A great commentary about how PBS should really put the “public” back in Public Broadcasting System (yes, I know it’s old — it’s been on my “to read” list for a while).
Cool Animation
This is pretty clever and cool animation.
Virgil Widrich’s extraordinary, award-winning animation is a technical masterpiece. Hundreds of great movie moments are distilled into 14 minutes of animated magic by the director’s clever use of technology (and a photocopier).
On the surface, Fast Film tells a simple story. A woman is kidnapped and a man sets off to save her, embarking on a dramatic rescue mission full of wild chase scenes.
What makes Fast Film unique is that all its scenes were taken from 300 different feature films. Director Virgil Widrich captured stills from the 300 movies, and made over 65,000 photocopies of these, then folded them into a variety of shapes and animated them. The result is a completely fresh look at Hollywood – a tour of movie history at breakneck speed.
Bad Typo
But apparently, not all that uncommon.
We Still Have More Stuff To Get Rid Of
We had our garage sale today and despite selling nearly $200 worth of stuff, we still have quite a bit to get rid of. So we’re extending it another day, and will be up at the crack of dawn on Saturday morning to get rid of what’s left. So what actually is left? We still have a futon, a BBQ, a chair, a ton of baby/toddler toys, a CD rack, and a bunch of other knick-knacks. Be sure to come by before all the die-hards clean us out in the morning.
I’m Having A Garage Sale
If anybody locally is going to be around tomorrow (Friday), we’re having a garage sale at the Ortman place. It’s going to be Friday from 9AM to whenever we get rid of all of our stuff. And what stuff is that? We’ve got some furniture (futon, dresser, dining chairs, for example), lots of baby toys and supplies (backpack, bike, high chair, Johnny Jumper), and a bunch of other random stuff that we’re getting rid of (some throw pillows, TV, Denon Reel-to-Reel). Feel free to stop by, at least say hi.
We live at 1319 NE Watson Dr. in Bend. Here’s a map to the place.
A New Workout
And no, Barney, I didn’t know the punchline to this….
A friend passed on this exercise suggested for seniors, to build muscle strength in the arms and shoulders. It seems so easy, so I thought I’d pass it on some of you. It is recommended you do it three days a week.
Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5-LB. potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides, and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, then relax.
Each day, you’ll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer.
After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-LB. potato sack.
Then 50-lb. potato sacks, and eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb. potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute.
After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the sacks.
We Need Your Help
I need every Oregonian out there to read this. My wife’s uncle, who lives in Sisters and shall remain nameless for right now, has gone missing. Now this is all hearing third-hand from my wife (as talking to her family right now is impossible), so bear with me for the lack of detail. Apparently he came home from work early today, grabbed a tank of propane and drove off in his older flame-painted black Jeep Cherokee. Nobody has a clue where he is.
Right now, I don’t have the license number for the car (I can’t get a hold of family as they’re out in the woods looking for him), but will update it if I get it. But if you have seen an older (Mid 80s, Black, Flames on the side) Jeep Cherokee driving around the highways, please contact the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office or e-mail me using the form on this site.
Update about 5 minutes later…: Figures, the minute I post something, the phone rings. The DCSO found him, apparently he was trying to do himself harm with the propane tank (he has tried stuff like this before, which is why they were worried). He was found unconcious out in the Three Creeks Wilderness, and is being taken to SCMC as we speak for treatment.
Update the next morning…: OK, after talking to my father in law this morning, I’m getting a bit more of the story. So far, here’s how the story goes…The uncle was found at a campground up on the McKenzie pass. He was actually reported by some campers that the uncle was talking to while he was up there. The campers found it odd that a man was up there with no tent or anything and didn’t even look like he was planning on camping. The campers wondered what happened when he walked off later without saying much. After looking around a bit, they found him locked up in his Jeep, letting propane leak into the cab. They broke the window of the Jeep to get him out and called the police, who weren’t really too far away at that point. He was rushed off to SCMC and is there right now. My in-laws are going over to the hospital later today to see how he’s doing and hopefully get him some help (as this is apparently the second time he’s tried this and was caught before finishing the job). I really hope he does get some help, or at least allows other help him.
Geek Manicure
If I were a bit more feminine and was going to do my nails, I’d do them something like this. Link via BB.