Author Archives: ksedinger

Music from the Emerald Isle

Three selections: one Romantic, one Modern, one Contemporary, all Irish:

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Something for Thursday

You know the drill: a lot going on, so here’s something by Franz von Suppe.  

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Checking in on the universe….

From the James Webb Telescope, something really amazing: The rare sight of a Wolf-Rayet star – among the most luminous, most massive, and most briefly detectable stars known – was one of the first observations made by NASA’s James Webb … Continue reading

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At least I didn’t speak ill of Marjoram….

So yesterday I saw this cartoon on The New Yorker‘s Facebook page: And it reminded me of a funny quote I read years ago in a cookbook called Make the Bread, Buy the Butter: If bay leaf didn’t exist, would anyone miss … Continue reading

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Tone Poem Tuesday

(via) As I gear up for All Rachmaninoff All The Time in April, I’ve been listening to a lot of Russian music that pre-dates Rachmaninoff, particularly by composers who rank amongst his prime influences. Tchaikovsky was certainly one of those; … Continue reading

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Functionality…or not….

I, and at least two readers, have noticed some weird things happening with the functionality of this site the last few days. I’m keeping an eye on things and may have to escalate to a service ticket with my web … Continue reading

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“Sungmanitutonka ob waci”: Thoughts on DANCES WITH WOLVES (a repost)

It’s Oscar Night, which barely registers on my radar anymore…but I still notice that every year around this time the “Worst Movies To Win Best Picture!” listicles start making the rounds again, so once again I present my thoughts on … Continue reading

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Parroting

Parrots being trained to say naughty words is an underused comedy bit, I think. From NYPD Blue: the squad is now under the command of Sergeant Gibson, who is a pretty annoying dude who think he’ll keep his parrot at work. … Continue reading

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Spring forward

Lord, I hate this crap. That is all.

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The deer out back

We got a few inches of fresh snow today, which made the deer who like to graze out back at work a lot more visible. Here they are, with an art filter applied via the Prisma app.  

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