early christmas
Today is my vacation. Actually, it’s not a vacation. Because of printing schedules, Feedback is writing this festive edition in the first week of December. We ordered a gift for Mrs. Feedback, but we still don’t know what Feedback Jr. will get Mrs. Feedback (with Feedback’s money). There is no decoration at all. And we’re staring down the barrel of multiple school events. We will be asked to dress up in a festive mood for our children. In short, feedback is moody.
So it seems like a good time to complain about NORAD Tracks Santa. NORAD Tracks Santa is one of those initiatives that Feedback doesn’t quite believe exists. NORAD, of course, is the North American Aerospace Defense Command, and its primary mission is to use a combination of satellites and radar to detect things flying into North American airspace, such as Chinese weather balloons. But on December 24th, an elaborate volunteer-run exercise to track Santa as he travels around the world will take place. You can also give him a call for updates, follow his progress on his website, and follow him on social media.
How this tradition began is interestingly complex. A fact sheet on NORAD’s website tells a heartwarming story. “NORAD has been tracking Santa since 1955, when a young child mistakenly dialed an unlisted telephone number for the Continental Defense Command (CONAD) (predecessor to NORAD) operations center… and found out she was Santa. ”I saw an advertisement in the local newspaper and called Santa Claus. Air Force Col. Harry Shoup, the commander on duty that night, quickly realized the mistake and promised that CONAD would ensure Santa’s safe journey from the North Pole. ”
But is this story true? This is difficult to fully understand. Details vary by account, from how Shoup initially responded to the number of calls he received in his first year. But what is clear is that this all started at the height of the Cold War. NORAD is inherently scary because it exists to detect incoming nuclear missiles. Its headquarters is literally a bunker dug into the mountain. The Santa tracking stunt was a great way to make Santa look cute. On the other hand, if a nuclear war were to begin, NORAD would almost certainly play a key role in it. On the other hand, run the cute Santa Tracker.
But the biggest gripe with feedback on the whole thing is that I’m 90 percent sure this stunt is the inspiration for a new Christmas-themed fantasy-action-comedy-thriller. red one. In the film’s stacked qualifiers, Santa’s journey is reimagined as a militaristic security operation involving a fighter jet escort and a sort of Arctic secret service commanded by Dwayne Johnson. It looks like one of the worst movies of the year, and I strongly suspect that the feedback is ultimately NORAD Tracks Santa’s fault.
long setup
Speaking of tracking immaterial things, an Australian research project is asking people to monitor their own flatulence. It is inevitably called “Chart Your Fart”.
Using a free phone app, participants “track the quantity and quality of their output, including attributes such as odor, volume, duration, lingering sensation, and detectability.” Feedback appreciates the precisely guided use of the word ‘residual’ and points out that fart residual can be scored from ‘momentary’ to ‘permanent’.
It aims to further explain “one of the main gut health symptoms experienced by Australians”, specifically “excessive bloating”, which up to 43 per cent of Australians report experiencing almost every day. It’s about deepening your understanding.
Feedback is not supported guardianThe headline for the project is “Wind Power.” We also cannot approve the decision to limit the study to Australia. But thankfully, others are also involved in this case, as shown in this amazing 42-page feature on researchers trying to catch farts. And their work is extremely important during this time. In many countries, millions of us are about to eat frightening amounts of meat, mince pies and, above all, gassy Brussels sprouts.
cheap in price
For all our readers who don’t have a present for their loved ones yet, you’re out of luck. I missed a great opportunity. London auction house Christie’s recently held its first-ever science fiction and fantasy auction, with the Dune Bible being said to be the highlight. A collection of behind-the-scenes documents from Alejandro Jodorowsky’s unproduced film adaptation of Frank Herbert, circa 1975. book dunes. This is an ideal excuse for feedback to bring something to our chest. So here we go.
Jodorowsky’s dunes The film has an almost mythical status as one of the great assumptions of science fiction cinema. The blockbuster, starring Orson Welles and Mick Jagger, with production design by H.R. Giger (later the film’s director), is expected to be at least 10 hours long. alien fame). If he had succeeded in it, it would have become a classic.
Here’s the problem. Jodorowsky is one of the most exaggerated filmmakers to have written a screenplay that included depictions of his own penis. Feedback learned from Danny Peary cult moviecovering Jodorowsky’s mysterious 1970 Western. el topo. Peary complained that there were “too many references, Jungian and religious symbols/artifacts…inside jokes, and too many vague images that no one but Jodorowsky knows what’s going on.” . Imagine it lasting more than 10 hours. we are saved.
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