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WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	ygk
	hey, G, and all Rumpus-ers, how r t'ings? sent you a mail, G. Hope everyone is well. If you walk around NYC, the sound you hear is the sound of hopes and dreams dying along with everyone's 401K.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, October 3rd 2008 - 05:53:22 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	PGE
URL	http://radiodupree.blogspot.com/
	Have fun i France! One of these days I'll get myself there as well... And strong of you to leave the computer at home and enjoy the trip without it. Been there myself; with the technology available maybe I should just bring the computer, video camera ... or at least the small digital camera to take a few snaps. Leaving all that behind will probably help you enjoy the trip that much more. And speaking of 'Allo 'Allo ... one of the classic comedy hits on television here in Sweden. Still works albeit at at different level than when it was new. Your Benny Hill comedy connection works. Great stuff!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 27th 2008 - 07:56:54 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	morninG
	on second thought... am NOT taking the iBook to France. just some books :-) ok. see you in a couple of weeks again and play nice :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 26th 2008 - 11:31:54 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	eveninG
	hi angel. well....... wasn't planning on taking the iBook along. BUT i remembered i found the Apple Loops page a while back, no time then to be downloading some new loops for Garageband. guess what i am doing now lol? i was very tired but suddenly i seemed to have found this source of energy again :-) i think the iBook is coming to France with me and i will attempt to record the sea sounds... maybe even get me a little webcam for this occasion too. lol. the idea of creating music just got the best of me aargghh. i hope Nino won't mind hahahaha.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Thursday, September 25th 2008 - 07:22:04 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Googled Island of Jersey and found out lots of stuff. Especially something about fried bread. lol No matter what you do, or where you go, have a safe and wonderful time and LOTS OF PHOTOS!!!!!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Thursday, September 25th 2008 - 03:38:31 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	morninG
URL	http://www.pbs.org/lastbesthope/topicfeature.html
	mr. ß, who knows that CERN collider stuff may be an underground (!) op to bang the big bucks into nothingness, as i gather they're managing well to do just that :-) TERRArrrrrr (Pirate language) watched something on TV that made me think of Angel and ß. Does anyone know the British series 'Allo 'Allo? A bit corny and bordering Benny Hillish sexist humor, about a French resistance group aiding crashed pilots and guiding them back home, with the Gestapo in their face all the time. the documentary as linked to above, is a true story of pilot Bill Grosvenor. His son David made this documentary, their family travelled to Belgium and revisited events and places, stories and experiences were told and shared about the Cometline, the work of the Resistance to offer safehouses for allied pilots and bring them home. Bill also spent time in the Saint Gilles (lol) prison in Brussels, too bad a beautiful building like that is used for darker purposes. Speak of dark, the Germans had Bill locked up in a dark cell, 1 x 2 m for 30 days. Although it was tough to not think of the sitcom Allo Allo at times, it was a sincere portrait. Angel, i think you and your son would enjoy watching it :-) oh yes, what i liked a great deal (full circle stuff), was when they decided to dig up the old Thunderbolt in which Bill Grosvenor had crashed. He was present and it was a weird moment to see him touch the aircraft and such, but as his son David (narrator) explained, he sensed a calm and peace in the group of old men and women who somehow finally have found closure AND recognition for the work they'd done, despite the danger involved. i'm usually not so moved by stuff like this, or stories about WWII since they often go about the same old same old, yeah well, no need to get into that. THIS however was a fresh take on it and told the story of people who also were victimized by the war and gave their best years to help others.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Thursday, September 25th 2008 - 11:06:29 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	b merely quotin'
	"still, the coke-mentos stuff, add a little dry ice and you have a cocktail that says bang........ all over youtube." I have always suspected that this forum was affiliated with the now defunct al aqsar martyr brigade and I might have been right, again...lol Have a nice trip. I know you're taking a superfine playlist inside of you as a DisJointed soundtrack to your journey. Look for any tombstones with my namesake while you're there as i believe there is no finer vacationing activity. lol I will make it outside and all the way to France one of these days.lol just passing through on my hour of browsing...
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 24th 2008 - 11:33:41 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	ps
URL	http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=b_RhsgSY4VI
	not sure if i will go to the island of Jersey. i might on my own. Nino will take a day to check out Cherbourg... Catherine Deneuve once starred in this movie (see link), Les Parapluies de Cherbourg, there is no spoken dialogue, all is sung. hm. and i will send postcards from France :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 24th 2008 - 10:49:40 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	eveninG
URL	http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427582/
	will never chew on a Mentos like i used to :-) hm. not that i do often, did sometimes. but never drink Coke. and after having seen this, never do both :-) have just seen the movie as linked to here. a Spanish movie about a selection procedure at a company. amazingly funny and intriguing. psychological stuff. wonder how it would be like if adapted by Americans, or British or the French. can recommend it. ß once mentioned the movie Un long dimanche de fiançailles with Audrey Tautou. we bought it at the rental and perhaps watch tomorrow or in France. also, did i mention the movie Everything Is Illuminated with Elijah Wood already, after the book by Jonathan Safran Foer? still, the coke-mentos stuff, add a little dry ice and you have a cocktail that says bang........ all over youtube.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 24th 2008 - 10:44:05 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Yep, he knew about it. Looked at me like I lived on Mars... lol Have a great vacation, Gina. You going to England, while you are there?
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 24th 2008 - 07:30:12 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	My son has probably done (or watched) that Diet Coke experiment... lol
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Tuesday, September 23rd 2008 - 11:09:50 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	eveninG
URL	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKoB0MHVBvM
	yeah, earworms is so NOT the word for it :-) read B's blog today but must confessss my mind's not in the deep elevator right now, trying to finish the LAST article this evening and then 3 days of housecleaning-packing-paperwork stuff before we drive out to Surtainville in France for 2 weeks. You all got the keys to Mizar6 and this place, right? Have you seen the movie Zodiac by the way, about the serial killer.... it was the kind of movie that kept me awake for 2 hours after i saw it and had me drained when i woke up the next morning. a very good movie.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Tuesday, September 23rd 2008 - 09:12:38 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Uh, B. The inner jukebox makes an appearance on my blog today. We have decided that your name for it, is much better then earworms...yuck! :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Tuesday, September 23rd 2008 - 08:12:21 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Cousins...Thanks for that. They are truly cute. Sorry to hear about your aunt.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Tuesday, September 23rd 2008 - 03:31:35 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	morninG
	hi, was caught up in work stuff. angel, those are the daughters of one of my cousins, he's real proud of his two little gals. N and i took them with us when we were walking the dogs and they're funny, as the pics showed too. it was great to have this family reunion, was for the first time. sadly, my dad's eldest sister was diagnosed with lungcancer 2 weeks later, but we're hoping it will be alright.......
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Tuesday, September 23rd 2008 - 08:14:35 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
URL	http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080920.html
	An egg-ceptional feat? Maybe, but as explained there it's a myth that such things are confined to equinoxes. I can't help wondering though if this has any connection to Walter's chess eggs. (I didn't save the pic at the time or I'd put it up.)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 22nd 2008 - 03:54:26 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Caught the pictures of your young female relatives over on your Dutch Blog. (I can't tell what is being said, so sorry for the vagueness on their relationship to you). If you ever see them again, tell them I think they majorly kick female butt! I got a good laugh out of those pictures. lol == Kidlet is going to try to fly to Santa Barbara today. Laters...
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 20th 2008 - 05:22:45 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	End of the world postponed for at least 2 months. As you were...
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 20th 2008 - 04:46:20 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Oooh, how cute are those lego pirates!!!!! :-) Avast ye mate!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 19th 2008 - 09:20:57 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	Jolly DimSkipper
URL	http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/2063.html
	LEGO® pirates!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 19th 2008 - 07:48:45 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Now Gina: You don't have to apologize for having Steely content...lol My pirate name of the day...since it's talk like a pirate day. Don't fool with this gal. :-) Black Neck Snapper Nellie
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 19th 2008 - 06:57:48 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	eveninG
URL	http://www.ejc.nl/crossroads/
	in 10 minutes this thing goes down. battery empty. have found a new thing to do, write for expats in Maastricht. exciting!! starting in October, after the vacation. and B in a Black Hole. lol
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 15th 2008 - 09:31:51 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	"OMG...i'm being swallowed by a black hole... brb" Now THAT really did make me LOL!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 15th 2008 - 08:40:31 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Hey Tones: Thanks for thinking of me. :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 15th 2008 - 08:00:25 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	what b worry?
	I'm okay. You know ange is just too naturally fortunate to be invovled in anything this dramatic. I just don't see it happening. But we can worry about it periodically. Something to do...lol OMG...i'm being swallowed by a black hole... brb lol
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 15th 2008 - 10:42:49 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	tones
	angel... I thought about you when I heard about the crash... glad you're safe and well. And everyone else here too.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 15th 2008 - 08:00:07 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	eveninG
	hi angel, well, we're glad you are ok, it's still sad for everyone involved, those who are left behind and wounded etc. and please don't let it get to you that much... i think after this accident, safety measures and such will increase. and just try to spend this weekend in a good way. counting the many blessings you have, including us Rumpus Roomers :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 13th 2008 - 07:04:10 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	I am fine. Sorry, it was kind of depressing seeing the crash on the news, so I posted and went to bed. I had phone calls from Las Vegas, the entire way to my subway stop. I thought it was Hubby calling me with more information, so I grabbed my cell and yelled something like "What?". He goes, "It wasn't me calling you". Then I get another one, as I exited the train and I call from my car phone (the pleasures of On Star) and again my hubby goes, "It's not me calling you". So I knew you would all be concerned. Very depressed about this crash. Cause I ride in that lead car, rather then the back one.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 13th 2008 - 05:57:46 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	OK, Great! (That Angel's OK, I mean—obviously the train wreck is a very bad thing.) I'll go check out her blog now, but came here first thing this A.M. since I had no email.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 13th 2008 - 03:25:51 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	aGain
	just checked Angel's blog which has a new entry, she is at work :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 13th 2008 - 02:41:19 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	morninG
URL	http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-me-traincrash13-2008sep13,0,4850965.story
	yes, disturbing news. not sure which train she usually takes, what hours. but if i recall right, she usually works late. and not sure if this is the train going to SC. "Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said that the head-on collision occurred at 4:23 p.m. A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy who was on the train alerted authorities immediately after the collision."
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 13th 2008 - 07:52:15 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	Angel, please check in and let us know you're OK... I just found out on my 11 PM newscasts about the bad train collision out in LA. I know Angel rides the rails all the time out there. Obviously the odds are extremely good that she's fine, but I'd still very much like to know for sure. General Google news items about the incident. Here's one specifically mentioning Union Station passengers being affected.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 13th 2008 - 05:28:19 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	Yes, it sounds familiar alright. But all in all and with as many issues I had and all the grumbling I did, I recognize that I'm probably not as in the lurch as many folks will be when the transition becomes final in about six months.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 12th 2008 - 06:10:23 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	I always wanted to win an Emmy, so I guess that's science's way. :-) == Dim Skip: Did you see that the major problem with the Digital Conversion in Wilmington, was that their antenna's aren't powerful enough? Sound familiar? :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Thursday, September 11th 2008 - 11:17:37 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	eveninG
	lol. we can't accuse our dearest time zone guru of having tunnel vision now can we? he's more a close(t) circuit kinda entity :-) hey there angel, we're still around as you might suspect given the evidence DimSkip provided. and yes, me too, Thomas Dolby was ever so present these days lol. for the record, i wasn't one of those scared of a black hole and such, but it did intrigue me and also the idea, as put here as well, that NOTHING would happen and NOTHING new would be found. scientists aren't always all that bright either, they're just men and women with a certain interest and they're good at their job, or making calculations and stuff, but that doesn't make them better or more intelligent than others. and there is a lot of ego involved as well, i had to sadly assessssss after reading an article in which the interviewed scientist spoke very eagerly of wanting to be the first to discover something so he could win a Nobel prize or in some other way be famous. hm.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 11:04:45 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	Well, since you mentioned it, Angel... SBMwS: Original or Extra Muppet-y. ;-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 10:51:05 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Why do I keep singing, "She Blinded Me With Science" as i read these posts? :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 09:35:36 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	This space blog entry for New Scientist, Watching the world's biggest machine come to life, includes a video explaining in non-musical plain English about the LHC. It's sort of a companion piece to the rap. And this Discover article, Nevermind The Black Hole Hoopla: Here's How the LHC Could Blow Up the World (of Physics), mentions a few likely ways the LHC could revolutionize physics, including one scenario which I hadn't even thought to contemplate: There is one possibility, however unlikely, that probably keeps the physicists most closely connected with the LHC up at night: that they will find nothing. They will smash particles for years on end and find nothing major that they didn't know before. This will cause much consternation among particle physicists and much awkwardness for the LHC's boosters. Former CERN chief Chris Llewellyn-Smith told The Telegraph that "it would be a little embarrassing for me, who spent years promoting the LHC and getting it funded." But, he says, it could also force scientists to totally rethink their view of the world, meaning finding nothing could eventually be the most exciting option. Or maybe he's just saying that to cover his ass in advance.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 09:10:09 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	Well, for you tzg, OK. As long as it's only a couple. But I'll need some time to shift some clutter of my own around a little first... and vacuum. You'd be amazed (in an ironic kind of way) how dusty space is considering it's mostly all vacuum. It's those damned hydrogen clouds! Why look, there's a hydrogen bunny over there in the corner now... ;-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 07:00:05 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	time zone guru
	Hey DimSkip, can I borrow a couple dimensions? I only have one closet here and the clutter is getting out of hand...
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 05:18:37 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
URL	http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1840151,00.html
	It was a test. It was only a test. If it had been an actual armageddon, your component atoms would have already been smushed together into one really, really, reeeeally tiny, but extremely dense bit of no longer sentient matter. Apparently there was no actual colliding, just sending a few measly protons relatively slowly around the ring: The organization, known by its French acronym CERN, fired the protons — a type of subatomic particle — around the tunnel in stages, several kilometers (miles) at a time. Now that the beam has been successfully tested in clockwise direction, CERN plans to send it counterclockwise. Eventually the two beams will be fired in opposite directions with the aim of smashing together protons to see how they are made. . . . Gillies told the AP that the most dangerous thing that could happen would be if a beam at full power were to go out of control, and that would only damage the accelerator itself and burrow into the rock around the tunnel. And full power is probably a year away.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 03:41:09 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Gina: Are you still OK? I read this morning that they did indeed turn the collider on.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 03:11:58 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	morninG
URL	http://webcast.cern.ch/index.html
	hey guys... in about 30 minutes they will launch the first beam in the LHC, the Large Hadron Collider. i woke up nervous as hell, i think many people are worried about it, loads of letters and complaints have been sent... but the website's update has a press release stating it is not dangerous and safe. people seem to think they might create a black hole that will swallow up the earth and, of course, us. hm. yeah. science :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 10th 2008 - 09:03:46 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	almost eveninG
URL	http://www.snowbloodapple.com/marebito.htm
	hm. yes. found this for a bargain and decided to take it home. there is something about Asian horror that fascinates me, makes me giggle. gonna watch it in an hour or two, so completely in sinc with the current Rumpus wave :-) Thanks to his series of ghost stories, "Ju-on", Japanese director Takashi Shimizu has become one of the most recognized names of the New Wave of Asian horror cinema, the movement of young Asian directors that since the late 90s has produced some of the best and most original horror movies of the last years. The enormous success of his "Ju-on" series took Shimizu to the U.S., in order to direct a remake of the third installment of the series ("Ju-on: The Grudge"), named simply as "The Grudge"; but right before working on the remake, Shimizu took some days with fellow director Shinya Tsukamoto and a small crew to make a very low-budget horror movie, pretty much on the style he used to make when "Ju-on" was a straight to video release, but this time with a very different kind of story. Masuoka (Shinya Tsukamoto) is a freelance cameraman almost completely detached from the world and entirely focused on his preference for videotaping and doing camera-work. Onde day, he accidentally tapes the suicide of a man named Arei Furoki (Kazuhiro Nakahara) on a subway station. The strange characteristics of this event, makes Masuoka to be obsessed with the idea of a fear so powerful that only death can erase, so in an attempt to understand Furoki's fear he descends into the underground tunnels of Tokio, discovering the entrance to a bizarre cavern that seems like a passage to the underworld. Is in this caverns where he finds a naked girl (Tomoi Miyashita) chained to the wall. He unchains her and takes her to his apartment, but soon he discovers that this girl (whom he names "F") is not a normal person, and that her presence in his world will make a darker side of him to come out. "Marebito" was written by Chiaki Konaka (better known as the writer of the famous anime, "Serial Experiments Lain"), and like most of his works, it is a dark psychological story with a slight cometary on the relationship between humans and the technology they produce. Narrated by Masuoka, the story is told from his perspective, so we are taken along him through his discovery of mysteries that should be better kept secret and the terrific consequences of his actions. It is very Lovecraftian in the sense that, like in the stories by H.P. Lovecraft, we have a main character who may not be entirely sane, and whom his curiosity takes him to the darker sides of human nature. His relationship with the strange girl "F", and his attempts to establish communication with her become the focal point of the plot of "Marebito", although like in other works by Konaka, reality is not always what it seems. It seems that this "return to roots" was really beneficial for Takashi Shimizu, as the work he offers in "Marebito" is once again a very fresh and original horror movie that proves that there is more in this young director than the "Ju-on" series. By working again on a shoestring budget, Shimizu is able to capture the simple and monotone life of Masuoka, and with the use of digital video he mimics the world as his main character sees it: a world through the camera lens. While the movie moves at a very slow pace, it really is an improvement over the style of using disjointed story lines in "Ju-on", and never falls into the trap of being boring or repetitive (a common flaw of the "Ju-on" movies). However, a trait kept from "Ju-on", is Shimizu's skill to create ominous haunting atmospheres with common everyday objects, this time, the video screens and what's on them is the focus of the film. Shinya Tsukamoto is better known as the director of the remarkable and influential films like "Tetsuo" (1989) and "Tokyo Fist" (1995), but here he offers his talents as an actor in a film where he plays the main character. While a very talented director, Tsukamoto is not really a great actor, and both he and Shimizu seem to be aware of that, so his portrait of Masuoka is conceived as a typical man with obsessive behavior, entering the unknown. The movie's highlight is Tomomi Miyashita, who gives life to the feral child "F", with a frighteningly believable performance that definitely gives the chills. Kazuhiro Nakahara, Miho Ninagawa and Shun Sugata appear in supporting roles, but their appearances are limited, as the movie focuses entirely on Masuoka and the consequences of his relationship with "F". "Marebito" is an excellent example of how imagination and a good plot can make a film work even with the most limited resources. Of course, the movie suffers the most in the special effects department, with some of the visuals looking painfully amateurish (although probably that was the intention). The use of digital camera may be annoying to those expecting a good looking film, but instead of being a flaw, its use in the film gives the story a realistic tone, as if we were really watching a person's descent into madness. Some people have criticized the convoluted plot of Konaka's story, filled with many details and references that often make no sense or have twisted meanings in the movie; however, I find the storyline captivating because of that unpredictability, and the fact that Shimizu moves away from the ghost stories that have become typical of Asian horror is really refreshing. With his "Ju-on" ghost stories, Takashi Shimizu became known worldwide as a major horror director, but personally I think that "Marebito" is the movie that truly reveals him as a horror author. It's not a movie destined to be a hit, but it's one that shows a different take on horror and while maybe "The Grudge" is the movie that most people relate to Shimizu, but personally, I think that "Marebito" is a much better and more satisfying movie. 8/10
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Sunday, September 7th 2008 - 06:00:55 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	b cool right now
	I think I prefer this to always having to look out for people in the bushes ready to brutally murder you and yours, after a bit of torture, as they have throughout the seventeenth century here. There are horors related to those times that make our slash horror movies seem benign by comparison. To live under that sort of constant threat must have been something else. But then you do live in LA... lol mornings
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Sunday, September 7th 2008 - 01:07:48 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	I haven't checked lately over there, cause you said you were busy with the kids and stuff. Interesting thoughts on the fact that "It's always something". We are a people bred to deal with the next bad times and if bad times don't come often enough, we may be in trouble because we will forget how to survive that stuff. I grew up during The Cold War. Can't get more scary then that, in my book. :-) == Gina: We get 5 minutes before the doctor moves on and you have to reschedule. You had 4 in my book.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, September 6th 2008 - 05:37:27 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	b destroyed
	whoa I have one single reader for my latest blog entry and it can't possibly be one of you guys. It has to be myspace censor looking for dirt. Or maybe it's just the stats being out of whack lately. Just as I'm about to reach a new synthetic plateau in perfecting the exposition of my worldview I'm losing any interlocutor and find myself reduced to perfect solipsism. It's awful dramatic and so humbling. But it's great exercise, mornings to be doing this. It serves to keep me sharp for the completion of Wolfestown, my magnum opus, which I have started, let go of and figured out anew many times already. One day we'll have just right. lol bus laters
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 5th 2008 - 09:08:23 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	eveninG
URL	http://www.psychonaut.com/
	gawd. cowbell. cowbell???? could be so, Switzerland has plenty of meadows and cows lol. just home. went to see the doctor, but due to traffic jam stuff i arrived at 15.31 and my appointment was at 15.30. because it was my regular GP's (let's just use the English word here which makes it easier) brother (so the assistant told me this morning when i called, oh i then said to myself, so it's a family of GP's then...) and i have no idea what he looks like, but when i had just seated myself in the waiting room after telling the assistant i had arrived, a muslem woman waiting then said that the GP had called someone twice who wasn't in and she figured it'd be me and that he had already left. yeah, i saw a guy leave yes, but no idea it would be the GP. normally, if you have an appointment at 15.30, you have to wait about 10 minutes if not longer, so 1 minute late...? he must have thought 'thank God it's Friday' when leaving so soon... the assistant then called my GP, told him what i had told her about the complaints i had and so i was given paracetamol with codeinesulphate. hm. i'm not gonna take that. had my share of codeine as a teen :-) but decided to google for codeinesulphate anyway, and landed on the psychonut, eh, psychonaut site... hilarious. maybe it's the cold that makes my head spin a little weirder thoughtwise, but cowbells, particled french-swiss fries and some psychonutters... i do feel a bit better, i made some porridge my grandmother used to make us when we were kids. it's green or mungo beans, boiled until mush, then add indonesian palm sugar, gula jawa, and some coconut milk. for a bite one can add some ginger. it's delicious and nutritious too. and it did help me be able to be outdoors today, for i had to go and interview two managing directors of Esaote Group, they make probes and ultrasound equipment for hospitals, human and veterinary. interesting stuff. tired now and signing off, have a good weekend!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 5th 2008 - 08:52:56 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	Cowbells vibrating in other dimensions, wormhole fries... The LHC hasn't even been turned on yet and already it's producing strange results... around here anyway. LOL!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 5th 2008 - 06:51:51 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	More dimensions...is that anything like More Cowbell? :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 5th 2008 - 03:32:34 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	morninG
URL	http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/Welcome.html
	lol. that last bit. keeping the dimensions to yourself :-) those strings, they talked about that yesterday. happens so, they'll start running the thing on Sept. 10th, Nino's birthday. and some people fear that when they switch it on, they might make the whole planet disappear into a nothingness :-) i for one am interested in whether you can also discover that if you throw cooked potatoes at eachother long enough, they will turn into mash first and then suddenly vanish before the eye and outside somewhere will re-appear as particled fries :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 5th 2008 - 09:02:14 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	Looks interesting G... Spurred me to revisit this article I found mid-August at Discover Magazine: Nothingness of Space Could Illuminate the Theory of Everything Weird, weird stuff may be discovered by the LHC. The final four paragraphs of the article with some highlights of my own... Some researchers, though, expect the LHC to turn up evidence of something very new indeed—extra dimensions of space. According to M theory—the latest, most audacious attempt to explain the fundamental workings of physics—the space around us may be made of as many as 11 dimensions. M theory proposes that the ultimate building blocks of the universe are not particles but tiny vibrating loops of energy, or strings, as physicists call them. For complicated mathematical reasons, those loops need 11 dimensions in which to vibrate; otherwise the theory doesn’t work. We experience only four dimensions (three of space and one of time) in everyday life because the other seven are supposedly so small that we do not notice them. They become evident only on the subatomic scale. One way to picture this is to imagine a tightrope walker on a high wire. To the tightrope walker the wire is essentially one-dimensional, a line pointing in one direction. But an ant crawling on the wire would see it as a three-dimensional object; the ant could crawl completely around the wire, experiencing a dimension that is inaccessible to the tightrope walker. String theorists would say we’re like the tightrope walker, except that our “rope” is an 11-dimensional space, of which we are able to perceive only four dimensions. Advocates of M theory have had a tough time convincing some of their colleagues about the reality of all those extra dimensions, but the LHC might win some converts. If extra dimensions really exist, some of the particles produced by the collisions inside the big accelerator may slip away into other dimensions, and particles from higher dimensions could spill into our four-dimensional world. So if physicists notice a shortfall or a surplus in their particle tallies at the accelerator, it might be the first evidence of the wild new physics to come. “Probably whatever is true will in fact be crazy, because historically the truth in physics always seems to be more far-out than anything you could have imagined,” Baez says. Some physicists like to think that M theory will form the basis of what they call a theory of everything, a set of laws that will completely describe the universe in all its strangeness, where dark energy, quantum theory, extra dimensions, and magazine readers will all fit into one tidy package. But in the end, the key to cosmic truth may well come from another window on reality, the looming void. A good theory of nothing just might be the theory of everything physicists have sought for so long. ____________________________________ Well, all I'll say at this time is I really like having those extra dimensions all to myself and I won't give them up until and unless I'm absolutely forced to, so there!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, September 5th 2008 - 05:02:30 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	eveninG
URL	http://weblogs.hollanddoc.nl/higgs/
	hey... BBC4 has a documentary (a series actually) about the Big Bang and CERN now on tv. which made me think of the CERN rap, introduced to us by DimSkip. maybe they'll show the rap as well, eh? also found the link above, which might be of interest to those so inclined :-) myself is still under the weather some, alas. off now :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Thursday, September 4th 2008 - 10:06:25 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	== I couldn't resist keeping that quote. :-) BTW, my son was surprised to find out that Clinton wrote his own speeches, when he was President. The man made most of the decisions, too. We were lucky in that. Look what we have now...
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 3rd 2008 - 03:14:32 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	morninG
	oh. a Clinton quote. hey b, Tones, Angel... thanks. alas still not 100% well. off again. toodles.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Wednesday, September 3rd 2008 - 07:22:39 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	tones
	Happy Birthday Gina! You rock! Unless of course it's jazz, then you swing! Hope your day is super fabulous...
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Tuesday, September 2nd 2008 - 05:55:29 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	b
	oh... sick... sorry. laters
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Tuesday, September 2nd 2008 - 02:39:29 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	b
	Hey, happy anniversary! busy... school shit. laters
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Tuesday, September 2nd 2008 - 02:38:04 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Gina: I love that shirt! I am so glad it is appreciated by you. Get better soon! BTW: We can try to run from Steely stuff, but like the old war horse, we hear the sounds of the battle, we will long to be in the thick of it all. :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 1st 2008 - 03:51:23 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	ps
	so much for abandoning the steely theme :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 1st 2008 - 01:22:40 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	Gesundheit!
	(clicky if ya like to see more) hey Dimsjkipstereee, thanks for the good wishes, am here under the covers cuz sick again, or still. flu bugs and swollen glands, slight feverish too. but a good birthday so far, got the above present just a little while ago, what timing from the post office, or should i say Nigey :-) my parents sent me a card A WEEK AGO for it to arrive today, can you believe that? it's 10 minutes across the border. neighbouring countries. it should be settled within a day or 2. but not in Belgium. and Angel, happens so i had to change this morning because all soaken wet from fever, the steely dan shirt is about the only thing i can bear, the fabrics so soft and cool, it's my fav one to wear around the house. and so it all coincides, have just heard a very interesting 2008 Gaucho version too :-) signing off and giving the mind and body some rest... we gotto fight the bad bugs :-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 1st 2008 - 01:19:48 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	Since I see it's officially time according to Mizar6 local standard, this simple dude offers a simple wish... Happy Birthday, G! (Sure, I coulda skipped a few dimensions and turned some chronometers forward to do that sooner, but maybe it's not such a good idea to rush time along when it comes to birthdays, eh?) ;-)
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Monday, September 1st 2008 - 03:04:12 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	ps
URL	http://paulocoelhoblog.com/virtual-exhibition/
	(click thumbnail) ha. am also part of this exhibition as a cyber-exinhibitionist (haha). can recommend his writing. it's never too late to explore the realms of the mind, soul and spirit. and magic. did i say magic?
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, August 30th 2008 - 01:01:57 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	morninG
URL	http://www.petergallagher.com/news.htm
	love the cake. wouldn't mind a few of those butterflies. oh, yeah, don't ask me how i found this (so not looking, you know.. the world's so much bigger after all!) Bob Thiele, jr. my friend and musical collaborator, put together a great band including my old friend Ted Baker on piano (with whom I worked on Pete Townshend’s “Psychoderelict” and was eager to work with again – Ted had since been on the road and recorded with Steely Dan and others and continues to play for “The Lion King” when he’s not on the road) Don Falzone on Bass (Lou Reed, Rufus Wainwright, Ute Lemper) and Ben Perowsky on drums (Joan as Policewoman and others) and Bob on guitar (written songs for Ray Charles, Bonnie Raitt, is currently on “The Office” in the band The Scrantones, and has produced and written for many more – Bob produced my track of “Don’t Give Up On Me” for “The OC”. And special guests and friends Holly Palmer and Victoria Lecta Cave helped me out on “Baby, It’s Cold Outside”.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Saturday, August 30th 2008 - 09:28:32 AM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel
	Those things on top are butterflies. I thought a garden theme cake worked for our "Outdoory Girl". 45...wow, I wish I was back there.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, August 29th 2008 - 10:24:16 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	ps
	ooooh, the cake looks yummy. thanks angel :-) yes, monday's the day, i'll be 45 then. 45. lol!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, August 29th 2008 - 08:42:06 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	eveninG
	hey there... got a real painful throat due to some flu-ish bug i caught when interviewing the chairwoman of a major school network in Maastricht. the minute i walked into the school building, various virusses and all that came running my way, i could smell it in the air and no, i am so not a person for huge get together places! the luxury of a laptop is you can work when in bed, so that is what i'm doing now. and probably tomorrow too. hm. if i have to sneeze, something inside my nose hurts so much it makes me cry (for crying out louder!), still, there's a war raging inside the body now, i sure hope the leuco-white thingies know how to get rid of the bad guys. ah, so there are two ~Steve's then eh? even so, steely dan stuff is not forbidden, lol. i bumped into them when i was editing a review for All About Jazz, a Joey DeFrancesco album? he was on tour with them :-) to get stuff or collect an item in order to be able to sell it some time in the future with profit is investment, or speculation, or making money, you name it. i bought and sold stuff, with a profit. but those books etc. were bought with the purpose of selling them. i still have a beautiful vase of a specific Dutch brand of ceramics that is a collector's item and i'll be selling that one some day... i liked it then, but also knew that it would sell easily. that's what you get for living the antiques-secondhand market-life i have for some years :-) but that guitar.. no, that is part of childhood, part of a family legacy.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, August 29th 2008 - 08:40:15 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angel (again)
	A very happy early birthday wish to the owner of this board.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, August 29th 2008 - 08:27:50 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	angé
	Yes B, I got it from Gina. Did you like the Sherbourne Angé comment on the back of the envelope? When I saw your new addy as I was mailing it, I couldn't resist mentioning "her". :-) The card was bought at Uncle Jer's, a real hip in place over on Sunset. If I hit the traffic light just wrong, I can duck into the store, buy a card and still make the light. Important stuff when you are trying to catch a train. Good weekend.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, August 29th 2008 - 08:11:12 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
URL	http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Charlie%20Parker
	...would have been 88 today.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, August 29th 2008 - 07:47:11 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip
	the guitar will not be sold. nope. i am aware it can make quite a few bucks, but that's not what i'm after with the little thing. --g It is my belief that the "value" of a possession should be judged monetarily only when external worldly circumstances absolutely force the issue for some reason beyond our control. I never collect things because "they will be worth so much more someday," I only collect them because of what they are worth to me now.
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, August 29th 2008 - 07:21:27 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	DimSkip setting the Salerno record straight...
	Mr. Salerno of SHAMblog on what is apparently a fairly common I.D. mixup: Much as I'd love to keep the pleasant illusions going, it also pains me to admit that no, I am not "that" Steve Salerno. (I assume you're referring to the guitarist, who has quite a cult-type following in jazz circles.) I am often confused with him, as well as with the artist/illustrator; in fact, the New York Times once hired "the other" Steve Salerno to illustrate a piece that I'd written. I believe that was the time that we got each other's checks! My official playing days ended back in Noo Yawk in the early 70s. I was a horn man (tenor, alto), and like most such players of the era, a would-be Coltrane clone. Fagen/Becker are amazing virtuoso artists, collectively and separately. Though I'm forever accumulating new tracks to play, Kamakiriad always seems to make it back into my CD player before long. ("Caught my father...mowin' the lawn...come on, Daddy, get in, let's go..." I actually take my hands off the wheel and clap in my car. Which, I grant you, is worse than talking on a cell phone while driving.) And then there's Century's End, the song written for the film with Michael J. Fox, as I recall. I could go on and on, but I'm preaching to the choir, and it's a busy week...." ______________________ So even though he's not THE Steve Salerno of jazz, he still happens to be a jazz-oriented Steve Salerno, so the mistake is understandable. I still enjoy his blog and will continue to read it because I find it of interest in and of itself. Indeed the topical stuff discussed there is how/why I found it in the first place on my Googling journeys. His shared interests in music (Stevie Wonder's "Ribbon In The Sky" is currently featured in his "jazz corner") and SD is just a nice synchronistical bonus as so often happens. Wait, I forgot... Are we still allowed to mention SD around here? ;-) Oh well, I figure since I'm only correcting something that was minorly brought up before the recent SD disenfranchisement, I thought I could "grandfather" the topic in this once. LOL!
In Europe (minus UK) it's	Friday, August 29th 2008 - 07:13:34 PM

WHAT A SHADE ABOUT	ps
URL	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoznO4WRbwg
	well, get yourself a guitar again and let the music sweep you off your feet? i didn't realize how much i missed it, until just recently. also seeing my family, cousins... a lot had died when my brother died back in 1987. one doesn't realize until much later. hm. yes. oh, and i found out more about the dancing bird. check him out on a Huey Lewis song lol!!! this bird is so 80s in it