Titanic 100th anniversary

For the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic we had a formal dinner with some friends of ours.
Everyone dressed formally, close to the style of that time. We danced, ate and watched a movie. When you came to the house, this is what you were greeted by:

And of course, you must sign the guest book;

We took a number of photos first: (This one by C-Serpents, CC 2.0)

After we finished taking the (seemingly endless) photos ;) we all went in and danced. We danced older dances, such as they might have on the Titanic. One was the Virginia Reel, which is one of my favorites (partly because it is one of the easiest!) This time though, we danced the old version, which has the head couple link elbows and turn their way down the line, separating at each couple to turn them instead of sashaying (I think that's how you spell it?) down the line. Unfortunately I don't have any photos, but we did learn that when an IPod says "do not disconnect" (without ejecting) when it is plugged into a computer, it means it. That delayed us for a while, but eventually we worked things out. After that, I set up for a movie, and the others got dinner ready. When dinner was ready, since it was a formal dinner the gentlemen had to escort the ladies in to dinner:

(photo by C-Serpents, CC 2.0. I obviously couldn't take this photo)

We had a delicious 7 course meal, of which I did get a few photos:

And for dessert, since it was my sister's birthday, we had candles:

And here's the menu:

After dinner, we watched the Titanic (movie, 1958). -Edit. I stand corrected, the movie was about the Titanic, the actual name is A Night to Remember-
The younger ones watched Mary Poppins.
Things took somewhat longer than expected, so we ended up watching the sinking of the Titanic at around the time it actually happened!

Some watch very intently!

Then, present time! I'm not sure who enjoyed it most (see photos)

And I wasn't the only one taking pictures: (though all but two of these are mine)

And, when our movie was finished we all came up and watched the last bit of the other one:

It was a wonderful and inspiring evening, as well as a good reminder of how fallible we truly are.

Trip back

We are doing better at stopping at reasonable hours, last night we actually got in before midnight! -sigh-

We still have to cross all of Gorgia and it's 23:00!

We just crossed into Georgia at about 23:15. We stll have to cross all of Georgia and get into Florida before we get to our hotel. Not even ft. Lauderdale, that won't happen until Sunday.

Dinner Saturday

We stopped around eighteen hundred tonight. We're eating at Cracker Barrel, one of my favorite resturants. We are a little more than halfway to our hotelthat we are planning to slep at tomorrow. (Yes, that's how late we're getting in)! ETA is past 1:00. My blog postlooks a litle like an old telegram, text. stop, text. stop, etc. The reason is that I am typind on a Kindle keyboard which leaves much to be desired...

I am glad to be able to post at all though.

We started around 11:00 this morning, and right now, before dinner we still have two hundred and fifty mils to go. It's been/going to be a long(er) day.

New Project!

As if I don't have enough projects already, I had to go and start another one (again). This time though, it's something I've wanted to do for a long time. In fact, I think it's something that I think almost everyone has wanted to do at some point in their life: film a movie! I've wanted to film a movie for a long time now, as have a number of friends that I know. I finally gave up waiting for a good script or idea to come along and made a script myself. (actually it's still in the works) I have also been learning how to use Blender, and all in all I think that at this point it will be possible to get some good looking videos together. I also got an audio recorder relatively recently, and as good audio is a very important part for me, that would have been a killer. Right now there will be two main actors, (one of them me), and it looks like someone will have to play two parts. Things are coming along nicely though, and other than some scheduling issues, it's looking promising. The main purpose of the movie is for me and two friends who are working on it too to improve our skills. (other than just making a movie for the sake of making a movie, after all, it's a lot of fun)

For more information and updates here's the production blog:
http://blenderproject26.blogspot.com/

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This really looks like a lot of fun:



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Harper's Ferry

Well, I misplaced my camera for a while, and hadn't downloaded it's photos for a long time, so that's why these photos are only now being uploaded. We went for an all-day hike on the Appalachian trail earlier this year. Captions are for the photo above the text.

Along the river on the way there 

 More of the same. I think I need to clean my lens.

 The other side?

Some perspective 

 Part of the canal trail that we hiked on some.

Mist / fog 

Again, part of the canal trail that we hiked on. 

Rocks. I want to model rocks in Blender at some point. 

 Train tunnel

 A long bridge.

 I thought it this was pretty cool. See the wire linking the two ties? If that gets disconnected, it will probably alert someone that the tracks are out of alignment.

 Historic building

Recycling / trash barrels

 Historic buildings

 Curious. I just took a photo because I thought it was unusual.

 More trash / recycling barrels

 Train station

 We buy junk and sell antiques! (This is where we ate lunch)

 The restaurant where we ate lunch also had an "antiques" section. :)

Where we had lunch... Next two...

I think this was tilted to show how steep the place we were hiking right then actually was. 

 A little bit of snow. Photo documented!

 The sunset

 The sunset with less lens flare

 A very odd power line tower

 Sunset. One of my favorites of this set.

 Odd power line tower.

 Detail

 Rock sculptures. Next two...

 Can't quite read / decode it. Frustrating... I think I was able to read a little of it at the time though.

More historic buildings. Next two... 

 Canal trail. I had to use my hand as a lens hood to get a photo, and unfortunately it got in the photo. I may crop it later. You can also see that in the photo belos.

This is very high up, in case you can't tell... 

 Rapids. Next three...

 Photo taken from the bridge.

 And from the side...

 Angle view...

And some kayakers! 

Apologies for such a ridiculously long post, but I may do it again. Or I may just link to my Picasa web albums.

The Brilliant answers of a student who obtained a score of 0%

Following are the answers of a brilliant student who obtained 0% in the exam…


Q1. In which battle did Lord Nelson die?
A : his last battle…

Q2. Where was the Declaration of Independence signed?
A : at the bottom of the page

Q3. River Ravi flows in which state?
A : liquid

Q4. What is the main reason for divorce?
A : marriage

Q5. What is the main reason for failure?
A : exams

Q6. What can you never eat for breakfast?
A : Lunch & dinner

Q7. What looks like half an apple?
A : The other half

Q8. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
A : it will become wet

Q9. How can a man go eight days without sleeping ??
A : By sleeping at night.

Q10. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A : You will never find an elephant that has only one hand.

Q11. If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in other hand, what would you have ?
A : Very large hands

Q12. If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
A : No time at all, the wall is already built.


Q13: How can you drop an egg onto a concrete floor without breaking it?
A : Any way you like. Concrete floors are very hard to crack.


This mostly came from http://truthmafia.com/archives/2639

We Buy Junk and Sell Antiques!