Category Archives: Because I Can

Grape Ape

The REAL Grave Digger!

Mark Rober makes his cap fly at MIT Graduation

Grilled Venison Recipe

Flat Earth, well, this is awkward

Blinker Fluid and Horn Oil – While supplies last

Anniversary of The Blues Brothers

From Wikipedia:

The Blues Brothers is a 1980 American musical comedy film directed by John Landis. It stars John Belushi as “Joliet” Jake Blues and Dan Aykroyd as his brother Elwood, characters developed from the recurring musical sketch “The Blues Brothers” on NBC variety series Saturday Night Live. The film is set in and around Chicago, Illinois, where it was filmed, and the screenplay was written by Aykroyd and Landis. It features musical numbers by rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, and blues singers James Brown, Cab Calloway (in his final feature film role), Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Chaka Khan, and John Lee Hooker. It features non-musical supporting performances by Carrie Fisher, Henry Gibson, Charles Napier, Kathleen Freeman and John Candy.

June 20, 1980

Happy Father’s Day

On Father’s Day, a little boy decides to make his dad breakfast in bed. He makes scrambled eggs, toast and coffee. He brings it into his dad, hands him the cup of coffee and says, ”Try it dad.”

The dad takes a sip and nearly passes out because it is so strong.

The little boy asks, ”How do you like it Dad?”

The dad doesn’t want to hurt the little boy’s feelings so he says, ”This is….something else, I’ve never tasted coffee quite like this before, Son.”

The little boy smiles from ear to ear. And says, ”Drink some more, Dad.”

As the dad is drinking, he notices two army men in the bottom of the cup, and says, ”Hey! Why did you put army men in here?”

The little boy again smiles and sings, ”The Best Part Of Waking Up, Is SOLDIERS In Your Cup.”

Happy Father’s Day!

Family Circus Father's Day

Biggest Foosball Game

Big Cheerios

Carol Burnett Show – Actors Breaking Character

All fungi are edible

Arnold Schwarzenegger vs. Lou Ferrigno

Read the whole story here.

Speed Comparison of Fastest Man Made Objects

Why Soda Cans are shaped differently in Hawaii

First Drive-in Theater

On the evening of June 6, 1933, motorists crowded into a parking lot on Crescent Boulevard in Camden, New Jersey for the first ever drive-in movie screening. And with that, the drive-in theater craze was born.

Donny & Marie spoof Star Wars

What it’s like to drive a 100 year old electric car

RIP Sled Driver Brian Shul

Brian Shul (February 8, 1948 – May 20, 2023)

Sled driver you ask. That’s what they called the pilots of the world’s faster airplane, the Lockheed SR-71 ‘Blackbird’.

Brian Shul in front of the SR-71 ‘Blackbird’

Brian Shul was an American pilot and photographer. A Vietnam War-era attack pilot and a Major in the United States Air Force (USAF), he flew 212 combat missions and was shot down near the end of the war. He was so badly burned that he was given next to no chance to live. Surviving, he returned to full flight status, flying the SR-71 Blackbird. Major Shul completed a 20-year career in the Air Force. He wrote four books on aviation and ran a photo studio in Marysville, California, until his death in Reno, Nevada.

Wikipedia Link

Here are two of his fantastic talks… a wonderful inspirational speaker:

and one with his RSO, Walter Watson:
https://youtu.be/BY3nRtRsdKg

And, of course, the short version of the SR-71 Blackbird ‘Speed Check’:

Inside the Jelly Belly Candy Factory