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Wednesday 27 Jul 2016 2 comments

From court proceedings in Rome, Georgia last month: State of Georgia v. Denver Fenton Allen

The transcript continues in that vein for many pages.

Sunday 17 Jul 2016 comment?

Calypte anna

My hobby: confusing the hummingbird outside my window by playing back a recording of its call.

Wednesday 13 Jul 2016 comment?

While mousing around near Area 51 with Google Street View, the little man rides in a UFO.

Yes, I am easily amused.

Tuesday 12 Jul 2016 comment?

I'm looking forward to the release of Loving Vincent, an animated film about Vincent Van Gogh made from 62,450 oil paintings—supposedly the first feature length film ever produced by this technique. The trailer looks good.

To save effort, the film is being shot "on twos", i.e. each piece of artwork is duplicated over two frames of film. And if screened as a film, each image will be projected four times (most projector shutters operate at 48 Hz).

A friend asked whether I'd have to go to Los Angeles to see the film and I said yeah, I doubt it would play anywhere closer. The night after I said that, I had a dream it was playing in Lone Pine, in a building with a gap in its wall that I looked through. The seats were folding chairs, not the usual fixed theater seats. And they were all empty.

Monday 11 Jul 2016 1 comment

Albatross Airlines

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Albatross Airlines

IATA	ICAO	Callsign
A7	A7B	ALBATROSS

Founded

10 May 2016; 3250 days ago (as Albatros Airlines)

Hubs

Española Island
Diego Ramírez Islands

Frequent-flyer programme

Sempre Albatross

Airport lounge

Alcatraz Lounge

Alliance

Oneway

Subsidiaries

Albatross Works
Albatross Airlines Cargo
Albatross Connect

Fleet size

109

Destinations

Company slogan

Air, air, every where

Key people

Phoebe Astria (CEO)

Revenue

$2.364 billion (FY 2016)

Operating income

$217.3 million (FY 2016)

Net income

$176.4 million (FY 2016)

Employees

11,213 (FY 2016)

Website

www.albatrosair.cl

Albatross Airlines, S.A. de C.V. is the flag carrier of the albatross flag with hubs at Española Island and Diego Ramírez Islands. The airline was established in May 2016 as Albatros Airlines with routes throughout South America, Central America, and the Carribean.[1]

The Albatross group includes several airline-related subsidiaries. Albatross Works handles maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations across seven countries. Albatross Airlines Cargo operates a freighter fleet and manages the cargo hold capacity in Albatross's passenger aircraft. Albatross Connect operates regional flights to secondary cities and serves as a farm team for pilots aspiring to fly for a safe airline.

Albatross Airlines is the launch customer for the Boeing 797, the world's largest nonexistent aircraft. It ranks amongst the top 23 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue passenger miles,[2] and 29th in the world by international passengers carried.[3]

Albatross Airlines is not to be confused with Albatross Air, Inc., a West Virginia aviation services company with the slogan Because "A" Comes First in the Phonebook.[4]

Sunday 10 Jul 2016 1 comment

Vladimir Putin lands at Helsinki airport and proceeds to passport control:

border guard:	Name?
Putin:	Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
border guard:	Occupation?
Putin:	No, just visiting.

(from Language Log)

Friday 01 Jul 2016 comment?

One of several helicopters en route to a fire about seven miles west of me.