Nothing profound, just a half block away. Thankfully missed the parked cars…
Category: Crazy
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My Cheeks Hurt
An odd statement, but trying to play trumpet after many, many years means building up long unused muscles. And these are small cheek muscles. Think of how you feel after smiling too long and multiply by ten.
So with my new horn I’m practicing a lot because it’s fun, but man I’m feeling it. I’m literally massaging my cheeks.
It reminds me of my circus days. A million years ago (ok, 1989) I played trumpet for Ringling Brothers circus. Most days you do 2 shows. Some days you do 3. Some weekends you do a “6 pack”, two 3 show days in a row. For trumpet players in the circus, that’s really hard.
I did a tour of Japan in ’89 and we had three trumpet players who had not worked for the circus before. The first time we had to do a six pack, after the last show, the clowns had a cooler of cold beer waiting for us. I can tell some crazy clown stories, but that was really nice.
None of the trumpet players actually drank the beer right away, we all grabbed an ice cold can and pressed it up against our lips. It felt so good.
Anyway, it’s fun getting back in trumpet shape again. No six packs in my future…
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Dr. Seuss for Department of Education
Sure he’s dead, but he’s more qualified than Dr. Oz.
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Wait, The Onion Did What?
All morning people were confused if this was real or, well, The Onion.
Holy crap, it’s real. At least I think so? The NY Times and WaPo are both reporting it.
If this is real, they are going to have a lot of fun with it.
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Gophers!
This is an amazing story.
Two years after the eruption of Mount St Helens, local gophers were sent to the area in what must have been quite a confusing day trip, even if the animals were not aware of the news. The gophers were placed in enclosed areas for the experiment and spent their day digging around in the pumice.
Despite only spending one day in the area, the impact they had was remarkable. Six years after their trip, there were over 40,000 plants thriving where the gophers had gotten to work, while the surrounding land remained, for the most part, barren. Studying the area over 40 years later, the team found they had left one hell of a legacy.
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Damn Yankees
As a Yankee fan, game 5 was painful to watch. Jason Stark called it “very possibly the craziest World Series clincher ever“. I think he’s right.
How many other teams have ever had a game in which they …
• Blew a five-run lead (or larger)
• Coughed up at least five unearned runs
• Stuffed three errors into the ol’ box score
• And included both a balk and catcher’s interference in those festivities?
Of course, the answer is that this has happened exactly once. Last night.
Eventually I’ll look back and remember what a fun season it was. But that game will sting for a while.
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Three Inches
Via xkcd of course.
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