For the curious reader of science fiction (scifi) and fantasy
Third time’s the charm!
Following on the heels of cats and trains, my friend Michael Daugherty came back with a third, classical music played with cello and toilet paper roll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw-cKeHwmkM&feature=youtu.be
Strange times call for strange music. I feel an urge to go downstairs and play the timpani for a while.
Yesterday’s cat/cow/sheep masterwork led me to this, Pachelbel’s Canon, performed by train horns:
Come back tomorrow for yet more strange music!
My friend from wayyy back, Michael Daugherty, put me on to this. Cats, cows, and sheep perform Erik Satie’s Gymnopédies, which I think I first encountered with Blood, Sweat, and Tears, back in the ‘60s. Give it a listen. But keep in mind what one commenter said: You will never be able to unhear it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uql_5Gj52z4&feature=youtu.be
More strange music tomorrow…
Having shown you what working from home does to the wife, it only seems fair to reveal the converse. I think I’m holding up quite well under the strain, don’t you?
Only its makeup artist knows for sure.
What happens when the wife works from home for too long…
They say those masks make your skin glow, but I dunno, I’m not seeing it.
In this time of crisis, we all need some good news, right? John Krasinski’s “Some Good News,” shot from his home, is a great example. Here’s episode 2, with some extremely uplifting guest appearances. The best part starts about 9 minutes in.
I came across this picture—on photo paper! The year was 1998. The year we hung on.
This is me with my family, gathered around our one-square-yard wheat crop. We harvested that wheat, and still have the unhusked kernels in a Mason jar, to remind us of when we survived. I take this as a sign that perhaps we should try gardening again this year.
Can you tell that I came from a farming family?
Screwdrivers, really? Yes, really. This is one of most interesting short videos I’ve seen in a long time. The History Guy takes on “Robertson, Phillips, and the History of the Screwdriver,” and if that sounds like a snoozer, trust me, it’s a fascinating take on invention, powerful personalities, world history, and why the heck most of us have Phillips-head screwdrivers (and screws) instead of the easier-to-use square-socket (Robertson) screwdriver that apparently is common in Canada. Those darn Canadians have beaten us again!
Humor me and watch this. I think you’ll enjoy it.
This photo and the following review landed in my inbox, from someone calling hirself “The Porg Apprentice” (or “Poppy Bunsen”). Seriously.
The meeting of the Porg Book Club is called to order!
Ingrid: “Today we are discussing The Reefs of Time, a new book by Jeffrey A. Carver. It is the story of friends who work together and make a good team. In previous episodes, I mean, books, they have saved the Earth and other planets from being wiped out by meteors and evil civilizations that try to reprogram people’s minds with nanotechnology. In this book, the friends are split up to fight the nanobots, which are trying to infect hyperspace. I liked it. I finished it in a weekend. What did you think?”
Sherie: “I liked the theme that friends can become found family. It reminded me of the Rebels and the Resistance who are a team that become family, and how sad they were when they were split up after Hoth and Crait. But they still had hope.”
George: “I thought it was funny that the people in the retro 1950s spaceship were somebody else’s UFO on a different planet!”
Lucky: “Because my friend Tag will ask, there are no porgs in this book.”
Snowy: “But there is a cat that exists in different dimensions! I wonder if Loth-cats and gokats can learn from each other?”
Sherie: “I liked that this book can stand alone, and I didn’t have to read the other books to understand this one. I missed the last book because I had a nest of porglets to take care of.”
Ingrid: “So I think we’re agreed, two wings up?”
Lucky: “Yes! Two wings up! You can find it on pretty much any bookseller, or ask your librarian nicely to order it from Ingram. They’ll know what that means.”