


Happy Wordless Wednesday
![]() ![]() RandomnessRandom processes are repeating processes whose outcomes follow no describable deterministic pattern. In mathematical, social, and religious settings, the term randomness refers to an innate "fairness" or lack of order or bias. Although randomness is an objective property, people often question whether a process is truly random. Many superstitions rest on the idea that seemingly random processes are actually governed by a hidden set of rules. How is randomness tied to the notion of free will? More... Discuss |
![]() ![]() Junko Tabei Becomes First Woman to Summit Mount Everest (1975)Tabei founded a climbing club for women in Japan in 1969 and, by 1972, was a recognized mountain climber. When Japanese newspaper and television companies sponsored an all-female expedition to climb Mount Everest, Tabei was one of the 15 women selected to go. In 1975, after months of training and preparation, the 35-year-old mother of two became the first woman to reach Everest's 29,035-foot (8,850-m) summit. What disaster partway up the slope nearly ended the climb? More... Discuss |
![]() Henry Jaynes Fonda (1905)Henry Fonda was an American film actor who started out on Broadway. His role in the 1934 play The Farmer Takes a Wife led to a role in the film version, and more than 100 other films followed. He portrayed honest men in movies such as The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and won an Academy Award in 1982 for his last film, On Golden Pond, made with his daughter, Jane. Married five times, he was also the father of actor Peter Fonda. Whose murder did Fonda witness as a teen? More... Discuss |
judder discuss | |
Definition: | (verb) Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively. |
Synonyms: | shake |
Usage: | The old engine was juddering and smoking, so I took the car to the mechanic. |
![]() ![]() Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) Discuss |
11 comments:
I had to take a second look, that backdrop almost doesn't look real. Then I could see the surf had changed in the second pic. Those are lovely! Happy WW!
Cindy, thank you for stopping by and commenting.
The background is slightly out of focus on purpose.
It does make it look like one of those painted backdrops, doesn't it.
Very nice pictures! Make me dream of my beach trip. :)
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
-Amy @ The Q Family
Being at the beach makes me smile too! The water is beautiful.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. The M & M store is in Las Vegas.
Nice shots, Patty
Thank you, Amy.
Nothing like a day at the beach!
And...thank you for the visit.
Thanks for the visit, Rhonda. Yes, the ocean is beautiful.
I thought I recognized the M & M store! That place was huge!
Thank you, Isaac.
And, thanks for the visit. :-)
Beautiful guys. Beautiful ocean. Beautiful photographs!
Thank you, San.
I'm rather fond of both of them!
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