This and That
January 14, 2024
Burying The Lede Department
CNN took a great story about the Boeing 737 and made it mediocre by burying the lede; as the AP noted some time ago, an internal Boeing document describes the 737 as “designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys,” as reported some time ago by the AP.
Parent Humor
If you serve frozen pizza or chicken nuggets for dinner, you are a terrible parent. I don’t care how busy you are… find the time to microwave the stuff.
―No attribution possible. It’s been circulating for a year.
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Tiny Piece of Good News
Vegan leather made from pineapple leaves (scroll down for video). Finally, some good news, in this case from LinkedIn.
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Boys on the Boat *****
Too many reviews this week, so this one is a brief. It’s a great underdog sports film about a University of Washington JV crew team’s path to the Berlin Olympics. I rowed intramural crew a few times; this is me on the day The Tech’s crew won the Golden Turkey Quill challenge.
I saw the ad for this film. I really liked it back when it was called "Chariots of Fire."
Posted by: Robert E. Malchman | January 14, 2024 at 09:36 PM