donderdag 18 juli 2019

donderdag 18 juli 2019 Midnight movie - MST3K: Attack of the Giant Leeches. Cal: It wasn't my fault! Servo: I can't be held accountable! She's got bosoms and everything!

On CBS News. Where did this heat wave come from? It comes into Ohio tomorrow. Heat wave across central U.S. prompts health warnings. BREAKING! Great Britain's Simon Yates wins stage 12 of the Tour de France after a breakaway in the Pyrénées.

#TrumpRally turns into a white supremacist rally. Good luck defending this, GOP. A Fascist Trump Rally In Greenville.

Visit the tamarix chinensis. I wonder if the pink stuff is soft like feathers. Nope. The pink stuff is stiff.

I like the cactus garden, too. Whew! I'm melting. It's 91°F with 51% humidity. I wanna go home and get some AC.

woensdag 17 juli 2019

woensdag 17 juli 2019 Following the first rest day, the Tour de France continues with stage 11 from Albi to Toulouse. Known to locals as La Ville Rose (The Pink City). The 167 kilometers route meanders through the south of France. Waiting for the riders in Toulouse.

Of all the races around the world, the sunflower fields silhouetted by the peloton in southern France have always been a favorite of mine.🌻 #TDF2019

Caleb Ewan of Australia wins the 11th stage of the Tour de France. It's a photo finish with Dylan Groenewegen only a centimeter behind.

Oberlin baptizes me with rain. Just a light shower as I ride home from the grocery store.

With the world increasingly becoming like the movie Idiocracy, it's no wonder... Well, just watch it. Who's the more foolish, the fool, or the fool who follows him? -Obi-Wan Kenobi.

dinsdag 16 juli 2019

dinsdag 16 juli 2019 Midnight movie - Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi - Forbidden Planet. Welcome to Altair-4, gentlemen.

Binge-watching Westworld. In Dissonance Theory, Teddy is found tied to a tree. Who put him there? Teddy begs the Man in Black to kill him, but the Man in Black refuses, cutting him down. Teddy: Put me out of my misery. MiB: Misery is all you have left, Teddy.

Tom Daley and Matty Lee clinch bronze in 10m Synchro Platform Final. Bravo, guys! I like your travel video of Incheon, South Korea. I can't believe that it's been 50 years ago. I was 12-years-old, and I watched with keen attention the lift-off of Apollo 11.

maandag 15 juli 2019

maandag 15 juli 2019 Highlights of Bastille Day celebrations. The man on a flyboard hovering above the Champs-Élysées was unique. Stage 9 of the Tour de France ran yesterday from Saint-Étienne to a tricky finale in Brioude. Bravo! Daryl Impey sprints to Bastille Day victory in Tour de France.

Today, stage 10 of the Tour de France is a race between Saint-Flour and Albi. It's a 217.5km trip, brimming with sunshine and beautiful scenery all over the place. Into Occitanie. Picture perfect!

Wout van Aert 😱😱🤪🤪 #TDF2019 Wout van Aert comes through to steal it on the line! 😀😀😀😀 Wout the heck just happened?

😓 It’s 91°F But I found a Tamarix chinensis at Oberlin College.

Sous les toits de Paris. Tu vois ma p'tit' Nini. On peut vivre heureux et bien uni. Nous somm's seul's ici-bas. On n's'en aperçoit pas. On s'rapproche un peu plus et voilà. I check out Under The Roofs of Paris from OPL. Cute film from 1930. A talkie! It's a French talkie.

zondag 14 juli 2019

zondag 14 juli 2019 Midnight = MST3K - Star Force: Fugitive Alien II. The fearsome Wolf Raiders are attacking earth and making a real mess of things. The most fearsome is Ken - Tatsuya Azuma - the Starwolf.

That goofy Rocky gets into a fight with Ken... using a forklift. Turn on France 24. I'm in time for the Bastille Day celebrations! The parade will mobilize some 4,300 members of the armed forces, 196 vehicles, 237 horses, 69 planes and 39 helicopters. How do you you say Space Force in French? Macron announces creation of French space force. "l'armée de l'air et de l'espace" "grand commandement de l'espace" La folie dans l'espace.

Compare and contrast. Germany 1933. Concentration camps. Himmler.

America - today. Concentration camps. VP Pence. ‘Fake Christian’ Trends On Twitter As Critics Skewer Chilly Mike Pence At Migrant Center. Thank you, VP Pence, for showing America that you approve of Nazi-like treatment of immigrants in concentration camps. The world is watching. #FakeChristian

Watch Alexander - The Director's Cut. Angelina Jolie portrays Queen Olympias who has great ambitions for young Alexander.

Alexander: I have seen the future, Hephaistion! I've seen it now a thousand times, on a thousand faces. These people want, need, change.

zaterdag 13 juli 2019

zaterdag 13 juli 2019 A favorite - 2008 American action-adventure film - Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Midnight - 1959 Soviet science fiction film - Battle Beyond The Sun. Two future nations - North Hemis and South Hemis - compete to become the first to land a spacecraft on the planet Mars. Turn on WDSU. As Tropical Storm Barry nears, thousands have already lost power. It's 50 miles south of Lafayette.

Extreme weather brought on by climate change. Barry isn't a preview of what is to come, it is an example of what climate change is doing to storms right now. 'Climate Despair' Is Making People Give Up on Life.

Turn on KING 5. Seattle had its Lights for Liberty vigil. I wasn't there. Oberlin: Sunny. 0 clouds. Chrystal blue skies. Humidity 40%. Barry sucked all the moisture out of Ohio.

vrijdag 12 juli 2019

vrijdag 12 juli 2019 Goodbye, steamy CLE! It got up to 92°F yesterday.

It will be much cooler today for us in Oberlin. My nephew in Lafayette is bracing for Tropical Storm Barry. In the Wilder Bowl, just to the right of Wilder Hall, is the John Frederick Oberlin Monument - memorial to our town's namesake.

Victoire de Groenewegen! Bravo! Quel sprint! Tour de France: Dylan Groenewegen wins stage 7 as Giulio Ciccone keeps yellow jersey.