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Monthly Archives: April 2025
Tuesday Tones
Today we’re going to listen to three different versions of the same piece! But don’t worry, the piece is really short. Like, really short. It’s about a minute long. And if you have ever been a viewer of CBS Sunday Morning, you … Continue reading
Strange things are afoot at…
Posted in On Travels and Adventures, Photographic Documentation
Tagged Photo Posts, Traveler's Tales
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Something for Thursday
Here’s something genuinely fascinating: a representation of the constituent stars of Orion, if one was able to take a journey all the way around the constellation.
Posted in On Science and the Cosmos
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Happy Birthday Billy Shakes
Today is the generally-observed “birthday” of William Shakespeare. The actual date he entered the world is not known, but April 26, 1564 is the best we have: that was his baptismal date. As babies typically weren’t baptized right at birth, … Continue reading
Posted in Born On This Date, On Books
Tagged Shakespeare
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Tuesday Tones
It’s a very busy week, so as is customary around here when it’s like that, here’s some Franz von Suppe. Enjoy!
It’s FAB!
Via Roger comes this Sunday Stealing prompt, which is easy enough I may resurrect it every so often! Here’s how it goes: F.A.B. F. Film: What movie or tv show are you watching? A. Audio: What are you listening to? B. … Continue reading
Bloody big ship!
I had a nice photo walk down by the Outer Harbor this morning. The inner canals and harbor inlets are still full of ice, but the main ship canal and Lake Erie itself are open. I saw this ship heading … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, Photographic Documentation
Tagged Buffalo, Photo Posts
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Something that was supposed to be for Thursday but some stuff happened and the problem persisted into Friday but now it’s Saturday and I think the problem is fixed, so….
The problem was that my Samsung Galaxy earbuds suddenly stopped producing audio with my Samsung laptop. They would connect and I could use the tapping motions to make videos stop and start, but the sound refused to come through the … Continue reading
Posted in On Music
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Spring in the Woods (supposedly)
The other day I went to Chestnut Ridge on what was the first sunny Sunday morning in what felt like months. Of course, being a typical Western New York spring, it was a cold morning and nothing at all is … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, On Nature, Photographic Documentation
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