Indoor skydiving in a wind tunnel taken to the next level:
This tunnel is in the Czech Republic. It’s 45-feet tall and 14-feet wide. The fan produces winds in excess of 165 miles per hour.
This makes what I’ve done in Gatlinburg, TN look like a kiddie ride.
This TED Talk blows my mind:
The technology is available. Seems affordable. And yet people are dying without safe drinking water. Sad.
Wow. I had no idea until today…
My favorite CS Lewis book, “The Screwtape Letters” has been written as a screenplay and is being performed by the Fellowship of Performing Arts in various cities across the country!
From the website:
THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS is a smart, provocative and wickedly funny theatrical adaptation of the C.S. Lewis novel about spiritual warfare from a demon’s point of view.
It was a hit in NYC where it played 309 performances at the Westside Theatre in 2010. Prior to that, The Chicago Tribune described THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS as the “most successful show in the history of Chicago’s Mercury Theatre.” It, also, had two engagements at The Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C. where it played for ten sold-out weeks.
In 2011 THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS is touring major performing arts venues in cities thorughout the United States including Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas & Atlanta.
Here’s a preview of the play:
I love the mission statement from the “Fellowship of Performing Arts”: To produce theatre from a Christian worldview that engages a diverse audience.
I would LOVE the opportunity to enjoy this performance! Have any of my readers seen it or know anyone who has?
This video makes me drool. Combining hunting & fishing with terrific HD video recording with the GoPro device = amazing.
Am I the only one who wants to invest in a couple of these bad-boy GoPro camcorders and make the coolest videos ever?
GoPro didn’t give me anything for posting this blog post, but wouldn’t it be terrific if they somehow read it and decided to send me a camera to review on my blog?!
The continual increase in technology and the ability to report as events are happening via the Internet and television, images of things that would have NEVER been in front of our own eyes or those of our children are continuing to make their way into our homes.
From pictures of waves of water approaching real communities and real people to some of those same people – having lost their lives being left in the streets, these images may be becoming commonplace through our news outlets, but we must admit that there is danger in how they leave indelible marks on our children.
I just watched a 3-minute conversation about this topic that I think provides some good advice while also leaving room for personal-interpretation:
Watch the full episode. See more The Parent Show.
If you cannot see the video, it is also available here.
What do YOU think? How do YOU manage the images that make their way into your homes? Do you limit the influence media has on your children? How?
