Just an aside on games, which Mary Anna brought up. The musical backdrop of games is itself becoming a musical genre of its own, with recognized composers, some of whom have gained reputations as serious composers. This is something I haven’t investigated, but it sure surprised me.
It sort of echoes what happened in the previous generation with film composers like Ennio Morricone and Bernard Herrmann and Ryuji Sakamoto, who now see big orchestra concerts devoted to their film music.
It’s clearly the work of those same aliens responsible for crop circles.
Bernard — and eventually you’ll have to subscribe to continue receiving updates for $99/year.
When I was visiting a friend in Berkeley, she warned me against leaving a smartphone or iPad in her car, even if the car is locked. There were a lot of electronics thefts from cars. I wonder if a Bluetooth signal is what tells a thief there’s a device inside.
Re audio, I “inherited” my brother-in-law’s stereo system when he went into assisted living. It’s an old quadraphonic system and the receiver is a total beast weighing about 40 pounds. I’ve no need for 4 channels so just use 2. It’s glitchy, probably because it needs cleaning, but I don’t know how to do that. And my hearing is so bad now that I can’t appreciate the quality that much anyway.
I posted this a few years ago to Facebook with the heading “Optical Illusions in Everyday Life” and the caption “Both internal circles are actually the same size.”
It won me a “You win the internet today” prize.
We have one. Haven’t been to their annual festival in years. It’s always crowded.
For Greek food, there’s a modest place in lower Manhattan, Kiki’s, that really has a variety of the authentic stuff. Greek wines you won’t find elsewhere too.
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Vino.
Love Gaudi’s work but must say the Sagrada Familia is not my favorite (although what they’ve done with the interior looks quite nice.)
I think people have heard the term "baby grand" so often that they don't know there are other sizes.
Not sure whether to laugh or cringe or both. A local restaurant celebrates Pride Month.
This video was on Facebook but I don’t think you need to be on Facebook to view it.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/973087238845599/?mibextid=ZZyLBr
Wow, thanks for the heads-up!
Thank you for all the good wishes! It was a rather ordinary day...going out for dinner was inadvisable as most places here were closed for the holiday or closed on Mondays generally. Maybe tonight!
Not totally unrelated, the other day I almost bought brie cheese in very convincing French-looking packaging, only to find, in fine print, that they were US-made. And it was expensive!
TJ’s is here. Somehow famous for cramped parking lots.
Well, if you have to find something good to say about the guy…
My daughter gave me a couple boxes of North Spore mushrooms, can't remember which variety. They grew beautifully! You can also get them in a log form with spores embedded in the log, and then grow outdoors...a larger quantity.
Yes, good ideas there. Some of those things I do unconsciously, and some are new to me. I like that she has concern for the causes of muscular stress and tells students not to stretch to what they can’t really reach.
