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^ Does he make the memes himself, or do they self-assemble because the pixels are so scared they jump into place?
What's __on__ my mind? I'm more concerned about where ...
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
I was swimmin' in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rock
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me koi koy
With your feet on the air and your head on the ground
Try this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Way out in the water
See it swimmin'
I was swimmin' in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rock
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me koi koy
One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.
Learn to swim.
Learn to swim.
Learn to swim.
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.
Learn to swim.
Learn to swim.
Learn to swim.
I was rewatching some Mitchell and Webb, and then…
I don't think I've seen such a heavily compressed image in the wild before.
OHHH, they stole a frame from a GIF to make it! That's punishable by death where I'm from!
I wish my cleaning bug hit hard, but no. Tending to mom, keeping up with the house as best I can, prepping for new job start tomorrow (So grateful), and dealing with iMac and iPhone going nuts is plenty.
That said, I am working on dealing with little annoyances gracefully, and like the article @LizKat mentioned, trying to find some love in the little things.
Of course, hearing and seeing Blue Jays are big on that ❤ list. Also, upgrading Apple software and tech, just learning to love the good things and rolling with the rest.
<Yes, you can tease me for loving the dragon memoji stickers in iOS 13.>
Anyway, just trying to keep calm, trying to do okay with our health and embrace my situation. I look forward to a new start tomorrow, laughing, and just trying to survive all of this as gently as possibly.
Gratitude is big here.
Hope everyone is okay.
That said, I am working on dealing with little annoyances gracefully, and like the article @LizKat mentioned, trying to find some love in the little things.
Of course, hearing and seeing Blue Jays are big on that ❤ list. Also, upgrading Apple software and tech, just learning to love the good things and rolling with the rest.
<Yes, you can tease me for loving the dragon memoji stickers in iOS 13.>
Anyway, just trying to keep calm, trying to do okay with our health and embrace my situation. I look forward to a new start tomorrow, laughing, and just trying to survive all of this as gently as possibly.
Gratitude is big here.
Hope everyone is okay.
If you have Netflix there is a very good docudrama on an important, though not so well known, event in wirkld history - tha fall of Constatinople in 1453 to the Ottomans. It focuses on the story of Mehmet the II as well as the actual seige and conquest itself. It is produced by a Turkish prodicer for Netflix bit - and my Greek gandfathers are about to spin in their tombs - mostly accurate and pretty fair to the Byzantines including a sympathetic portrayal of the last Byzantine Emperor Constatine XI Palaeologus. That said, it does veer into a a bit of hagiography, particularly by one rather protly Turkish historian who comes across as a huge fanboy of Mehmet as if he were some anime character. The other Turkish, British and American historians were pretty objective though.
Anyway, rain and chilly here, good. Having a lot of trouble concentrating on correcting my student's exams (their final before the term paper due end of April) this crap is on my mind, my Mom alone in BC a continent and ocean away (though there are neighbours and family friends looking out for her) thank god she is pretty independent, my sis and her family a "bit" closer in NYC and other relatives in Ontario and Greece. Am very glad for my close friends and colleagues here but they have families abroad as well and am worried about them. Have cut down on news though was a huge news junkie formerly, social media is worse though there are some damn funny corona memes.
Good luck with the new job. Hope it’s all you deserve. I’m also enjoying watching the birds. It’s definitely spring out there.
Stay safe everyone.
I just went on a YouTube binge one day and found that in order to get more information, I needed to read about them too. I just learned that Persians were actually not the bad guys the Greeks made them out to be at all. It's truly sad how our school system never teaches the history that is widely available, right at our very fingertips.
History is written by the victors. We rarely get the whole story.
In the immediate aftermath of the events described, yes, the version that makes the initial "headlines".
However, you will usually get a fuller, more nuanced, more complex understanding of historical events with the passage of time.
And, in fairness to the Greeks, Herodotus, often considered the "father" of history studies, did set out some key core concepts when one embarks on writing history; interview eyewitnesses (from all sides), consult a wide variety of sources, especially contemporary sources, examine motives and possible reasons (which can be many, complicated and occasionally contradictory) why specific characters acted and behaved and conducted themselves in the way that they did.
What the heck am I typing??? Zero alcohol, a bit too much coffee, then again I always make typos, my autocorrect is not too reliable.
I have been neglecting my meditation and need to get back into it now.
Wait, are you saying wirkld isn't a rible wyrd? Befuzz am pas gree.What the heck am I typing??? Zero alcohol, a bit too much coffee, then again I always make typos, my autocorrect is not too reliable.
What the heck am I typing??? Zero alcohol, a bit too much coffee, then again I always make typos, my autocorrect is not too reliable.
Heh, it's always a tossup for me whether my own typos or autocorrect's guesses carry more potential to trash the sense of a post. But typos in comments and emails don't bother me really. What gets me is shelling out $30 for a hardback book and finding typos and general lack of editing.
On to the fun side of little things... birdwatching is always up there for me.
Both migratory and year-round resident birds are having their ups and downs here as real spring struggles to make a landing. We have some snow in the forecast next week yet again. Anyway today outside picking up more of the twig-fall from over winter, I saw a downy woodpecker out there for the second time in this in-between season. It was making its rounds again looking for early bug hatches and perhaps a half-rotted place in an old black willow to hollow out more for a home.
Yes, typos in books are arrrggghhh! I am so used to auto(not)correct, I almost expect it now.
On email and document typos: Microsoft’s Read Aloud feature in the Office 365 Word has covered my butt recently with emails, etc. I hope I can use it at work (on site).
That is so neat you saw that a woodpecker! I hear them every so often around here, but never actually saw one. I did see a starling yesterday. Almost scary-looking; like a miniature crow.
Speaking of which, hearing our chatty Blue Jays again.❤
Also, I cannot wait for our local grocery chain to be up and running again. Instacart and Whole Foods wannabe Wild by Nature are quite expensive. I’ll remove some of our chicken from those deliveries this week, as a favorite childhood fried chicken shack is back as a local two week pop up. Their salad dressing was soooo good (along with the chicken, hush puppies and fries). I locked in an order for Tuesday. The woman taking the order laughed when I said ”and two bottles of that awesome salad dressing, please!”
If I equipped my sedan with a transwarp drive and brought some food, a bag of Cheetos, how long would it take to reach the particle horizon? Is the question of "how long would it take" actually irrelevant?
We're having a party on Zoom (we upgraded to Pro), hahahaha, like 35 people on the invite list so far, about 98% positive response
Oh fun, I figured we'd have about 50% no shows, a little less, but still had like 15 people (and many cases a few people on each connection). Scheduling a recurring Sunday Fumday 4p group video chat
Lost me at Cheetos, man... 😵
Sorry, they still make Cheetos? I know Cheetos the puffy kind. The old Planter's cheese balls were alright. They stopped making them in the early 2000s, I believe. Utz Foods makes cheddar cheese balls that are like them but better. Fun snack in between gorging on pretzels.
Of course, there's the weirdos who like Andy Capp products.
Of course, there's the weirdos who like Andy Capp products.
On my mind: the vast improvements in rocket science.
www.theguardian.com
Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device
Australian Dr Daniel Reardon ended up in hospital after inserting magnets in his nostrils while building a necklace that warns you when you touch your face
It reads the gritty sci-fi reboot of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly that no one asked for.On my mind: the vast improvements in rocket science.
Astrophysicist gets magnets stuck up nose while inventing coronavirus device
Australian Dr Daniel Reardon ended up in hospital after inserting magnets in his nostrils while building a necklace that warns you when you touch your face
Isn't it amazing that (at least in the past) we attempt to shield children from all manner of "troubling" or "adult" concerns, yet so many fairy tales and rhyming verses have always been delivered to kids as bedtime stories or mid-afternoon amusement (or just cautionary tales) bordering on the horrific.
I mean Hansel and Gretel... or Little Red Riding Hood... wow!