100,000
Christmas Lights - Scott Loftus has one of the biggest private
animated light displays in Illinois, and it’s all in his own
yard.With about
100,000 lights, the animated display in Sherman, Illinois, is
set up so the light blink in time with a 43-minute, nine-song
loop that is synchronized through a computer program.Loftus’ love for Christmas decorations began about 17
years ago, when he would decorate his mother’s apartment
balcony with 500 to 600 lights.When Loftus and his mother later moved into a house, his
self-proclaimed “craze” for illuminated devices truly took
hold.Loftus and a
neighbor would hold competition each year to see who could put
the most lights, with Loftus eventually using about 2,000 of
them in a display.
Aretha Franklin,
about four years ago, paying tribute to Levi Stubbs of the Four Tops, who died last
week. You've got something in your eye, don't you?
Show Notes: that
info number for the six-candidate Congressional debate at the
Bardavon on Tuesday the 21st is (845) 296-0001, or you can
find out more at
www.gsdcc.org. It's a free event, but you'll need to reserve
a seat...and if you can't make it the
Poughkeepsie Journal will stream it live and have it
available afterwards as well. (Sponsored by Young Professionals
of the Hudson Valley - find out more at
thehubhv.com)
A pumpkin carving
idea:
slice the bottom to keep it stable, among other things.
Goodguide seems like it'd be useful to suss out what's
healthy and green and so forth in your typical household
purchases.
Monday 10.6
Prehistoric cave
paintings
took up to 20,000 years to finish. Mr. J will no longer
complain about how long it's taking Peter Gabriel to finish his
new album.
