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From an review from Game of Thrones this season:
Bran says he no longer “wants anything” and that he’s just “living the past,” which I guess means he’s a Boomer.
WT??? Stop! What are you saying?
...but then, I'd tweaked to the voice in the end-piece song from SE8-EP2 and thought I'd connected one too many synapses. ...or maybe lost a few more than I'd thought?
Nope, the brain soup was properly seasoned that evening:
Then again, Florence Welch's voice is embedded in my brain; not the least from covers like this one:
...and the "Boomer" bit hit hard (again).
Only to be tempered by the fact I first heard her version of the song after she recorded the cover for Final Fantasy XV in 2016 (the first version I heard would have been the 1961 recording).
"It's not age; it's an overabundance of perspective..."
Bran says he no longer “wants anything” and that he’s just “living the past,” which I guess means he’s a Boomer.
WT??? Stop! What are you saying?
...but then, I'd tweaked to the voice in the end-piece song from SE8-EP2 and thought I'd connected one too many synapses. ...or maybe lost a few more than I'd thought?
Nope, the brain soup was properly seasoned that evening:
Then again, Florence Welch's voice is embedded in my brain; not the least from covers like this one:
...and the "Boomer" bit hit hard (again).
Only to be tempered by the fact I first heard her version of the song after she recorded the cover for Final Fantasy XV in 2016 (the first version I heard would have been the 1961 recording).
"It's not age; it's an overabundance of perspective..."
Local weather news...
Apr. 9th, 2019 05:24 pmRarely do I post "local notes", but today? When it makes more sense to use the Beaufort Scale to measure the wind conditions rather than "forecast calls for 30mph"; and when I can say "Force 8" (sustained much of the day); yep, I'll post about the weather here in CentralCaliLand.
I mean, I could do a cat photo, but...
I mean, I could do a cat photo, but...
(no subject)
Apr. 2nd, 2019 02:30 pm"Counties with more trees and shrubs spend less on Medicare, study finds"
(click the graphic for the info)
Graphic via: Gopikrishna J. Pillai, Scientific Illustrator
Article via: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I'll be in the garden if you need me...
(click the graphic for the info)
Graphic via: Gopikrishna J. Pillai, Scientific Illustrator
Article via: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
I'll be in the garden if you need me...
Music notes...
Mar. 25th, 2019 01:16 pm...likely under the heading of "Timeless".
I ran across this one over the weekend:
...and just in case you'd like to hear a serious tribute:
(notes on the second clip: yep, that is George Harrison's son in the back on acoustic rhythm. ...and rumour has it that when Prince sent his axe into the firmament, George just reached out, took it, and said, "Well done".)
I ran across this one over the weekend:
...and just in case you'd like to hear a serious tribute:
(notes on the second clip: yep, that is George Harrison's son in the back on acoustic rhythm. ...and rumour has it that when Prince sent his axe into the firmament, George just reached out, took it, and said, "Well done".)
It's Friday...
Mar. 22nd, 2019 11:41 am...and I'm "done" with stupids and ignorami (that is the plural!) and obfuscators and reframing and no thought of second order effects (okay, personal hot-button, but I'll leave it in).
To offset, I'll share a couple of photos, one vid, and then go outside and watch the flowers sway in the breeze. (all via reddit, and all international, because ...)
Oh, and some Pink Floyd later, Comfortably Numb perhaps...
To offset, I'll share a couple of photos, one vid, and then go outside and watch the flowers sway in the breeze. (all via reddit, and all international, because ...)
Oh, and some Pink Floyd later, Comfortably Numb perhaps...
'Tis a smallish world...
Mar. 4th, 2019 07:16 pmOne of my current methods of shifting out of CSS ("constant stress syndrome", @2019,dcb, not yet posted) is to watch some "shlock" TV after my lady heads off to sleep. The current 'winner' is Numb3rs, as it meets the need for something not-too-challenging, but if I don't fall asleep, it is at least entertaining until middle dark-thirty.
Recently an episode featured an art forgery as the MacGuffin with tangents into authentication and restoration. ...or maybe that is another show? Regardless, reading a post from a linked site on my portal and further reading a comment there led to an art reference. ...and being someone who just soaks up info, I just had to look up the the painting referenced (and the excellent detail being copied from it) for ... reasons (okay, I've never owned a white hat, but the rest of the scene is familiar from days past). ...and so "history". ...and "restoration" (interesting as the TV show explained "we can find when it was painted by the pigment 'signature' ").
Oh, hell: just the varnish removal portion of the project took eight flippin' weeks! ...with what sounds like Q-tips!
Conservation...
There's a reason my portal is titled "Circular References"...
Recently an episode featured an art forgery as the MacGuffin with tangents into authentication and restoration. ...or maybe that is another show? Regardless, reading a post from a linked site on my portal and further reading a comment there led to an art reference. ...and being someone who just soaks up info, I just had to look up the the painting referenced (and the excellent detail being copied from it) for ... reasons (okay, I've never owned a white hat, but the rest of the scene is familiar from days past). ...and so "history". ...and "restoration" (interesting as the TV show explained "we can find when it was painted by the pigment 'signature' ").
Oh, hell: just the varnish removal portion of the project took eight flippin' weeks! ...with what sounds like Q-tips!
Conservation...
There's a reason my portal is titled "Circular References"...
Just playing around...
Mar. 3rd, 2019 07:51 pmSo, I've had a domain parked for a bit; and I figure it's about time to see if I can use it as I'd planned to back when:
Clicking on the photo should take you off Dreamwidth to what should be a "screen-sized" version of that shot. If that doesn't work, please let me know in the comments.
(The magic should work in most OS's and most browsers; I'm making no particular attempt to serve up to phones, tablets, or IE. That said, it may work there also. I'm still playing with the css and totally forgot about the .htaccess file; so yeah, more work to do...)
Clicking on the photo should take you off Dreamwidth to what should be a "screen-sized" version of that shot. If that doesn't work, please let me know in the comments.
(The magic should work in most OS's and most browsers; I'm making no particular attempt to serve up to phones, tablets, or IE. That said, it may work there also. I'm still playing with the css and totally forgot about the .htaccess file; so yeah, more work to do...)
Sometimes Karma just rolls...
Oct. 27th, 2017 08:28 pmI tend to have simple pleasures... A quiet moment, the morning dew on a leaf, a cat purring in my lap...
...or the thought of my ex-boss (on okay terms) having to box-up my office and get things to me, knowing that right next to the keyboard he'd find:
Have a quiet moment on me...
...or the thought of my ex-boss (on okay terms) having to box-up my office and get things to me, knowing that right next to the keyboard he'd find:
Have a quiet moment on me...
Hey, Dewline!
Oct. 27th, 2017 06:59 pm
A "feel good" Easter Egg from Guardians of the Galaxy.
(Source code)
(more)
Memories are an important thing...
