February 24, 2024 (Saturday) It’s been a while since we took a break from the news and tonight seems like as good a time as any. Enjoy the full moon if you've got a clear view. It’s a beauty. I’ll see you tomorrow.
I was cruising with my friends when this song came on the radio (back in high school). We were singing & one of my friends sang "There's a bathroom on the right". We all started laughing so hard we had to pull over.
Last night's full moon was the smallest full moon of the year, the one when the moon was furthest from the Earth, at its 'apogee' ... and that was possibly the basis of that lyric.
When you are somewhere, somewhere you do not want to be, it sometimes helps to remember the simpler things from the past and hold them for a while till whatever plagues you pass. The late sixties and early seventies were tumultuous for many of us.
It is the memories of better times which can carry us through the havoc of the moment.
Love me some Credence, why doesn’t the music today resonate like it did then. Guess it’s true then, that the music of youth worms it’s way deep in the recesses and is always on tap, no matter how old we get…
I think we like best what we hear in and around adolescence. Of course, the music of the latter '60s and the early '70s was the best ever, although the Grateful Dead remained good while they were alive. (I just happened to be in the Bay Area around the time Jerry Garcia died, and there was quite a crowd in Golden Gate Park, and some great microbuses, including Ellis D's microbus. I got a photo of it!
Credence was playing during my first own x-country trip by car, Cape Cod to Stanford, 1970 in the '62 Falcon. (I'd had three x-country car trips by age 8 and two months.) So a lot of memories tied up there.
For a good laugh for all of you commenting: as a trained classical musician who grew up with Sinatra, Cole Porter (still being played in the 40’s and ‘50’s), Irving Berlin, and whose mother sang WWI songs at the kitchen sink while we learned (and sang) spirituals at school and even in college choruses—I remember the frustration of the music department Secretary who had ordered a batch of programs for a concert that came back with “There is a Bomb[Balm] in Gilead”—
Playing Cole Porter’s “Lover”, with its double cycle of fifths which goes back to Baroque, it fascinates me to realize that our early pops were from classically trained musicians and to see the evolution to Leonard Cohen. But Ari Melber is training all of US in the latest!
My son had long hair and a guitar. In Australia, the bathroom is where the bath is, and in that house it was straight ahead. So my children and I missed that joke. I'm a moonwatcher, and that song always made my flesh creep. I've just checked out that yt, and most of the young youtubers see it exactly as I saw it, only now it's worse than a prophecy. Their attitudes are interesting, considering that (hopefully) the country will be in their hands, next generation.
Gibt es ein Wort auf Englisch für „Ohrwurm‟? hint? auf deutsche!
Never used it till I was in Germany for a couple of months playing the ignorant American for the company I worked for in the US. Had a good boss though, and he laughed when he knew I could undertsand much of the German they were speaking in in front of me. Oh, that is German for ear worm. Not sure why the umlaut other than pronunciation which I would do it correctly anyway.
Heh, heh . . . Is the term so old we are forgetting such? It references an unforgettable tune once someone else makes reference to it and casts its music upon your ears. or starts to hum or sing it. It is inescapable.
Toss another to you from a play we did in 8th grade:
"I polished up that handle so carefully That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navy!"
We had an 8th grade teacher who also sang opera. It still echos in my mind from 1963.
Bill, I’ve had all the luck there. In my daughter’s school there was a Brit who put together a different G&S every year. And I sang in two opera choruses from a total of nearly 20 years. “Music hath charms…”
I was fortunate being in the Chicago Grammer School I was in and then being admitted to Lane Technical High School in Chicago. Between Lane, the Marine Corps, and working construction I had to learn about behaving with women again.
I had a good voice then. It is still there I think or my ears deceive me! :)
I started taking my wife to some of the off Broadway creations. They are marvelous. We would take our three to Christmas Carol each Christmas in Madison, WI and then off to UNOs for a Christmas pizza. The schools would take them places also. Great place for families.
I am sure you are a great singer. Thank you for your comments. Oh, do yo have a favorite song?
I have a funny "I see a bad moon rising"story to share. My friend & I went camping & the bathrooms were really far away, so when she 'went' to go out to pee in the middle of the night & she squatted to pee, I broke out into that line! It was really funny! Fortunately we both have fantastic senses of humor so we laughed for quite a while about that!!! 😂😂😂
It might be important to draw attention to how thoroughly and deeply Biden has staffed his administration with American Black professionals, women and men, from low or mid level to the very top. What has been achieved in the Biden Administration would seem finally to fulfill the dream or promise of Reconstruction, to have Black Americans fully a part of government. This achievement seems to be going largely unremarked.
Chump can undo this in a nanosecond. As he can all of Joe’s hard work. I am so disgusted with Dem emails, and Dem “policy experts.” What the hell are they thinking. Sound like just more of Repub blather with different names. Hire the Lincoln project wordsmiths
We have some commenters on here that could do a better job than what shows up on my mountain of emails. It's embarrassing that it's the same verbiage that the repubs use on the ones that sneak into my inbox. Of course, theirs are lies that never get called out.
💙“It might be important to draw attention to how thoroughly and deeply Biden has staffed his administration with American Black professionals, women and men, from low or mid level to the very top.”
Here’s a great,shareable link on the strength and diversity of Team Biden.📣
I tried the link you sent me, but am unable to open the file. I will ask for help from a family member - I think it's my computer. Thank you for helping me!
While the very racist tffg puts out a lurid gold sneaker to try to bait the black vote, Biden illuminates real people with powerful positions. The difference is so drastic, I can’t tolerate the media’s gruesome attempts at comparing the two of them.
I just walked in from taking pictures of the moon where I am. Thankfully there’s very little ambient light or pollution here so I expect them to be clear.
Your picture is lovely Heather so go rest and enjoy your down time. It’s more valuable than gold and with your schedule probably far rarer.
Dear Professor Heather, you’re once again demonstrating wisdom and balance to the rest of us, and at the same time employing healthy self-care for you and Buddy. Good. Grateful. Thank you. Beautiful photograph. Worthy of prayerful meditation, just letting it soak in. Same with the local scene here in SF Bay Area.. The moon is beautiful. I must say, try as I might, I can’t see the little guy that just landed there… I think it’s called Odysseus…?
Click on this article if only to see the picture that shows Earth. It was taken in April 2023 from Japan's lander just days before it crashed onto the lunar surface. Not as spectacular as the original one we've seen before, but still...
I just walked out onto patio and there was that same full moon here in California. No stars to be seen but a wonderful fresh smell, cool air, and that glorious moon. Agreed , that there is where one finds respite. Wishing the same to all of you.
Eight years ago on this day my twin sister died. I walked out on the deck of her home on Harstine Island that night and saw this very moon shining its path across the winter waters of Puget Sound. I was absolutely amazed when I saw the picture tonight- the very same scene of a moonlit path across the water on another February 24. I know that’s how her soul found its way home.
Beautiful photo, Professor! I as able to catch both moonset and moonrise from my in-laws place today. No ocean, but the Siskiyou Mountains and stark trees made for a great foreground.
Tonight's full moon is the "Snow" moon, but there seems to be a dearth of snow this winter for a lot of places. We've gone like two winters with no measurable snow. I'm not complaining since folks down here go berserk even if we get a few flakes! Always nice to take a breather and recharge before the next news onslaught. Rest up, y'all . . .
Janice, this stunning photo symbolizes for me the clarity of Biden administration with 3 wars: the one at home w the fallen arches, Ukraine and Palestine.
I’m finding it very very difficult ( in reference to your mention of ‘even a quarter of the way’) emotionally to follow all this; particularly here with wisdom vs malicious & dangerous ignorance.
Know about physical pushups, but struggling w emotional ones. Like the best way ie recovery, I’m thinking take ACTION. Action. I thank all the gods & goddesses for Heather and her extraordinary followers for their actions, wisdom and hope.
What a glorious scene. Thank you and enjoy your evening off.
It was a spectacular moon last night. Clear and bright.
Prof. Heather;
Those who write continuously deserve a rest to let their mind relax. A bit of Creedence . . .
I see the bad moon a-risin'
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today
Don't go around tonight
Well it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise . . .
Just enough for an öhrwurm (ear worm).
Or, as quite a few of us heard it, "There's a bathroom on the right . . ."
I was cruising with my friends when this song came on the radio (back in high school). We were singing & one of my friends sang "There's a bathroom on the right". We all started laughing so hard we had to pull over.
At my age, seems I'm always looking for a bathroom on the right...or left. ;) 'specially with this kidney stone!!
More water, less red meat. ;).
Sorry to hear this.
Thanks for the reminder, Susanna and Cyndy. I always wondered what it was that was on the right!
!!!
...You mean, it's not "bathroom on the right"? Oh man, now I've got to completely rethink my view of Creedence :)
The bathroom on the right is Trump
"the shithouse on the right?"
Lol Susanna !
LOL!!!
So glad I’m not the only one who heard word salad in the lyrics!
😂 So glad ad in song lyrics!I’m not the only one who he
That song has come to mind recently.
There's some bad goons* on the rise,
though the biglier they are, the harder they fall...
* https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/24/donald-trump-cpac-speech
Read the headline, saw the photo, closed the file.
It ups the creepy.
Last night's full moon was the smallest full moon of the year, the one when the moon was furthest from the Earth, at its 'apogee' ... and that was possibly the basis of that lyric.
Thank you Bill!! You started a good thread with much needed laughter! Happy break dear Heather and everyone!
Chaplain:
When you are somewhere, somewhere you do not want to be, it sometimes helps to remember the simpler things from the past and hold them for a while till whatever plagues you pass. The late sixties and early seventies were tumultuous for many of us.
It is the memories of better times which can carry us through the havoc of the moment.
Where is that from? Cannot suss it out..
Credence Clearwater Revival. Here's the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BmEGm-mraE
Love me some Credence, why doesn’t the music today resonate like it did then. Guess it’s true then, that the music of youth worms it’s way deep in the recesses and is always on tap, no matter how old we get…
I think we like best what we hear in and around adolescence. Of course, the music of the latter '60s and the early '70s was the best ever, although the Grateful Dead remained good while they were alive. (I just happened to be in the Bay Area around the time Jerry Garcia died, and there was quite a crowd in Golden Gate Park, and some great microbuses, including Ellis D's microbus. I got a photo of it!
Credence was playing during my first own x-country trip by car, Cape Cod to Stanford, 1970 in the '62 Falcon. (I'd had three x-country car trips by age 8 and two months.) So a lot of memories tied up there.
For a good laugh for all of you commenting: as a trained classical musician who grew up with Sinatra, Cole Porter (still being played in the 40’s and ‘50’s), Irving Berlin, and whose mother sang WWI songs at the kitchen sink while we learned (and sang) spirituals at school and even in college choruses—I remember the frustration of the music department Secretary who had ordered a batch of programs for a concert that came back with “There is a Bomb[Balm] in Gilead”—
Playing Cole Porter’s “Lover”, with its double cycle of fifths which goes back to Baroque, it fascinates me to realize that our early pops were from classically trained musicians and to see the evolution to Leonard Cohen. But Ari Melber is training all of US in the latest!
Ah, Cole Porter! I'm going to go to youtube and listen to "Lover". I wish I could give you a slew of more likes!
Fair warning, good tune. Thank you, David.
We all need to rock to a great tune!
My son had long hair and a guitar. In Australia, the bathroom is where the bath is, and in that house it was straight ahead. So my children and I missed that joke. I'm a moonwatcher, and that song always made my flesh creep. I've just checked out that yt, and most of the young youtubers see it exactly as I saw it, only now it's worse than a prophecy. Their attitudes are interesting, considering that (hopefully) the country will be in their hands, next generation.
Then it just seemed like the most innocent of threats, now it portends chump world. What could be worse?
Song makes you realize this could happen if the MAGA Republicans take control!Very scary!!!!!
Indeed. It might even happen without them, although it wouldn't be as bad.
I love that song!
I have that cd!I love credence too!!!
Virginia:
Gibt es ein Wort auf Englisch für „Ohrwurm‟? hint? auf deutsche!
Never used it till I was in Germany for a couple of months playing the ignorant American for the company I worked for in the US. Had a good boss though, and he laughed when he knew I could undertsand much of the German they were speaking in in front of me. Oh, that is German for ear worm. Not sure why the umlaut other than pronunciation which I would do it correctly anyway.
Vielen Dank, Bill :)
Willkommen
Ja, many thanks. Tschüß!
das Beste für dich
Thank you for the German and to everyone else for all the music references. Is “ear worm” a reference to earbuds?
Heh, heh . . . Is the term so old we are forgetting such? It references an unforgettable tune once someone else makes reference to it and casts its music upon your ears. or starts to hum or sing it. It is inescapable.
Toss another to you from a play we did in 8th grade:
"I polished up that handle so carefully That now I am the Ruler of the Queen's Navy!"
We had an 8th grade teacher who also sang opera. It still echos in my mind from 1963.
Bill, I’ve had all the luck there. In my daughter’s school there was a Brit who put together a different G&S every year. And I sang in two opera choruses from a total of nearly 20 years. “Music hath charms…”
Virginia:
I was fortunate being in the Chicago Grammer School I was in and then being admitted to Lane Technical High School in Chicago. Between Lane, the Marine Corps, and working construction I had to learn about behaving with women again.
I had a good voice then. It is still there I think or my ears deceive me! :)
I started taking my wife to some of the off Broadway creations. They are marvelous. We would take our three to Christmas Carol each Christmas in Madison, WI and then off to UNOs for a Christmas pizza. The schools would take them places also. Great place for families.
I am sure you are a great singer. Thank you for your comments. Oh, do yo have a favorite song?
I have a funny "I see a bad moon rising"story to share. My friend & I went camping & the bathrooms were really far away, so when she 'went' to go out to pee in the middle of the night & she squatted to pee, I broke out into that line! It was really funny! Fortunately we both have fantastic senses of humor so we laughed for quite a while about that!!! 😂😂😂
It might be important to draw attention to how thoroughly and deeply Biden has staffed his administration with American Black professionals, women and men, from low or mid level to the very top. What has been achieved in the Biden Administration would seem finally to fulfill the dream or promise of Reconstruction, to have Black Americans fully a part of government. This achievement seems to be going largely unremarked.
Like so much that he's done. Look quickly, look well, America.
This is a very valuable reminder of this staffing accomplishment.
Fulfilling the dream of Reconstruction is inspiring.
Chump can undo this in a nanosecond. As he can all of Joe’s hard work. I am so disgusted with Dem emails, and Dem “policy experts.” What the hell are they thinking. Sound like just more of Repub blather with different names. Hire the Lincoln project wordsmiths
Hire Will from CA!
We have some commenters on here that could do a better job than what shows up on my mountain of emails. It's embarrassing that it's the same verbiage that the repubs use on the ones that sneak into my inbox. Of course, theirs are lies that never get called out.
💙“It might be important to draw attention to how thoroughly and deeply Biden has staffed his administration with American Black professionals, women and men, from low or mid level to the very top.”
Here’s a great,shareable link on the strength and diversity of Team Biden.📣
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BNPy3lgKhqNk-SERc4drIcqyMDAjFUUY/view?usp=drivesdk
When I try to access the link, I get “need permission “ )-:
I tried the link you sent me, but am unable to open the file. I will ask for help from a family member - I think it's my computer. Thank you for helping me!
While the very racist tffg puts out a lurid gold sneaker to try to bait the black vote, Biden illuminates real people with powerful positions. The difference is so drastic, I can’t tolerate the media’s gruesome attempts at comparing the two of them.
The moon has been glorious for the last three nights.
I just walked in from taking pictures of the moon where I am. Thankfully there’s very little ambient light or pollution here so I expect them to be clear.
Your picture is lovely Heather so go rest and enjoy your down time. It’s more valuable than gold and with your schedule probably far rarer.
Dear Professor Heather, you’re once again demonstrating wisdom and balance to the rest of us, and at the same time employing healthy self-care for you and Buddy. Good. Grateful. Thank you. Beautiful photograph. Worthy of prayerful meditation, just letting it soak in. Same with the local scene here in SF Bay Area.. The moon is beautiful. I must say, try as I might, I can’t see the little guy that just landed there… I think it’s called Odysseus…?
Click on this article if only to see the picture that shows Earth. It was taken in April 2023 from Japan's lander just days before it crashed onto the lunar surface. Not as spectacular as the original one we've seen before, but still...
https://www.livescience.com/space/the-moon/everything-has-changed-since-apollo-why-landing-on-the-moon-is-still-incredibly-difficult-in-2024
I'll take it!
Thank you!!!
Yes, Odysseus.
Goodnight, Moon.
I just walked out onto patio and there was that same full moon here in California. No stars to be seen but a wonderful fresh smell, cool air, and that glorious moon. Agreed , that there is where one finds respite. Wishing the same to all of you.
Eight years ago on this day my twin sister died. I walked out on the deck of her home on Harstine Island that night and saw this very moon shining its path across the winter waters of Puget Sound. I was absolutely amazed when I saw the picture tonight- the very same scene of a moonlit path across the water on another February 24. I know that’s how her soul found its way home.
Sorry for your loss, and I hope you fine some solace in the moonlight.
That must have been a transcendental experience that I hope brought you comfort. I’m so sorry for your loss.
It’s a marathon, not a sprint!
Enjoy your Saturday night off!
Beautiful photo, Professor! I as able to catch both moonset and moonrise from my in-laws place today. No ocean, but the Siskiyou Mountains and stark trees made for a great foreground.
Tonight's full moon is the "Snow" moon, but there seems to be a dearth of snow this winter for a lot of places. We've gone like two winters with no measurable snow. I'm not complaining since folks down here go berserk even if we get a few flakes! Always nice to take a breather and recharge before the next news onslaught. Rest up, y'all . . .
That is a stunning photo — well done!!
Oh moon of Alabama
We now must say goodbye
We’ve lost our good old mama
And must have whiskey, oh, you know why.
Thanks for that!
It’s a great day to take a little break from the constant news noise and enjoy nature at its best. Thanks for the daily letters-
love the pic, time to change my desktop wallpaper again!
thanks also for the respite. honestly this past week or two the news has been mind-boggling, and we're not even a quarter of the way through the year.
rest up!
Janice, this stunning photo symbolizes for me the clarity of Biden administration with 3 wars: the one at home w the fallen arches, Ukraine and Palestine.
I’m finding it very very difficult ( in reference to your mention of ‘even a quarter of the way’) emotionally to follow all this; particularly here with wisdom vs malicious & dangerous ignorance.
Know about physical pushups, but struggling w emotional ones. Like the best way ie recovery, I’m thinking take ACTION. Action. I thank all the gods & goddesses for Heather and her extraordinary followers for their actions, wisdom and hope.
Great idea Janice !