This and that
by chuckofish
There is a funny new online Total Lacrosse video starring the boy. (Your mom thinks you’re cool.) Check it out!
I laughed out loud. But then, I am easily amused.
Enjoy your Tuesday!
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Tag: Total Lacrosse
September 16, 2015
This is cool
by chuckofish
Did you read about the Battle of Britain commemorative “flypast“?
The 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain was marked yesterday (September 15) by the largest flypast of Spitfires since World War II. There was also a service at St Paul’s Cathedral. Prince Harry was supposed to take part, flying in a two-seater Spitfire from Goodwood Aerodrome in West Sussex, but he gave up his seat to a 95-year old veteran. Hats off to Harry, who by the way, was celebrating his 31st birthday!
BBC News
Anyway, this would have been something to see, right?
The Queen watches the flypast from Buckingham Palace balcony (Mirror)
And oh look, it’s another Total Lacrosse video with the boy!
Let’s not forget that today is also the day the Pilgrims set sail for America in the Mayflower in 1620.
“The Embarkation of the Pilgrims” (1857) by the American painter Robert Walter Weir in the Brooklyn Museum
A toast to those brave souls and a poem:
From my years young in days of youth,
God did make known to me his truth,
And call’d me from my native place
For to enjoy the means of grace.
In wilderness he did me guide,
And in strange lands for me provide.
In fears and wants, through weal and woe,
A pilgrim, past I to and fro.
–William Bradford
Have a great day! Learn something new and smile at someone!
September 7, 2015
Ora et labora*
by chuckofish
Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, following the deaths of a number of workers during the Pullman Strike in Chicago. In an effort to conciliate organized labor after the strike, President Grover Cleveland and Congress designated the first Monday in September as a federal holiday.
When I was growing up it was considered the cut-off date for wearing white or seersucker. School resumed soon after. It also marked the start of the football season and new shows on T.V.
Much of all that has changed, but we still get the day off and for that I’m grateful. I will enjoy staying home today.
Of course, not everyone gets the day off. The boy will be laboring in his retail job. Here he is in yet another video for Total Lacrosse.
Don’t forget: If you liked what you saw, hit that thumb’s up sign!
(P.S. It takes awhile for those Youtube vids to load.)
[The above picture was taken circa 1977-78 when my dual personality and brother were laboring to repair the roof of my parents’ garage. I was too afraid to go up on the roof (I did try) so I took the picture with my trusty Instamatic commemorating the event. Par for the course.]
*Pray and work
Almighty God, you have so linked our lives one with another that all we do affects, for good or ill, all other lives: So guide us in the work we do, that we may do it not for self alone, but for the common good; and, as we seek a proper return for our own labor, make us mindful of the rightful aspirations of other workers, and arouse our concern for those who are out of work; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
–BCP
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