I very recently did a series of vox pop interviews in my neighborhood for Reuters and figured the resulting article was sufficiently interesting to merit posting on The Velvet Rocket: ****** “And then there was the giraffe incident…” I’m with 56-year-old sanitation worker Travis Greene as he describes his job. Certainly, it’s easy to find … Continue reading
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
The Heads Up Display (HUDS)
Remember Top Gun? I’ve always been curious how those displays worked. Were they splashed across the windshield? If so, what projected the image up there and where was the projector located? How did it work? Well, the answer was finally presented to me in a post Michael Yon did on air crews in Afghanistan… There … Continue reading
Photo Of The Day: Conducting Business In Afghanistan
The Goat Church In Sopron, Hungary
The Goat Church in Sopron, Hungary: It’s curious name stems from a legend that the church’s construction was financed by a goatherder whose flock unearthed a cache of loot. In gratitude for this gesture, an angel supposedly embraces a goat on a pillar at the church. However, I couldn’t find it, so I went with … Continue reading
Obiettivo Bellezza: Che Cosa Ci Rende Attraenti?
This one is for the Italians… The original English version can be found here. *** Quali sono quegli elementi che rendono una persona attraente? O uno schianto? O bellissima? (O qualunque sia il vostro aggettivo preferito)… Qualche bicchiere di troppo? No, sto cercando una risposta un po’ più articolata. Una sorta di formula per la bellezza … Continue reading
The Passenger Pigeon
Once numbering in the billions, this was one of the last of the now extinct Passenger Pigeons… I took this picture at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto: In 1857, a bill was brought forth to the Ohio State Legislature seeking protection for the Passenger Pigeon. A Select Committee of the Senate filed a report … Continue reading
Universal Truths
Why is it that the winner of the Miss Universe contest always comes from Earth? Continue reading
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