Hi guys and gals! The other day I was going thru my RSS feed and came across a cool CM so I had to share. But then it got me nostalgic about my favorite Japanese CM from back in the day (1996). I blogged about it years ago, but I couldn’t find the post so here it is again! I just love the music, thunder, and jingle. It’s perfect!
By the way, the song “Eternal Memories” is by Yoko Kanno, the actress in the CM is Miho Kanno, and the song was sung later by Crystal Kay (1999). I’ve embedded it below. Wonderful song…. give it a listen!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/30 sec, ISO800 “Thanks Vin” Cedar Park, 2016
こんばんは！Hello, how’s it going?
The highlight of today was watching the Dodgers clinch the NL West title in Vin Scully’s last game at Dodger Stadium, with a walk-off homerun in extra innings. It was pretty amazing, and yet another storybook ending.
Like most people who grew up in Los Angeles, Vin Scully was a constant fixture in the summertime, his voice broadcast over the airwaves whenever the Dodgers played. I remember listening to him call games along with Jerry Doggett and Ross Porter, and then Don Drysdale. You could always count on Vin.
It’s hard to believe that he won’t be calling games next year. It is sad, but this graphic sums it up nicely:
It’s funny that my kids love the Dodgers as much as I do, being that they were born here in Texas. Here’s a photo of us celebrating the Dodger win today:
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/13 sec, ISO800 “Dodger Fans” Cedar Park, 2016
I know next year will be strange since we won’t hear Vin any more, and the Dodgers won’t seem the same because of that. But I’m happy that he enriched our lives over all these years.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/13 sec, ISO800 “Technology Advances” Cedar Park, 2016
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Today’s photo represents today’s hi-tech part of this post. It’s a top down view of some digital storage – the large hard drive is an older 2TB unit that we’ve had for a few years, the smaller hard drive is a brand new Seagate Portable 3TB unit, and the smallest item is a 32GB USB thumb drive.
I’m surprised at how small the 3TB hard drive is, and how inexpensive they have gotten. I bought it at Costco for only $89! It’s USB3, so it doesn’t even have a separate power cord… it draws power through the USB cable. How cool is that? And I love that it doesn’t take up much space, and will be easy to put into my bag when I take it to work. (I keep one of my 2 backup drives at the office) This is an example of technology making things simpler… I love it. 😀
Now for the lo-tech part of the post. Our kitchen sink got clogged way down past the elbow joint and I spent a couple hours trying to fix it. I removed the elbow joint and stuck our plumbing snake pretty far (about 15 feet) but it didn’t seem to hit any clogs, so we’ll have to call a plumber tomorrow.
I feel so stupid because I put a container’s worth of food through the garbage disposal and that seemed to have caused the clog. The food was actually really soft cabbage (from soup), soft tofu, and other soft veggies. I wouldn’t have thought that those could back up the plumbing but perhaps the pipe was just about clogged already and that food just put it over the edge… 😕
Anyways, I think it’s just amazing that we live in a world where most people have magical electronic devices, but we still suffer from clogged plumbing. 🙄
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/10, 1/750 sec, ISO200 “Swirling Clouds” Cedar Park, 2016
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Did you know that it’s already Autumn? It’s been so hot lately that I thought it was still Summer! How time flies.
Today’s photo was taken this afternoon, looking straight up. There was a swirling cloud right above our house, and it was changing so rapidly that for a moment I wondered if it was the beginning of a tornado. 🌀 But no, thankfully it was not.
Today my sons and I watched the ceremony the Dodgers had to honor Vin Scully. It was great, and I had a tear in my eye a couple times. Scully has been announcing Dodger games for 67 years now, but this will be his final year. For so many people who grew up in Los Angeles, Vin’s voice was the soundtrack of Summer. He will be missed!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/10, 1/4 sec, ISO800 “Vin’s Ceremony” Cedar Park, 2016
