Category Archives: video
Dancing with Laurel and Hardy
Combine the Archies with Laurel and Hardy and you’ve got a winning combination! Contrary to their on-screen personas, Oliver Norvell “Babe” Hardy was the easygoing one in real life, while Arthur Stanley “Stan” Jefferson was the idea man who wrote … Continue reading
Dark Lark
The Bear belched and proffered Big D. The Grasshopper popped a leg in excitement. “You too?” Bear in front, Grasshopper in back popping cans and slurping but I decline their liquid courage. I wanna run, I want to hide. Yet… … Continue reading
A Show 16 Years In The Making
Back in mid-1990s my physics teaching colleague Lynne Shaw and I wanted to take our students on a tour of an electrical power plant. But arranging a field trip proved impossible with our budget and time constraints. So we decided … Continue reading
Instant Gratification
Every so often those of us who grew up in the analog era are struck by our new era of instant gratification thanks to digital technology and the internet. It is mind-boggling how much information, of good quality, is at … Continue reading
July Jinks Day 9: Climbing the Mountain of Souls
I awoke after a very late night of blogging after only 4.5 hours of sleep. I still had time to grab a continental breakfast at the hotel before the breakfast room closed, and then spent over an hour wrapping up … Continue reading














