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Work In Progress
Oct. 11th, 2018 09:49 pm
A High-Grade Universal Century (now "old" pattern) Hyaku-Shiki that had been on my shelf too long. I assembled it last week for a Skirmish session, and after next week it'll get a new paint scheme.
Doing What I'm Doing
Mar. 2nd, 2016 09:23 pmSharing the day's Twitter Feed is so two years ago. So I thought How about a month of my Tumblr?
No need to thank me.
No need to thank me.
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Jan. 8th, 2015 09:04 pmNot much in the world I feel like posting about, so this is an archived picture from Tampa Bay Online/The Tampa Tribune of the ship Jose Gasparilla at the Gasparilla Invasion.
Car. Again. Go Figure
Aug. 16th, 2013 06:06 pm
The website that has this "game" is too slow and buggy to let me get back to my own entry.
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Have You Ever Seen Me? Would You Want To?
Jul. 12th, 2012 01:45 amAt the latest "Build Day" at Paul Francis' shop a few weeks ago, one of the usual gang told me that there is a trend of home-brewed movie host shows over the Internet. He said, "There's no money in it, of course," but since when has that stopped anybody who yearns to be a TV star?
The other day, I got a circular from Oldies.com with their latest offerings of antique movies on DVD and I was flabbergasted with how many old aviation movies--some I never heard of before!--that are available. Titles like Atlantic Flight, Mercy Plane, Lost In The Stratosphere, Navy Born and The Flying Fool...and suddenly I was thinking, "There has to be enough content here between this and old aviation promo and training films to make up a TV series!"
Maybe I'm not exactly the kind of guy you'd want to see hosting a TV show. Thing is, I wouldn't do it ALONE. I'd get a "crew" together, just like they did with Mystery Science Theater 3000 and they still do with Wolfman Mac's Thriller Drive-In and Off-Beat Cinema, just to name a few. Yes, this pipe dream has me on a set, which I'd call the "Doofer Room", with posters on the walls and aviation props and old airliner seats and who knows what else bric-a-brac-wise. I'd have a set of costumes, from the basic airline Captain to bush pilot to military fatigues to space gear. Maybe, on occasion (if I could swing it), I'd shoot an episode at one of the airports in the area, or at the Museum of Aviation in Sevierville.
The chances of me actually doing something like this is miniscule. I wonder if somebody beat me to it, tho'.
The other day, I got a circular from Oldies.com with their latest offerings of antique movies on DVD and I was flabbergasted with how many old aviation movies--some I never heard of before!--that are available. Titles like Atlantic Flight, Mercy Plane, Lost In The Stratosphere, Navy Born and The Flying Fool...and suddenly I was thinking, "There has to be enough content here between this and old aviation promo and training films to make up a TV series!"
Maybe I'm not exactly the kind of guy you'd want to see hosting a TV show. Thing is, I wouldn't do it ALONE. I'd get a "crew" together, just like they did with Mystery Science Theater 3000 and they still do with Wolfman Mac's Thriller Drive-In and Off-Beat Cinema, just to name a few. Yes, this pipe dream has me on a set, which I'd call the "Doofer Room", with posters on the walls and aviation props and old airliner seats and who knows what else bric-a-brac-wise. I'd have a set of costumes, from the basic airline Captain to bush pilot to military fatigues to space gear. Maybe, on occasion (if I could swing it), I'd shoot an episode at one of the airports in the area, or at the Museum of Aviation in Sevierville.
The chances of me actually doing something like this is miniscule. I wonder if somebody beat me to it, tho'.
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Ascending Addenda
May. 20th, 2012 09:03 pm
As if to throw an exclamation point on my previous post, this hot air balloon set down on my next door neighbor's yard at dusk this evening. My mother the novelist couldn't get away with writing this. I believe she's trying to tell me something...
Writer's Block: Home Sweet Home
May. 2nd, 2012 02:38 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
They say a pix is worth a dozen tweets.
They say a pix is worth a dozen tweets.
The Front Office
Apr. 25th, 2012 10:57 pm
Mom's writing desk as it was the last time she used it. I'm already beginning the long process of sorting it out, but only a little at a time, because there is really so much else that has to be sorted out as well.
Writer's Block: Check It Out
Apr. 12th, 2012 04:16 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
My first digital camera--not the Olympus I use now but a no-name thingy I got a dozen years ago or so, back when I had a steady job and income. I never got to figure out how to use it, it was probably incompatible with my systems at the time and I eventually gave it to my brother who probably had as little success as I did with it.
(Yay, I made one of these!)
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My first digital camera--not the Olympus I use now but a no-name thingy I got a dozen years ago or so, back when I had a steady job and income. I never got to figure out how to use it, it was probably incompatible with my systems at the time and I eventually gave it to my brother who probably had as little success as I did with it.
(Yay, I made one of these!)
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Unintended Autoportraiture
Mar. 30th, 2012 11:00 pm
At the Rusty Wallace Toyota dealership in Morristown, the showroom has on display this driving kit set of Mr. Wallace's; the helmet visor has his autograph. (For those of you who don't know NASCAR, he had been one of the stars on the track till just a few seasons ago; he's now a trackside personality for FOX Sports' coverage of the races, and his "ride" has since passed through the hands of Kurt Busch to Brad Keslowski.)
I tried taking a few photos of the suit overday for research and planning purposes, but as you can see, it was too bright around for me to avoid capturing reflections from the display case glass.
Action shots from the St. Petersburg Grand Prix over the weekend:
Sebastien Bourdais
Katherine Legge
Oriol Servia
Simona DeSilvestro
Alex Tagliani
I'm going heavily into Lotus this year.
Sebastien Bourdais
Katherine Legge
Oriol Servia
Simona DeSilvestro
Alex Tagliani
I'm going heavily into Lotus this year.
Stupf Lust Strikes Again
Mar. 16th, 2012 02:29 pm
1/6 scale authentic Lincoln Continental styling model in a museum collection. My buddy Paul Francis will be making molds of this for reproduction models. I'm going to try to get one of the prototypes for my own...and a little project from that.
