Visualizing Beethoven
Quite an amazing animation of the score for Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. Highly recommended!
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Visualizing Beethoven
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Amazing stair photo
Both the stairs (egg-shaped) and the photo are great. This photoblog is one of my daily visits.
Wim van der Meij Etsen — Zutphen — The Netherlands — Photoblog.(Edit September 15: changed link to go directly—I hope—to the stair photo.)
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St John the Divine
Imagine having this be “the view from your window.”
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Sowing and reaping
As I begin a week of 50th-birthday related vacation, I’ve been pondering what I will reap in my second half-century. And the thing that popped out at me is that I can enjoy a loving and healthy relationship with both my parents. This wasn’t always a given over the last fifty years (especially during the middle portion). It was a lot of work and patience, and just waiting for time to change things, on both sides. And it is worth it.
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Robert Reich on the economic recovery
I find Robert Reich’s blog a consistent source of thought-provoking posts. The latest:
[I]nstead of asking when the recovery will start, we should be asking when and how the new economy will begin.
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Quilt auction for Freedom Friends Church

This heirloom quality quilt has been donated to Freedom Friends Church to sell for the benefit of the church.
The details are at A Silly Poor Gospel.
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Thinking of Iran
I’m playing my regular Wednesday gig on Radio Riel today with music of the Silk Road, including a particular focus on Persian and Arabic music. I hope you’ll tune in at http://music.radioriel.org.
Radio Riel is an internet radio station that started in Second Life. I do weekly programming as well as DJing for events in Second Life.
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Good coverage of Iran
Regular updates on the election and its aftermath: