The Hindenburg catastrophe occurred on 6 May, 1937. The cause of the fire remains unknown, though there are multiple theories. Surprisingly, only 36 people perished in the disaster, one of them a ground crewman. The loss of the Hindenburg caused a decline in public interest in airship travel. What would have happened if the Hindenburg had not been lost? Maybe zeppelins would have remained popular. Also the band Led Zeppelin would have had to come up with a different photo for their debut album's cover. Personally, I'd like to fly on an airship some day. But I'm eccentric like that.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Histrionic Thoughts from the White Board - Oct 14

As in overly dramatic, or excessively overacted.  My wife is watching the season premier of The Vampire Diaries on tape.  Yeah.  You figure the rest out.

A country without a memory is a country of madmen. - George Santayana

Honest history is the weapon of freedom. - A.M. Schlesinger, Jr.

I have yet to find the man, however exalted his station, who did not do better work and put forth greater effort under a spirit of approval than under a spirit of criticism. - Charles Schwab

My neighbor asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden. - Eric Morecambe



The parting comment (skip the music though, it's awfully repetitive):
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From what I've seen over my wife's shoulder, that seems to be this gal's entire life.  You'd think being around vampires would be more interesting and less melodrama, but apparently not.  Or maybe the message is, a girl whose primary companions are the undead or witches or other Halloween rejects is likely to be lacking in crucial areas of her personality.  Whatever.

A two for one on parting comments!

Source: LolSnaps.com
 This one fit the current post quite well.  Of course, by the time I get to actually publishing this, I'll be doing something else.  But you can bet the TV will still be my accompaniment to that too.  I should watch heroic stuff just so whatever I'm doing has a heroic musical score going on with it.  Gotta work on math homework?  I think The Avengers will go well with that.  Gotta work on a paper?  Superman would suit, I think.  Gotta vacuum the rug?  Hmmm... tough one.  Jaws.  Yeah, I think that "da dum.....  da dum.....  da dum da dum da dum" would fit vacuuming perfect.  And I can chase dust bunnies to that perfectly.  Die dust bunny! Die!
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1 comment:

  1. AmandaOctober 14, 2012 at 6:24 PM

    Now that Elena is a vampire and she got ALL of her memories back about Damon, the obvious choice is to be with him. She still didn't choose him by the end of the season premiere. Elena is a dork. No more Vampire Diaries for me.

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