Talk about whatever.
I don’t post enough Earth, Wind, and Fire Youtubes here so here’s something to watch.
by DougJ| 36 Comments
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Talk about whatever.
I don’t post enough Earth, Wind, and Fire Youtubes here so here’s something to watch.
by John Cole| 36 Comments
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This is all kinds of great- some construction worker in NY is singing Karaoke at the work site during his breaks:
It’s little stuff like this that helps you get through the day.
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Ramadan Mubarak! to all Muslim members of the Balloon Juice community. May you always have kindred spirits to share your Iftar!
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Per Wikipedia, “August 1 is Lammas Day (loaf-mass day), the festival of the wheat harvest, and is the first harvest festival of the year. On this day it was customary to bring to church a loaf made from the new crop.”
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Neotraditionalists prefer some variation on Lughnasadh, either because Lammas is ‘too Xtian-centric’ or because everything looks more traditional when you throw in a bunch of silent consonants (/snark, but with love).
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So: the day on which we start to reap what we have sown, which in my neighborhood is going to be fresh local corn-on-the-cob and home-grown tomatoes. Tragic metaphors reworking the pathetic fallacy can wait for business hours; may your late summer be gentle and all your harvests prosperous!
Early Morning Open Thread: Lammas GreetingsPost + Comments (21)
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Because I couldn’t find a clip of Collins singing
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And besides, who doesn’t love Muppets?
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Speaking of which, I am not quite the target demographic for Elizabeth Stevens’ Weekend At Kermie’s: The Muppets’ Strange Life After Death (too old for Sesame Street; but Muppets in Space and Muppet Xmas Carol are among my favorite movies) but I found it both informative and enjoyable nonetheless…
by DougJ| 32 Comments
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You can’t go wrong with Sam Cooke.
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Sam Cooke, “Sugar Dumpling (Original)” (1962)
Not the best week in national politics, but the weather was nice here. Gratitude for the little things. This posthumous hit from 1965 is one of my favorites by Sam Cooke. Three things to listen for: 1) the appearance of professional nurses; 2) a demand for the coffee; and 3) a dinner “with seven different kinds of meat.” I’ve been trying to figure out that menu for years because it sounds pretty good: carnivolicious! cholesterrific! hypertensational!
Lagniappe: “A Change Is Gonna Come”
More stuff at Can’t Explain.
by DougJ| 53 Comments
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As we await the excitement of the House vote on the Boehner plan, let’s entertain ourselves with a new reader video, from the band Super Duper.
Update. The reader is a member of the band, that’s how these things work.