I loved Sparks, and most people have probably never heard of them. You might enjoy this cleverly designed (albeit initially annoying) site. If I recall, my buddy Mark had mentioned they were from So Cal - probably verifiable on the site, if I take the time to explore it all.
Experienced a rather interesting phenomenon here in Lake Forest today.
After I put in a few hours at work this morning, I walked outside around noon to head home and noticed an extraordinary number of butterflies heading in a westerly direction. There was no real wind to speak of, but it looked almost as if they were migrating. I didn’t know butterflies migrated. Didn’t give it much thought, and figured they were blowing in from the strawberry fields adjacent to the office.
Well, 6 hours later, when I headed up to Home Depot, they were still flocking!!! And everyone I spoke with had also noticed them and thought it rather odd. Perhaps it was triggered by the cessation of all the rain we’ve had this season, and the resulting preponderance of flowers showing up on almost anything that grows around here. Hell, even Death Valley has rolling fields of blossoms.
I haven’t had the news on, but I am curious to see how widespread the butterfly migration was, or even if they will still be on the move tomorrow…
Did you see them in your area today? Leave me a comment.
Welcome to the Time Machine . . .
Most families own a box or a scrapbook full of tokens and mementoes of their lives. Every object unlocks an attic in the mind, a storehouse of reminiscence. Nostalgia Central is a scrapbook providing a trip from the Swinging Sixties, via the Mirror-balled Seventies, to the Day-Glo Eighties.
US News Article | Reuters.com:
TEXAS CITY, Texas (Reuters) - An explosion rocked BP’s huge refinery in Texas City, Texas, on Wednesday, the company said, and local television reported that four people were killed in the blast.
Another 10 people were rushed to the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston, according to the televised report.
The BP refinery, the third largest refinery in the country, has a throughput of 470,000 barrels per day.
‘Our firemen are on scene assessing the situation and we have no further information at this time,’ said a spokeswoman for the Texas City Fire Department.
Clouds of black smoke were billowing from several fires at the plant. One refinery expert said the site appeared to be part of the refinery used to make gasoline.
BP’s Bill Stephens said the explosion was on the west end of the complex but could not confirm what units were affected.
You know when a report like this hits the wires, the salesman pack their bags and head for the scene of the crime. While this may be somewhat morbid, that’s how certain types of business become successful.
Just a thought.
Reviews, ratings and reader polls of Psychedelic Rock, Folk and Krautrock albums past and present.
Commercial or entertainment. In either case, its something else that has been outsourced to New Delhi.
Interesting observation by one of the enlightened posters on the Fluor message board.
“Fluor ceased being an engineering and construction company with a sales and marketing department a long time ago. They have become a sales and marketing company that happens to sell and market engineering and construction.”
I tend to agree… in case you care.
Explore the world of improvisation comedians and their interests.
Application of the universal extreme interpretation of an adjective; example: “she wasn’t just regular ugly, she was fugly”.
Everyone loves identifying continuity problems in movies. See how many of these you spotted before reading about them here.
