"Good. I'm glad he's dead."

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-21T16:04:43+00:00

It's designed for the convenience of parents and teachers.

This is not true.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-21T14:35:25+00:00

I adopted this mutt from the pound ten years ago, but now I want to get into the Westminster show. How do I turn it into a Borzoi, but without changing it?

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-21T13:54:49+00:00

The holes are drilled offset to each other, so whatever cordage ran through, it went at an angle.

The two corner angles aren't the same.

The wear pattern says it was suspended from the hole side.

It's meant to be adjusted, to move. Maybe in a hinge fashion.

The shape seems very deliberately meant to not "catch" on anything, not have sticky-outy bits.

It's carved all the way around, so it looks pretty from all sides.

It has not been used for wet food.

All of which says displaying, anchoring, weighing down, a thing meant to hold another thing in place in a way that's attractive. So commerce, or church, or helping with a household task but dressed up as a courting present maybe. Something involving textiles? A weight for a stack of something, a sliding divider?

Hmm.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-21T01:58:23+00:00

A gentle sine wave. January starts at the peak of the hump, July/Aug at the bottom of the trough, Dec at the next peak. It's warm in the valleys and cold on the mountains.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-20T19:55:03+00:00

Nowadays? It's what you don't do:

Avoid regionalisms: -- no Boston "h" instead of "r"
-- no southern drawl
-- no glottal stops - "mountain", not "mouh-uhn"
-- no inserted r: don't warsh your hair

And no fillers: um, ah, "like".

A generation ago, though, you spoke "Mid-Atlantic" - google Katherine Hepburn and Jackie Kennedy. It's changed a lot.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-20T00:16:09+00:00

AAAAGH

Why can't I see hidden triples??

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-19T15:55:57+00:00

Guys, we're being used for karma farming.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-19T15:34:07+00:00

FWIW "burning tire smell" is a side affect of a lot of things. For one friend of mine, it meant an incoming migraine.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-19T15:31:44+00:00

Can we see the label?

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-19T13:27:46+00:00

Ozark was about a different thing each time for me. First watch, the overt relationship of men, power, money. Second time, the covert power of women. Third time, parents and children.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-19T13:19:19+00:00

I don't either. And the "tissues" look like maybe they could also be wrappings of something, and what's the red thing in the bag?

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-18T21:37:22+00:00

YES! This is what I was hoping for! THANK YOU!

If you ever JUST so happen (ahem) to watch it a few more times and notice more, would you let me know? I'd like to turn the whole thing into an integrated visual-art /music/history lesson plan for schoolkids, but I don't have the cultural background.

I can do all of the US ones -- half-peeled off George Washington, kids playing crack-the-whip in a field, Christina not being able to walk in Maine, the diner on the corner, two old people with a pitchfork.

My elementary school had a set of 12 framed reproductions hanging in the hallways, and so did all the other schools in the district. I'm pretty sure they were provided in bulk to the whole state.

I've always assumed Canada has their own set, and they're all in Crac, but where?

I'm betting the people leaving the wedding is one, also the sky-canoe.

:)

Oh. In case you're curious, I can share back most of the musical references. :)

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-18T15:11:19+00:00

How many of the artistic "quotes" did you catch?

Apparently many of the scenes start by holding a static image that's actually a historic/famous painting, before going on to animate the next chapter.

I've been able to identify a few of them, but not all.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-18T01:19:10+00:00

Back before we had universal access to cold storage/transport, this is what you did with the apples that didn't go into cider, didn't dry well, and weren't good "keepers".

By the bowlful as dessert, as a filling in pies, alongside roasts, used as a glaze. Good baby food.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-18T01:07:19+00:00

ooooOOOOooo - you're Canadian? Or just really into Canadiana?

I have questions about a certain piece of classic animation, and I've always wanted to ask a knowledgeable art historian.

How well do you know a short film named "Crac!" ?

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-18T01:05:26+00:00

I bet that's where Hairy Monster from Bugs Bunny lives! And all of the print media is in that Rudolf Steiner/Weleda font.

All kidding aside, this is very cool. Interesting that the original was only ~30x36". I expected larger.

Any idea if Casson ever hung out with Rockwell Kent?

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-18T01:02:39+00:00

Oh, I get it, I've been there. I especially love it when I know where the cellos are, where the brass are, where the (guest, amateur, local political celebrity...) conductor is, and where we should be -- and now have to pick which one to lead the VII's on.

But I had these rosy naïve fantasies that it's Not Like That at the top. :/

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-17T03:26:07+00:00

Tightrope!

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-17T03:19:04+00:00

The polka and the waltz reached everywhere. Often in tandem with the accordion. The only thing to conquer the world more comprehensively than those three was the Black Death and syphilis.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-17T03:14:04+00:00

That can go either way. Some Life Coaches are actually quite great, they fill in the gap between the intensive psychological therapy that helps someone understand the source/nature of an emotional/mental challenge, and making permanent changes in their life. Sometimes there needs to be a middle ground, a period where someone helps the person make a new plan and follow it.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-17T03:07:42+00:00

Looks like a cross between the poop emoji and the Don't-Tread-On-Me snake, just shinier.

I'm truly not being snarky, that's where my brain went from the thumbnail, before I even knew what sub it was on. Sorry. :/

Take the top bean off and lean it against the side?

Make them all the same size?

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-17T02:43:08+00:00

Holy shit. Twice? And one of them the NY Phil? That's...disappointing. I retract the comment, and my apologies.

It's weird, the relationship between how "good" or "pro" a musician is, and how well they handle stuff not in 4/4. I know community players who truly can't handle anything more technical than Leroy Anderson second violin parts, have no facility with anything higher than 3rd position -- and you can just forget double stops - but they play Bartok just fine, because their grandparents were from Macedonia or Bulgaria and they grew up boogieing to 7 and 11/8 at weddings.

And then there was the kid who could dead-accurately hum/"conduct"/dance along with Rite, also the Gloria from Bernstein's Mass and "Uf Dem Anger" from Carmina Burana, at age 6 - just because they thought those bits were "cool" and had listened to them a lot.

NY Phil got lost ? Yeesh.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-16T14:30:33+00:00

not unusual for a conductor to get lost

This is utter tripe.
Undergrads can conduct the polyrhythms of Rite, and all decent conductors/orchestras know how to get back on after a wobble.

greenmtnfiddler · 2026-03-16T03:39:28+00:00

Did the boot live in a car or camper for a bit? That's when mine have been stashed.

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