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April 7, 2014

Humpty Dumpty Link

From Cooks Illustrated:

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April 6, 2014

Dust In The Wind - Kansas


One of the loveliest songs and one of my favorites.

April 5, 2014

omphaloskepsis


omphaloskepsis om·pha·lo·skep·sis [om-fuh-loh-skep-sis] noun

contemplation of one's navel as part of a mystical exercise.


Let Sleeping Cats Lie

A "bump" from July 3, 2007 - not because I don't have anything else to post, but because the photo is better than any clipart I could get to illustrate this bit of trivia.

Cats sleep for 70% of their lives.


The Beej
Winter '06

April 4, 2014

Valerie - Steve Winwood



I was listening to an online classic rock station earlier when this song came on; while listening to it, I thought "That sounds an awful lot like Call on Me by Eric Prydz!". After reading about both songs, I found that Prydz had indeed sampled from the Winwood tune and had presented the tune to Winwood and (from Wiki) he was so impressed with what Prydz had done, he collaborated with him and re-recorded the vocals to fit the track better