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Respite Interlude Open Thread: October Project

by Anne Laurie|  July 26, 20238:21 pm| 23 Comments

This post is in: Music, Respite, Space

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Can’t say this grabs my attention the way Ariel or Bury My Lovely did, but that was sooo many years ago (and Mary Fahl‘s voice is irreplaceable).

This is nonetheless pleasant, and the pictures are well matched to the lyrics…

Do you love @october_project? Of course you do (or should). They have a new single, and this version has images from the space telescope. Enjoy.https://t.co/SFwyBXpORj https://t.co/W4pTHk7UrJ

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) July 25, 2023

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23Comments

  1. 1.

    Baud

    July 26, 2023 at 8:32 pm

    The soccer thread went kablooey.

  2. 2.

    Scout211

    July 26, 2023 at 8:37 pm

    @Baud: The soccer thread went kablooey.

    Oh no! The dreaded 404!

    I think WaterGirl is gone on vacation, IIRC

    We’ll just have to add comments to the first week’s thread.

  3. 3.

    MagdaInBlack

    July 26, 2023 at 8:38 pm

    I learned that today in my teeny little home town of Sheridan IL, the FBI arrested a guy for involvement in Jan 6. Nabbed his brother in Florida too.

    Somehow I’m not surprised, knowing that little town as I do.

  4. 4.

    NotMax

    July 26, 2023 at 8:45 pm

    @MagdaInBlack

    Did that peripatetic package eventually arrive?

  5. 5.

    Scout211

    July 26, 2023 at 8:45 pm

    @Baud: @Scout211:

    All fixed and ready for comments upstairs.

  6. 6.

    MagdaInBlack

    July 26, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    @NotMax: It did indeed. It finally decided it had seen enough of south eastern Wisconsin. Thank you for asking 😊

  7. 7.

    Baud

    July 26, 2023 at 8:47 pm

    Disney response to DeSantis.

    https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/67271062/58/walt-disney-parks-and-resorts-us-inc-v-desantis/

  8. 8.

    OB-118

    July 26, 2023 at 8:55 pm

    Oooo, I like the time shift (at the 4:00 mark) from 8 to 7 :-)

  9. 9.

    Cameron

    July 26, 2023 at 8:57 pm

    @Baud: This is what I read about it:

    https://deadline.com/2023/07/disney-lawsuit-ron-desantis-bob-iger-dismissal-response-1235448642/

  10. 10.

    Kay

    July 26, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    @Baud:

    TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

    Cases

    303 Creative LLC v. Elenis,
    143 S. Ct. 2298 (2023) ……………………………………………………………………………1, 2

  11. 11.

    Miki

    July 26, 2023 at 9:09 pm

    So good I just have to share – Fresh Corn Polenta with Eggplant and Tomato Sauce

    The polenta recipe is stupid simple:

    4 ears fresh corn, shucked and corn kernels cut from ears

    3 to 4 tbsp unsalted butter

    Salt and pepper to taste

    Add corn kernels to blender and puree until smooth.

    Set skillet over medium heat. Add butter. When butter is melted, add corn puree and cook, stirring constantly, until it reaches desired thickness. Remove from heat and add salt and pepper to taste. (It will thicken as it cools.)

    Eggplant and Tomato Sauce recipe is here.

    Yay for summer and the Farmers Market.

  12. 12.

    mrmoshpotato

    July 26, 2023 at 9:13 pm

    @MagdaInBlack:

    I learned that today in my teeny little home town of Sheridan IL, the FBI arrested a guy for involvement in Jan 6. Nabbed his brother in Florida too.

    “This is the ‘find out’ part of FAFO!”

    You get any of this morning’s excellent thunderstorm?

  13. 13.

    Manyakitty

    July 26, 2023 at 9:16 pm

    @Kay: yep. Shove it right back at them.

  14. 14.

    sab

    July 26, 2023 at 11:26 pm

    We took in a young cat who kept turning up at our doorstep at 5 am looking for food. We decided to adopt her. Took her to the vet. He checked and she was chipped. He said “we don’t need to report her.” We said ” someone loved her enough to chip her.” By then we had had her for five days. No signs whatever in the neighborhood.

    Facebook said oh by the way my girlfriend’s cat is back. Someone turned her in to a local vet.

    5 am the very next day she turned up at our front door wanting breakfast. With a new collar with a bell.

    Our neighborhhood has at least two free roaming german shepherds who chase cats with lethal intent. Also many cats who fight at night. Also adjacent to a 1000 acre wooded park with at least 8 coyotes. Also some teenagers who drive like maniacs. Not a safe place for a cat to wander.

    I am very tempted to be one of those assholes who adopt some one else’s cat for the cat’s own safety.

  15. 15.

    Steeplejack

    July 26, 2023 at 11:55 pm

    @sab:

    Do it!

  16. 16.

    kalakal

    July 27, 2023 at 12:02 am

    @sab: I too would be tempted

  17. 17.

    anitamargarita

    July 27, 2023 at 12:21 am

    @sab: take that cat, they want you

  18. 18.

    mrmoshpotato

    July 27, 2023 at 1:22 am

    @sab: The feline keeps showing up at your door.  She’s found her new hoomans.

  19. 19.

    SpaceUnit

    July 27, 2023 at 1:54 am

    I love October Project.  This is a good song but AL is correct . . . Mary Fahl’s voice cannot be replaced.

     

    ETA:  I feel very sorry for anyone who doesn’t have this band’s first two albums.

  20. 20.

    opiejeanne

    July 27, 2023 at 2:03 am

    @sab: The cat has chosen you.

  21. 21.

    Anne Laurie

    July 27, 2023 at 3:23 am

    @sab: I am very tempted to be one of those assholes who adopt some one else’s cat for the cat’s own safety.

    Be that asshole angel.  Either boyfriend is booting the cat out of ‘his’ house, or girlfriend has chosen his comfort over ‘her’ cat’s safety.  (The chip might only indicate she originally adopted the poor beast from a shelter that chips all its residents.)

  22. 22.

    MagdaInBlack

    July 27, 2023 at 5:25 am

    @mrmoshpotato: Late to the party, but yes, in South Elgin at work.

  23. 23.

    satby

    July 27, 2023 at 5:46 am

    @sab: Do it. They never even kept it safe inside for 24 hours. The vet saying not to report it is a tell, he may have known the owners weren’t good ones.

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