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1. Music crosses all boundaries...no matter what they are, those of us that know it have no problems crossing them.. -- Willie Nelsen.
Finished watching the two hour episode 7 of Ken Burn's eight episode documentary Country Music, which goes into depth on the personal trajectories of various legends, and how they influenced country music.
As an aside, and relevant to this post, believe it or not, in my guided meditation, the monk who leads it stated "It helps to remember that everything we do, say, or write affects others and the world around us. This may be scary but it is also empowering, and we must all be mindful of what we say, think and do and how it can change the world."
All you need to do to see how people affect one another is watch this documentary.
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2. Reading Meme
* I read and finished Powers of X #5 of 6 by Jonathan Hickman and RB Silva, and was, per usual impressed with Hickman's re-imagining of the X-men. If you are a huge fan of Emma Frost, Xavier, and Magneto, particularly Magneto, you will enjoy these comics. There's a lot of world-building here, but it's done in a fascinating and compelling manner. Also the art per usual is amazing.
( major spoilers in review )
3. Finished "For The Duke's Eyes Only by Lenora Bell" which was badly executed some interesting ideas. ( Read more... )
Moved on to How to Date a Dragon -- the book about the paranormal anthropologist who was supposed to study perverted sex-crazed dolphins (which I can't imagine going all that well) but instead ends up being sent to a magical bayou in Louisiana, where we have a shape-shifting bear as Mayor and the local sheriff is a shape-shifting Dragon. ( Read more... )
Finished watching the two hour episode 7 of Ken Burn's eight episode documentary Country Music, which goes into depth on the personal trajectories of various legends, and how they influenced country music.
As an aside, and relevant to this post, believe it or not, in my guided meditation, the monk who leads it stated "It helps to remember that everything we do, say, or write affects others and the world around us. This may be scary but it is also empowering, and we must all be mindful of what we say, think and do and how it can change the world."
All you need to do to see how people affect one another is watch this documentary.
( Read more... )
2. Reading Meme
* I read and finished Powers of X #5 of 6 by Jonathan Hickman and RB Silva, and was, per usual impressed with Hickman's re-imagining of the X-men. If you are a huge fan of Emma Frost, Xavier, and Magneto, particularly Magneto, you will enjoy these comics. There's a lot of world-building here, but it's done in a fascinating and compelling manner. Also the art per usual is amazing.
( major spoilers in review )
3. Finished "For The Duke's Eyes Only by Lenora Bell" which was badly executed some interesting ideas. ( Read more... )
Moved on to How to Date a Dragon -- the book about the paranormal anthropologist who was supposed to study perverted sex-crazed dolphins (which I can't imagine going all that well) but instead ends up being sent to a magical bayou in Louisiana, where we have a shape-shifting bear as Mayor and the local sheriff is a shape-shifting Dragon. ( Read more... )