With this Barack Obama becomes the 44th president of the United States. I wish him all the luck, success and support that President Bush had, especially from the media, Hollywood and Congress. Good Luck, Mr. President! You are going to need it.
I went with six of my Sea Scouts to Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco. We went on this outing to give the boys a day off from working on our boat and to reward them for their hard work. Here are some pictures of them operating one of the gun mounts on the SS Jeremiah O’Brien and on the ferry Eureka at Hyde Street Pier. At the end is a video of the triple expansion steam engine on the SS Jeremiah O’Brien running and reversing with the Chief Engineer explaining to my Scouts how to operate the engine.
I shot some video of the reef tank at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco using a Vado HD mini cam. I then edited the video clips together and set them to a soundtrack. Here is the result, enjoy!
please explain the attraction of “reality” television? I understand that realty shows cost very little to produce and I understand that they make obscene amounts of money for the networs and producers but I just don’t get them. I can see how “Survivor” or even “American Idol” can be entertaining and I can see how “So You Think You Can Dance” can showcase some creative choreography and some great dancing talent, but I really don’t get most of the others. “Big Brother”? Do I really need to relive my college dorm days? And what of the others? There seem to be a whole raft of “scripted” reality shows populated by young actors or actresses who become “celebrities” even though they are D list talent at best. How can something that is scripted be a reality show? Who watches these shows? How do these people become “celebrities”? Something tells me that these shows are watched by the paparazzi who then try to build the unknowns which act in them into “famous” people just to sell their “celebrity gossip” sheets. I don’t know anyone who even knows what shows in which these people supposedly star. All of the sudden, there are these people who show up at various award ceremonies or film festivals and I have never seen them before. I just don’t get it. Of course, we just elected an obscure junior Senator from Illinois president of the United States, so I guess it is possible that these people really are famous.
