One of my favorite places to not only going cycling but for amazing visistas. Incredible scenery all year around, and this time I caught it snowing. A great day for mud boggin, snow man building and even some snow boarding!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figueroa_Mountain
I have been following Kina Grannis for about 3 years now. Having seen her in concert, and watched some of her life shows. She is incredible, from the super bowl to Ellen, to Soho and Largo. She is awesome. (Kina won the MTV O Music Award for Best Web-Born Artist! )
Kina Granis has become a YouTube sensation after her music video — made using stop-motion and jelly bean art — had over 2.5 million views in less than two weeks! Watch her explain how the video was made and perform the song live on Ellen’s stage!
And here is her actually doing the song, live with Jelly beans and all!
More on Kina Grannis on her website:
“The people behind the upcoming National Geographic show How Hard Can It Be? were recently spotted filming an episode for the show’s fall premier. The show is all about finding out if the fantastical things in movies and books can actually be done in real life.
Case in point: The production team wanted to see if re-creating Disney’s animated film UP!’s flying domicile was physically possible. Deemed almost impossible to do it with a real house, they built a lightweight 6′ X 16′ house 18′ tall with 300 8′ colored weather balloons and launched it from an airfield outside L.A.
According to the show, “The entire experimental aircraft was more than 10 stories high, reached an altitude of over 10,000 feet, and flew for approximately one hour.”
Check out the video below to see how they did it:
originally posted here: http://www.randyjacksonnext.com/post/the-up-house-for-real
Posted by Randy Jackson on Jun 7, 2011
Meet the Bentleys and their new daughter: Selah
“A quick look into our adoption journey… our eyes opened, our faith deeper, and love for Jesus greater. Our God is truly greater than any circumstance we face, we have experienced and seen the darkness of our world and at every point we have seen the unmatched power of our Father in Heaven shine through. Now we live with a little miracle, proof that our God is mighty to save, and that He is able to move mountains.”
When Chickens Build Community / Mission Year / Mike Nienaber.
“Chicken Coops and Community – Some Do’s and Don’ts for Building Both. “
“Don’t: Stick to a rigid schedule of tasks, deadlines and expectations.
Do: Invite the kids next door to help you pick out names for the new Chickens. (Most creative and/or funny name wins a PRIZE!!). And don’t worry if it slows you down a bit…maybe that’s a good thing! (Matthew 6: 33-34)”
Full article at link above
The whole story here:
http://www.defineamerican.com/page/feature/jose-story
This is a 3 minute trailer for the feature documentary movie “Up Syndrome” starring Rene Moreno.
“University of Texas student Duane Graves chronicles his charismatic childhood chum Rene Moreno, a San Antonio native with Down Syndrome, in this playful, stirring, remarkably unique portrait documentary.”
John Legend shocks Calvary Baptist Church with a surprise performance of “How I Got Over” in West Philadelphia.
Cover song by the great Aretha Franklin - How I Got Over (not the Roots song)
Lyrics under the cut:
Padres vs the Nationals at Petco Park, San Diego, California.
Dental Dave, Aaron Villa and the rest of my friends. Just a great day of good fun, beer and good old fashioned baseball.
“Adam McKay, Chris Henchy & Dick Glover of Funny Or Die talk to Michelle Beadle of SportsNation on the red carpet for the Webby Awards and gives them a solid 16 bars to chew on.”
see link below:
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/7656be26d4/adam-mckay-rapping-at-the-webby-awards
