Well…we’ve just learned that many of the songs we placed at the end of recent entries are not playable because they are protected itunes purchases. So, from here on out we’ll make sure that all of the music is from the momma’s personal collection. It’s silly because the songs cannot be downloaded from this site. But, it’s the law. Now for a bizarre transition….if you don’t have attention deficit disorder, learn to keep up!
As a child, the momma learned about the law by watching episodes ofDragnet. She learned about politics by watchingLaugh-In. She learned about medicine by watchingMarcus Welby, MD. She learned about ignorance fromAll in the Family. She learned about prehistoric times from theFlintstonesandLand of the Lost. She learned about the future from theJetsons.
The momma is trying to tie up some loose ends before she leaves for her meeting next week, so, like Joe Friday, we’re going to end this abruptly.
Listened to: Dragnet from the album “All-Time Top 100 TV Themes” by W. Schumann & M. Rozsa
The momma and I are so excited about our next President, Barack Obama! We realize that many people are concerned that he lacks experience and is just a smooth-talking lawyer. But we really have high hopes for the future of the US under our new leader. He is such a strong motivator of young people (like the momma, of course!). If he had lost the election, we believe that many Americans would’ve felt helpless to affect any changes in the economy, environment, education, etc. (that’s a lot of e’s!). This is not a political blog by any means, but we wanted to post these photos of Arcade Fire at an Obama rally earlier this year. The momma’s friend, Sam, took these jaw-dropping photos and is allowing her to publish them onmyour blog.
Well, the momma and I are back at home and really missing our friends. Here is a photo of me and my pal having a great time….
When the momma and her friend were out enjoying the day on Monday, they stopped so her friend could photograph a beautiful tree with bright yellow leaves (one of these photos may pop up in a future entry). According to the momma’s friend, it was the perfect time of day for shooting photos…right before sunset. Anyway, this freakola comes running out of the house on the property near the tree and yells at the momma’s friend to stop taking pictures of his house. The momma’s friend explains that he was not taking photos of the house, but of the tree near the road. The freakola starts yelling that it’s his property and to stop taking pictures of it. This went on for several minutes. Of course, the momma’s friend had every right to photograph the tree near the road, but the momma was starting to get nervous so they left.
The momma will be seeing her friend again next week at a meeting…but, I’ll have stay home. Bummer!
Listened to: Slow Hands from the album “Antics” by Interpol
One of the therapies used for the momma’s papa after his stroke is calledfunctional electrical stimulation. It was used to “exercise” the muscles of facial expression on the left side of his face.
French neurologist,Guillaume Duchenne, most notably credited for the discovery of the hereditary muscular dystrophy - Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy, used electrical stimulation on live subjects to study facial expressions. He discovered that genuine smiles from true happiness are formed by muscles of the mouthandmuscles of the cheeks and eyes, forming crow’s feet.
Duchenne stimulating muscles of facial expression with electricity.
Plate fromMécanisme de la Physionomie Humaine (1862) demonstrates various expressions from Duchenne’s electrical stimulation studies.
The momma’s papa has been walking a bit each day now. When he makes it out the door of his inpatient rehab, he will be going home! Hopefully that will happen in the next few weeks!
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Listened to: I’ll Stick Around from the album “Foo Fighters” by Foo Fighters
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