, It's a Small World, Merrily We Roll Along, New York World's Fair, rides, roller coasters, The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down, Universal theme park, vacation |
By John on December 17, 2010 |
[Video: "Wiley vs. Rhodes," a live-action Road Runner cartoon] From whiskey river: Ten Thousand Idiots It is always a danger to aspirants on the Path when they begin to believe and act as if the ten thousand idiots who so long ruled and lived inside have all packed their bags and skipped town or died. [...]
Posted in Looney Tunes, Movies, Poetry, Reading, Ruminations, The Online World, whiskey river Fridays | Tagged Carl Jung, Diane Ackerman, Hafiz, Jeanette Winterson, Road Runner, Samuel Johnson, Vladimir Nabokov, Wiley vs. Rhodes, Wislawa Szymborska |
By John on December 3, 2010 |
So I just got back from having this test done. It wasn’t a big deal but it held a certain academic interest for me: it was an echocardiogram. Not electro-. Echo-. Say what? As the, um, echocardiogrammatical technician (or whatever her title is) led me to the room where the test would be performed, I [...]
Posted in Everyday Life, Looney Tunes, Science & Medicine | Tagged echocardiogram, mysteries of the human body, sound effects, ultrasound |
By John on May 22, 2009 |
From whiskey river: As you go the way of life, you will see a great chasm. Jump. It is not as wide as you think. (Native American Indian saying) Not from whiskey river: Don Juan and don Genaro stood up and stretched their arms and arched their backs, as if sitting had made their bodies [...]
Posted in Art & Photography, Cartoons & Animation, Looney Tunes, Music, Ruminations, Television, whiskey river Fridays | Tagged 1 Giant Leap, Carlos Castaneda, Jump Book, jumping the chasm, leaping, My Culture, Philippe Halsman, Road Runner, Tales of Power, whiskey river, Wile E. Coyote |