I just relistened to Concert for George. I was especially moved by Ringo's performance of "Photograph" and his comment that he wrote it with George and that now the lyrics have a layer of meaning for him he hadn't foreseen.
As to library fines, Santa Fe went fine-free a long time ago, and I loved it when I lived there for all the reasons you mention. It felt warm and welcoming and trusting -- which is the best of Santa Fe (there is also a worst of Santa Fe, and in this case, it's that -- perhaps to offset this apparently major revenue loss 🙄 -- they charged exhorbitantly high parking meter rates in their single and very cramped parking lot.)
The main library in Santa Fe is a charming building (as opposed to the Brutalist bunker in downtown Albuquerque). How's the public transit there?
I'll have to watch "Photograph". I've only seen "I'll See You in My Dreams" (which I also enjoyed playing on the uke) and "When My Guitar Gently Weeps". Coincidentally, have you seen Prince absolutely shred the last solo in the latter song in another tribute to George? *Looks around for vicious Prince lovers* I'm generally not a Prince stan, but all of his charisma was out on display there.
Oh yes! You might know that Prince's solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps is widely regarded as the greatest guitar solo in music history, so... yep, I've seen it. 😎
I have no idea about public transit in Santa, but I doubt it's very good. The city is far too spread out and most people live out of the city.
I'm thrown by you saying you're going to "watch" Photograph, since it's of course a song... but then again, a consequence of me not being at all visually oriented, probably.
I think people flock too easily to all these 'scientific findings,' without questioning all the other stuff that accompanies why we make our decisions and how we live our lives. Like the person who's all unhealthy & doesn't sleep a lot - how do they really isolate one factor from another? as for pronouns, I love that it's become mainstream to not want to be pigeonholed by society - my only quibble is that I find the most fastidious communication to be rife with misunderstanding, so I wish a different word were embraced, rather than they, that can make for murky understanding. sorry you're under the weather. alas, despite being up on all our vaccines, my husband & I are under the weather with covid. on the subject of health, have you tried jump rope & planking? I'm always eager for anything that can pack a lot of fitness into just a few minutes. One last thing - have you considered posting on Medium dot com, where you can actually make a few pennies & where folks like moi wouldn't be having problems with interacting with other commenters? Just a thought...
I used to post on Medium often (if you search for me, you'll find like 70 articles) and even became a member and monetized some of my articles. Unfortunately, the 2 dollars I earned a month didn't offset the, like 50 dollars/year it costs for membership so you could monetize. Currently, I feel like Medium has become a cesspool of poor it mediocre content with the really good stuff being pretty hard to find. It was different when it was a new platform, but once the 'content creators' hopped on the bandwagon, forget it.
Re. health, I like to keep it simple. As I often write, just doing the basics would help a lot of people get rid of their most common ailments.
Re. pronouns, I've considered the potential ambiguity that could be caused by using 'they' and it's pretty minimal when the context of a statement is taken into account. It's usually very clear when one is talking about a group of people or a single person, and when it becomes confusing, there's always the option of just using their name.
Sorry, correction - I should've said they don't use she/he. There's only it. Everything has to be understood within context. I know using 'it' initially sounds odd, even offputting, to many English speakers, but using 'it' is actually easier and clearer.
Farsi pronouns are unique in that they do not distinguish between “he” and “she.” Both are referred to as “او (u).” This reflects gender neutrality and avoids making assumptions based on gender.
Example: “او یک دانشجو است.” (ou yek daneshjoo ast) – “He/She is a student.”
Thank you for this! The consternation about pronouns seems a little bit naïve when considered from the perspective of various references to gender and how its considered in different world languages.
I agree with calls for everyone to be more inclusive and that there's a space for people to feel uncomfortable with new vocabulary -- but especially after Trump, I'm nervous about anything that might divide us further. to me, 'it' would be nirvana...
I just relistened to Concert for George. I was especially moved by Ringo's performance of "Photograph" and his comment that he wrote it with George and that now the lyrics have a layer of meaning for him he hadn't foreseen.
As to library fines, Santa Fe went fine-free a long time ago, and I loved it when I lived there for all the reasons you mention. It felt warm and welcoming and trusting -- which is the best of Santa Fe (there is also a worst of Santa Fe, and in this case, it's that -- perhaps to offset this apparently major revenue loss 🙄 -- they charged exhorbitantly high parking meter rates in their single and very cramped parking lot.)
The main library in Santa Fe is a charming building (as opposed to the Brutalist bunker in downtown Albuquerque). How's the public transit there?
I'll have to watch "Photograph". I've only seen "I'll See You in My Dreams" (which I also enjoyed playing on the uke) and "When My Guitar Gently Weeps". Coincidentally, have you seen Prince absolutely shred the last solo in the latter song in another tribute to George? *Looks around for vicious Prince lovers* I'm generally not a Prince stan, but all of his charisma was out on display there.
Oh yes! You might know that Prince's solo on While My Guitar Gently Weeps is widely regarded as the greatest guitar solo in music history, so... yep, I've seen it. 😎
Also you might like this article -- https://www.ian-leslie.com/p/the-story-behind-the-greatest-guitar
I have no idea about public transit in Santa, but I doubt it's very good. The city is far too spread out and most people live out of the city.
I'm thrown by you saying you're going to "watch" Photograph, since it's of course a song... but then again, a consequence of me not being at all visually oriented, probably.
I think people flock too easily to all these 'scientific findings,' without questioning all the other stuff that accompanies why we make our decisions and how we live our lives. Like the person who's all unhealthy & doesn't sleep a lot - how do they really isolate one factor from another? as for pronouns, I love that it's become mainstream to not want to be pigeonholed by society - my only quibble is that I find the most fastidious communication to be rife with misunderstanding, so I wish a different word were embraced, rather than they, that can make for murky understanding. sorry you're under the weather. alas, despite being up on all our vaccines, my husband & I are under the weather with covid. on the subject of health, have you tried jump rope & planking? I'm always eager for anything that can pack a lot of fitness into just a few minutes. One last thing - have you considered posting on Medium dot com, where you can actually make a few pennies & where folks like moi wouldn't be having problems with interacting with other commenters? Just a thought...
I used to post on Medium often (if you search for me, you'll find like 70 articles) and even became a member and monetized some of my articles. Unfortunately, the 2 dollars I earned a month didn't offset the, like 50 dollars/year it costs for membership so you could monetize. Currently, I feel like Medium has become a cesspool of poor it mediocre content with the really good stuff being pretty hard to find. It was different when it was a new platform, but once the 'content creators' hopped on the bandwagon, forget it.
Re. health, I like to keep it simple. As I often write, just doing the basics would help a lot of people get rid of their most common ailments.
Re. pronouns, I've considered the potential ambiguity that could be caused by using 'they' and it's pretty minimal when the context of a statement is taken into account. It's usually very clear when one is talking about a group of people or a single person, and when it becomes confusing, there's always the option of just using their name.
Hope you feel better soon!
I don't pay for Medium membership, yet they still pay me earnings.
In Farsi, from where my husband's from, they don't use she & he at all.
How do pronouns work in Farsi?
Sorry, correction - I should've said they don't use she/he. There's only it. Everything has to be understood within context. I know using 'it' initially sounds odd, even offputting, to many English speakers, but using 'it' is actually easier and clearer.
Copied this from this link:
https://getbookonline.com/farsi-pronouns-and-their-usages/
Respecting Gender Neutrality:
Farsi pronouns are unique in that they do not distinguish between “he” and “she.” Both are referred to as “او (u).” This reflects gender neutrality and avoids making assumptions based on gender.
Example: “او یک دانشجو است.” (ou yek daneshjoo ast) – “He/She is a student.”
Thank you for this! The consternation about pronouns seems a little bit naïve when considered from the perspective of various references to gender and how its considered in different world languages.
I agree with calls for everyone to be more inclusive and that there's a space for people to feel uncomfortable with new vocabulary -- but especially after Trump, I'm nervous about anything that might divide us further. to me, 'it' would be nirvana...