08/21/2017 was "The Great American Eclipse"
~~ 2017 Solar Eclipse
Well, you saw it, or you missed it. It's not like solar eclipses, or even total eclipses are that rare, but the path of totality is geographically narrow. Naturally, they hyped the hell out of this one because tourism (money). So, thus it became THE Great American Eclipse for an extended period well before it happened. I'm quite certain that it must've been exeptional, so how could we possibly let it fade from memory?
Meanwhile, it is Aubrey Beardsley's birthday
An Illustration from Wilde's Salome'
Lastly, it is World Senior Citizens Day, or Useless eaters Day depending upon your ideological proximity to the W.E.F. Not all of the elderly, of course, some are wealthy or somehow otherwise influential or powerful.
On this day in history:
1680 – Pueblo Indians captured Santa Fe from the Spanish
1791 – The Haitian Revolution began.
1831 – Nat Turner led black slaves and free blacks in a rebellion
1852 – Tlingit Indians destroyed Fort Selkirk
1888 – The first successful adding machine in the US was patented
1945 – Harry Daghlian was fatally irradiated by the Demon core at Los Alamos
1959 – Ike signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii to be the 50th state
1963 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam vandalized Buddhist Pagodas, arrested thousands and killed hundreds
1971 – A Liberal Party rally in Manila, was bombed, injuring several anti-Marcos political candidates
1983 – Philippine opposition leader Benigno Aquino, Jr. was assassinated
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1986 – Carbon dioxide gas erupted from Lake Nyos in Cameroon, killing up to 1,800 people
2017 – A solar eclipse traversed the continental United States.
Ooooh, eclipses, portents, omens, and all that; a dark star
Some people who were born on this day:
I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and if it has amused the public as well, so much the better for me.
~~ Aubrey Beardsley
1665 – Giacomo F. Maraldi, astronomer and mathematician
1754 – William Murdoch, engineer and inventor
1789 – Augustin-Louis Cauchy, mathematician
1798 – Jules Michelet, historian and philosopher
1872 – Aubrey Beardsley, author and illustrator
1886 – Ruth Manning-Sanders, author and poet
1904 – Count Basie, pianist, composer and bandleader
1906 – Friz Freleng, animator and cartoonist
1909 – Nikolay Bogolyubov, mathematician and physicist
1916 – Consuelo Velázquez, pianist and songwriter
1928 – Art Farmer, played trumpet, flugelhorn and flumpet, also composer
1938 – Kenny Rogers, singer, songwriter and guitarist
1939 – James Burton, guitarist
1944 – Jackie DeShannon, singer and songwriter
1947 – Carl Giammarese, singer, songwriter, and musician
1952 – Glenn Hughes, bassist, singer and songwriter
1952 – Joe Strummer, singer, songwriter and guitarist, co-founded The Clash
1954 – Steve Smith, drummer
1973 – Sergey Brin, computer scientist, co-founder of Google
Some people who died on this day:
If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.
~~ Leon Trotsky
1614 – Elizabeth Bathory, countess, extremely prolific serial killer
1762 – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, author, poet, and playwright
1836 – Claude-Louis Navier, engineer and physicist
1940 – Ernest Thayer, writer and poet, wrote "Casey at the Bat".
1940 – Leon Trotsky, died from the wound he suffered on the 20th
1947 – Ettore Bugatti, engineer
1960 – David B. Steinman, engineer who designed the Mackinac Bridge
1971 – George Jackson, activist and author
1988 – Ray Eames, architect and designer
1989 – Raul Seixas, singer and songwriter
1995 – Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, astrophysicist and mathematician
2005 – Robert Moog, engineer and inventor
2013 – Sid Bernstein, record producer played a big part in "the British Invasion"
2019 – Celso Piña, singer, composer, arranger, and accordionist
Some Holidays, Holy Days, Festivals, Feast Days, Days of Recognition, and such:
Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)
World Senior Citizens Day
Today's Tunes
Motown's First #1 Hit
Count Basie
Consuelo Velázquez
Art Farmer
James Burton
Kenny Rogers
Jackie DeShannon
Carl Giammarese
Glen Hughes
Joe Strummer
Steve Smith
Raul Seixas
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who predicted the existence of black holes
Robert Moog
Celso Piña
Bonus:
Ok, it's an open thread, so it's up to you folks now. So what's on your mind?
Cross posted from http://caucus99percent.com
Open Thread, Robert Moog, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Santa Fe, Haitian Revolution, Aubrey Beardsley, Leon Trotsky
Comments
It was a good eclipse, and ...
We've got another on the way next April. Should be great too.
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/total-solar-eclipse-april8-24/
We've booked a house on a lake in S. Ill, and plan to also visit Cahokia while there.
Caught the 2017 one in N. GA at a friend's house.
It is always a gamble with weather, but you pay your money and take your chance.
Thanks for the OT and music. Hope everyone has a good day!
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Good morning Lookout. I've managed to catch a few, without
chasing them. Coastal CA is always a crapshoot with possible clouds or fog or such, but such is life. I have chased a couple of lunar eclipses a wee bit, not so much to avoid clouds but light pollution. I've caught some spectacular comets too, including 2 I chased, so I consider myself extremely lucky.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
It's kind of fitting that today is World's Senior Citizens Day.
I am going to a cremation seminar. I have no idea what it costs anymore to dispose of one's body. The only experience I have with this was when my husband passed away suddenly, but that was like 100 years ago. I know it's more now. I do have a grave in Pensacola. There they put the veterans name on one side and the spouse on the other and bury them on top of each other.
The best part of this seminar is that it's being held at the best pizza restaurant I have ever eaten at. So, great pizza for lunch.
Fortuitous circumstances. I'd definitely attend such an event.
Thanks for reading.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Good morning, EL
I made the trek from San Diego to Idaho to see and photograph the eclipse in 2017. It was definitely worth the drive to see the eclipse in totality.
Well hurricane HER has moved out of the region. In my neighborhood we got about 2" of rain and very little wind. In fact most of the day there was no wind at all which was a good thing. I was concerned about high winds doing damage to my Eucalyptus trees.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Good morning Social. Good about Hericane Hilary, though
I'm worried about what it might have done to Borrego. However, great that they got a good wetting, especially if any got to the aquifer. As of yesterday, all was well at my Sister's place in La Mesa, though I assume that Mission Valley got flooded, as it deserves to be.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
great pics SP!
Awesome photos SP! Those are 'THE' shot.
And I loved that song for 50 years ...
In a recent blog post I wrote re the heat, I made reference to it. Too funny.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
I have noticed plenty of downsizing while shopping.
Plenty of items are smaller except for the price.
Have noticed that to a degree for a long time now.
We do, however, have a limited amount of cannet, boxed and bottled product that we buy, so it has a bit less impact on us. A pound of flour/butter/etc. is still a pound. We sometimes get the odd burger out, but not from chains, so haven't seen nearly so severe an effect.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
A pound may still be a pound and a gallon is still a gallon but
the price isn't quite the same. I remember in my youth when gasoline was something like 50 cents a gallon. Its seems like the only thing that remains static is the minimum wage.
Oh yeah, I was strictly looking at "shrinkflation".
I can actually remember 25 cents a gallon for gas and 25 cents a pack for cigs in a machine, creating the "put it all in the tank, or smoke some too" dilemma.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
It started with coffee.
A lb. suddenly wasn't a lb., but the price stayed the same. When the coffee scam proved to be a winner, it started the shrinkflation ball rolling.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
And Ice Cream, 1/2 gallon was suddenly less.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Monday Monday
la da da, la da da, Hi all, Hey EL! Hope all is well!
Moog was a biggie... shaped a lot of modern music.
So far this morn I have seen reports of Least and Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrels at Sweetwater Reservoir, Lower Otay Lake, and Lake Henshaw, where also a shearwater and a probable Cook's Petrel.
Further north a Wedge-rumped and 2 Least Storm-Petrel flying around Newport Pier.
Lake Palmdale has 50 Least, 3 Black, and 3 Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel, and an Arctic Tern.
Because it mostly tracked inland I would say those bodies of water are best bets. I hope the Salton Sea got some, it could use a foot.
Further north I hope Owens Lake, Tinemaha Reservoir and Mono Lake got some.
I would love to be checking water thataway today.
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
Good morning Dysto. A most interesting variation on
pelagic birding. Too long a drive for me these days. I agree about the Salton Sea. The whole Borrego Aquifer could use a lot of serious recharge too. We had planned on skipping the desert run this year, but between this and the projected monster el niño coming this winter, we're thinking we'd better get down there. Unfortunately, we are boxed in calendar wise and would have to run down in late march, which is a bit early for serious bloom.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
So far, the, by far, most comprehensive reporting I've seen on
Tropical Storm Hilary is in the Patch: https://patch.com/california/castrovalley/s/ir7q6/hurriquake-record-rain...
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
The Minotaur
Good afternoon kelly, thanks for reading and for the
music video.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
not sure this is Moog, but kinda sounds like it
Heh. Emerson took moog to the nth power, his personal
rig is legendary among moog heads, tho moog the person didn't personally build it. He's part of some sort of Pantheon that includes Moog himself, Wendy Carlos and I dunno who else.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Oh, yeah.
The guys who maintained that old modular rig for him for all those years are true legends. Talk about a bitchy bit o' kit...
I'm forever grateful to Bob Moog for a bunch of reasons. I got to work with him for several years at Kurzweil. Ray brought him in as chief scientist, after Bob had sold his own name to CBS and therfore couldn't be Moog any more (his followon company was called Big Briar). I worked with him at the end of the Kurzweil 250 era, and the beginning of the K1000/K2000 era. He was actually the guy who signed my application to the IEEE for member status. I kept that stupid application form until the house fire- but I could always brag that I had his autograph.
I got to meet Keith Emerson, through Bob. But that's another story. Here's a picture of Bob just as I like to remember him. 1985...
Twice bitten, permanently shy.
Besame mucho - makes me always laugh - because
when my sister fell in love with her later husbamd (around 1966) she knew he was of Goanese descent(Goa being in India with people living there, who were from Portugal, so at that time the people in Goa wanted to be more Indian than Portuguese), but she didn't know the portuguese language.
So my sister totally in love with her beutiful Goanese danced through the nght somewhere in Germany (Stüttgart) and she sang this beautiful song, while dancing with him tellimg him "Besame Mucho" without knowing what that meant. He. *her later husband", had the time of his life and amused himself. Both have always told us that story.
When I heard the song, I always remembered this story.
I asked her lately if she still remembered the besame mucho story, when she askde him for all the kisses without knowing, she said no. It is very hard to see my sister's dementia develop rapidly.
Ok, so to you all, besame mucdho from over here.
Be well all. And have a good one, whatever the good one may be right now.
PS I don't see to whom I responded with this comment. Who cares. Kisses are always nice to give and nice to receive.