Date: Monday, March 7th, 2011
Word of the Day: demagogue (DEM\uh\gog); a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.
Weight: two hundred and twenty-four (224) pounds
Goal: lose one hundred (100) pounds in one (1) year duration, not bloody likely
Pounds to lose: ninety-two (92) pounds
Waist Size: forty-three (43) huge inches
Days until Sarah Ferguson Snub: fifty-six (56) days until Royal Wedding between Kate Middleton and Prince William
Rowing Duration: sixty (60) minutes, zero (0) seconds
Another Monday, another work-week, you can do it, what choice do you have?
I'm up late yet again this morning and the reason is that I was watching a documentary on how the boys who played Billy Elliot on Broadway were chosen. This documentary started rather late on the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS).
I do not have alot on my mind this morning, no wise cracks Lily, I wanted to watch the new season of Celebrity Apprentice, alas, I missed it, I guess Donald Trump won't miss my support as a viewer.
There is so much snow outside, I tell you, if you are a shoveller, you certainly will be in demand these next few days. (I told you that there wasn't much on my mind.)
However, in the "In the News" tag-on this morning, it is reported that employee drug use is linked to aviation accidents, what a total surprise and shock, isn't that? Although illicit drug use remains rare among airline employees, they are three (3) times more likely to test positive for drugs, like marijuana, heroin, cocaine, after a crash of other accident than when they are tested at random times. The findings seem to indicate that drug violations by airline personnel play a small part in increasing the risk of an aviation accident. After reviewing a decade's worth of drug tests, researchers, concluded that one (1) out of every one hundred (100) accidents is the result of illlicit drug use.
Well, the space shuttle "Discovery" is heading home, yes "Discovery" departed the space shuttle space station leaving behind a new storage room, (I am curious as to what supplies are there,) a prototype robot and tons of supplies.
Regis Philbin lost seven (7) pounds from doing the clean-out necessary when one gets a colonoscopy, my goodness seven (7) pounds, I think I'll sign-up for another one!
Since I do not have alot on my mind, I thought I would provide for you a brief blurb(s) on cartoons, here goes:
The word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The artists who draw cartoons are known as cartoonists. The term has evolved over time. The original meaning was in fine art of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, where it referred to a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting or tapestry. In the 19th century, it came to refer to humorous illustrations in magazines and newspapers, and in the early 20th century it was sometimes used to refer to comic strips. In more modern usage, cartoons commonly refers to animated programs for television and other motion-picture media.
Editorial cartoons are found almost exclusively in news publications and news websites. Although they also employ humour, they are more serious in tone, commonly using irony or satire. The art usually acts as a visual metaphor to illustrate a point of view on current social and/or political topics. Editorial cartoons often include speech balloons and, sometimes, multiple panels. Editorial cartoonists of note include Herblock, David Low, Jeff MacNelly, Mike Peters and Gerald Scarfe.
Comic strips, also known as "cartoon strips" in the United Kingdom, are found daily in newspapers worldwide, and are usually a short series of cartoon illustrations in sequence. In the United States they are not as commonly called "cartoons" themselves, but rather "comics" or "funnies". Nonetheless, the creators of comic strips, as well as comic books and graphic novels, are usually referred to as "cartoonists". Although humour is the most prevalent subject matter, adventure and drama are also represented in this medium. Noteworthy cartoonists of humor strips include Scott Adams, Steve Bell, Charles Schulz, E. C. Segar, Mort Walker and Bill Watterson.
BooksBooks with cartoons are usually reprints of newspaper cartoons. On some occasions, new gag cartoons have been created for book publication, as was the case with "Think Small," a 1967 promotional book distributed as a giveaway by Volkswagen dealers. Bill Hoest and other cartoonists of that decade drew cartoons showing Volkswagens, and these were published along with humourous automotive essays by such humorists as H. Allen Smith, Roger Price and Jean Shepherd. The book's design juxtaposed each cartoon alongside a photograph of the cartoon's creator.
Because of the stylistic similarities between comic strips and early animated movies, "cartoon" came to refer to animation, and the word "cartoon" is currently used to refer to both animated cartoons and gag cartoons. While "animation" designates any style of illustrated images seen in rapid succession to give the impression of movement, the word "cartoon" is most often used in reference to TV programs and short films for children featuring anthropomorphized animals, superheroes, the adventures of child protagonists and related genres.
At the end of the 1980s, the word "cartoon" was shortened, and the word "toon" came into usage with the live action/animated feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), followed two years later by the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures (1990).
Be good to yourself and have a great day!
That's all folks.
Topics coming soon:
Art
Politics
Gable and Lombard
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Word of the Day: demagogue (DEM\uh\gog); a leader who obtains power by means of impassioned appeals to the emotions and prejudices of the populace.
Weight: two hundred and twenty-four (224) pounds
Goal: lose one hundred (100) pounds in one (1) year duration, not bloody likely
Pounds to lose: ninety-two (92) pounds
Waist Size: forty-three (43) huge inches
Days until Sarah Ferguson Snub: fifty-six (56) days until Royal Wedding between Kate Middleton and Prince William
Rowing Duration: sixty (60) minutes, zero (0) seconds
Another Monday, another work-week, you can do it, what choice do you have?
I'm up late yet again this morning and the reason is that I was watching a documentary on how the boys who played Billy Elliot on Broadway were chosen. This documentary started rather late on the Public Broadcasting Station (PBS).
I do not have alot on my mind this morning, no wise cracks Lily, I wanted to watch the new season of Celebrity Apprentice, alas, I missed it, I guess Donald Trump won't miss my support as a viewer.
There is so much snow outside, I tell you, if you are a shoveller, you certainly will be in demand these next few days. (I told you that there wasn't much on my mind.)
However, in the "In the News" tag-on this morning, it is reported that employee drug use is linked to aviation accidents, what a total surprise and shock, isn't that? Although illicit drug use remains rare among airline employees, they are three (3) times more likely to test positive for drugs, like marijuana, heroin, cocaine, after a crash of other accident than when they are tested at random times. The findings seem to indicate that drug violations by airline personnel play a small part in increasing the risk of an aviation accident. After reviewing a decade's worth of drug tests, researchers, concluded that one (1) out of every one hundred (100) accidents is the result of illlicit drug use.
Well, the space shuttle "Discovery" is heading home, yes "Discovery" departed the space shuttle space station leaving behind a new storage room, (I am curious as to what supplies are there,) a prototype robot and tons of supplies.
Regis Philbin lost seven (7) pounds from doing the clean-out necessary when one gets a colonoscopy, my goodness seven (7) pounds, I think I'll sign-up for another one!
Since I do not have alot on my mind, I thought I would provide for you a brief blurb(s) on cartoons, here goes:
The word cartoon has various meanings, based on several very different forms of visual art and illustration. The artists who draw cartoons are known as cartoonists. The term has evolved over time. The original meaning was in fine art of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance, where it referred to a preparatory drawing for a piece of art, such as a painting or tapestry. In the 19th century, it came to refer to humorous illustrations in magazines and newspapers, and in the early 20th century it was sometimes used to refer to comic strips. In more modern usage, cartoons commonly refers to animated programs for television and other motion-picture media.
Editorial cartoons are found almost exclusively in news publications and news websites. Although they also employ humour, they are more serious in tone, commonly using irony or satire. The art usually acts as a visual metaphor to illustrate a point of view on current social and/or political topics. Editorial cartoons often include speech balloons and, sometimes, multiple panels. Editorial cartoonists of note include Herblock, David Low, Jeff MacNelly, Mike Peters and Gerald Scarfe.
Comic strips, also known as "cartoon strips" in the United Kingdom, are found daily in newspapers worldwide, and are usually a short series of cartoon illustrations in sequence. In the United States they are not as commonly called "cartoons" themselves, but rather "comics" or "funnies". Nonetheless, the creators of comic strips, as well as comic books and graphic novels, are usually referred to as "cartoonists". Although humour is the most prevalent subject matter, adventure and drama are also represented in this medium. Noteworthy cartoonists of humor strips include Scott Adams, Steve Bell, Charles Schulz, E. C. Segar, Mort Walker and Bill Watterson.
BooksBooks with cartoons are usually reprints of newspaper cartoons. On some occasions, new gag cartoons have been created for book publication, as was the case with "Think Small," a 1967 promotional book distributed as a giveaway by Volkswagen dealers. Bill Hoest and other cartoonists of that decade drew cartoons showing Volkswagens, and these were published along with humourous automotive essays by such humorists as H. Allen Smith, Roger Price and Jean Shepherd. The book's design juxtaposed each cartoon alongside a photograph of the cartoon's creator.
Because of the stylistic similarities between comic strips and early animated movies, "cartoon" came to refer to animation, and the word "cartoon" is currently used to refer to both animated cartoons and gag cartoons. While "animation" designates any style of illustrated images seen in rapid succession to give the impression of movement, the word "cartoon" is most often used in reference to TV programs and short films for children featuring anthropomorphized animals, superheroes, the adventures of child protagonists and related genres.
At the end of the 1980s, the word "cartoon" was shortened, and the word "toon" came into usage with the live action/animated feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), followed two years later by the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures (1990).
Be good to yourself and have a great day!
That's all folks.
Topics coming soon:
Art
Politics
Gable and Lombard
Image via Wikipedia
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