"On this day, in 1916, Ishi died"

I've been following The Suburban Bushwacker blog from across the pond. Tonight I saw a post there that I enjoyed, titled the same as this one (thus the quotation marks). At the end of this very readable post is a quote that I just love:

"Ishi felt Western society was essentially silly - the only things that impressed him were matches and glue"

Enjoy clarity reaching out through time to tap you on the forehead every once and a while,

Bp

[Original post here, photo via Wiki commons, quote via The Free Library]

Saturday Morning Awesome: UK politico rips EU president

There is a trend happening in the Saturday Morning Awesome (SMA) -- that of badassery.

Nigel Farage (click HERE for the Wiki on him) was fined £2700 by the parliament for making the speech below. I have no idea if his accusations are correct, or if he's doing anything more than browbeating the EU president. But it's awesome. And Farage, in this moment at least, is a badass the likes of which I'd love to see in U.S. politics.

Ps: I am blatantly ripping this genius find from Faith in Honest Doubt's pages. Rock on Dale.



You go Nigel, you go,

Bp

Saturday morning Awesome: Living year-round in the Arctice Wildlife Refuge

Meet Heimo & Edna Korth, the last family living in ANWAR full time. Well worth watching all 5 episodes. Click Here for the full series, just scroll down for the links.



Enjoy watching badasses at work,

Bp

[via Boingboing]

Saturday Morning Awesome: Eagle Owl in Flight

Just fantastic video here of an Eagle Owl landing in slow motion. I have watched it over and over again, just noting how the feathers are moving around.

For the camera geeks in the audience, here is the Youtube writeup:

New Photron SA-2 High Definition High Speed Camera. Shot of 'Checkers' the eagle owl, 1000fps 1920x1080 resolution. Shot by SlowMo (www.slowmo.co.uk). See the owl and other birds of prey at www.turbarywoods.co.uk.

Enjoy watching flight,

Bp

[via Uncle Tom]

Anthony Weiner Vs. the GOP

Lovely.

Between him and Grayson, could there be a bit of chutzpah growing in the dems possibly? Possibly?

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Enjoy not holding your breath but glorying in the moment anyway,

Bp

[via Kipp, good catch sir]