We all Need a Hero
At least I know I’d like one. The GoPro Hero2 is an amazing HD camera that comes with a waterproof case and all kinds of mounts. It would be an amazing camera for time lapse video captured from my deck!
Here is my first UStream broadcast from my phone:
November 20, 2011 Pusch Peak Sunrise Time Lapse
Originally posted at TonightsSunset.com
Not as much color in this one as we often get, but I like they way the cloud were moving and forming and unforming. 45 minutes around sunrise condensed into about a minute and 45 seconds
November 18, 2011 Linda Vista Loop Trail Sunset Time Lapse
Nice Sunset tonight. Here’s a time lapse taken with my FlipUltra HD.
Beautiful and Ever Changing
Rejoice!
Last night was the second Tucson Fall Banquet. The banquet series takes a break today before resuming for three nights in the Phoenix area. (you can find out more here)
As you probably know, Teen Challenge of Arizona is my employer. I maintain the web site and do some YouTube videos. It is a very rewarding job as you can imagine as we see literally hundreds of boys, girls, men and women set free from drug and alcohol addiction every year. My small role of support allows me to tell some of the amazing stories of how God is saving lives through the ministry of Teen Challenge.
This years banquet theme is Rejoice! Philippians 4:4 says, “Rejoice in the Lord always and again I will say, Rejoice!” The banquets are more then just our major fundraiser for the year. They are also an opportunity to share the amazing things that God is doing and to Rejoice! in them.
One amazing story I got to tell after Fall Graduation is that of Karami’s and how God not only saved her life and changed her forever, but also changed her Dad and her entire family! Karami and her family shared from the stage last night. While I didn’t record that, I can share part of their story with you via this YouTube story I put together at graduation in September:
Reasons to Rejoice! indeed.
Don’t Text During the Movie. All Right?!
It’s been a rough couple of weeks and I needed a good laugh. Thanx to TheBlaze.com for bringing this important issue to light.
A movie theater in Austin, Texas, part of a small chain of theaters, took an angry voice mail and turned it into a funny FUNNY message that texting is not allowed in their theaters.
Let’s be honest. When someone opens their phone during a movie the light can be distracting. I didn’t pay $7.50 for a movie and $6 for popcorn so I can watch you text!
This video is not suitable for work nor for children and some adults. Enjoy
Fun with Mentos Propulsion
Just think how history would be different if Robert Goddard had Mentos and plastic two liter Diet Coke’s in the New Mexico desert. Don’t try this at home. They are not professionals on a closed course:
Mash up!
Tears for Fears was always one of my favorites back in my DJ days in the 80s. (Roswell, New Mexico!)
When a friend of mine posted a video of Andy McKee playing “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” on guitar I knew I had to try to combine it with the Tears for Fears version.
So, here it is. My first ever attempt at a Mashup. Not perfect, but I hope you enjoy it.
And I hope it doesn’t get yanked off of YouTube :-)
Loretta Hunnicutt on Glenn Beck
Thanx to The Daily Beck for the clips. Great job Lori! I think you and Glenn each made a new friend.
TUSD Board Members Bail when Opposition to Mexican-American Studies Expressed.
Tucson Unified School District Superintendent Dr. John Pedicone says that planning is underway for a community-wide public hearing on Mexican-American Studies as it is taught at TUSD. Supposedly it will be an open discussion on that aspect of Ethnic Studies in the District. If the May 10th school board meeting is any indication, there are some on the school board that have no interest in hearing opposing views. Here is my view on how it went down Tuesday night:
In very related news, another speaker at the same meeting (that I did not get on tape) was cautioned for bad language because she was reading from material taught in elementary school. (content warning):
Yep. Education’s Under Attack
We’ve all heard the chant over and over and over (and over) and over. “Our Education’s under attack. What do we do? Fight Back!”
Catchy. So where did these students that are known as UNIDOS come up with the idea to storm a Tuscon United School Board Meeting and chain themselves to chairs?
So glad that Tucson Independent Daily was able to capture the very public Facebook discussion between School Board Member Judy Burns and some of her friends.
And whose idea was it to invite disgraced former Ethnics Studies Professor Ward Churchill?
