I Did It, Dad!
Sons and fathers dream of the same thing: The day you pass dad.
One Of These Days, Stanley — TO THE MOON!
Ron Fugelseth is a good dad:
On Aug 24th 2012 we sent my son’s favorite train “Stanley” to space in a weather balloon with a HD camera and an old cell phone for GPS. He was recovered 27 miles away in a corn field and we got some great footage of the trip. This video documents the journey from liftoff to landing.
My 4 year old and Stanley are inseparable like Calvin and Hobbes. He’s been attached to him since he was two, and they play, sleep and do everything together. I animated Stanley’s face with After Effects and Photoshop to bring him to life how I imagine my son sees him.
Bombs Away
Sorry about the dreadful auto-tuned teenybopper music.
The Collings Foundation restores and flies WWII vintage warplanes, and barnstorms around the country showing them off. If they’re ever near where you are, you should go and see them. I took my father to see the very plane in this video, and two others that they display. But then again, he told me no one in their right mind would ever jump out of a perfectly good plane.
Teddy Roosevelt. That’s It. Just Teddy Roosevelt
Pretty much the poster boy, icon, example and raison d’etre of this blog, all wrapped up in a rumpled tweed suit and topped with a battered hat.