When I look at this photo of my son Dylan, I can only speculate as to what's on his mind. This fits into that category of "a pictures is worth a thousand words." I do believe that I had just eaten his last spoonful of yoghurt which caused this reaction.
Yak Testicles
I believe this is the first selfie I took in Mongolia. This was shot somewhere in inner Mongolia. My facial expression is from a combination of eating way too many Yak testicles and subfreezing temperatures. FACT 1: The Mongolian barbecue is a lie (aka The Myth of the Mongolian Barbecue). FACT 2: Never mess with a man who has just consumed yak testicles for breakfast, lunch or dinner, especially breakfast-- not the greatest way to start the day.
Second selfie. This time, I felt it wise to wear sunglasses to protect anyone who dare lay their eyes on this image. Even with my sunglasses on, you can still tell that I just finished a bowl of yak balls.
I thought I was hallucinating when I entered my hotel room and saw this painting; it was most likely the side effects of yak ball consumption. Then, I started thinking that someone had actually taken time out of their life to paint this and came to the conclusion that he or she, too, had suffered the same fate as I and consumed way too many yak testicles.
Sydney Harbour Bridge
There was a time in my life when I called Australia home. I lived there for nearly 10 years. I do remember though having to learn a new way to speak English. Australian slang, as well, for the most part, left me with a facial expressions that Daffy Duck might have after having had a colonic. I clearly remember when a fellow employee asked if he could borrow my rubber. How odd and personal is that? Wanting a used rubber? A bit extreme in anyones book. That's one horny and desperate bloke I thought. Oz speak for rubber in plain english is an eraser.
Amen
I've lived in the Philippines for the past 28 years and if there is one image that stands out it has to be this one—religion and basketball, almost one in the same.
Thar She Blows!
After hundreds of years of whaling the cold frigid waters of Antarctica the Japanese have now moved to dry land and warmer climates for an easier catch. No longer is the harpoon the weapon of choice as it now has been replaced by the cell phone.
Boracay Island, 2014
Mystery Pic
My guess is that you would have to be older than 30 to possibly know where this image was taken. A few clues, yes, it is in the Philipines, it's pre-digital, it's close to where you can watch both the sunrise and sunset in the same day, at one time there was no electricity, you could find places to stay for around 150 pesos per day, meals included and boat rides from here only cost 5 to 10 pesos. It was the gateway to paradise. Olympus OM1 Kodachrome 25
Boat station, Caticlan, going to Boracay Island.
Jason Poppins
Throughout history, man has tried to defy gravity, wanting desperately to fly like a bird.
FLIGHT MYTHS, LEGENDS & FACTS
° Bellerophon the Valiant, son of the King of Corinth, captured Pegasus, a winged horse. Pegasus took him to a battle with the triple headed monster, Chimera.
° Daedalus was an engineer who was imprisoned by King Minos. With his son, Icarus, he made wings of wax and feathers. Daedalus flew successfully from Crete to Naples, but Icarus, tired to fly too high and flew too near to the sun. The wings of wax melted and Icarus fell to his death in the ocean.
° King Kaj Kaoos attached eagles to his throne and flew around his kingdom
° Alexander the Great harnessed four mythical wings animals, called Griffins, to a basket and flew around his realm.
° Around 400 BC - China
The discovery of the kite that could fly in the air by the Chinese started humans thinking about flying.
° 1485 Leonardo da Vinci - The Ornithopter
° 1783 - Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier- the First Hot Air Balloon
Let us not forget the likes of Otto Lilienthal, a German engineer that after more than 2500 flights, he was killed when he lost control because of a sudden strong wind and crashed into the ground. Samuel Langley was an astronomer, who realized that power was needed to help man fly. He built a model of a plane, which he called an aerodrome, that included a steam-powered engine. In 1891, his model flew for 3/4s of a mile before running out of fuel. Then we have the Wright Brothers and it was Wilbur who piloted the Flyer III for 39 minutes and about 24 miles of circles around Huffman Prairie. He flew the first practical airplane until it ran out of gas.
Now we come full circle and have Jason, a fearless friend of mine, who decided to debunk all of what history has written and obviously is a huge fan of Mary Poppins. Here we have a blatant case of too much drag and not enough lift but never fault a man for trying and doing it with such flair as well.
