In late December 2022, my daughter told me about a poetry group that met the first Monday of the month. She and I went in January both enjoyed it so we have been attending ever since. The group meets both in person ad remotely. Emma and I have only attended in person so far.
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
Poetry Alive 2024
In late December 2022, my daughter told me about a poetry group that met the first Monday of the month. She and I went in January both enjoyed it so we have been attending ever since. The group meets both in person ad remotely. Emma and I have only attended in person so far.
Sunday, May 5, 2024
A to Z 2024:Reflections - The Music
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Z is for the Zenith of the American Revolution
George Washington |
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Monday, April 29, 2024
A to Z 2024: Y is for watching Viral Videos on Youtube
- The first viral video on You Tube was an unauthorized bootleg of the SNL digital short Lazy Sunday. It had over 5,000,000 views between December 2005 and February of 2006 when You Tube took it down. SNL has since put the video up on it's own You Tube Channel.
- Like many subsequent viral videos Lazy Sunday spawned some response videos. This one being a shot by shot remake
- In 2008 the viral video Charlie bit my finger - Again blew up on You Tube. To date it has 886,000,000 views. My son was 7 when this came out and I must say he was very good at shutting people down before they ever got to teasing him about that.
- By 2013 most everyone knew what a viral video was. April 29th 2013 was the first known occurrence of Viral Video Day.
- Since then, viral videos have not gone away. Video's like this one my daughter calls Chewbacca Mom. It had 13,00,000 views in the past 7 years.
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
A to Z 2024: U is for Undecided, Undeclared & Uncertain Day
For The A to Z Challenge this year, I am focusing on everyday holidays. Each day there are multiple unusual things to celebrate. Every day of the challenge I look for an event taking place that day and pair it with the letter of the day. I have also made up 5 holidays to coincide with the vowel days of the challenge. At the end of each post I will share a special song of the day for that day's letter. At the end of the month, these songs will be assembled in an A to Z keepsake playlist on Spotify. Every day is a celebration, let's unwrap today's together.
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Song of the Day: Under The Sun - Michael Card
21 letters 21 songs assembled in a playlist. 5 more remain. Here is what we have so far.
To go to the home of the A to Z challenge click here, to see the 2024 master list of participating blogs click here. Enjoy the 2024 A to Z challenge, and Happy Holidays!
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
A to Z 2024: Tis for Table Tennis
For The A to Z Challenge this year, I am focusing on everyday holidays. Each day there are multiple unusual things to celebrate. Every day of the challenge I look for an event taking place that day and pair it with the letter of the day. I have also made up 5 holidays to coincide with the vowel days of the challenge. At the end of each post I will share a special song of the day for that day's letter. At the end of the month, these songs will be assembled in an A to Z keepsake playlist on Spotify. Every day is a celebration, let's unwrap today's together.
April 23rd is World Table Tennis Day
I'm gonna be honest. Most of these holidays I am highlighting for the challenge. I am going to forget about for next year. Some I've probably already forgotten. World Table Tennis Day is one holiday I don't want to forget. In fact, I am kind of bummed that I probably won't ping some pong today. Ping some pong is what I call playing ping pong or table tennis.
When I think of table tennis the first thing that pops into my head is this commercial from when I was a kid.
Gnip Gnop not only sparked a passion for ping pong but also a passion for gnikaeaps sdrawkcab (speaking backwards) which turned into my love for all things palindromic.
When other people think of ping pong this scene from Forrest Gump may pop in their head ...
I love playing table tennis. I may lack the Gumpian endurance or skill but what I lack in endurance and talent I make up in zeal. In college I played a lot of table tennis, it is a great way to spend time between classes or as a study break. It is both social and athletic. I even had an album that I thought was the best accompaniment for playing ping pong. It was Jacob's Trouble's debut album, Door Into Summer. When I hear other people incorrectly say that this group has better albums, my initial thought is not to play ping pong with. You listen and you tell me if the beat doesn't want to make you ping some pong.
One fun thing to on World Table Tennis Day would be to play a variation called round robin. It is basically a cross between table tennis and musical chairs. You play with 2 paddles and as many people as can fit around a ping pong table. Instead of describing it, here is play in action ...
To get a full ping pong experience play the round robin clip without volume while listening to the Jacob's Trouble and you'll see what I'm talking about. So, ping some pong today if you get a chance and if you can't that's just how the ball bounces.
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The song of the day today is Tell It Again by J.J. Heller
20 songs now comprise the A to Z playlist.
To go to the home of the A to Z challenge click here, to see the 2024 master list of participating blogs click here. Enjoy the 2024 A to Z challenge, and Happy Holidays!
Friday, April 12, 2024
A to Z: 2024 K is for космонавт (cosmonaut)
Thursday, April 11, 2024
A To Z 2024: J is for Just Married (26 Years Ago)
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
A To Z 2924:I is for Indicted Illinois Governors Day
Joel Aldrich Matteson, the 10th governor of Illinois (1853-1857) was charged in 1859 in the Canal Scrip Fraud Scandal. Matteson redeemed Scrip for the Canal for himself. He was indicted but then acquitted and returned the majority of the funds to the state.
Otto Kerner Jr, was governor of Illinois from 1961-1968. In 1972 He was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals when he was indicted on multiple charges including mail fraud, & income tax evasions. Charges he was eventually convicted og. Kerner served six months on a three year sentence. His crimes went back to 1962 when as a governor he colluded with race track owners.
Dan Walker was governor of Illinois from 1973-1977. Unlike Kerner, Walkers convictions came from crimes committed after his time as governor. As CEO of a savings and loan siphoned bank money for his own use, Walker was indicted, convicted and served 17 months of a seven year sentence.
George Ryan was governor of Illinois from 1999-2003 and was the Il Secretary of State prior to that, As Secretary of State he presided over a huge bribes for licenses scheme. This scheme was exposed after a truck killed 6 children in the same family and it was revealed that the trucker had paid bribes for his license. Ryan was sentenced to 6 1/2 years of prison and was released in 2013.
Rod Blagojevich was governor of Illinois form 2002 - 2009 when he was impeached by the Illinois General Assembly. When Blagojevich (Blago) rand in 2002 his mantra was no more business as usual. This was in the wake of the Ryan scandals. The problem is Blago missed his own memo, and went back to business as usual, and business was booming. Blago was caught on tape trying to sell the senate seat of President Elect Obama, and was charged with conspiracy to commit fraud and solicitation of bribery. He was convicted and sentenced to 14 years and was in prison from 2012 to 2020 when hw was pardoned by Donald Trump.
While it's true that our last 3 governors have not gone to jail. We could use the growth mindset, and say they have not gone to jail yet. Why do so many of the governors of my state go to jail. It may just be a matter of linguistical expectations. What do governors and convicts have in common. They both serve terms. So in a way their first career sets up their second.
While I made up this holiday, I unfortunately did not make up the history.
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Song of the day: I Believe In You - Bob Dylan
The playlist is really taking shape now.
That's it for me . Feel free to add a comment before moving on with your day.
To go to the home of the A to Z challenge click here, to see the 2024 master list of participating blogs click here. Enjoy the 2024 A to Z challenge, and Happy Holidays!Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Bo Knows Comebacks: White Sox Home Opener Pinch Hit HR
A to Z: H is for the Home of Haggis
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3. Scotland is a country and is part of the United Kingdom,
4. Golf originated in Scotland.
18th hole of St. Andrews and Clubhouse
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An Experiment being demonstrated - Edinburg International Science Festival 2014 , CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
8. The festival "was the worlds first public celebration of science and technology as a festival."
9. The festival has over 250 events for families and adults.
10. Valentina Treshkova, spoke at the inaugural festival in 1989, 26 years after becoming the first woman in space.
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Monday, April 8, 2024
A to Z 2024: G is for Going to the Zoo
Saturday, April 6, 2024
A to Z 2024: F is for Final Words
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Wednesday, April 3, 2024
A to Z 2024: C is for Cinematic Compositions
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
A to Z 2024 - B is for Books for Children
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