Which Addams Family Member Are You?

Posted by MikeyMike at 06:15 PM on October 31, 2005 in Arts, Performers.

This is for Halloween, so it's OK.... ^^


Read about them Here


You are Uncle Fester. Insanity personified, you can
also be wildly inventive. If you're properly
charged.


Which Addams Family Member Are You?
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My brother actually met "Uncle Fester"! No, not "Uncle Mikey"!!

Currently listening to: "The Addams Family started..."
Currently watching: The Addams Family

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Un-bear-ably cute

Posted by MikeyMike at 08:54 PM on November 2, 2005 in Geographica, Kawaii, Wild.

Panda baby getting bigger!


SIGNONSANDIEGO NEWS SERVICES

3:08 p.m. November 2, 2005

SAN DIEGO – The San Diego Zoo's 3-month-old giant panda cub is crawling around her den and veterinarians expect she will likely be walking soon, zoo officials announced Wednesday.

The 8.8-pound cub had to be transferred from the examination table to the floor during a check-up because she is moving around more.

Zoo veterinarian Julio Mercado said the as-yet-unnamed cub's teeth are also growing in, and he could feel canines just under her gums.

Based on Chinese tradition, the cub will be named on Nov. 10 when she reaches 100 days old. The name will be announced at 11 a.m. on that day at the zoo's Giant Panda Research Station.

Officials are now tallying more than 70,000 electronic votes submitted via the zoo's Web site. The name – out of five choices – that gets the most votes will be given to the panda born to Bai Yun on Aug. 2.

The proposed names and their Chinese meanings are:

Jiao Mei, sweet and charming;

Jiao Yan, delicate and charming;

Su Lin, a little bit of something very cute;

Bao Bei, precious, priceless, a treasure; and

Zhong Da, great, important, significant.

The San Diego Zoo is home to four pandas, all on loan from China. They are traditionally returned at age 3.

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"iPodify" your baby

Posted by MikeyMike at 12:04 AM on November 3, 2005 in iPod, Rants, Kawaii.

OK.... things have gone a little too far now... (um, wear can I get one!^^)

The 'iPodified' baby
August 6, 2005 4:30 PM PDT

Some of us already treat our iPods as if they were our babies. Now we can treat (or at least dress) our babies as if they were iPods.

At the iPod My Baby Web site, you can order a pink, blue, or white baby "onesie" emblazoned with the signature iPod scroll wheel "because the only thing cuter than a baby, is an iPodified baby, " the site states.

The onesies are 100 percent cotton, come in three sizes and cost $15.95. Also available through the site is a service called iPod My Photo, which turns a picture of your child (or anybody) into a mock iPod ad that can be transferred on to t-shirts, greeting cards and more.

The New York Times' David Pogue, among others, just couldn't resist the iPod onesie: "OK, have you ever, EVER seen anything this cute?" he wrote Friday. "That's it, I'm ordering one for our 10-month-old. I'm no fool; this will win me wifely adoration that will last for months."

Posted by Michelle Meyers


Order Here

Not related, just cute!

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Fais Dodo (French)

Posted by MikeyMike at 02:38 PM on November 6, 2005 in Geographica, Kawaii, Lyrics.

I found this song from a CD of lullabys from around the world and JenJenx2 agreed to translate from the french. I'll but it on my Radioblog tonight for those of you that need to put babies down to sleep! It's a very sweetly sung rendition...

Fais dodo, Colas, mon p'tit Frère, (Sleep, Colas, My little brother)
Fais dodo, t'auras du lolo ; (Sleep, you will get some milk)
Maman est en haut (Mom is upstars)
Qui fait du gâteau, (Making a cake)
Papa est en bas (Dad is downstairs)
Qui fait du chocolat ; (Making some chocolate)
Fais dodo, Colas, mon p'tit Frère, (Sleep, Colas, My little brother)
Fais dodo, t'auras du lolo. (Sleep, you will get some milk)

JenJen2x: "Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's what i think it says...
huehuehuehueheu.
I don't know what a LOLO is.. i was just guessing."

Currently listening to: Fais dodo

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Disabled Woman Set Ablaze

Posted by MikeyMike at 05:44 PM on November 6, 2005 in Rants, Geographica.

Paris Riots


Lots of immigrants to France end up in the grim suburbs of Paris. Many are from former French colonies in North Africa - and it's been said there are more practicing Muslims in France than practicing Catholics -- and racial and religious tensions run high. Is this kind of unrest to become the norm now - not just in France, but in many parts of Europe as well??

Disabled Woman Set Ablaze
Updated: 12:36, Friday November 04, 2005

A handicapped woman was doused with petrol and set on fire by youths during another night of rioting in Paris.

The 56-year-old suffered third degree burns to 20% of her body in the attack.

Witnesses said a youth poured petrol over the woman and then threw a Molotov cocktail on to the bus she was travelling on in the suburb of Sevran.

Other passengers were able to flee but she was unable to escape because of her disabilities.

It was the worst incident so far in more than a week of rioting.

For the first time, there were also signs of copycat rampages elsewhere in France.

Police said several cars in the eastern city of Dijon were set alight, while similar attacks took place in the western Seine-Maritime region and the Bouches-du-Rhone in the south of the country.

More than 160 cars were reportedly torched in the Paris region, as well as 33 in the provinces. More Here

Currently reading: Is Paris Burning

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Origins of some Popular Christmas Carols

Posted by MikeyMike at 06:36 PM on November 6, 2005 in Geographica, Arts, Lyrics.

Not really part of the lyrics theme but interesting at this time of year, righty?
Got this from the blog of Graham Lester at http://grahamlester.typepad.com/about.html


Santa, having a rum and coke... errr... I mean milk and cookies...


Origins of some Popular Christmas Carols

O Come All Ye Faithful -- a Jacobite Carol:

The original four verses (O come..., God of God..., Sing, choirs..., Yea Lord...) are found in an eighteenth century Jacobean Manuscript entitled "a prayer for James", ie James III the Old Pretender. The handwriting is the same as that found in other manuscripts signed and dated by John Francis Wade (c.1711-86), a layman who copied and sold plainchant and other music. Wade worked at Douai, the great Catholic centre in France where there was an English college which was a refuge for English Catholics after the abdication of James II in 1688. The words may therefore be attributed to Wade or others, but certainly originate amongst exiled Jacobite Roman Catholics of the 1740s. The Jacobite colony did not survive for long after Wade’s death in 1786, but the verses may have survived in the hands of the Jesuits who returned from exile around 1798. Link.

The Holly and the Ivy:

This carol appears to have nearly escaped the notice of collectors, as it has been reprinted by one alone, who states his copy to have been taken from "an old broadside, printed a century and a half since," i.e., about 1710. It is still retained on the broadsheets printed at Birmingham. It is possible that it is an ancient carol. The praise of the holly and ivy was a favourite subject with the mediaeval carolists. The epithet "merry" is applied to the organ by Chaucer, in his Canterbury Tales, where, in a description of the possessions of a poor widow, the Nun's Priests is made to say: --

She had a cock, hight Chaunticleer,
In all the land of crowing was none is peer:
His voice was merrier than the merry organ
On mass days that in the church goon."

But later writers almost invariably speak of the instrument in very different terms: -- we have the "pealing organ" of Milton; the "sacred organ" of Dryden; the "deep" organ's "majestic sound" of Congreve; the "deep-mouth'd organ" of Hughes; and "the deep, majestic, solemn, organs" or Pope. Link.

Carol of the Bells was originally a Ukrainian New Year song:

Meanwhile, back in the Ukraine, the original folk melody that Leontovich used to compose his work was one of many well-wishing tunes sung in many Ukrainian villages on Jan. 13 -- New Year's Eve on the Julian calendar -- usually by adolescent girls going house to house in celebration of the new year. As the girls sang the tune predicting good fortune, they were rewarded with baked goods or other treats.

The Ukrainian National Chorus did not limit its performances of "Shchedryk" to the Julian New Year, and the song became popular in other parts of the world as the choir introduced it to other nationalities, including the United States, where they first performed the song to a sold-out audience in Carnegie Hall Oct. 5, 1921.

When American choir director and arranger Peter Wilhousky heard Leontovich's choral work, it reminded him of bells; so he wrote new lyrics to convey that imagery for his choir. He copyrighted the new lyrics in 1936 and also published the song, despite the fact that the work was published almost two decades earlier in Soviet Ukraine. In the late 1930s, several choirs that Wilhousky directed began performing his Anglicized arrangement during the Christmas holiday season. Link.

Deck the Halls:

The roundabout contribution of this highly secular song to the religious observance of the season is one of its decided ironies. Another of its ironies is the deep historical obscurity of this very familiar song. All that is known about the carol's background is its reputed origin in Wales. Presumably of folk creation, its date of origin is not at all certain and even the language in which the lyrics were first written is somewhat unsure. Most likely the original words were the English verses we [now] sing, but they could possibly have been Welsh. The compelling argument relating to linguistic background is the exceptional poetic rhythm of the English lyrics, which do not have the feel of a translation. Link.

And how could we forget Good King Wenceslas?

In the thirteenth century a delightful tune was created someplace in Europe, quite possibly in Scandinavia or another northern part of that continent. In the sixteenth century (1582), the sprightly melody was published in the carol collection Piae Cantiones, accompanied by a spring carol called "Tempus adest floridum" ("Spring Has Now Unwrapped the Flowers"). In the nineteenth century, Englishman John Mason Neale (1818-1866) discovered the tune and in 1853 affixed to it some lyrics based on the story of Wenceslas. By that time the historical Bohemian personage had acquired an entourage of legends. Among these legends was the one about the poor man and the page which Neale wove into a carol. But Neale's skill at weaving was rather faulty, for the lyrics of "Wenceslas" are, quite honestly, on the horrible side, and have even received negative epithets such as "doggerel." Two other carols conceived by Neale at about the same time, "O Come, O Come Emmanuel" (1851) and "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" (1853), were, fortunately, better blessed literarily.

The seven-centuries-old tune, in contrast, is a bit of a marvel of both longevity and musical content. Its flowing spirit belies our usually but largely mistaken impressions that all of the Middle Ages were dull, uncreative, and culturally confining. Link.

Shocking News: It appears that most British of all carols, Away in a Manger, was actually written in America. In Britain it is sung to a lullaby (presumably the “Kirkpatrick setting”), whereas in America it is sung to a more upbeat tune (presumably the “Murray setting”). I think the version common in Britain suits the cute, childish verses much better. The carol has an interesting and disputed history. Link.

See also: An Irish Christmas

Currently listening to: The Nylons' Carol of The Bells

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A Christmas Carol (1951)

Posted by MikeyMike at 07:42 PM on November 6, 2005 in Rants, Arts, Performers.

This is the ONLY Dickens A Christmas Carol version I'm gonna' watch!
Alastair Sim IS Ebenezer Scrooge... There is something so special about this production, that I feel cheated if I don't get to see it.

Then, all I really need is How The Grinch Stole Christmas



and A Christmas Story...

Currently watching: A Christmas Carol

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You know you hogwants it!

Posted by MikeyMike at 12:40 AM on November 8, 2005 in Arts.

Get it here from Apple Store

Currently reading: Harry Potter - all of them!

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Memoirs of A Geisha Soundtrack

Posted by MikeyMike at 03:34 PM on November 8, 2005 in Arts, Performers.

Hehe! Coming out soon...



features Yo-Yo Ma, John Williams and Itzhak Perlman!
Internationally renowned artists Yo-Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman will collaborate with five-time Oscar winner John Williams as soloists in his original musical score for Memoirs of a Geisha, the Dreamworks/Columbia Pictures film adapted from Arthur Golden's best-selling novel. Directed by Oscar nominee Rob Marshall (Chicago), the film stars Ziyi Zhang and Michelle Yeoh - both of whom became international sensations in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - as well as Gong Li (Farewell My Concubine, Raise the Red Lantern) and Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai). Sony Classical will release the film's original soundtrack recording on Tuesday, November 22, 2005, and Memoirs of a Geisha will open in theaters nationwide December 9, 2005.

[UPDATE] First review of Memoirs of A Geisha Soundtrack!

Here's a pre-release review of the soundtrack to Memoirs! JenJen2x - this site was made for vous!!

Every time John Williams writes a dramatic score, people take notice. It might be because he's inarguably one of the best film composers alive, and has been writing amazing pieces of music for the past forty years, non-stop. Earlier this year, he wrote music for Steven Spielberg's sci-fi thriller War of the Worlds, and will later this month be recording his score to Spielberg's drama, Munich.

Sandwiched in between the two Spielberg projects was Memoirs of a Geisha, directed by Chicago director Rob Marshall. Originally, Spielberg had been attached to direct the film for years, and in the end, serves as a producer on the project. Williams recorded the score in late summer, at Royce Hall at UCLA. With him, Williams brought along two soloists with whom he had worked before: Yo-Yo Ma (Seven Years in Tibet), and Itzhak Perlman (Schindler's List).

The resulting work for Memoirs of a Geisha is a beautiful yet somewhat restrictive score. There are a lot of cello solos, and not as many pieces for Perlman to be involved in. Stylistically, it has a lot of Eastern influences, and can easily be held up as a nice companion album to Seven Years in Tibet, with some of the emotion found in Angela's Ashes.

As tends to be the case with our First Listen articles, SoundtrackNet has not yet seen the film, and so what follows is a track-by-track description, without context from the film. Please keep in mind that we don't have the benefit of liner notes, and portions of this article might be rendered inaccurate once the final album and film are released. We hope you enjoy this exclusive "First Listen" of the soundtrack to Memoirs of a Geisha. More Here (and you can listen to sound clips there as well! ^^)

"11. Dr. Crab's Prize (2:18)" EWWWW!!

Listen to a song!

Currently listening to: Memoirs of a Geisha Soundtrack

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LED belt buckle

Posted by MikeyMike at 01:10 AM on November 9, 2005 in Tech.

Need I say more??



In case you don't think your geekiness is obvious enough, you can announce it (in a big way, I might add) with this scrolling LED belt buckle. And say you are feeling particularly saucy that day...you can program up to 6 different messages of up to 256 characters. And because you are a true geek, scrolling speed and brightness is adjustable, of course. On days you just want to lay low, you can set the buckle on your desk, but then you wouldn't look as cool standing there in your LEDs as this guy here.

Buy it for Mikey Here

Currently reading: Think Geek!

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2046

Posted by MikeyMike at 07:22 PM on November 9, 2005 in Arts, Performers.

Hey sailor, want a date?? ^^

Zhang Ziyi in 2046, the 2004 film from Kar Wai Wong...

2046 trailer

Currently watching: 2046

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Baby Panda has name!

Posted by MikeyMike at 04:55 PM on November 11, 2005 in Congrats!, Geographica, Kawaii, Wild.

hehe! The voting is in (after the traditional 100 days) and its.... Su Lin (a little bit of something very cute) What's more cute than that??
That's the name that I picked too, remember??



See more here, including video!

Panda cub update: Su Lin

After tallying more than 70,000 votes, San Diego Zoo officials announced the name chosen by panda devotees: Su Lin (sue-lynn). Su Lin was one of five names presented to the public through an online naming poll, receiving 44 percent of the vote. The name means "a little bit of something very cute" in Chinese, but also has historic significance. Don Lindburg, Ph.D., San Diego Zoo giant panda team leader, submitted the name to help call attention to the history of the giant panda in the United States.

"I am pleased with the decision of the community in choosing the name Su Lin for our latest panda cub," Dr. Lindburg said. "Between the arrival of the first Su Lin in our country in 1936 and the birth of the second one in 2005, history has not been kind to pandas, with only about 1,600 individuals left in the world today. But like the two cubs born here before her, the new Su Lin dramatizes the importance of working to make the world more secure for wild populations."

In 1936, Ruth Harkness brought the first giant panda to the United States. The male cub, incorrectly believed to be a female at first, was named Su Lin after the sister-in-law of Quentin Young, a wildlife explorer who assisted Harkness in her journey through China.

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Posted by MikeyMike at 07:42 PM on November 12, 2005 in Arts.

NatGeo explores the new Movie with behind the scenes stories for all you Hogwarts fanatics out there! =)

Mysterious questions shake the wizarding world in the new movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Will Harry survive the dangerous Triwizard Tournament? Is evil Lord Voldemort back? Can Harry manage to speak a full sentence to his crush, Cho Chang? With so much looming at Hogwarts, Harry may wish he could apparate (for you Muggles, that means magically transporting yourself anywhere you want) back to the Dursleys!

Harry, Ron, and Hermione experience a lot in Goblet of Fire, based on the fourth book in the series by J.K. Rowling. But that's nothing compared with what the actors went through! NG Kids goes behind the scenes of this new movie. More Here

Official Movie Site Here

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Geisha Sneek Peek

Posted by MikeyMike at 11:39 AM on November 13, 2005 in Arts.

"Catch a sneak peek of Memiors of a Geisha in Medium (US TV show) on Monday November 14th at 10/9pm on NBC."


Worth catching, if you're in the USA....

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Chupacabra

Posted by MikeyMike at 06:46 PM on November 14, 2005 in Geographica, Wild.

Tonight on NATGEO channel:

***WORLD PREMIERE*** Is it Real?: "Chupacabra"
MONDAY at 8P et/pt
They say it's a bloodthirsty hybrid from hell -- part reptile, part kangaroo, part vampire bat. Is it an alien invasion? A secret genetic experiment gone wrong? Science and the supernatural collide in search of the answer.

Sounds like something more from Australia, don't ya' think Monkee??

Here's the background from the Wikipedia

Currently listening to: weird howling?!

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Harriet the tortoise still going strong at 175

Posted by MikeyMike at 01:00 AM on November 15, 2005 in Congrats!, Geographica, Wild.

Must be the Fosters!



CANBERRA (Reuters) - One of the world's oldest living animals, Harriet the tortoise, celebrated her 175th birthday on Tuesday -- with a pink hibiscus flower cake at her retirement home in northern Australia.

Australia Zoo, where Harriet has spent the past 17 years, says the Giant Galapagos Land Tortoise was collected by British scientist Charles Darwin in 1835, although some historians have disputed this.

There is no doubt however over the age of Harriet -- who for more than a century was thought to be a male and named Harry -- and she is recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living chelonian, or reptile with a shell of bony plates.

"She would definitely be the oldest living animal on Earth ... I can't see why she shouldn't live till 200," Australian conservationist and television celebrity Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter), who owns Australia Zoo north of the city of Brisbane, told Guinness World Records.

Charles Darwin had brought Harriet and two of her sub-species back to England, in 1835, when she was five years old and about the size of a dinner plate. Checking against Darwin's records from 1834, Harriet is a Santiago tortoise (Geochelone nigra darwini). While she still ovulates annually, she hasn't seen another Galapagos tortoise for over 150 years (or more) - and the zoo hasn't been able to trace a male of her subs species. But she's not lonely, as she is a favourite of staff and visitors alike, and simply adores company.


Reminds me of that scene in Young Frankenstein where the little girl, throwing the last flower petal into the well says to Frankenstein "What shall we throw in *now*?" ^^

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Best of Desert 2005

Posted by MikeyMike at 11:26 PM on November 15, 2005 in Geographica, Photography, Wild.

The best blooms in at least 20 years where seen in the SOCAL deserts this year. The rains where just right. Hopefully, the 2006 season will be great too. The cacti in my yard are starting to bloom already...


Voted best blooms picture of 2005

See a Quicktime video with highlights from the 2005 season Here

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Adopt a Panda

Posted by MikeyMike at 09:23 PM on November 17, 2005 in Geographica, Kawaii, Wild.

Yes, you can "adopt" a Panda through the WWF (World Wildlife Federation). Sadly, you can't deduct 'em off your taxes like children!

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Zoo Podcast

Posted by MikeyMike at 12:33 PM on November 20, 2005 in iPod, Geographica, Kawaii, Wild.

Wow! I get to combine San Diego Zoo newz and iPod Podcast in one article... Seems the Zoo is getting hip, and creating "Podcasts" (mp3's with location information) about some of the exhibits - just like being there. If you use iTunes (version 5 or 6) then it's darn easy to start getting your Podcasts.

Open iTunes and click on Podcast. Then goto the Zoo's page page that has icons for their Podcasts (mp3s) Here.
Drag and drop the desired Podcast on to the iTunes podcast window. Viola! You now have a Podcast that you can listen to on your PC or iPod. Non-iTunes users can ask Chairman Bill how to do it!!

You can do it this way also:

iTunes users: If you already have iTunes (ver. 5 and above) installed, then you can subscribe using iTunes. Just go to the iTunes Music Store, click on "Podcasts" and type in "San Diego Zoo" or "iZoofari" in the search box on the left side of the browser. Select the iZoofari Tour you want and click the "Subscribe" button.

Monkee will be pleased to know that the "great" apes are featured in the first Podcast! (Absolutely Apes iZoofari Audio Tour)

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Secrets of the Penguins

Posted by MikeyMike at 05:52 PM on November 22, 2005 in Geographica, Arts, Kawaii, Wild.

The DVD release of March of The Penguins, the second highest grossing documentary film ever, is out on November 29th!

Here's an interview with the director and some of the secrets of capturing this awesome specticle...

FREEZE-FRAME: Director Luc Jacquet in Antarctica, for March of the Penguins

"If you want to show what Antarctica really is, you have to go into the storm," says French director and biologist Luc Jacquet, 36, who spent 13 months capturing the Geological Headland Archipelago colony of emperor penguins as they waddled hundreds of miles to hatch and rear the next generation, for March of the Penguins (Warner Independent Pictures and National Geographic Features). Jacquet's crew endured minus 104°F (minus 75°C) temps, midnight blizzards, and frigid waters to film the second highest grossing documentary after Fahrenheit 9/11. But they also had a few magical encounters while capturing the penguins' tenacious will to survive. Here, Jacquet reveals the secrets behind his first feature film, available on DVD on November 29.


Photo: Pulling a sled in Antarctica

The penguins' nesting ground was surrounded by ice. How'd you get around?
Most of the time, we pulled sleds to move our 50 kilos [110 pounds] each of equipment. At the end of the day or when the snow was very powdery, it was terribly difficult. The last 300 meters [984 feet] uphill to our base camp, the Dumont d' Urville research station, was like an ice skating rink.


Photo: Emperor penguins under a camera tripod

Did the penguins interact with you?
Yes, in the beginning of the cycle, they used their mating rituals on us. They danced. They sang. Sometimes they tried to touch our clothing or push us with their beaks. In this part of the world, wild creatures actually try to know you.
But once they were dealing with the eggs, they didn't come so close.

There's a scene where an egg cracks due to exposure. Was it hard to resist helping?
This is just the way of life in Antarctica. If you saw an egg rolling, you might want to return it to the penguin's pouch. But if you did, the penguins would not understand and the colony would panic.


Photo: An egg-shaped device concealing a video camera

What techniques did you use to get such candid, intimate shots of the penguins?
We hid a camera inside an [artificial] egg, but the penguins were so curious that all we filmed were bellies and feet.
We also mounted a camera on something like a homemade surfboard. It was made of wood and painted white. The goal was to slide in closer to see the penguins' pouches. It worked.


Photo: Using a surf board to slide the camera closer to the pengiuns

There's amazing footage of parents passing the eggs. Did you use the surfboard to get it?
No, it's a tricky maneuver, so we had to stay far away. We used
long lenses to film it. Trust me, they were very nervous. For a human, an egg is something to eat. But I wanted to share the emotion of this moment.


Photo: A diver near juvenile penguins

Was it difficult to get that first ever underwater footage of a leopard seal hunting a penguin?
Underwater shooting is very dangerous because the ice on the surface is moving all the time and you can become trapped quickly. But we had two very experienced cold-water divers, so it was easy.

After hanging out with 7,000 emperor penguins, did you start to smell like one of them?
It was so cold that we were only smelly once we warmed up. The odor is hard to describe. You have to go there.

Photographs by Jerome Maison/Bonne Pioche Productions/Alliance de Productions Cinematographique

Currently watching: March of The Penguins

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Le HoneyBaked Ham Store

Posted by MikeyMike at 10:44 PM on November 22, 2005 in Rants.

Ah, the holiday season! Lots of bad-for-you foods, and you can tell yourself that after New Years, your're gonna' give it all up!

One of the superstars of holiday eating has got to be the HoneyBaked Ham Store, located in a strip mall near you no doubt.

Over 40 years ago, Harry J. Hoenselaar began a special tradition when he opened his first The HoneyBaked Ham Company store in Michigan. He'd select the finest quality bone-in ham. Cure it in his secret marinade, and then for tenderness, he'd smoke the ham for hours over a unique blend of hardwood chips.

The crowning touch was Harry's crunchy sweet glaze that crackled with good taste. He even found a way to slice the ham into perfectly even slices. He invented and patented a unique machine that slices a ham in a single, continuous spiral. The rest is history.

Three generations and over 400 stores later, the Hoenselaar family still prepares The HoneyBaked Ham the same way that Harry did... one ham at a time. The children and grandchildren of the Hoenselaar family are committed to carrying on the wonderful tradition and legacy of Harry J. Hoenselaar.



This is what I got... the 1/4 Ham & 1/2 Turkey Breast Duo! Truely, something for everyone!!

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Best Quality Heart

Posted by MikeyMike at 09:31 PM on November 24, 2005 in Geographica, Arts.

Suyuan: "That bad crab, only you tried to take it. Everybody else want best quality. You, your thinking different. Waverly took best-quality crab. You took worst, because you have best-quality heart. You have style no one can teach. Must be born this way."



You should click on my RadioBlog right now. The first song is currently Best Quality Heart from The Joy Luck Club soundtrack by Rachel Portman.

I'm thinking that this film shoud be part of your holiday movie season, because it's about what is most important. Love, family and the relationships with those we care for...

We seem to have something of our own "Joy Luck Club" here, don't we? =)

Currently listening to: The Joy Luck Club soundtrack

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