Showing posts with label celebrate spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrate spring. Show all posts

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Mar 12 2023 - It is Oscar Night Tonight

 

This is the Academy Awards night.  It is the 95th year of the awards.  They still give advice on how to watch the Oscars.  I guess based on last year's experience, the advise is don't leave the show unattended in case there's a "live" moment of note.  I had turned off the show by then last year.

the Red Carpet Show must go on forever. And to be fair, it is a significant show on its own.  One article says that it starts at 3:30pm Eastern time.  Is that DST or EST?  That's a general time reference to cover those who go on Daily Savings Time and those who don't.  

Compare how North-American centric we are.  The Indian News lets us know that while the show starts on March 12 at 8:00pm in Los Angeles, the awards start at 5:30am Monday morning in India.  That reminds me of getting up early to see Diana's wedding.  That was a lifetime "Dress-up" event.

Do you want to stream it live? "For cord cutters, the show can be streamed with a subscription to Hulu Live TV, YouTubeTV, AT&T TV and Fubo TV."

So there are 3 parts to the Oscars - the Red Carpet, the Show, and the After parties. "Vanity Fair throws the quintessential Oscars afterparty — it’s where Will Smith and family danced the night away after the infamous Slap moment and best actor win last year. The AP will livestream stars arriving for the show beginning at 11 p.m. ET on YouTube."  

And isn't the Slap part of the news.  "One Year Later:  A Complete Timeline of the Oscars Drama"... and "The Academy hires crisis team 1 year after 'the slap' - they will deal with other potential surprise moments... We've run many scenarios."

I wonder if there can be something that would top last year's surprise moment.

These little flowers haven't come out yet this year, but they will be here soon.

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Sunday, April 17, 2022

April 17 2022 - Turkey Day

 

If the Dutch had arrived on Repa Nui "Great Repa" on Thanksgiving, would it be named Turkey Island?  They arrived on Easter, and so appropriately, gave it the name Easter Island. 

Even though it is one of the most remote islands on the planet, Europeans arrived in 1722, the Chileans raided it for slaves, and European diseases reduced the population from 2,000 - 3,000 when the Europeans arrived to 111 in 1877. 

Chile annexed Easter Island in 1888, and it now has 7,750 residents, of whom 3,512 consider themselves Rapa Nui.


It is fitting that Canada's version of the Moai are made of snow.  And that could happen on Easter somewhere in Canada every year.  That would be ironic synchronicity. 

Enjoy an Easter egg hunt, chocolate, and festive dinners today. 


Today's image comes from the Niagara Falls Greenhouse lawn.  Another image of the Spring ephemerals - Chinodoxa.
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