Blogging the BLOB, er, ...The Blog, ...eh, whatever!

The Incredible BLOG!!!
...er, BLOB
After all this time, how can I NOT BLOG-the-BLOB!!!

I guess they both are taking over the world!



Here's one from the 1988 remake...

USS BOSTON (SSN-703) on YouTube.com!!

Many thanks to Don Ward for putting this together and uploading it to YouTube.com.

In fact, even I am in this....first picture on the starboard side during launch! Hehehehe!

Only the Chinese Could get away with this!

Leave it to the Chinese to remove the summit of Mount Everest and take it around the world as a touring exhibit!


See: The Tour of Mount Everest story here. You know, if some American tried that, the Chinese government would be up-in-arms about it!!

Feel Like Your Growing Old?

Sung by the Composer: Tom Lehrer
Does this resemble anyone we know?..

Know someone with a Domineering Spouse?

In this RARE bit of British Music Hall footage Gus Elen sings a song he made famous about 1891: "It's a Great Big Shame!" About a husband who has to given up the free lifestyle he enjoyed before marriage and the frustration experienced by his friends when they want him to go out for just a few beers.


Now you probably wondering, what does this have to do with the Navy and submarines?

...Well, I'll tell you, quite a bit! But I better save it for a later post because my wife just walked in!

Powerful! Earthy! It's Carmina Burana - O fortuna! by Carl Orff

The lyric translation would be considered vulgar and rude, very lusty even today!
...so I presented it here in Latin for your amusement and confusement!