10/30 is International Orthopaedic Nurses Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 10/30/2023 - 5:00am
~~ Walker Training
The Weekly Watch
Submitted by Lookout on Sun, 10/29/2023 - 6:44am
On the Road to Armageddon?
Armageddon, the ancient city known as Megiddo, was inhabited between roughly 7000 B.C. and 300 B.C. Numerous battles were fought near Megiddo during that time, and the Book of Revelation, which refers to the site as Armageddon, prophesied that a final battle at the end of time would take place there. The name Armageddon comes from the Hebrew word "Har Megiddo," which means the "mountain of Megiddo," according to Cline. "By the Middle Ages, multiple nationalities, languages, and centuries had added an 'n' and dropped the 'h', transforming Har Megiddo to Harmageddon and thence to Armageddon."
Are we approaching the so called "end times"? Let's explore the idea below the fold...
Album of the Week 10-28-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Sat, 10/28/2023 - 3:00pmAfternoon folks!
This week there's some great Chicago blues to take your mind off of the news, starting off with an album by Fenton Robinson and followed by a double album compilation of Lowell Fulson's Chess recordings. After that we're on to some blues rock with probably my favorite John Mayall album with some excellent guitar work by Mick Taylor, then there's an album from Chicken Shack, a brit blues band that featured a massively underrated guitarist Stan Webb and Christine Perfect (later McVie from Fleetwood Mac).
In the diversity department, there's some country punk from Jason and the Scorchers and a great album of old-timey music from The Red Clay Ramblers - it's a good one, check it out!
Enjoy and have a great weekend!
Welcome to Saturday's Potluck - Oct 28, 2023
Submitted by studentofearth on Sat, 10/28/2023 - 6:23am“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
Pablo Picasso
Brr, had to scrape ice off the car windows before driving to town this week. Tis the season of long sleeves, sipping warm drinks by the fireplace. The heat pump keeping the rest of the house comfortable. Pantry is well stocked just in case a winter storm or other unexpected event prevents the weekly town run.
Friday Night Photos Small World Vol 8 Edition
Submitted by Socialprogressive on Fri, 10/27/2023 - 5:00pmHappy Friday everyone. I hope everybody is doing well. Post any photos, memes, or music you like.
The camera club I belong to meets twice a month. The second meeting is always at the Photo Arts building in Balboa Park where we discuss club business and show photos from our outing earlier in the month . Since the Photo Arts building is right across the street from the rose garden, I like to get to the park at least an hour before our meeting starts so I can wander around the garden with my macro lens looking for bugs.
Unknown fly
The Evening Blues - 10-27-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 10/27/2023 - 3:11pm
Open Thread - 10/27/23 - TGIF Odds and Ends
Submitted by on the cusp on Fri, 10/27/2023 - 8:00am
If you are reading this, no nuke has dropped on us.
If Israel stops murdering children then the terrorists will win
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 10/26/2023 - 3:40pmIt’s interesting how last week Israel had no idea what Hamas was up to, and yet this week they know every mosque, school and hospital that Hamas is hiding in. It seems that the entire northern half of Gaza is included in that.
The Evening Blues - 10-26-23
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 10/26/2023 - 3:40pm
Open Thread - Thurs 26 Oct 2023: Learning about The Bridge
Submitted by Sima on Thu, 10/26/2023 - 5:00amLearning about The Bridge
A few weeks ago I read an article, entitled 'The Bridge', by Scott Ritter about the experiences of his father-in-law (and others, including himself and his wife) in the Abkhazian war of 1992-93. The what? Well, that was my first reaction to the first mention of the war in the article. So I researched it. Wikipedia has the usual, sometimes boring, informative, coming from 'approved' history, article. It gives background and information and taught me a bit about the war. The BBC also has a short profile of Abkhazia which is informative. The region (much of the rest of the world does not recognize it as a country), whatever, is on the east coast of the Black Sea, and was/is part of Georgia once. Both were part of the USSR.
Map of the Region, from the BBC article linked above.
The Abkhazian war erupted in 1992 as tensions following the fall of the USSR grew. Ethnic Abkhazians, supported by Russians and Armenians, fought to regain the region from Georgian government control. In doing so, they massacred thousands of ethnic Georgians (and vice versa) and internally displaced or made into refugees something like 250,000 ethnic Georgians (see Wikipedia article linked above). The capital city is Sukhumi (founded by the Greeks in 6th C BCE) and was/is a place Russians go to vacation. The region/country's economy is greatly dependent upon tourism from Russia (see BBC article linked above). Time magazine did a photo essay of Abkhazia 20 years after the war (10 years ago), it's worth looking at and reading to learn more about the region.
With that little bit of learning I was able to place Ritter's article, 'The Bridge', in context, so to speak. And after reading it, all I have to say is...
