I'm rereading Saint-Éxupéry's Le Petit Prince. “Dessine-moi un mouton!”
Friday, January 30, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Monday, January 19, 2009
Recently illuminated lyrics
I realized two instances of misheard lyrics this weekend. Both involve "ué":
Song: Cars, "Let's Go"
What I heard: "and a risky mouth"
Actual lyric: "and a risqué mouth"
Song: "Lush Life" (recorded by Nat King Cole, among others)
What I heard: "gray faces with distant gay traces"
Actual lyric: "gray faces with distingué traces"
Song: Cars, "Let's Go"
What I heard: "and a risky mouth"
Actual lyric: "and a risqué mouth"
Song: "Lush Life" (recorded by Nat King Cole, among others)
What I heard: "gray faces with distant gay traces"
Actual lyric: "gray faces with distingué traces"
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Photographic image of the day
This gorgeous, painting-like image is the Astronomy Picture of the Day. See description below.
Suspension Bridge Solargraph
Credit & Copyright: Justin Quinnell
The six-month long exposure compresses the time from December 17, 2007, to June 21, 2008, into a single point of view. Dubbed a solargraph, the image was recorded with a simple pinhole camera made from a drink can lined with a piece of photographic paper. The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon River Gorge in Bristol, UK, emerges from the foreground, but rising and setting each day the Sun arcs overhead, tracing a glowing path through the sky. Cloud cover causes dark gaps in the daily Sun trails. In December, the Sun trails begin lower down and are short, corresponding to a time near the northern hemisphere's winter solstice date. They grow longer and climb higher in the sky as the June 21st summer solstice approaches.
Suspension Bridge Solargraph
Credit & Copyright: Justin Quinnell
The six-month long exposure compresses the time from December 17, 2007, to June 21, 2008, into a single point of view. Dubbed a solargraph, the image was recorded with a simple pinhole camera made from a drink can lined with a piece of photographic paper. The Clifton Suspension Bridge over the Avon River Gorge in Bristol, UK, emerges from the foreground, but rising and setting each day the Sun arcs overhead, tracing a glowing path through the sky. Cloud cover causes dark gaps in the daily Sun trails. In December, the Sun trails begin lower down and are short, corresponding to a time near the northern hemisphere's winter solstice date. They grow longer and climb higher in the sky as the June 21st summer solstice approaches.
Monday, January 5, 2009
Losing at Scrabble
Words that Laurie has played against me in Scrabble (so far):
nevus
quinoa
skirl
equator (played alongside another word with all tiles; score 78)
nevus
quinoa
skirl
equator (played alongside another word with all tiles; score 78)
Thursday, January 1, 2009
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