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New Frame for Graded Comics
New Frame for Graded Comics
I’ve designed and manufactured a solid steel frame for graded comic books. Created from one piece of weathered solid steel the frame displays the comic cover, but not the slab and grading. They hold the comic in securely (for those valuable books) and look AMAZING. Originally I just wanted to buy frames for my personal collection buy there wasn’t a nice enough one that fit my needs. Most show…
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Race history
2018
Devil o The Highlands 42 mile Trail Ultra
Cougar Mountain Trail
2015
Ironman 140.6 Los Cabos
Monster Dash 13.1 2015 as the wife’s sherpa
2014
Liberty Triathlon 1/2 IM 70.3
zTri Sprint Triathlon Grand Rapids, MN sherpa for the wifey.
2012
Solomon Trail Running Series Bloomington, MN
MMRF 5k 1st place
2011
Lakefront Days Sprint Triathlon Prior Lake, MN
Boulder, CO Sunset Duathalon
Waseca1/3rd…
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Devil O the Highlands Ultra race report
Devil O the Highlands Ultra race report
In August 2018 I traveled to Scotland for the Devil O the Highlandsultrathon race/event. I had spent close to a year training and dealing with multiple injuries. My back had been strained cycling (cross-training), my left gluteus had been inflamed and just 30 days before the actual race my soleus (calf) muscle tore, most likely from over training and not enough stretching. That 30 days were spent…
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Childrens Puzzle Cypher Cryptographic Treasure Hunt | 3rd-5th grade
Childrens Puzzle Cypher Cryptographic Treasure Hunt | 3rd-5th grade
For my 4th graders’ (10 years old) birthday party I created a treasure map with cyphers, puzzles, pigpen code, morse code, and a transparent overlay. It took a while to create and tweak to just the right difficulty. I was nervous before the party it would prove too difficult for fourth graders but two of six were fully engaged and lead the others. Afterwards I felt it was maybe too easy but it…
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After watching waaaay too many YouTube videos by MT and others I’m fairly certain this Easter egg has been overlooked. And it’s a doozy. Have a seat as this takes while to break down.
Overview: James Gunn buried tons of Easter Eggs in both films, the Temple on Morag murals, 5 Elements, Celestials, Kronos not Eternity, the Eternals and more.
The movie gives us the clues with two in-your-facehints. The first time we see Starlord in on Morag. He’s come to this planet which has destroyed for an unknown reason and this part of it is typically underwater. More here. The temple murals are literally everywhere; the floor, ceiling and walls. We see them again later with the Collector.
No Merchandising. Editorial Use Only. No Book Cover Usage. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Marvel Studios/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock (5886233bi) Chris Pratt Guardians Of The Galaxy – 2014 Director: James Gunn Marvel Studios USA Scene Still Les Gardiens de la Galaxie
Let’s break down the clues within the Mural.
The Temple of Morag mural as seen in the movie.
First: what Marvel says about it is vague. The Art of the Guardians of the Galaxy book names the marvel Gods depicted (clockwise from upper left): Death, Entropy, Infinity and Eternity. In the center are the Inifinity Stones. That’s the easy stuff.
What caught my attention was the 4 classical elements (Greek philosophy is a hobby) around each God. We see Earth (lower right – Infinity), Air (upper right – Entropy), Fire (upper left – Death) and Water (lower left). There is a crazy amount of detail in the mural which is why I think there’s something deeper to it.
The temple mural as concept art from The Art of the Guardians of the Galaxy book.
After researching the 4 classical elements I noticed the Fifth element, Aether, dead center and impossible to miss. More here. per Wiki: “According to ancient and medieval science, aether (Ancient Greek: αἰθήρ, aither[1]), also spelled æther or ether and also called quintessence, is the material that fills the region of the universe above the terrestrial sphere.”
“Medieval concept of the cosmos. The innermost spheres are the terrestrial spheres, while the outer are made of aether and contain the celestial bodies”
In layman terms, the Aether rings depict levels of celestials spheres beginning with the Earth (first ring), moon (Luna), Mercury, Venus, the Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and into the Heavens of multiple levels. Close inspection the mural shows Entropy pointing at the ring for the Moon and Infinity pointing at Saturn. A moon of Saturn is Titan which is where the Eternals end up. They are literally pointing the way.
Mind melting yet? We’re just getting started.
The Lower Heaven is where we find our four clearly noticeable Gods doing whatever. Back to the Celestial Spheres. Celestials are upper Gods in the Marvel universe who use Infinity Stones. James Gunn planted a couple Celestial references within the movie. The first, and most obvious, showing a Celestial razing a planet. The second being a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it name of a bar in Knowhere called the Boot of Jemiah. Of course, Knowhere itself is a severed Celestial head.
Celestials from the comics.
Eson the Searcher seen in the movie wielding the Power stone.
The name of the bar is the Boot of Jemiah.
Jemiah the Analyzer is a major Celestial throughout the comics and is seen in the comic pic above. He’s really green and has distinct eyes, as do most Celestials.
I believe it’s the Boot of Jemiah (who may or not be the dead Celestial of Knowhere) pointing us towards the mural. Look again at the top of the mural and at Jemiah’s eyes. He’s looking right at us overseeing the other Gods. Same green eyes. The eye pattern isn’t on the other three sides of the mural. What’s maybe of interest is he’s not shown in the mural concept art.
Wrapping around the perimeter of the mural is a serpent. The tail is to Infinity’s left and the head is behind her. It’s probably Jormungandr from Thor comics. From Wikipedia: “In Norse mythology, Jörmungandr, also known as the Midgard (World) Serpent, is a sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and Loki. According to the Prose Edda, Odin took Loki’s three children by Angrboða—the wolf Fenrir, Hel, and Jörmungandr—and tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so large that it was able to surround the earth and grasp its own tail. As a result, it received the name of the Midgard Serpent or World Serpent. When it releases its tail, Ragnarök will begin. Jörmungandr’s arch-enemy is the thunder-god, Thor.”
I haven’t yet deduced the serpents’ purpose on the mural. If you know or have a theory, please leave a comment.
Moving on to the Lower Gods. At first it looks like they’re either creating the Infinity stones, as the Marvel Art of book states, or fighting over them. Either way, something is going down. What are they doing and why is Eternity falling backwards. I believe the Art of GOTG book has mis-directed us with Eternity as it doesn’t look anything like him. In the mural concept art it looks exactly like Kronos.
He’s bald and even has the star on his right shoulder in the correct place. I think it’s fairly obvious this was originally conceived as Kronos and not Eternity. Also note how the other three Gods are on the outside of the big ring while Kronos seems to be moving from the inner to the outer ring depicting his rise from mortal to God status.
From marvel.fandom.com: “Kronos and his brother Uranos were of the ruling class of Eternals countless years ago. Uranos craved battle and conquest, and war broke out between the Eternals who followed Uranos and those who sought peace, led by Kronos. When Uranos was defeated, he and his followers were exiled into space and Kronos became sole ruler of the Eternals of Earth.
Kronos was working in his laboratory in the Earth Eternals’ city of Titanos on an experiment with cosmic energy when he accidentally caused an explosion that destroyed Titanos and Kronos’ physical body. However his mind survived and became one with the universe and time.”
Who are the Eternals?
Wikipedia: “The Eternals are a fictional species of humanity appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are described as an offshoot of the evolutionary process that created sentient life on Earth. The original instigators of this process, the alien Celestials, intended the Eternals to be the defenders of Earth, which leads to the inevitability of war against their destructive counterparts, the Deviants. The Eternals were created by Jack Kirby and made their first appearance in The Eternals #1 (July 1976).”
Marvel has already stated an Eternals movie is on the short list. My guess is there’s already groundwork in previous movies as Easter eggs. There’s also tons of Kirby art references in GOTG and Thor Ragnarok.
The Collector displays (in this order) the Infinity stones, the Temple of Morag mural behind Quill, Eson the Celestial destroying a planet, the planet being destroyed and a group attempting to wield all 6 stones and being destroyed by them.
This HAS to be important. Ancient cultures used murals to tell stories. Assuming there’s a story within this mural I believe this is it but the Collectors’ scenes are out of order.
Here’s how the story goes.:
Under the watchful eye of the Celestial, Gods played with the stones resulting in one being cast out (Kronos). Death came for our planet and destroyed it (as possibly seen in the mural by Death using a star as a weapon). Some left for (or were already at) a moon around Saturn (Titan).
Let’s revisit the Collectors’ scenes in a different order following the mural story:
Attempting the wield all 6 stones they are destroyed.
A God came to judge us.
Death followed and our planet was destroyed.
My Theory? Morag was home to some Eternals. Kronos, an Eternal, led a team of scientists to use the stones together and were subsequently destroyed, just like in the comics. Kronos was accidentally transformed into a God of time, just like in the comics. The Celestials were not happy at the Eternals, whom they had created, and dispatched Eson to judge them, which he did. The planet was razed using the power stone but the temple and other ruins remain. The power stone has since been kept inside the temple.
There are Eternals currently on another planet. In the comics there are sleeper Eternals on Earth as well as a buried Celestial. Marvel is clearly embracing the cosmic universe and have already shown us Celestials, referenced Eternity in GOTG2 and have announced a Eternals movie is coming.
I’m surly forgetting more as I did all this research last year and it just sat.
Dangling Chads:
In the mural, what is Kronos holding? A dagger or shard of something?
Infinity has a spear and the Eternal Athena uses a identical one in the comics. Is this suppose to be Athena and not Infinity? Then would Entropy’s character be an Eternal as well, Kronos’ brother perhaps?
The serpent’s purpose?
Did the Eternals make the murals prior to being destroyed by the Celestial? Probably.
Guardians of the Galaxy final Easter egg found? Temple of Morag Mural depicts Kronos, Eternals and more After watching waaaay too many YouTube videos by MT and others I'm fairly certain this Easter egg has been overlooked. 1,597 more words
Zwift: How to get the Concept Tron bike AND level up quickly
Zwift: How to get the Concept Tron bike AND level up quickly
This post is not for Zwifters who just ride but rather for those who ride and embrace the game-ification as I do. I love to ride but do so with a purpose within the game. That purpose being Achievement and Challenge completions as well as gathering jerseys, completing missions, etc… It keeps it fun and it’s just for me so don’t judge. Also, I am known to overthink things and this certainly…
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Cervelo S5 VWD build
Cervelo S5 VWD build
Several years ago I purchased a race used Cervelo S5 VWD frame and built it up with my own components. I has proven to be extremely fast, given it’s slippery aero-ness, lightweight and fun to ride.
When this model S5 was released it was as a Tour de France ride. Built lighter than the normal model with higher quality carbon lays. So at 990 grams (if memory serves) the frame weighs virtually…
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