10 posts tagged “much ado about nothing”

Phew, that's a relief!

....is to be able to write your name in Elvish - naturally. (::via rebecca)

I can write mine in Sanskrit, too - as that's what it is (the name) - if I refresh my memory. Sanskrit words are built in a similar way. Did a course in 1996 and could chant some sutras from the devanagri script. It's somewhere in my brain - if I could only access it. Sounds like lots of things in my brain......I know I put them somewhere.

iTunes on shuffle:

Heysatan - Sigur Ros
Northern Sky - Nick Drake
One World - John Martyn
Please Mr Postman - The Beatles
Pat's Solo (LIve) - Pat Metheny on Joni Mitchell (Shadows and Light)
Saeglopur  - Sigur Ros
Wonderful World - James Morrison
Dancin' In The Moonlight - Thin Lizzy
Shiny Happy People - REM
The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
Some Peace Of Mind - Van Morrison
Radio Song - REM
Wasted Time - The Eagles
Girl - The Beatles
All My Lovin' - The Beatles
Right By Your Side - Eurythmics
Helpless - k d lang
Love That Burns - Fleetwood Mac
Jealous Guy - John Lennon
While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles
Love Will Keep Us Alive - The Eagles
September Fifteenth - Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays
Talkin' About A Revolution - Tracy Chapman
You Give Me Something - James Morrison
Hazy Jane - Nick Drake
Wasted Time - The Eagles
Imagine - John Lennon
It's Different For Girls - Joe Jackson
Hejira - Joni Mitchell
Bright Size Life - Pat Metheny
A Case Of You - k d lang
Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
Sign Your Name - Terrence Trent D'Arby
Little Wing - Derek and the Dominoes
If Anyone Falls - Stevie Nicks
The Sky Is Crying - Stevie Ray Vaughan
The End Of The Innocence - Don Henley
Birdland - Weather Report
Head And Heart - John Martyn
October Road - James Taylor
2000 Miles - The Pretenders
Put Your Lights On - Santana
Oh Well - Part 1 - Fleetwood Mac
Sweet Little Mystery - John Martyn
Cool For Cats - Squeeze

Lots of nostalgia for diminishing an ironing mountain

STRESS
I am not sure exactly how it works, but this is amazingly accurate. Read the full description before looking at the picture.

The picture below has 2 identical dolphins in it. It was used in a case study on stress levels at St. *****'s Hospital.

Look at both dolphins jumping out of the water. The dolphins are identical. A closely monitored, scientific study revealed that , in spite of the fact that the dolphins are identical , a person under stress would find differences in the two dolphins.

The more differences a person finds between the dolphins, the more stress that person is experiencing.

Look at the photograph and if you find more than one or two differences you may want to take a vacation.

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Dolphin

Thanks to Simon for this incontrovertible proof (thus showing the quality of mother/son communication)

A little bit of Halloween silliness - try this game

... his Bobness more often than anything else

Blood on the Tracks

Bob Dylan

No water shortage here. Mediterranean Summer in the UK in July, Autumnal in August. Flash flooding for the Cheviot Hills. No wonder we Brits talk about the weather so much.

Rebecca has a life/sanity-saving list of tips for keeping cool - both her own and a fantastic list from Garret Vreeland in New Mexico.  Here in the UK it looks as though the weather is cooling and the humidity, which I found the most difficult to deal with, going down. Which means that the fan I ordered when I really needed it will arrive when I don't really need it. Fortunately the one I ordered for my  mother in law arrived yesterday - she's nearly 98 and moved south a few years ago, so is really feeling it.

The weather forecasters say August is going to be blistering too. I should print those lists out and stick them up somewhere. I'm not geared up for this. For the most part, only shops and offices have air-conditioning, though I have it in the cars.

Now, off to get some more fluids down me.

Play any instrument or speak any language, which do you choose?
Question submitted by cruftbox.vox.com.

I guess it's too late for me to be another Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny or Jan Garbarek, but I would really like to learn to play something - and I'm thinking of mandolin.

I'd rather do that than learn Japanese, though I'd like to be able to do that, too. I have some French, Spanish, a smattering of German and even less Italian - and less than would be useful Greek - considering we go there every summer for holiday - and we could have done with words other than food and drink when Peter had his accident there a few weeks ago.

But the mandolin is probably more likely to happen than the Japanese. Not the useful choice but could be more fun. Last week I went to look at some in a Newcastle music shop and I've found instruments, books and DVDs at another local shop - and also lessons that start at The Sage in September. I may well be twice or three times as old as anyone else there. Shall I take the plunge? My sister Kathy is learning guitar - we could be a girl group - what should our middle sister Janet learn to play?

As far as music goes, I've always been audience. My first husband was bass player with Fleetwood Mac in their early days, and still plays. Maybe it's time for me to learn to perform - to the cats, as long as they don't yowl.