WHAT: “Dalí on Tour” (art exhibition)
WHEN: now through May 20 (click here for museum hours)
WHERE: Coral Springs Museum of Art (NW Broward)
WALLET: cheap ($3?)
WEB:
– Coral Springs Museum of Art – home page
– Coral Springs Museum of Art – current exhibit page
“An exhibition from the Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida and a Collector’s Exhibition of Dali prints, lithographs, etchings and sculptures curated by Jerry Bengis“
Pictures from walkabout yesterday… St. Ambrose was having a carnival.
Found a little carnival on walkabout Sunday – clicking icons makes ’em bigger
53 photos
Three videos at youtube, too. you may want to mute the sound.
Honestly, none of the videos thrill me, but I had fun taking pictures. I autostitched a few just for grins. I’m surprised my piecemeal feris wheel didn’t work out, but others seemed to blend pretty well.
While on walkabout yesterday, I ambled north on federal Highway, just to see what I might see. As I passed the IHOP (30 minute wait…Sunday morning pancake crowd is thick.) I saw a ferris wheel rising up over the steeple of the St. Ambrose Church. Nothing was moving yet, but as I drew near, more goodies came into view. Hungry from lack of flapjacks, and with visions of funnel cake dancing in my head, I sauntered over to take a closer look.
The guy doing parking informed me that the fair wasn’t going to get rolling until 1pm, but I was welcome to roam around. (The time at that point was 11am) I took advantage by walking the grounds, and taking some pictures of all the rides and stuff before anyone was around, queued up, or whatnot.
I was bad, food-wise.
I did not eat the deep fried snickers bar that one stand was selling. I mean, I have my limits.
Highlights of the day was playing bingo (I spent $18, and won $12 of it back), Winning the 4pm 50/50 raffle – spent $6 for 5 tickets, got $148 back.
Entertainment was mediocre, an overly loud dj, and some stage band.
Let’s see, other money spent – $15 for a all day ride wristband.
$5 for another 6 raffle tickets (chance to win $2500.. they’ll call if the winner isn’t present)
$5 for a basketball hoop shooting carny game.. I won Newt a stuffed tiger (on Newtcam, at the moment) Sunk 5 balls out of 7. ($1 a toss, or $5 for 7)
So.. Amount spent – $48. / Amount brought in – $160.
Net profit for walkabout – $112, a stuffed tiger, some color on my nose and cheeks, lighter hair, and probably about 4 lbs before walking calorie burn-off. Not a bad day!
Moment of Lyric (mp3)
First I learned to crawl
Then some other strokes
I can never remember any real good jokes
Do you feel like swimming?
Yes right now yes right now
I know a way to swim all the way downtown
It’s a lot like swimming first time over your head
It gets easier when you move your arms & legs
And for air you lift your head
Why don’t we try it right now?
Yes right now Yes right now
We’ll go by way of the garden fat with tomatoes and beans on the vine
Sweet like the way it was like swimming for the very first time…
1 year ago – ren-fest trip w/pictures, Things Other People Accomplished When They Were Your Age
2 years ago – Newt-vet pics, Carpathian undead, radar on chip, Aerial Recon Archives, exorcist in 30 secs (by bunnies), punctuation meme
3 years ago – Gali sends me fan mail from Israel, ape music in my mind
4 years ago – playing the numbers, the bolters, euphemism generator, lj-ref link-list. (including 6 degrees), being romantic, superman 2, magic item poll, street signs of the world
5 years ago – filepile, interview, SQL issues, Kung fu Oz, CJ & Herman – part 2
I saw an owl on the school fence, walking home from the bus stop last night. It was super cute… a tiny thing, maybe the size of a can of soda-pop… I was a little shocked, because I think of Owls as big birds of prey The bird looked like a brown and white feathered capsule, with huge yellow eyes and long skinny legs. I stopped in my tracks and admired it for a moment and then went to take a picture. It took off before I could snag him, but I found a very close approximation… it was a burrowing owl! (The mascot of my old university) Apparently they don’t get very large, so I doubt what I saw was a baby though it looked babyish to me at the time.
He flew off into this tree, outside of my view. The creepy yellow light looked nifty and I had the palmtop out, so I took a picture.
It’s odd… I think of owls as these huge predators, but this guy would’ve had trouble with a rat, I think. Maybe an anole or a mouse is more his speed. I’ll be coming back to see if I can spot him again. I really love living close to this sort of wildlife.
That Space piggy picture got well over 3500 hits over the course of 12 hours yesterday…that’s more hits than my coverage of the hurricane back in October, and I thought that was nuts. I wonder if someone else linked to it, because only a couple of dozen bounced through my journal-site to that page.
Made plans to go see Wicked with Danny some time in the weeks ahead. I’m looking quite forward to it, though I wonder how much he’ll like it. It was his idea, so groovy. Yikes.. I wonder how much he’ll balk when he finds out they’re between $109 and $225 per seat? I suspect I might be flying solo. A bit more expensive than the $5 seats for Arsenic and Old Lace at his school.
Pretty Keen – estimate to price of any address.
The Magenn Power Air Rotor System (MARS) is an innovative lighter-than-air tethered device that rotates about a horizontal axis in response to wind, efficiently generating clean renewable electrical energy at a lower cost than all competing systems.
The magenn flying wind turbine is held up by helium generating 4Kw,enough to power your needs. It costs around $10,000, but it could pay for itself in about 6 years depending on how you use it. It’s anchored by a tether that can extend up to 1,000 feet above ground. Generally, 400 feet is enough to catch the minimum 3 meters/sec wind speed needed to sustain a nice supply of electricity. No towers or heavy foundations are necessary and sizes range from small “backpack” models to large megawatt generating devices.
The birthday FP with Kev and Tomi was fun – we watched Die Hard, an episode of Lost (they’re just getting into it – it was the Kate bank-robber one), Wedding Crashers (which was better than I thought it’d be), and played some xbox: “From Russia With Love” and “Lego Star Wars” – both of which were a great load of fun, and nifty interpretations of the source material. The Bond game had especially good sound and sets, and Lego probably would have the most repeat gameplay, if I had any talent at all for the pod racing pat of the game. The pizza was good, I’d not had the Papa Johns Square pie before, and it was pretty yummo.
Got Gun as a b’day prezzie, and I look forward to playing it once big brain returns.
Bailey-pooch won “cutest in menagerie” – Kev’s got a lot of critters staying at his house right now – three dogs, four cats, two fish, his sister, her husband, their three daughters and one son, plus Tomi. Moneypenny, the runt mainecoon (2 years old and all of seven lbs) was a close second.
It’ll probably be the last time for Tomi in the USA, probably – his sis and her hubby are moving to New Zealand. Just an excuse for me to go to Finland then!I now have buddies in Iceland, Norway and Finland to visit now. Maybe I should invest in a few items of cold-weather gear.
manatee mailbox
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thought of kellie-sis when I saw this.
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I sometimes look at roads, and wonder where they came from. Before they were paved… were they cobblestone? Before that, a dirt road? Before that, a Indian path in the woods? Before that, some animal tracks?
Is the patch of Federal Highway that I ride down, curving a little inland and a little closer to the coast now and then every day the result of some deer running through high grasses to avoid a panther?
Gamera’s Travel Journal – (Knowing Japanese will help here) Aww… I want a plush Gamera!
Of course! Why didn’t I think to get my grappling hook on Amazon? Good thinking, oneeyedcat!
The Mighty Boosh, Series 1, Episode 7 – Electro – via google video
Not my fave episode, but the spirit of jazz makes me happy.
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“We’re Ants!” guy is trying to sleep in the back, but is scrunching up his eyes so much and sitting so stiffly that it seems more like he’s avoiding horror than getting any rest. He appears to be wrapping himself pretty tightly.
Woman eating an egg and bacon sandwich, the meat is rubbery, she pulls on it, stretching until it breaks, snapping into her mouth. I get a distinct hyena/carrion vibe.
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On the road again, dear journal. Kid across from my seat is fiddling with a broken teddy bear bank wrapped n tape that he pulled from a victoria’s secret bag.
Unsurprisingly, bro bailed on us getting together today, but I was still determined bike around the region, heading north this time.
I walked my bike to the gas station on 10th & federal, aired up the long-flat tires, rode east to the beach, north on a1a to palmetto park, went west to federal, and then south to 10th. a nice, scenic circuit, but I was too busy enjoying the ride in the cool weather to take many pics. 14.4 miles, total route (I doubled back a few time s to check the bike shop, and rode up Dixie to see what was new. I picked up some cool stuff at the art store which was having an insane blowout sale… one of those foot-tall wooden manikins for drawing bodies for $4, a thick pad full of 12 x 18″ newsprint paper for doodling on for $0.75, and a couple of graphite pencils for a buck. it was all 20% off those prices, too, so I got a lot of fun loot for less than what lunch would’ve cost me out. I wonder if Newt’ll mangle the wooden guy… the manikin is similar to the wooden Christmas tree ornaments that Newt loves to smack around.
3602 calories burned if I was walking… I wonder what that translates to in cycling? Probably not nearly as much.
Here’s my route 14.4 miles, give or take.
Island Water Sports – Contrary to the prior image, they wanted a giant shark head first in the roof. By the way, on the inside, there is a giant shark head coming through the ceiling, too.
I *think* that this is the Boca chamber of commerce, but I’m not sure. I really like the curvy divot on the side, slicing some of the windows.
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more wildlife out back
Originally uploaded by scottobear.
I think that the flock of ibis counts more than 30. I’ve seen 4 snapping
turtles and 3 large koi carp in the water.
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more wildlife out back
Originally uploaded by scottobear.
I think that the flock of ibis counts more than 30. I’ve seen 4 snapping
turtles and 3 large koi carp in the water.
sent via palmtop
more wildlife out back
Originally uploaded by scottobear.
I think that the flock of ibis counts more than 30. I’ve seen 4 snapping
turtles and 3 large koi carp in the water.
sent via palmtop
more wildlife out back
Originally uploaded by scottobear.
I think that the flock of ibis counts more than 30. I’ve seen 4 snapping
turtles and 3 large koi carp in the water.
sent via palmtop
more wildlife out back
Originally uploaded by scottobear.
I think that the flock of ibis counts more than 30. I’ve seen 4 snapping
turtles and 3 large koi carp in the water.
sent via palmtop
more wildlife out back
Originally uploaded by scottobear.
I think that the flock of ibis counts more than 30. I’ve seen 4 snapping
turtles and 3 large koi carp in the water.
sent via palmtop
