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The Baby Got Back Wikipedia Edit War of 2010
In 2010 I got involved in an edit war on Wikipedia over the synopsis of the song “Baby Got Back“. I lost that war and the synopsis I fought to preserve was deleted. Here it is as it was on September 22, 2010 prior to the Baby Got Back War of 2010:
The song opens with two young...
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Why The Religious Right Is Republican
Recently I came across two graphs that reveal the secret motivation behind the close ties between the religious right and the Republican party. The first graph below demonstrates clearly that, at least for the last 60 years, income growth rates for Americans is significantly lower under...
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Obscurus Lupa Presents: Beer Bad
I stumbled across this hilarious review of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode, “Beer Bad”, by Allison Pregler (aka Obscurus Lupa, Manic Episodes).
I’d love to see more Buffy reviews by Obscurus Lupa – how about the one where some of the students at Sunnydale...
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Jack White - That Black Bat Licorice (Animated Video)
Jack White is a genius. Here we bring you an animated music video for his song “That Black Bat Licorice” from the album Lazaretto.
Lazaretto is the second studio album by Jack White. It was released on June 10, 2014, through White’s own label Third Man Records in association with XL Rec...
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Electric Sheep HD Fractal Animation
Electric Sheep is a distributed computing project for animating and evolving fractal flames, which are in turn distributed to the networked computers, which display them as a screensaver. It’s crowd sourced evolving art. Below is a 3 hour high definition video animation which used the top ...
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Gwen Stefani & M.I.A. - Harajuku Lovers Tour
The Harajuku Lovers Tour was the first solo concert tour of American recording artist Gwen Stefani. The tour ran from October 16 to December 21 of 2005 in support of her 2004 debut solo studio album “Love. Angel. Music. Baby.”. When tickets for the December 1 show at...
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The Kinks “Muswell Hillbillies" Reissue
The 2015 remix & remaster of the 1971 Kinks “Muswell Hillbillies” album on high grade vinyl includes the original album and a 2nd disc of rarities & outtakes from the original album sessions as well as BBC sessions recorded for John Peel. I’ve purchased a lot of 180 gram vinyl rei...
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Video of Burj Khalifa - Tallest Building in the World
The Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج خليفة, Arabic for “Khalifa Tower”; pronounced English: /ˈbɜːrdʒ kəˈliːfə/), known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With ...
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A short video I made combining several fractals generated with Frax HD on my iPad. These illustrate some of the features of Frax including zoom, lighting, textures, panning, and spinning both colors and space.
Frax is a very easy application to use and allows the user to explore the...
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A short video I made expressing my view of the January 21, 2010 ruling of the United States Supreme Court in the Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission campaign finance case.
The Court held (5–4) that the free speech clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution p...
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A poem by Dr. Renaldo Recuerdo of hope and advice in the face of adversity, utilizing aphorisms and adages
Any day now, that ship's coming in
Our bad luck will change, storm clouds will break
Pretty soon now, our stars will align
Warm Sun on our face, Heaven's embrace
Hold your...
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A photo I took of the beachfront cottages in Capitola, California.
This photograph is one in a series of photos I took then digitally enhanced in an attempt to elicit a psychedelic perspective. Here is my gallery of psychedelic art photos:
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A photo I took of the railroad underpass off Chestnut Street in downtown Santa Cruz, California.
This photograph is one in a series of photos I took then digitally enhanced in an attempt to elicit a psychedelic perspective. Here is my gallery of psychedelic art photos:
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A photo I took of the railroad underpass off Chestnut Street in downtown Santa Cruz, California.
This photograph is one in a series of photos I took then digitally enhanced in an attempt to elicit a psychedelic perspective. Here is my gallery of psychedelic art photos:
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Santa Cruz Psychedelic Oak Tree
A photo I took of an oak tree on the campus of San Lorenzo Valley High School. Digitally modified the old fashioned way with The GIMP before IG or Snapchat filters.
This photograph is one in a series of nature photos I took then digitally enhanced in an attempt to elicit a psychedelic...
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The Power Trio - Three Piece Wonders
The rise of the power trio in the 1960s was made possible in part by developments in amplifier technology that greatly enhanced the volume of the electric guitar and bass. Particularly, the popularization of the electric bass guitar defined the bottom end and filled in the gaps. Since...
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My "I Got A Line On You" Apple Music Playlist
This Apple Music playlist is based on the excellent single “I Got A Line On You” released in 1968 by the Los Angeles based psychedelic rock band Spirit. The song peaked at #25 on the U.S. Top 100 on March 15, 1969.
In addition to Spirit, the playlist includes songs by The...
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I’m adding many of my YouTube playlists here, both in the sidebar and as pages reflected in menus elsewhere. Here is the current list of pages containing YouTube playlists:
A-Pop
Babymetal
Beat Farmers
Beck
Cake
Deep Purple
Electric Light Orchestra
Fractals
Harry...
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Sunfighter Inner Liner with “Pets” by Jack Traylor
The remarkable 1971 album “Sunfighter” by Paul Kantner & Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane includes a booklet created by Slick and a poem by Jack Traylor. The inner vinyl album sleeve contains “Pets” by Traylor:
Pets
We keep bugs in boxes and bottles just to see how...
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A short scientific parable by Renaldo Recuerdo
The story has been sung to us from the centuries. My mother’s mother’s mother and many many mothers before sang the tale. The very great and sad story of Gaunzella, warrior cow of the Pacific Blue Whales. I tell this tale to you now...
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The Love Family, Hippie Commune or Religious Cult?
Love Family Passover, 1977
In the Summer of 1976 the annual Rainbow Gathering was held in Montana by Cave Mountain, near Choteau, in Lewis and Clark National Forest. At the Gathering, a Seventies hippie commune called the Love Family invited everybody who had stayed for the cleanup to come to...
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My youngest daughter likes to dress up like me. She’s “borrowed” a lot of my clothes, most never to be returned. Here she is wearing my hat and jacket and glasses
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Spotify vs Apple Music: Which Streaming Service Should You Use
I was not a streamer, now I am. I wasn’t using a streaming service until my daughter and her friends pestered me enough to try one. They wanted to share playlists with me and easily share new music they found and old music I liked. So I signed up for a 3 month free trial of Spotify...
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Look what’s happening on Twitter!
Look what’s happening on Twitter! #pinkfloyd #claypoollennondelirium #twitter http://bit.ly/2BujhDc
New Post has been published on https://blog.ronrecord.com/index.php/2019/02/08/here-i-am-chilling-with-the-famous-chrisrecord-where-i-learned/
Here I am chilling with the famous Chris Record where I learned he gets all his ideas about what’s trending from me!
This photo was taken at an AirBnb by the beach in Santa Cruz where we celebrated my mom’s 90th birthday.
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John Street Beach Psychedelic Lichen
A digitally modified photo I took near John Street Beach in Santa Cruz, California. Modified with The GIMP.
This photograph is one in a series of nature photos I took then digitally enhanced in an attempt to elicit a psychedelic perspective of natural phenomena.
Other examples in this series...
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San Lorenzo High Psychedelic Oak Trees
A photo I took of some oak trees on the campus of San Lorenzo Valley High School. Digitally modified the old fashioned way with The GIMP before IG or Snapchat filters. Uphill both ways.
This photograph is one in a series of nature photos I took then digitally enhanced in an attempt to elicit a...
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My succulent front door greeters, a variety of succulents and other plants arranged on cedar benches and planters behind a cedar porch swing.
New Post has been published on https://blog.ronrecord.com/index.php/2018/12/04/this-fern-is-doing-well-https-ift-tt-2qyhl5u/
This fern is doing well in my backyard snuggled up against the rear of my workshop. Thus far it seems to fare well in both Summer and Winter, rain or sun. Check back later for an update.
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My California 2018 Smoke & Fires Self
My California 2018 Smoke & Fires self is way cooler than my normal self #californiafires #selfie
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Chris Record and father Ron Record enjoying a moment
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My son, Chris Record, with no orange and my brother, Don Record, sporting his Poet & Patriot T-shirt #family #son #brother
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My neighbor’s #willow tree. Pretty #magnificent
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Seven SCO employees were seen at Bocci’s Cellar on Monday night. Possible Skunkware revival in the works? Pizza Net resurrection? Blockchain based Xenix? Stay tuned!
Here are a few digitally modified versions of this photo. I used the Visionist app for iOS for these mods.
From left t...
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San Francisco Giants World Series Championships
I got to see the 3 championship trophies the San Francisco Giants won in the last 8 seasons. These are on display at Oracle Park, the home of the Giants, in the South Beach neighborhood of San Francisco.
Originally named Pacific Bell Park, then SBC Park in 2003 after SBC...
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The butterfly wing shadows act as the minute and second hands on my sundial
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The Thousand Sparkling Lights of the Sun on the Bay
Is it possible to catch the thousand sparkling lights of the Sun reflecting on the Bay? I keep trying but somewhat unsatisfactorily.
New Post has been published on https://blog.ronrecord.com/index.php/2018/08/10/my-newest-creation-the-make-earth-flat-again-trump-hat/
My newest creation, the “Make Earth Flat Again!” Trump hat. #flatearth #trump #hat Available in my Zazzle store!
New Post has been published on https://blog.ronrecord.com/index.php/2018/08/05/all-of-you-who-have-been-pestering-me-for-a-make-earth/
All of you who have been pestering me for a “Make Earth Flat Again!” #Trump #hat, here it is! If you believe “evolution is just a theory” as does former Trump EPA administrator Scott Pruitt, then this hat is for you. If you think, as does our glorious President Trump, that man-made #climat...
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In Santa Cruz we live near #earthquake faults, next to Great White Sharks in the bay, with #tsunami warning signs on the beach. But, if you run inland to higher ground, as the #sign suggests, there are mountain lions! #danger #mountainlion #greatwhiteshark
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One of the succulents thriving under the olive tree in front of my house.
New Post has been published on https://blog.ronrecord.com/index.php/2018/06/30/current-read-the-gender-bending-1960-sciencefiction/
Currently re-reading the gender bending 1960 science fiction novel “Venus Plus X” by Theodore Sturgeon which made the 1961 short list of nominees for Hugo Award for Best Novel. It’s still a fun read 50 years later but the gender bending shock and exhilaration are not as pronounced to ...
New Post has been published on https://blog.ronrecord.com/index.php/2018/05/06/take-1-of-todays-effort-to-comment-on-the-nature-of-life/
Take 1 in my “Life and Death” art series – these are physical compositions which are photographed and (optionally) digitally modified in an effort to portray the intermingling qualities of the living and the dead.
New Post has been published on https://blog.ronrecord.com/index.php/2018/05/06/take-2-life-death-nature-airplants-comments/
Take 2 in my “Life and Death” art series – these are physical compositions which are photographed and (optionally) digitally modified in an effort to portray the intermingling qualities of the living and the dead.
New Post has been published on https://blog.ronrecord.com/index.php/2011/09/12/swami-satchidanandas-lesson-for-me/
Swami Satchidananda's Lesson For Me
In or around 1975 i was living outside Gainesville, Florida. I had been studying yoga out of the book “Integral Hatha Yoga” by Swami Satchidananda. He was the funny little Swami who appeared at Woodstock and his book was full of pretty good pictures of the poses. I just imitated the...
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Put me on the back burner
Keep the fire turned down low
Stir me slowly now and then
Or I just might boil away
Toss me in your catch bucket
Or throw me back into the river
Don’t let me flop around forever
I must drink or I must swim
You can leave the hook in
You might wanna reel me...
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Birth Announcement Letter to My Parents
While perusing one of my mother’s old photo albums I found a letter I had written her and my dad shortly after the birth of my first child. It’s not dated but it would have been sent sometime in late July or early August of 1978. Here it is, verbatim and unedited.
=============letter...
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Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr (February 5, 1848 – February 3, 1889), better known as Belle Starr, was a notorious American outlaw.
Belle associated with the James–Younger Gang and other outlaws. She was convicted of horse theft in 1883. She was fatally shot in 1889 in a case that is still offi...
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Brave she is And scared
Delicate And strong
Broken glass and rocks Surround her Battling dragons daily Her laughter overcomes
Simple deep and true Feeling life too much...
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Visiting Enid with my girlfriend Swarloka in the Summer of 1975 we saw that Jefferson Starship was playing in Tulsa. I borrowed my dad’s pickup and we loaded the goat in back (oh yeah, at that time Swarloka and I had a goat and a dog – nothing like fresh goat’s milk in the...
