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Many thanks to commentor THE for introducing me to a new and entrancing musical instrument!
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Today is the last chance to send your pet photos to [email protected] (or click on my name, near the top of the right-hand column) for the Balloon Juice 2012 Calendar, once again for the benefit of Charlie’s Angels Animal Rescue.
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What else is — or should be — on the agenda today?
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SiubhanDuinne
On my agenda: a challenging drive. I’m on my way home to Atlanta after several weeks in Canada. Currently overnighting in Port Huron, Michigan, just looked out the window, and there’s heavy blowing snow going on. Will check forecasts and conditions carefully before I take off, but I’m not relishing the prospect of this part of the trek! (And yes, I’ll be careful and won’t do anything rash.)
Phylllis
Up too damn early, aargh. Work, then errands and a manicure. Counting down to Christmas break in 10.5 workdays.
Raven
Well, I’ll ask again. I sent a picture but received no confirmation?
JPL
@SiubhanDuinne: Have a safe trip home.
Cain is not going to be pleased today with Luckovich link
Raven
@Raven: @SiubhanDuinne: Make a statement while you are there! :)
JPL
@Raven: I didn’t receive a confirmation. Maybe the program wasn’t set up that way.
Last years calendar was great and I anxiously await the 2012 calendar ad to appear on the right so that I can order a few and pay for them.
Napoleon
@SiubhanDuinne:
Congratulations, your route, of any route anyone in the US could take by car today, covers more territory that will have snow today then any other.
Be careful.
Raven
@JPL: I had an issue last year which is why I asked. It’s cool.
Raven
@Napoleon: Many, many years ago I drove my sister up to Sault Ste. Marie in August to be with her boyfriend who had split the draft. I hitchhiked back to Chicago and almost froze to death walking all night in the UP!
SiubhanDuinne
@JPL:
I truly think Luckovich is right up there at the top of the cartooning pantheon. That’s another fine example, thanks.
SiubhanDuinne
@Napoleon:
That’s so reassuring :-(
I will take care, many thanks.
JPL
The guns are coming for Newt
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Anne Laurie
@Raven: Raven, sorry I missed your earlier message. Can’t do it now, but this evening I plan to go into the dedicated account & send a brief ‘received’ note to every contributor. I’ll put up an announcement in an open thread once I’ve done that, so anyone who hasn’t heard back will know to contact me. Fair?
Raven
@Anne Laurie: I sent another one but I sent it through flickr and that worries me a bit.
Nethead Jay
Very nice video. That’s a Well Hang he’s playing, also known as a Hang Drum or Handpan (don’t like that last one) and yeah, it’s amazing. Check out this guy, Dante Bucci. Lots of good vids on Youtube.
Scott P.
My character had one of those instruments on Zelda.
Napoleon
@SiubhanDuinne:
On the plus side I don’t think anywhere is getting a substantial amount on the ground, and I am sure the salt trucks will be out, so it isn’t going to be that bad.
Southern Beale
G’morning, folks! So it’s back to the grind for me, we got back from New York yesterday and now it’s time to get back to work.
:-(
Chik-fil-A, that Christian fast food restaurant, has done one of those dick corporate moves that always piss us ordinary people off. Maybe they need to do a little practicin’ what they’re preachin’.
PurpleGirl
Dinner tonight at an Indian restaurant, but don’t know which one yet. It’s my birthday!. (I guess I’m now officially a geezer.)
I’m not going to the tree lighting at Rockefeller Center — it’s too late and it’ll be way too crowded for the late comers to see anything.
BBA
There’s a fracking hearing in NYC today. There aren’t any plans to frack in the city (yet) – this is about the upstate areas that supply the city’s drinking water.
Bloomberg, the 1% incarnate, is against fracking while Cuomo, the progressive hero, is for it.
This ought to break some people’s minds.
THE
@Anne Laurie:
You said, introducing you. Does that mean you are learning to play it?
Amir Khalid
@Southern Beale:
There was a world-famous case two years ago, right here in Kuala Lumpur: this little curry house on Ipoh Road came out on top against Mickey D. So take heart. The big boys don’t always win.
victory
Cool instrument? Sure. Unbelievable Instrument!!??? It’s an upside down steel drum. That’s unbelievable?
Paul in KY
@Southern Beale: Is that fine looking lady lounging around at top of your blog page you?
Amir Khalid
@victory:
It looks to me like the guy is drumming on the underside of a Very Big Wok.
Linda Featheringill
A bit of white stuff here in NE Ohio. Sticking to cars and grass, melting everywhere else. First of the year. So far we have about a half inch or so.
handsmile
@PurpleGirl: (#19)
Congratulations and happy celebrations!
In my experience, few Indian restaurants serve frosted birthday cakes (will candles in rice pudding do?), but perhaps the wait staff could serenade you in Hindi, Bengali or Urdu. Cheers!
4jkb4ia
There’s more…
WaPo/ABC News is showing Romney with 56% favorability and Gingrich with 60% favorability. Romney’s favorability has actually gone up among independents and the very conservative since last month.
And the NYT has a front-page story on Newt the (not formally registered) lobbyist that I didn’t read yet.
beth
@raven. i got your photos, no worries! in fact, i just finished downloading the flickr image. i haven’t been replying to people unless they had specific questions and it’s entirely possible i missed your request for a “got the photos just fine, thanks” as i’ve been downloading a lot of photos between entertaining family in town for the long holiday weekend and then some. sorry i caused you any worry!
thanks to everyone for such a great response to the call for photos.
THE
@Amir Khalid:
That would make it Wok music.
When he turned the Hang drum upside down, that was Wok and Roll.
Ivan Ivanovich Renko
@Linda Featheringill: You must be up in the snow belt– down here near the Akron-Canton airport, we got nothin’ stickin’ to nothin’.
And here I just bought an all-wheel drive car.
Comrade Mary
Fucking snow in fucking Toronto. I guess it’s time to dig up the last tomato plant and cover the air conditioner unit.
nastybrutishntall
@THE: Congrats! Please see the attendant at the door etc.
Cliff in NH
Here is his website with music to download too:
got the name from this great vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_DhNLCyVss
http://hangplayinghedgemonkeys.com