Saddle blanket

In the satirical film Blazing Saddles directed by Mel Brooks in 1974 his main objective was to poke fun at the genre of western films. Mel Brooks is famous for producing many other satirical films but Blazing Saddles is considered one of the most comical movies of all time. Every western film contains the same three elements which are a sheriff, gunslinger and a villain. With these elements in mind Mel Brooks decided to add a more modern twist to a western film and that twist was racism. Mel…

Survival Uses for Mylar Blankets First developed by NASA in 1964 Mylar blankets or also known as space blankets or thermal blankets are made from a thin sheet of plastic usually PET film that is coated with a metallic reflecting agent. Typically the blankets are gold or silver in color and the material is designed to reflect up to 97 percent of radiated heat. The blankets are designed to be waterproof as well. The reflective nature makes a Mylar blanket a literal lifesaver in cold weather…

My heart begins beating faster as I eagerly wait for what is about to come next. Lefty pulls out a container of what appears to be strawberry frozen yogurt. I start breathing faster, anticipating what he plans on doing with it. He removes the lid off the container and positions himself in front of me on the bed. He dips one finger in and scoops out some of the frozen treat, he then begins smearing it down my chest and stops at my belly button. I began slightly shriving as he trailed his…

combination of show jumping, cross country jumping, and dressage. The rider and their horse compete in each of the three events, and whoever has the smallest number of penalties at the end of the three rounds is the winner. English racing uses an English saddle with very short stirrups and is the fastest horse event. Like the name suggests, it is a race against all of the other competitors.…

Blazing Saddles is a comical film directed by Mel Brooks in 1974. Mel Brooks was a well known and loved actor, comedian, and filmmaker. Brooks, in the process of making this film was faced with many obstacles that he had to overcome in order to make this film a success. In the process of making this film Warner Bros executives had many dislikes about the film. According to The Daily Beast, Bart explained that they wanted him to “Lose the fart scene, cut out any racial and ethnic jokes, edit…

"No it 's pronounced Fronkensteen" a quote made famous by Gene Wilder in the classic movie, Young Frankenstein, will forever be immortalized by those mourning his loss. Wilder 's life is the focus of the media and his life is being celebrated because of his loss due to Alzheimer 's at the age of 83 on August 28, 2016. Best known for his wacky neuroticism, Gene Wilder was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He changed his name at age 26 to Gene Wilder after deciding that he couldn 't…

Throughout history, theories and ideas are made. Some of these theories and ideas can be realistic and some that seem possible but needs more evidence to be reasonable. A lot of these come from the history of the Americas. Some of these being Holmberg’s Mistake, MFAC (Maritime Foundation of Andean Civilization), and this idea the believes that the Olmec are considered a “sister culture”. Today I’ll be challenging these theories and ideas by providing evidence that counter these ideas and…

The 6 personality traits according to John Holland, of which are conventional, realistic, investigative, artistic, social, and enterprising. Conventional are the type of people that are structured, organized, and like efficiency and order. Whereas with realistic people they tend to be more hands on or physical people, compared to Investigative people are introspective, intelligent, and scientific. Artistic people are expressive, initiative, and creative, compared to enterprising people that are…

Horse’s Have you ever wondered how to saddle a horse? Well if you don’t know how i’m going to tell you. Did you know there are 350 breeds of horses? I own one of those breeds, she is a quarter horse. I love horses my uncle has many many horse’s too. I think I love horses so much because of him. Also I had my first horse I ever owned by myself for not even a year and he died of kidney failure but that isn’t stopping me from making my dreams come true. To be able to follow these steps and do…

put him in our squeeze chute. Next we put a blanket and strapped a saddle on him. I hopped up on him. After I got my feet in the stirrups, Jared opened up the side panel of the chute. The Percheron shot out and instantly started bucking. After about five hard bucks the cinch strap on the saddle snapped, and I went flying off the horse with the saddle still in under me. While in the air I was confused since I was flying off the horse but still on the saddle. While in the air it seemed forever…