This one has a little bit of back story (and you could probably use the whole album, because it's catchy as hell). When I was in my second senior year of college, I lived with a guy who would sit around and play guitar all the time. He'd invite all his stoner friends over and they'd hang out downstairs, doing whatever it is drug users do when I'm not around, and listen to music. One of the revelations was this particular album by The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots. I was just blown away, because I'd not paid any attention to The Flaming Lips since She Don't Use Jelly came out in 1993. I had no idea they had gotten that interesting!

I won't say I got really into them, but I love how layered the music is, and how everything seems to work together so perfectly, be it live instruments or weird sound effects. I also like Wayne Coyne's spacey delivery and just how science fictiony the whole album feels. Anyway, that's beside the point.

One day I was driving my mom somewhere (the store? bail bondsman? who knows.) and I put this album in the car on low. She actually made me turn it up so she could listen to it, laughed, and asked me just what in the world it was. I had no idea how to describe it, so I said, "Uhh... Space pop love songs for robots." So there you go.

And now you know the rest of the story.

Other Friday Feel-Gooders: Ginger, SQ, Sharon on the Cobb, Left Wing Saltine, NewsComa, Badger, Scout, Brains, Jag, Moral Metamucil.

As you may have guessed by now, my husband is employed by the Boeing Company.  He works in flight test and has the opportunity to be among the first up in the various aircraft.

I contend that the "test schedule" is an oxymoran.  Nothing ever seems to go as planned, on the day planned, or even on the plane, planned.

Nearly a full year ago a test was initiated via the "schedule" to test the landing lights of the prized 737 (which is delivered at a rate of roughly one per day here in Seattle).  This test can oly be done at night, during a long enough wedge of time to get good results, and with the lowest ambiant light conditions possible (read: not anywhere near Seattle).

Due to other more pressing test issues, the test is pushed back...and pushed back...and pushed back.  From last fall into deep winter, then spring.  Now we are at summer solstice: the longest day of the year, the longest daylight and the shortest sliver of darkness.

OK!  Let's fly!

So, after working a full day, the flight test crew takes off into the night...the very short night to try to complete a test before civil twilight dawns at 4am....

It is a great motivating factor, trying to beat the sun.  Test complete, they are all home by 5am...

The new test on the schedule: hot weather testing.  No doubt it will slide until December.

¿Soñando con ser un super héroe? ¿Aún no te has pillado la película de Iron Man?, no desesperes, gracias a Marvel Kids los pobres también se pueden divertir con este nuevo juego. Destruye a tus enemigos por los aires, pero antes disfruta del intro en video.

Juégalo aquí: http://marvelkids.marvel.com/games/Iron_Man_Flight_Test

¿Cómo jugar?
muévete con las flechas de dirección (ó A,S,D,W), manten presionado el botón izquierdo del mouse para un gran ataque, dispara el superpoder con Ctrl o Barra Espaciadora y colmate de la sed de justicia que el BlogZup trae para ti.

Categoría: Shotter

Ranking: 8 /10

Fever Level: luego de haber muerto un par de veces, no te des por vencido, el truco es mantener presionado el boton izquierdo siempre y cuando la mano de Iron Man este dirigida al mayor número de enemigos.

Gráficos: Background 3D, objectos 2D

Sonido: Parte de la banda sonora de la película, misiles laser! wow

Ninja Gaiden dice:
¿Podrás completar los 10 niveles?
postea tus logros!!

Wer gerne in Canada unterwegs ist, der sollte sich ein wenig Zeit für die Seite Wings over Canada www.wingsovercanada.ca nehmen. John Lovelace (natürlich selbst Pilot), Tim Luck, Lisa Van Reeuwyk, Devin Lund, Melinda Friedman und Darren Adam (u. a.) haben wirklich einige interessante Artikel und Themen rund um die Fliegerei in Canada zusammengetragen.

... hier ein kleiner Auszug der Themen: Flight Tests, Canadian Ghost Towns, Survival, Aviation Humour, Dispatches from the Field, Photo Gallery, Video, Travel Places, Images of Canada... und und und.

Viele Stunden des Stöberns sind garantiert und viele neue Ideen für Onlineflüge werden daraus entstehen.

Enjoy!