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To prove that her Aunt was not a genetic fluke (she's a cellist in Germany), Alice has moved her "let's dance to this!" attitude from Curious George soundtrack by Jack Johnson and friends, to Time Out by the Dave Brubeck Quartet. Really. Put on "Blue Rondo a la Turk" and watch her start dancing.
Having always enjoyed playing the mixed time pieces when I played bassoon (I recall "Bedford: An Overture" with particular fondness, along with some experimental Mexican composers), it warms my heart that she loves the funky beats.
On this day in 1973, the marvel of NASA called "Skylab" rocketed to high earth orbit. What a great time that was! I always wanted a Skylab for G.I. Joe, but the only thing I ever got that I requested from Hasbro was the submarine. (It really submerged! Neat!) Still, even at the that tender age I was excited about Skylab. Maybe I thought that my scientist dad would become an astronaut.
Of course, six years later "it entered the atmosphere, broke up, and scattered debris over the southeastern Indian Ocean and Western Australia", as Encyclopædia Britannica notes, and we had to rely upon those pesky Ruskies.
I was cleaning out my file cabinet and came across this jewel of a photo from the mid-1980s, probably from Time magazine. I need to hit a library with a Readers' Guide set from back then, since none of my online resources can go back that far. The article title was retained, thankfully: "Taking the Test for Teachers".
Yes, we all need more intruction. I was just saying to the missus that I need to start intructing.
The funny thing was that nowhere in the article was this sign mentioned. I can't imagine that the photo editor didn't do it on purpose, and certainly Chow Wong, the Houston Chronicle photographer who took this gem, knew what he was doing.
Sorry about the quality. It was at one time pasted to something and the adhesive bled through.
Notes for myself on what I am reading. Oddly enough, they all seem to be science related, and many of them dealing with ideas from evolutionary psychology / sociobiology.
I had to go to Switzerland for the quarterly meeting. The boss has a place up in the Francophone side, in what is frankly a town that is very pretty (see below) but past its prime. Good value on the property.
Beforehand, I stopped in Zurich to have lunch with my sister-in-law's fiancé, who is singing in this opera.
