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Just an okay song, but crazy talent to have done this in one take. Give it a minute to build.
 
 

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I can easily relate to this video. Kabu, I’m talking about you!
 
 

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This is what my parent’s house, in Georgia, looks like right now. (My kids are visiting their grandparents!)

A few scenes from a fabulous evening!

Just a few newborn mugshots from these past few months:

I was able to return to Laura Simon’s amazing garden yesterday evening and take some more photos. Not that different from seeing a baby for it’s 1-year checkup after not seeing him for 6 months. Great to see how the garden has filled out and matured. The highlight of the trip this time was a plant I had never heard of. The cardoon.

The cardoon, also known as the artichoke thistle, is related to the thistle and artichoke as a member of the Aster family. While the flower buds can be eaten like an artichoke, more commonly the plant is cultivated for its stems. These can look like several-feet long celery stalks, are generally blanched before being battered and fried, or used in gratins or sauces. Famous orange-croc’ed chef Mario Batali says that the cardoon is one of his “favorite vegetables” because of it’s “sexy flavor,” but Laura says they’re pretty bland. I read an online description of the flavor as being a cross between celery and artichoke, with a hint of licorice, which makes me think Laura might be right. Anyway, they’re majestic, tall plants that give a nice architectural structure to one corner of her garden.

Today, during the twenty minutes of sunshine…

Kuroshio Sea – 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world – (song is Please don’t go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.

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If you have a computer, you likely have seen this video in the past two weeks. This video has had over 1.3 million YouTube views. It’s a fun video. But what I find interesting is that the couple used Chris Brown’s song Forever, without permission and, using logic uncommon in the record industry these days–ie., instead of suing or having the video taken down–Brown’s label opted to add a link to buy the track to the page. And made a truckload of money.

I hope Chris Brown has visited Jill and Kevin’s website and donated to the charity they have chosen to benefit from their new-found fame.
 
 

Origin II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

I am a big fan of Keith Loutit’s miniaturized, time-lapsed videos.

There’s just something about this news article that strikes me as funny:

“I couldn’t believe what had just happened. I’ve never seen anything like it in all my life. The poor cat was just minding its own business when the seagull swooped and grabbed the back of its neck with its beak.”