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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,170254,00.html
This was brought to my attention by a co-worker. Fox News had an interview a Mr. Peter Cordani who wants to use the same sort of gel used in diapers to disrupt hurricanes a little bit.
My first instinctive reaction was “this guy is full of crap,” but then I got to thinking about it. Diaper gel coagulates with the addition of water. It must be an endothermic reaction or they wouldn’t put it into diapers. Maybe this guy has got something.
Anyhow, check out the links. I haven’t read them all, but I did skim the Fox News article.
Jenn and I went to see The Phantom of the Opera last night at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, GA. My overal rating was “eh.”
The show itself was good, with good renditions and strong vocals. The sound quality was a bit muddy, but we were way over on the left side of the orchestra seating (EE 21 and 23) which didn’t help matters. The vocal interpretations were also good, and there were some changes to the lyrics to keep those of us who are familiar with the official soundtrack on our toes.
Unfortunately, I will never never never never never go to the Fox Theater again for an off-Broadway show. This is the first theater I’ve been in where they allow you to bring drinks and food to your seat and munch munch munch your way through the second act! This was horribly distracting and in my opinion, unacceptable. This sort of activity would not be tolerated in the northeast and I find it disappointing that they allow it in the cultural center of the South.
I was also privileged with the only obstructed-view seat in the house. The woman in front of me was six feet tall and had done her hair so that it stuck out from her head about 3 inches in all directions. I was tempted to get a glass of water and slick it down for her! Either that or light it on fire; I’m sure the hair products she used would have conflagrated nicely. Thankfully for me, she left during intermission.
Before the show, Jenn and I ate at Eno on the corner of Peachtree Street and 5th Street in Midtown, Atlanta. The food was excellent and their homemade foccacia was splendiferous. Their wine selection is extensive and their recommendations for particular foods was right on in my case (fetuccini with sicilian sausage). We’ll go back.
The Royal Astronomical Society has taken a position regarding the proposed abolishment of leap seconds.
Well, that was news to me, so I had to go do some reading to determine what this was all about. The above position statement is a good description. Also…
Yesterday was a special tax election for Cobb County, Georgia. The proposed tax was a Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (SPLOST) that is a tool to allow municipalities and counties to levy themselves for specific, earmarked purchases. This SPLOST would be a 1% increase for 6 years.
In this case, the SPLOST was for Transportation improvements (re: my job), Jail improvements, and Parks & Recreation. The numbers I saw projected were, for the 6 year period of the SPLOST, $1.4 billion total dollars, with only $450 million or so coming from Cobb County residents. The rest would be extra-county persons, or state and federal matching dollars.
Not getting into the pros and cons of this SPLOST, yesterday was the day to make our will known, as citizens of a free and democratic society.
All 12% of us!
Twelve percent turnout for this election! That is fucking awful. I tried to encourage people to vote, even if they were voting opposite of me, but apparently my efforts didn’t reach too many people.
Oh, as of this morning, the unofficial results are 50.15% for the SPLOST and 49.85% against, with a 117 vote margin. They are holding off on official results until Friday when the provisional and military ballots are counted.
This may be a case of journalists making something of nothing, but check out the NY Times article called March of the Conservatives, published today.
Apparently, the movie March of the Penguins isn’t about penguins, as the common, non-sophisticated, illiterate viewer may have thought. Instead, it is about such overarching topics as Monogamy, Intelligent Design, and Pro-lifeism.
I’m at a loss. It’s penguins, people!
Yesterday, Jenn performed an act of sublime grace; never to be repeated. She removed, without damage, the CD-case sticker/sealer from the edge of the Green Day American Idiot CD.
I’ve never heard of this being done before. I’m sure it will never be done again.
Chris Schierer on Spaceweather.com
Chris Schierer is the headlining picture at this moment on the captioned website. Go Chris!
If that link doesn’t drop you there, try http://www.spaceweather.com/aurora/gallery_01sep05_page3.htm
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Last night I saw the Indigo Girls live at the Chastain Park Ampitheater, Atlanta! This culminates a 14 year odyssey to see them perform in concert. For one reason or another, I’ve been missing their concerts since 1991. Now, I’m a satisfied man.
Their concert was excellent. They are a muscicians group, not a performance group, if you understand the difference. They had no bling on stage; no pyrotechnics. Just them and a gazillion different guitars (and a harmonica, once).
They were opened by Magnapop which didn’t blow up my skirt. However, Magnapop apparently alternates with another group, Three 5 Human, who were excellent. They played a few songs with Indigo Girls at the end of the concert. We’re going to look into them.
An amusing story from the concert: The last song played, by Indigo and Three-5, started up and everyone was singing. Jenn and I looked at each other. I asked her, “Should I know this song? I don’t recognize it.” Jenn replied, “Maybe it’s on the new album” (which I don’t have yet).
Then the chorus comes and we realize that the song is “Midnight Train to Georgia.”
I guess we had better learn that one.
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