Wednesday, January 20, 2010

u @ 50

   Thanks to my friend, Barb, for passing along the following:
   A palindrome reads the same backwards as forward. This video reads the exact opposite backwards as forward.  Not only does it read the opposite, the meaning is the exact opposite.This is only a 1 minute, 44 second video and it is brilliant.   Make sure you read as well as listen…forward and backward.
   This is a video that was submitted in a contest by a 20-year old.   The contest was titled "u @ 50"  by AARP. This video won second place. When they showed it, everyone in the room was awe-struck and broke into spontaneous applause.  So simple and yet so brilliant. Take a minute and watch it.

 

Inn of the Governors

The Inn of the Governors on West Alameda is where my maternal grandparents used to stay in the '60s and '70s when they'd visit ...