Helping to Change the World…Word by Word
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Helping to Change the World Word by Word
Someone captured a video of me teaching a group of writers about contract law. We discussed topics like indemnification, moral turpitude, the statutory right of termination, and more.
Unfortunately, the only thing the writers actually heard is what you hear in the video.
The navy blue outfit I wore that day seemed appropriate at the time. Sorry.
Enjoy!
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I love to find creative expressions by creative people. Today’s video is a duet playing “Tocatta and Fugue in D Minor” by Bach … on glass. Yes, the video is over 10 minutes long; but at least enjoy the first two minutes, which is the most familiar part of the music. Imagine if this were played instead of the organ in Phantom of the Opera. It would be a completely different …
So much beauty everywhere. Even in places too small to see. Enjoy today’s video and contemplate the depth and breadth of our world.
Contracts can be confusing. Enjoy this wisdom from Chico and Groucho Marx (from their movie made in 1935; some things never change):
You can write today’s date as 2, 23, 24 … Two. Two three. Two Four. It’s almost like a countdown to a song, which brings me to today’s “fun.” This week, I was talking with a friend about a book title that describes so much of our Christian life. It is titled My Almost for His Highest (a satire on the famous Oswald Chambers book). Then, she sent a list of …
Since yesterday’s post was a “A Writer’s Lament,” I thought this video would be appropriate. Very clever refashioning a cat’s mournful cry into a song. But even more, it sounds like the cat is a writer!
Today’s video suggests two things: 1. Technology advances are astounding. 2. I may be classified, by some, as old. In 1975 I programmed a computer to play golf, using a random number generator. The computer was in a university where I attended a summer math camp as a high schooler. The computer was the size of a living room with spinning wheels of tape. I input my data on a keyboard, which …
Little known fact. While in college I worked for a few months in the back room of the school library, restoring damaged books. When I found today’s video, I was fascinated by the extraordinary skill of Sophia Bogle, book restorer. Hope you find this 10-minute video an education on a lost art.
Time to blow your mind. Today’s video is a visual representation of J.S. Bach’s “Canon” that was written to be able to be played forward and backward–and simultaneously front to back. Genius composition on display. Seemingly simple and even mundane. Just wait for it to unfold. Apparently composed in response to a composition challenge by King Frederick the Great …
