Louis Armstrong was born this day, August 4, 121 years ago.
Here he is, teaming up with Bing Crosby in the film High Society, to explain jazz.
Boy Adopts Cat….
Cal, who loves cats, adopted a new one recently.
His new cat, a female, suddenly started nesting under the covers in his bed.
Cal now knows why…and he now owns five cats.
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Tone Poem Tuesday
The Arrival of August
It’s August now.
August has always been my favorite of the summer months. My relationship with July has never been the best, though I admit it’s improved in the last few years. Back when I detested any temperature over, say, 73 degrees, I found July to generally be 31 days of torture where any minute spent outside the comforts of force-air cooling was akin to some form of Medieval torture. August, however? August is still warm–it can be just as hot as July–but usually August starts to see the shift toward more comfortable air, with cooler and less humid nights. Also, August is when the shortening of the days starts to be noticeable at last: I am a lover of night, and its return is something to cheer.
August is, really, the first of my five favorite months of the year. The light seems a bit more golden, and the stars begin to brighten.
I’m happy you’re here, August.
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A bit of Fine Mockery, on this lovely morning
I really try to avoid making fun of the religious beliefs of others, generally…but the works of bad art that they produce in the expression of those beliefs? Well, those are fair game. After watching with equal measures amusement, horror, and revulsion all 140 seconds of this trailer, I looked up the movie, out of curiosity as to its running time. Imagine sitting through all 101 minutes of this thing…but then, I doubt very much that the target audience for this would be sitting the entire time. At some point they have to gyrate out of their seats and writhe in the aisles.
(For the record, my first suppressed belly-laugh came at the :35 mark. You’ll see why. (The belly-laugh was suppressed because it’s early and the family is still sleeping.))
(Yes, this is snarkier content than I usually indulge on this site, but…really, what other possible response to this can there be?!)