On every Vth day of the week (5th for you non-Roman numeral types) we present for your spiritual, mental, and physical health a sublime music video of one kind or another, each completely different from the ones which preceded it. This one fits that mold. And at the same time breaks it. That’s how it’s done. Understand Music from finally. …
Hump Day Hiatus
I’ve got a couple of cold mid-winter destinations for your hump day break this week. If you didn’t get to take a trip to Times Square for New Years Eve – or if you fell asleep in the La-Z-Boy before the stroke of midnight – we’ve got that cued up for you here: NYE Times Square from The Timelapse Group …
PSA of the Week
For the record, I am not one who endorses conspiracy theories. I’m pretty sure the government usually has our best interests at heart, so the least we can do is try to follow the helpful suggestions they offer here. That’s my thinking, anyway. Incidentally, today is a two-fer Tuesday. There is a killer PSA at the Medical Examiner facebook page: …
I HATE MONDAY
Hard to believe this was twenty years ago today. Who would have thought figure skating could become such a sordid world?
Church of the Infinite Chasm
I’ve talked to many people over the years who are atheists, and if you’re looking for that sort of thing (as I sometimes am), you can encounter a lot more of them on this Interweb thing. One of the most common themes is, “If there was a god, and if he was the loving god you seem to think he …
Cats & Dogs!
Let’s lie back and relax with a little pet therapy, shall we? The opening theme: get some exercise! Because after all, New Year’s resolutions have a shelf life shorter than unrefrigerated ice cream. And speaking of cold, don’t let a little cold weather hold you back. It’s always a good to be active, winter or summer, indoors or out.
Last night
LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT ABOUT the fireworks going off like crazy in my neighborhood and I wondered how the birds and the outdoor cats were coping with it. I wondered about the owls that live in my neighborhood and I hoped they wouldn’t leave permanently and go elsewhere. (I confess I hoped the squirrels would.) LAST NIGHT I THOUGHT ABOUT …
PSA of the Year!
As we do every Tuesday, we post an announcement in the public interest, better known as a PSA. Usually these are of the “oh, that’s nice” category. Today’s are of the “that could totally save a life” category. In case you’re wondering, that is an official PSA category, according to the ASPSA (Internationale Union for the Classification of Public Service …
I Hate Monday
In the grand scheme of things this is no big deal, but it’s still quite puzzling: was everybody sick the day our teachers covered words like your/you’re, whose/who’s, to/too, its/it’s, and there/their/they’re? As we all know, e-mails, Facebook, tweets and their ilk are the world’s greatest repository of quickly-written, unproofed thoughts. “Everyone who has never posted an egregious typo in …