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Meet Lasagna Arab! – A Beatles Anagram
Haven’t done one of these for a while. Yo A Dabber (Abbey Road)
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A Mom Ramble
It was my second try in two days to make chocolate chip cherry bread. I stood in Mom’s kitchen, kneading the dough in a bowl. Normally I’d do it on the counter, but that was covered with everything needed to prep Mom’s morphine, and cross contamination seemed like a bad idea. We didn’t need bread,…
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How to spend too much time on a joke
…and how to overexplain a joke On one of the many top secret websites I visit, someone started a thread with this question: What’s a bizarre sequel to a movie or new season of a previously-canceled show you would like to see where the plot, characters and even tone take a sudden, drastic left turn?…
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They Might Be Trolls
I enjoy torturing innocent people. One of my former students follows me on Twitter. They have a tendency to find music acts they love and absorb every little fact about them. I get that; I used to do the same thing with comic books (I still know more than I should about kryptonite). Past obsessions…
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Oh, no! MORE music stats? WHY?
Yesterday I wrote a long boring post no one will read about music I listened to in 2020. Everyone loves spreadsheets about music! Today I realized I forgot the thing I normally add: the iTunes list of most heard songs. Here, another spreadsheet for you! I’ve posted it in some form every year, and every…
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Too much about music stats
There’s a web page called How Bad Is Your Spotify? that looks at your Spotify playlists and listening habits and judges you like the record store guys in High Fidelity. You cannot win. If your tastes are too mainstream, you’re mocked for being a mindless drone. Too eclectic/obscure and you’re mocked for trying too hard.…
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If you’re looking for content…
I’ve actually been posting a lot lately, but not here. I’m riding to raise money to support people with HIV/AIDS, and making videos as I go. Since it was all about biking I decided to revive my dedicated bike blog. Check it out: https://lukehasa.bike – and donate!
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