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MOTD: Science & Enlightenment

Posted on July 18, 2023 Updated on July 18, 2023

Update: After doing some digging, it turns out that this mural was commissioned in 2015 by the The Paradise Project. American artist Levi Ponce created the 75 foot long masterpiece on The Paradise Project’s headquarters in Venice, CA. The name of this creation is called Luminaries of Pantheism. That would make this a Pantheism Meme.

I only recognized five of these people…Einstein, Watts, McKenna, Sagan and Tesla. I originally requested help with the others but, I have the complete list, now. LOL! ~Vic

Top Row: Albert Einstein, Alan Watts (my personal favorite), Baruch Spinoza, Terence McKenna, Carl Jung, Carl Sagan, Emily Dickinson & Nikola Tesla.

Bottom Row: Friedrich Nietzsche, Ralph Waldo Emerson, W.E.B. Du Bois, Henry David Thoreau & Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Right Side: Rumi, Adi Shankara & Lao Tzu.

Internet Image — I still don’t know who took THIS picture.
I don’t know why the image is dated 11-17-2014.
Click for a larger view.

Meme of the Day

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VOTD: King Air Landing 2005

Posted on July 10, 2023

I can’t, for the life of me, remember where in the hell I got this. I have just collected things, electronically, over the years. Pretty amazing landing, considering. It reminds me of Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s landing…sans water. ~Vic

Video of the Day

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Foto Friday: Tribute Pictures 6.0

Posted on February 1, 2019 Updated on February 16, 2020

Big Bend National Park Image One — Big Bend National Park, West Texas
Photo Credit: Natalie Rhea Riggs on Unsplash

The below is now Part Six of the final Seven Part Series showcasing my former supervisor’s work and, additional photos taken of him at various stages of his life and career. The above picture of Big Bend National Park, I never got to see while I was living in Texas. It’s a big state and there is a lot to see. I confess that I spent a rather large amount of time traveling back and forth, between the Austin area and the Houston area, as I had a very dear friend and classmate living in Spring. Texas will always be my second home.

♦ Part I
♦ Part II
♦ Part III
♦ Part IV
♦ Part V

Snowfall In Clyde Image Two — Wintertime in Clyde on his ranch.
This picture has no time stamp. I haven’t a clue when it was taken.

Gobbler Image Three — Gobbler with his hens.
03-24-2010

Gobbler Image Four — Strutting around.
03-24-2010

Gobbler Image Five — He is gorgeous.
03-24-2010

The following three pictures, he sent to me on November 17, 2008. I have no idea when or where these were taken but, they were his friends and they requested his expertise.