Category Archives: Because I Can

Worlds Largest Roman Candle

Behind the back

3 flips and into the oven

Scott Brown, a fireman by day and The Real Pizza Flipper by night, showcased his talent with a viewer request that he flip a pizza three times and then flip it back into the oven. Brown honored that request with the utmost of skill while working at Papa Leo’s in Buffalo, New York.

55th Annual Street Rod Nationals

55th Annual Street Rod Nationals


Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky
August 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 2024

79th ANNUAL GERRY RODEO

Gerry Rodeo

OLDEST CONSECUTIVE RODEO EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

July 31-August 3, 2023

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Happy Birthday, Geddy Lee

Geddy Lee (July 29, 1953- )

Anniversary of Caddyshack

55th Annual Street Rod Nationals

55th Annual Street Rod Nationals


Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky
August 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 2024

79th ANNUAL GERRY RODEO

Gerry Rodeo

OLDEST CONSECUTIVE RODEO EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

July 31-August 3, 2023

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Anniversary of STS-135 landing

Space shuttle Atlantis lands for the STS-135 mission marking the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Time of landing was 5:57 a.m. (EDT) on July 21, 2011.

The “just at dawn” landing was one of the most memorable landings ever, as shown in this picture:

STS-135 Landing

 

55th Annual Street Rod Nationals

55th Annual Street Rod Nationals


Kentucky Exposition Center, Louisville, Kentucky
August 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th, 2024

79th ANNUAL GERRY RODEO

Gerry Rodeo

OLDEST CONSECUTIVE RODEO EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

July 31-August 3, 2023

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Tolkien’s Middle-Earth Explained

A guide to the Hundred Acre Wood

Anniversary of STS-135 launch

Space shuttle Atlantis launches for the STS-135 mission to the International Space Station in the final mission of the Space Shuttle Program at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Liftoff was at 11:29 a.m. (EDT) on July 8, 2011. Astronauts Chris Ferguson, STS-135 commander; Doug Hurley, pilot; Sandy Magnus and Rex Walheim, both mission specialists, were on board.

STS-135 launch

 

Tallest Bicycle

Tom Hanks on Becoming Forrest Gump

Happy 4th of July!

RIP Andy Griffith

Andrew Samuel "Andy" Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012)
Andrew Samuel “Andy” Griffith (June 1, 1926 – July 3, 2012)

Andy Griffith was an American actor, director, producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan’s epic film, A Face in the Crowd (1957) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead characters in the 1960–68 situation comedy, The Andy Griffith Show, and in the 1986–95 legal drama, Matlock. Griffith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by US President George W. Bush on November 9, 2005. Griffith died on July 3, 2012 at the age of 86.

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THIS is why we can’t have nice things!