Category: Omnibit

Sunday newspapers today have dropped to the circulation they had in 1945 when there was 150 million fewer people in the United States.

Sunday newspapers William Lawrence Sr. Omnibit 9-12-18

New York City’s World Trade Center sprang from an exhibit at the 1939 New York World’s Fair based on the concept of  “world peace through trade”. Some, unfortunately, neither like peace nor trade.

World peace through trade William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 9-11-18

Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. The traditional greeting is L’Shana Tova Tea-ka-tayvu which is Hebrew for “May you be inscribed for a good year.” It refers to that person’s name being put in the Book of Life. It’s often shortened to shana tova which means good year. Note that the “happy” is left out as that implies superficiality.

Shana Tova William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 9-10-18

About the only way to catch an electric eel is by pestering it to send shocks until it is discharged.

Catch an electric eel William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 9-8-18

Alfred Hitchcock is counted among  greatest movie directors. Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite film was Smokey and the Bandit. Really.

Alfred Hitchcock’s favorite film William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 9-7-18

So what’s a tethered crop? About the only place you see the phrase is in song lyrics and photography.

In photography, it is when a photographer crops a photo while shooting tethered. Shooting tethered means having the camera connected via cable to a computer so the photo instantly appears on a large screen. It allows greater control of in-camera adjustments and  more accurate lighting. Cropping is removing unwanted parts of the photo to create a close up.

In song lyrics, it can be found in REM’s End of the World as We Know It  from 1987 with the verse “Team by team reporters baffled, trump, tetherd  crop.”

When you apply the photographic definition it almost makes sense.

At least for progressives.

Tethered Crop William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 9-6-18

 

Are eels good eating? The Japanese think so. They consume 70 percent of the global catch.

Eels good eating William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 9-5-18

James Figg is considered to be the first boxing champion. He had a school where he taught boxing but also taught quarterstaff. He was also an expert fencer who engaged in sword duels. This was back in the 1720s.

James Figg William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 9-4-18

The oldest extant labor organization in the United States is the Carpenters’ Company of the City and County of Philadelphia.

Granted it is a guild and not a union, and in fairness when it was formed in 1724 the City of Philadelphia did not have the the same boundaries as the County of Philadelphia.

Carpenters’ Company William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 9-3-18

An electric eel can produce an 860 watt shock for two milliseconds. Most people would survive it.

Electric eel can produce William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 8-31-18