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Technically, although it is Christmas season, it is not yet Winter. I am going to ignore that for the moment, however, and share with you a lovely (semi) seasonal piece: Rutter’s “Blow, Blow thou Winter Wind”.
It is a lovely piece that deserves more attention. The flute part especially adds to the timbre quite nicely
Enjoy.
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Greetings, readers!
Anther one of my favorites is (originally) a “plainchant” piece: “Of the Father’s Love Begotten”.
This version is not (technically) plainchant, but it is lovely.
It also is easy to find in Latin, which makes it excellent soothing, not-as-distracting music.
I hope you have a good Saturday.
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I figured I’d jump on board with Fluffy’s series of “less common seasonal songs” with one I shared last year. It’s the “Christmas Donkey” song. Hence the title of “Christmas Donkey Edition”.
Yeah, about that title…
Wait. “They aren’t all good edition”?
Fluffy, did you change it?
I decline to state.
…
Anyway. Yup. Here it is again.
Enjoy!(?)
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I am continuing the series on “Less Common Songs for the Season.” Today’s is another non-English song: Noel Nouvelet. I discovered this one last year, actually, and it has become one of my favorite less common seasonal songs to listen to nearly repeatedly.
There are two versions I am sharing today; they each have their own, separate feel.
The first is slightly slower, more mysterious, and beautifully haunting:
The other is another King’s Singers song version.
I hope you enjoy.
Have a lovely Wednesday.
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Greetings, readers.
I know it is normally bad form to interrupt a series after only a single day of it. However, this is absolutely worth it. Trust me.
A favorite music group of mine (Two Steps from Hell) released a Christmas Medley recently. (About two weeks ago, to be precise.) Thus, it is worth sharing.
It is made of more common songs. However, it is one of the best Christmas Medleys I have ever heard. (Possibly in part because they do not include “Silent Night.”)
I especially appreciate what they did with “O Holy Night.”
I hope you enjoy.
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Greetings, readers!
Now it is in the Christmas Season. Therefore, music recommendations are permissible.
To start off with, there is a beautiful King’s Singers version of Gaudete. What may make it even better for you is that it is not in English. Thus, for those of you who cannot work while English-lyric pieces are playing, you can still play this in the background.
Happy First of December!
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Today, I’m going to mention a couple of relatively minor things I’m thankful for.
One, getting to see this stunning sunrise!
Which brings me to my second point of Thankfulness:
I don’t need to be up in time to see the sunrise today!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
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So, Thanksgiving is almost upon us. And with Thanksgiving, there is apparently the threat of fried turkey friers. An insurance company teamed up with William Shatner a while ago to make this… *interesting* video remix *thing* as a safety reminder.
Enjoy?
And also, here’s a reminder of some reasons to be thankful for your Thanksgiving Dinner from a while ago.
Happy Thanksgiving Eve!
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Today is a very special day. It is the most ePIc Pi Day of your life, in all probability– 3/14/15, which, of course, maps to 3.1415…, or the first five digits of Pi.
Pi is also approximated by 22/7. Thus, today’s goal is to provide you with a list of 22 Pi or Pie related things or links, divided into seven categories. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: I have not tried all of these. I am borrowing the Webmaster’s bookmarks for some of them. However, since I have been living in the land of the Internet recently, I have not had the ingredients to check all of these.
1) Butter Crust Pie Recipe. This is a fairly basic one, and does not call for too many ingredients.
Oooh, yes. That’s a good one! I’ve had a lot of success with that recipe.
Glad to hear it.
2) Oreo Crust Recipe. My one contention with this recipe is that it does not indicate whether you are supposed to keep the cream-filling in with the cookies or just use the outside part. If you do figure it out, let me know.
3) Coconut Oil Recipe. Coconuts are spheres. Coconut oil comes from coconuts. Pi is used to calculate mathematical properties of spherical things. Therefore, a circular pie crust made from spherical oil produces must be more celebratory of pi.
4) “Impossible Coconut Pie“. Again, the logic about using ingredients from spherical objects can be applied here, for why coconut is one of the superior ways to go.
5) Pie Crust Bowls. This may not typically qualify as a “pie”. But it is something that can be done with a pie crust. And this enables you to make miniature ice-cream pies. Who can say “no” to that?
6) Pie Crust Cookies. This is a very easy one. Take your leftover pie crust, slather it in butter, cinnamon, and sugar, and bake in the oven at about 375 until the cookies turn a light golden brown.
7) “I like Pie, I Like Cake”, a cute song.
Oooh, yes! That’s a fun Charleston song.
8) “The Pi Song”. This is a rather ridiculous song.
9) The “Pi Waltz”. Somebody converted some of the digits of pi to base 12, in order to map them to a scale. (I am unsure of how they did this.) The final result was a lovely waltz. It is not necessarily accurate mathematically, but it is still a cool concept.
Alas, there are only two previous Pi-day posts. But here they are.
10) The First Pi-Day Post. I am still a bit surprised that the Webmaster appreciates Pi Day.
11) The second one was boring. However, it is still a pi-day Fluff Post, so I will take it.
12) The Webmaster’s First Pie. This is not a pi-day post, but it is “pie”, and therefore it is an acceptable “fluff” for this post.
13) A lovely autumn leaf motif.
14) A very nicely done “pi pie” with numbers.
15) A punned pie.
16) A Pi By Numbers shirt from ThinkGeek.
17) A lovely pun tee that I will not spoil for you.
18) Another lovely pun tee, from ThinkGeek.
19) Another amusing video, calculating pi with pies.
20) The World’s Most Accurate Pie Chart.
21) Calculating Pi. Because really, this is something of a requirement.
And finally, 22) The Official Pi Day Website. (This qualifies as mathematical, because pi is inherently mathematical.)
I hope you have an ePIc Pi Day!
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Today is not just Christmas, though. It’s also the last day of the “Twelve ‘Twelve Days of Christmas'” challenge, and it is successful!
Because, you see, I’ve been saving my favorite for last. It’s the Straight No Chaser Twelve Days of Christmas. And it’s absolutely worth it!
Enjoy! (And have a great Christmas!)