February 2012
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January 2012
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December 2011
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A snippet
The corridor led into a column of rooms: each resembling the quiet corner of a living room. There were bookshelves densely packed with not books but people, what remained of them—their ashes encased in bronze book-like containers with book-like spines inscribed with their names. Perhaps the room was not a living room at all but a private study of somebody with money. I saw in a glass...
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Just saw pina bausch's ballet in berkeley.... →
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"If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving...
Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast.
How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me.
Admirer as I think I am Of stars that do not give a damn, I cannot, now I see them,...
November 2011
11 posts
Save a Turkey, Eat some seitan
In third grade I wrote a story about a Turkey who escapes his thanksgiving fate by working out at Bally Total Fitness. His new slim physique distracted the farmer from picking him first to be slaughtered since he was less desirable thus giving him enough time to run away and hop fences (which he normally couldn’t do as his fatso turkey self).
Most Turkey’s aren’t as lucky and...
Why I plan to finally grow out my hair in my 80's.
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Renata Molho.
Credit : The Sartorialist
The Accident by Erica Funkhouser
She heard the nasty scraping of sole and heel against the clipped turf of the doormat; then their neighbor rushed in, just back from the hospital, where everything was fine, she said. Fine. Her son had to spend the night for observation, that was all. He had been grazed by a delivery van while crossing the street on his bike. A few bruises, a superficial wound above one knee. Incredible luck. The...
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October 2011
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September 2011
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Thinking About Grid Sequencers
Grid Sequencers are polarizing and I find it completely fascinating.
On the one hand, they are the interactive technologist’s dream. A novice user can immediately walk up to one, do something to create an effect instantly, and build on that experience in seconds to “make” a more complex sequence of sounds that magically sounds great. What could be better?
Classical musicians...
Saturday Night With Igor
Igor: I found out that I had a dvr recently
so i started recording jeopardy
my new life goal is to get on celebrity jeopardy and just destroy the competition
me: lol
do normal people go on celebrity jeopardy?
Igor: no, I'd need to stop being a normal person
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Yes, but is it science!? Excerpt from a study on...
The larger story here is about the surprising benefits of negative moods. While sad subjects in this new study underperformed on the creative generation task, previous research has demonstrated that sadness increases creative persistence, allowing subjects to work harder for extended periods of time. (In other words, melancholy is bad in the short-term, but good for the long haul.) Consider a...
August 2011
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A Continuation in the Series: Most Classical Music...
This is what a yamaha site was actually Bragging about:
By the end of two years in JMC, students have built a substantial vocabulary of solfège, having sung 50 melodies and numerous chord progressions using the I, IV and V7 chords in the keys of C major, G major, F major, D minor and A minor. Aside from developing musicianship, these solfège experiences prepare children to play in these five...
“Now every girl is expected to have: Caucasian blue eyes, full Spanish lips, a...”
– Tina Fey (via judithanastasiafunnie)
July 2011
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I think this is what Ben must have been like as a...
Beatrix, age 2, carrying a cloth
Beatrix: Washed all the windows in the front rooms.
Me: Thanks.
Beatrix: They are REALLY clean. I'm going to go upstairs to do the rest of them.
Me: Bea, you're kind of a big girl now.
Beatrix: NO I'M NOT! I'm a baby Mom a LITTLE TINY BABY!!!
Me: Whoa, sorry. Okay, you're a baby.
Beatrix: I just need to find my stool so I can wash the windows that are really high up, those kids put lots of prints on them.
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This "piano methods explained page" almost made me... →
However, I bet it answers a lot of questions parents have. The answers are really frustrating, but it’s good to know about what kinds of resources parents are looking for.
“units of description may come perilously close to (pretending to be) units of...”
– Jeanne Bamberger on why multiple representations for music are useful in education.
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David Lang's Wed. →
I have a recording of the piece arranged for piano, but have not found the score yet.
when called by a panther...
When I was little my mom read Ogden Nash’s Zoo poems to me. I remember that the cover had two owl eyes for the o’s. She sent me a text message today with a line from The Panther. I called her back to ask why I shouldn’t anther. I’ve known this poem since I was four but never processed the punchline until now.
The Panther
The panther is like a leopard,
Except it...
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nicely written tutorial: how to add tab-completion... →
