Have fun shoveling tomorrow.

Public Enemies Photo blog

I found this cool picture of a horse!

There is an article in the Wisconsin State Journal by Doug Moe (I used to play softball with him) and he is talking about how PE should have the Premiere in Madison. This would be nice but it's like having the Superbowl in Green Bay - not going to happen.

He says Michael Mann owes us because he went to UW Madison and so forth. ummmmm - I believe having part of the movie IN Madison could be payback??? Anyway, Premiere's are a way to get all the Hollywood people in one place to see the latest work of art. They are for networking and showing off. Not for paying somebody back (unless you are in Illinois I suppose).

Perhaps I'm a realist and know that in the real world a Premiere in Madison or Columbus would not be in Universal's best interest. Heck - they ONLY have three movies this summer, do they want to waste a Premiere in a State where many US citizens don't even know where it is?

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THE COMING STORM!!!

It could be snowing already by the time you read this. However - I believe this storm is slowing down. I said this yesterday at lunch to DJ. I believe most weather talking heads are 6 hours off. Yesterday I said I thought the storm would hit Madison about Midnight while TV stations were still talking about 6:00.

Now I see stations are hedging their bets and saying 8:00 while I'm looking at 2:00 AM Friday. In fact I'm thinking this is goign to be a FRIDAY event and have nothing to do with Thursday at all.

Here is an oddity . The MOST snow ever on December 19th is 2.9 inches, we're going to break that record by 7 inches and this could be one of the top 7 storms ever in December for Madison. The BIG snow track has slide south a little but it's a pretty wide band.

The reason for the storm can be seen in this map. All of that purple humidity is moving north and hitting cold temps. Plus the jet stream is pointing right at Wisconsin.


OH - We have two more big storms coming - don't put away the shovels.

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Betty - I think I can use your computer. I'm still looking for one.
Survivor - My passport is good to go!!
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This is a cartoon that appeared in Harpers Weekly in 1909. Even though the Wright Brothers successfully flew their first plane in 1903 it was not wildly accepted as truely wonderful and did not really get any attention until demonstration in 1908.

Until then most people consider the future of air travel would be in lighter then air dirigibles.

This cartoon on December 18th 1909 shows that finally people were starting to think an airplane might be something in their future. After all if Santa Clause can safe in one it can't be THAT much of a gimmick.

As artwork I really like this.


On this day in 1892 Peter Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Keith Richards turns 65 today who ever thought he would live that long.
Brad Pitts B-Day (45)
Steven Spielberg (62)

On this day EMI the British record company rejected the Beatles (they later signed them once they put down their hash pipes)

And lastly I would be remiss if I did not say the 50th episode of The A team aired on this date in 1985.

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Digital cameras are really going to comeback and bite is in 100 years. The reason is that so many photos will be lost. So many common shots that we think are garbage now but in 100 years they will be gold.

I love looking at old photos - that are not works of art but show us how life was 100 years ago.

This is a panoramic of Trenton New Jersey from 1909. I THINK you can enlarge it if you clicjk on it. Pretty cool photo I believe.


Have fun shoveling tomorrow.

Betty - I need a current email - or email me (computer).

Rod