My First New Car

Today I saw this YouTube video of a 1965 Ford Fairlane, obviously at an antique auto show. The first new car I ever bought was a dark green 1965 Ford Fairlane. I truly loved that car - it was my baby.

I moved to Florida in 1966 where the tropical sun did a job on the exterior. I had to have it repainted in 1967. It did not have air conditioning, and parked all the time in the driveway, the vinyl seats would feel like red hot coals when I got in the car in the daytime, and it would be unbearable to drive without the windows wide open.

Still, I felt quite sad when I traded it in on a new air conditioned 1968 Chevy Impala. It was almost like abandoning my first born.

Human PAC-MAN

I guess one has to be a bit older and less sophisticated than modern video gamesters to really appreciate this, but I think it is really neat!!

Model Railroad

I saw this video on YouTube today while searching for stuff on my hometown.

It reminded me of the cheap electric train set I had back when I was 9 or 10. It had those interlocking track sections: some straight, some curved and some with two directions crossing. I would put together an elaborate track configuration on the floor, and scatter miniature houses, stores, stations etc. about next to the tracks. Then I would attach the plugged in power unit and place my engine and trailing cars on the track and set them into motion.

That cheap set gave me hours of enjoyment. The most fun was when I would get the speed up and have the train jump the tracks going around a curve! Woo Hoo!

Woman Parking

I downloaded this video from Ebaumsworld.com four years ago.  It is a classic.  I have been annoyed at times by someone cutting in on a spot I had gotten to first, but have never been moved to take action like the lady in the red car.  Mild mannered coward that I am, I always just move along and find another spot.

Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. - "I Have a Dream" Speech

On August 28, 1963, two months after President Kennedy's Civil Rights Speech, Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. I was privileged to watch both Kennedy's and King's speeches live on TV.

Giggles

I thought the above photo was hilarious when I found it on the Net, but

recent events proved it to be eerily prescient.

Twenty years ago I would have thought this was much funnier.

Igudesman & Joo

Aleskey Igudesman on the violin and Hyung-ki Joo on the piano combine clasical musical artistry with comedy as a duo much like Victor Borge did as a single. They have several hilarious videos on YouTube. Here are two of my favorites: