Some fun with classical music today! Enjoy the virtuosity, once the musicians begin playing, and the shenanigans surrounding it all.
Houston, We Have a Problem
This week marks the 55th anniversary of the launch of the infamous Apollo 13 mission to the moon (April 11, 1970). Two days after the launch, an oxygen tank exploded, jeopardizing the lives of the astronauts and scrapping the mission. Their ingenious solutions and subsequent safe return on April 17 were later portrayed in the award-winning 1995 film Apollo 13. I couldn’t help but think that the …
Fun Fridays – April 4, 2025
What an amazing invention! I love the battery life and the ability to scan through the content quickly. Incredibly portable and even shareable. I wish I had thought of it. Even better? I don’t have to rely on Amazon to deliver it by drone. The bookbook™!
Expand Our Storytelling
Dan’s post last week, “Foreign Intelligence,” got me thinking. There are times when I wonder if I need to change my glasses—metaphorically—to correct, or even remove, a myopic vision that only sees or cares about the first-world problems surrounding me. Of course, the problems in my life, city, state, region, and country are of great importance. But they are not the only ones. …
Fun Fridays – March 28, 2025
A perfect prelude to the upcoming April Fool’s Day. For all piano accompanists out there, this video will especially resonate with you!
Fun Fridays – March 21, 2025
I’d prefer not to have a debt with a plumber. No doubt. I paid the bill! I have the receipt! There is nothing subtle about it. Enjoy today’s fun video about the spelling origins of certain English words. Undoubtedly, you will enjoy it!
The Power of a Single Word
According to various sources, there are about one million words in the English language. Approximately 750,000 of them are technical or scientific. That leaves us with 250,000 words with which to communicate. I doubt any of us know all of them or use them. According to the TestYourVocab.com website, the average person knows about 20,000 words and uses only half of those in everyday speech. Go to …
Fun Fridays – March 14, 2025
Back in the day, in Melbourne, Australia, was a bookseller named E.W. Cole. Today’s video is a glimpse into that wonderful bookshop. I want that second floor full of bookshelves to be in my office!
My Book Life Began in the Library
In many ways, my life in books began in elementary school. I discovered our city’s public library with the help of my mom. I soon began walking there regularly after school. While there, in what seemed to be a massive building, I would explore the rows and rows of books. Plucking one off the shelf here and there and skimming pages. One day, I discovered a complete section of books on …
Fun Fridays – March 7, 2025
Twenty-five TV commercial jingles woven into one song. amazing creativity. How many of them can you also sing the words? Frightening confessions are welcome in the comments. In case you are curious, look below for the products used. Here is what you are seeing: Old Spice, McDonald’s fries, SpaghettiOs, Rice-A-Roni, Meow Mix, Chili’s steak bones, KitKat bars, Fanta, TUMS, Coke, the Toys …