Category: Events

What it is Like to Walk the Red Carpet

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Photos, Travel
2018-03-04

Have you ever wondered what it is like to walk the red carpet? These lovely ladies got to know exactly what that feels like.

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Coverage From All the Angles

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Government, Photos, Thoughts
2018-03-04

Will it be funny? Will it be political? Will it be for world peace? Will it be to help some third world country? No matter what the angle it is time for Hollywood to start helping to making America Great Again!

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TMZ Tours

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Government, Photos, Thoughts, Travel
2018-03-04

Is there time to catch a quick tour before the Oscars start?

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Where to Stand

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Photos, Thoughts, Travel
2018-03-04

Where am I to stand on the red carpet?

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Oscar Guests Starting to Arrive

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Government, Photos, Travel
2018-03-04

Guests are making their way in and getting photos taken on the red carpet. Everybody likes to get their photo taken with a 7 foot tall faux statue.

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On the Red Carpet

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Government, Photos, Travel
2018-03-04

The red carpet has been rolled out. The curtains have been hanged. The stage is set for the gala event to commence. Join us to for periodic updates about different events throughout the day.

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El Capitan is Ready For the Red Carpet

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Photos
2018-03-04

The El Capitan Theater is ready for “On the Red Carpet” to begin in preparation for the 90th Oscars that is being hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

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Backstage Look at the Oscars

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Government, News, Photos, Technology, Travel
2018-03-04

We were able to get a first hand backstage look at everything that goes into hosting the Academy Awards. It is quite remarkable to see all the people setting up the decorations, walls, lighting, sound, cameras, carpeting, and making sure that everything is in place and ready for the event to go off without a …

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Jimmy Kimmel Gets Ready to Host the Oscars

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Photos, Thoughts, Travel
2018-03-04

Jimmy Kimmel is getting ready and practicing for hosting the 90th Academy Awards tonight on ABC at 8 P.M. Easter/5 P.M. Pacific.

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Iraq Hut Surrounded by Mines

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-03-03

Don’t go walking off the beaten path. You might find more than you bargained for. In this instance here was a hut that had some mines that needed to be cleared.

Bouncing Betty, Iraq, Mines, United States Army, United States Military, War in Iraq, military

Ordinances Found Out on Mission

By Dave in Events, Photos
2018-02-27

Here are some items you don’t want to find out on a night mission.

Explosive Ordinance Disposal, Night Mission, Ordinances, Weapons, military

Saddam Hussein Palace

By Dave in Events, Photos
2018-02-26

Here is one of Saddam Hussein’s palaces in Iraq after the U.S. military came in and crashed his party.

Gulf War, Iraq, Middle East, Operation Desert Storm, Palace, Saddam Hussein

Kadena Air Base Telephone Switch

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-24

Here are some of the local national guys who work as part of the telephone switch at Kadena air base in Okinawa. You can see the main distribution frame on the left.

Japan, Kadena, Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Telephone, Telephone Switch

Thailand Street Vendors

By Dave in Events, Photos, Thoughts
2018-02-23

In Thailand street vendors will sell you anything. Here one has a nice bucket of eels to sell. Yummy!

Bazaar, Eels, Street Vendor, Thailand, Vendor

Meanwhile in Minnesota…

By Dave in Events, Humor, Thoughts
2018-02-21

It’s been snowing all night. So the morning goes like this; 8:00 I made a snowman. 8:10 A feminist passed by and asked me why I didn’t make a snow woman. 8:15 So, I made a snow woman. 8:17 The nanny of the neighbors complained about the snow woman’s voluptuous chest. 8:20 The gay couple …

Minnesota, meanwhile

Temple Art in Thailand

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-19

Here is some art that was in a Thai temple. I really like the depiction of the characters.

Art, Siam, Temple, Thailand

Bellows Air Force Station

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-17

Bellows Air Force Station is one of my favorite beaches on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. If you want to go body boarding or just spend the day at the beach, this is a nice perfect sandy beach to do so.

Beach, Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii

Destroyed Bayji Bridges in Iraq

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-16

Arial view from an attack helicopter of the destroyed Bayji bridges in Iraq.

Bayji, Bridges, Iraq

Bazaar in Iraq

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-15

Here are some photos of a bazaar in Iraq. It shows some of the stuff that was being bartered.

Bazaar, Iraq

Arial View of Baghdad, Iraq

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-14

Here are a couple arial view photos of Baghdad and one of a palace in Iraq.

Baghdad, Iraq

Sights Around Enoshima

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-13

I had a very pleasant time walking around Enoshima and taking all the sights, views, and food that there was. The small island gives you some really nice panoramic views, as well as, having the opportunity to take in the local Japanese culture.

Enoshima, Japan, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Tokyo

Clash Royale Victory Over Donald Trump

By Dave in Entertainment, Events, Photos
2018-02-12

Look who I just beat in Clash Royale. Looks like Donald Trump needs to practice a bit more to get up to my level.

Clash Royale, Donald Trump, Victory

Water Dragon

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-12

Walking around at Enoshima, Japan I came across this dragon water spout. I’ve never seen anything like this before and thought it was pretty darn cool.

Enoshima, Japan, Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, Water Spout, dragon

Arachnophobia in Japan

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-11

While walking around Kamakura I saw these spiders and thought they looked pretty cool. I hope if you’re going to visit Japan you don’t have arachnophobia, otherwise that could be problematic.

Arachnophobia, Enoshima, Japan, Kamakura, Spider

Kamakura Station Manhole Cover

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-10

Japan isn’t just a country with millions upon millions of people. There is a lot of art and beauty everywhere you look. It is cool to see the smallest details of art such as this manhole cover near the Kamakura Station.

Art, Beauty, Details, Japan, Kamakura, Manhole Cover, Train Station

Shrine in Japan

By Dave in Events, Photos, Travel
2018-02-09

Some of the great beauties in Japan are the shrines and temples. Here is a shrine seen at Enoshima, Japan. I like the way you go through the doorway up the path to the shrine or temple. This is kind of gives the effect of walking on the path to enlightenment.

Buddhist Temple, Enoshima, Honshu, Japan, Kamakura, Shrine, Temple

Equipment Graveyard in Afghanistan

By Dave in Events, Photos
2018-02-03

Can you guess what kind of equipment this is?

Afghanistan, Equipment, graveyard, military

Nancy Pelosi at the State of the Union Address

By Dave in Events, Government, Photos
2018-01-30

What was it that was stuck in Nancy Pelosi’s teeth during the State of the Union address? Was it a piece of chicken? Maybe a piece of spinach? Maybe she’s practicing tying a cheery stem with her tongue? Perhaps a piece of popcorn? Whatever it was she spent a great deal of time during the …

Nancy Pelosi, State of the Union

National Space Development Agency of Japan Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellite

By Dave in Events, Photos, Technology, Travel
2018-01-28

Click here to download the full NASDA Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellite text This is a pamphlet I picked up at the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) museum when I was in Okinawa, Japan. This pamphlet is about the Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellite (COMET) satellite.

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National Space Development Agency of Japan H-IIA Launch Vehicle

By Dave in Events, Photos, Technology, Travel
2018-01-27

Click here to download PDF file of the NASDA H-IIA Launch Vehicle So this is actually really cool. Around 1999 or 2000 I was in Okinawa, Japan and between Okinawa City and Nago there is a National Space Development Agency of Japan site that has some huge antenna dishes. I stopped to check them out …

Japan, NASDA, National Space Development Agency of Japan, Okinawa

Zoo Med

By Dave in Events, Photos
2018-01-20

I received a sticker in the mail for Zoo Med. The funny thing is that I’ve never bought anything from these guys and I don’t ever remember requesting a sticker. If you have a pet or a reptile hopefully this can help you.

Zoo Med