Today, June 24, is National Patches Day. You're familiar with patches to mend clothing and to signify scouting accomplishments on their sashes. For me, it means a huge collection of favorites, events and accomplishments on my ceremonial motorcycle vest. More than half the weight of the garment is the patches and pins I have collected … Continue reading National Patches Day
Month: June 2024
The Birthday of the Ferris Wheel
We hardly give it a second thought as you can find a Ferris Wheel in every amusement park and county fair. Much more tame than the other attractions and often dismissed by teens looking for thrill rides. But it was a sensation when it was first opened to the public 131 years ago on this … Continue reading The Birthday of the Ferris Wheel
A Summer A.I. Image Mashup
Okay, I admit it. One reason I do these mashups of various National Days is to easily fill blog posts without doing a lot of research. That and I always get a cute weird anthropomorphic image in about two seconds of computing time. Ah, the quick and easy result of new artificial intelligence image creators. … Continue reading A Summer A.I. Image Mashup
An A.I. Mashup for a crocodile!
June 17 is not only International Croc Day, but also National Root Beer Day and National Apple Strudel Day. Feed them all into the Google Gemini Artificial Intelligence Image Generator and this is what you might get...
Are Tonight’s TONY AWARDS Relevant?
Tonight's broadcast of the TONY Awards on CBS and Paramount + are recognized as the ultimate awards for live theater in the country. But they are limited to about a total of about 40 theaters in a narrow strip of land on a narrow island at the center of New York City. When I lived … Continue reading Are Tonight’s TONY AWARDS Relevant?
An A.I. Mashup for my favorite drink!
The third Thursday of June is National Martini Day while June 15 is also National Lobster Day and National Nature Photography Day. You know what that means. Time to use the Google Gemini Artificial Intelligence Image Generator to create a National Day Mashup. What could be more natural than a lobster taking a photograph of … Continue reading An A.I. Mashup for my favorite drink!
My play is now a podcast
Some of you may recall a new short play I wrote a few months ago working with the Pulp Stage in Portland, Oregon. They required that I use no stage directions, achieving any information and development entirely through dialogue. Their focus is on supernatural and paranormal topics and have a good team to help develop … Continue reading My play is now a podcast
Throwback Thursday – My Old Garden
June 13 is National Weed Your Garden Day. While I do not have old photos of me weeding a garden, I DO have a photo of me using a rented tiller to prepare my garden back in circa 1997. Had a good crop of tomatoes, peppers and peas that year, but a marmot got most … Continue reading Throwback Thursday – My Old Garden
Only in Florida – Gnome Tree
For the second in my occasional Florida series, I needed something lighter than the jail busting story I started with. This involves a strange tree in Holly Hill, just north of Daytona. According to the local museum, the whole project began in 2003 thanks to the efforts of Virginia “Ms. Ginny” Morris, a nearby resident. … Continue reading Only in Florida – Gnome Tree
A New Series – Only In Florida
Having moved back to Florida after many years away, I am again reminded of all the strange occurrences that happen in this state. From time to time I'll be filling you in on the odd people and animals found here. It is always entertaining and sometimes just a little scary. Recently Joseph Leedy, 40, a … Continue reading A New Series – Only In Florida
A Wordle Puzzle Update
A thrilling temporary achievement. Quick History. As I was recovering from Sepsis a few years ago (fall 2019) in the hospital and rehab I had lost most of my physical strength and my mind was pretty scrambled. While in a rehab I got intense physical therapy but was pretty much on my own in the … Continue reading A Wordle Puzzle Update
A.I. Mashup in the Woods
In my continuing series where I combine multiple National Day Celebrations into a silly compilation by feeding the information into Google's Gemini Image Generator I consider National Black Bear Day, National Hazelnut Cake Day and National Olive Day to get the following weird take.
Walter Thinnes 
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