David edited this with me today, from their 3rd to last show on Dec 30th.
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My grandpa artificially inseminating canaries in Rio, December 2008.
Búzios 2008
Ashley opens the Echo Park Time Travel Mart for business at noon on Saturday, August 15, 2009
parched
Alberto Santos-Dumont was an early pioneer of aviation. In addition to his work in airships, he made the first public flight of an airplane in Europe on October 23, 1906. Santos-Dumont is considered the “Father of Aviation” not only in Brazil, but also in Europe.
wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Santos-Dumont
He designed and built a house in Petropolis, Brasil where he lived until his death in 1932. In addition to numerous innovations throughout the structure, he designed a space-efficient flight of stairs that led up to the front door.