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From court proceedings in Rome, Georgia last month: State of Georgia v. Denver Fenton Allen The transcript continues in that vein for many pages. Calypte anna
My hobby: confusing the hummingbird outside my window by playing back a recording of its call.
PegmanWhile mousing around near Area 51 with Google Street View, the little man rides in a UFO.

Yes, I am easily amused.
I'm looking forward to the release of Loving Vincent, an animated film about Vincent Van Gogh made from 62,450 oil paintings—supposedly the first feature length film ever produced by this technique. The trailer looks good.

To save effort, the film is being shot "on twos", i.e. each piece of artwork is duplicated over two frames of film. And if screened as a film, each image will be projected four times (most projector shutters operate at 48 Hz).

A friend asked whether I'd have to go to Los Angeles to see the film and I said yeah, I doubt it would play anywhere closer. The night after I said that, I had a dream it was playing in Lone Pine, in a building with a gap in its wall that I looked through. The seats were folding chairs, not the usual fixed theater seats. And they were all empty.
Albatross Airlines

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Albatross Airlines
Albatross Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
A7 A7B ALBATROSS
Founded 10 May 2016; (as Albatros Airlines)
Hubs Española Island
Diego Ramírez Islands
Frequent-flyer programme Sempre Albatross
Airport lounge Alcatraz Lounge
Alliance Oneway
Subsidiaries Albatross Works
Albatross Airlines Cargo
Albatross Connect
Fleet size 109
Destinations 47
Company slogan Air, air, every where
Key people Phoebe Astria (CEO)
Revenue Increase $2.364 billion (FY 2016)
Operating income Increase $217.3 million (FY 2016)
Net income Increase $176.4 million (FY 2016)
Employees 11,213 (FY 2016)
Website www.albatrosair.cl
Albatross Airlines, S.A. de C.V. is the flag carrier of the albatross flag with hubs at Española Island and Diego Ramírez Islands. The airline was established in May 2016 as Albatros Airlines with routes throughout South America, Central America, and the Carribean.[1]

The Albatross group includes several airline-related subsidiaries. Albatross Works handles maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations across seven countries. Albatross Airlines Cargo operates a freighter fleet and manages the cargo hold capacity in Albatross's passenger aircraft. Albatross Connect operates regional flights to secondary cities and serves as a farm team for pilots aspiring to fly for a safe airline.

Albatross Airlines is the launch customer for the Boeing 797, the world's largest nonexistent aircraft. It ranks amongst the top 23 carriers worldwide in terms of revenue passenger miles,[2] and 29th in the world by international passengers carried.[3]

Albatross Airlines is not to be confused with Albatross Air, Inc., a West Virginia aviation services company with the slogan Because "A" Comes First in the Phonebook.[4]

Vladimir Putin lands at Helsinki airport and proceeds to passport control:

border guard:Name?
Putin:Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin.
border guard:Occupation?
Putin:No, just visiting.
(from Language Log) N911VR, this afternoon
One of several helicopters en route to a fire about seven miles west of me.