Tuesday

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23
Mar 21

I’ll only say this

I’ve now watched two episodes of this gameshow being produced. One last year at Valentines and this one which happened, for reasons that were never made clear to me, last Friday. And I won’t give away the secrets, but let me say if you knew what I now know, you’d find yourself rethinking every episode of The Dating Game or Love Connection that you ever watched.

Every episode.

They have fun with this. They enjoyed imagining follow ups. What if cameras tagged along on “the date” and so on. My favorite was an episode that was designed to be cringeworthy, and everyone is in on it, except the three contestants. Oh the fun you could have.

Anyway, that was in the studio last Friday, they released it yesterday, which I remembered at some point while being in the studio for other programs this evening, which will be available to you tomorrow. Tonight’s programs mark the second half of the production season for the spring semester. Down the stretch they come. And most of the shows are running like the well-oiled machines they should be at this point. It’s a pleasure to see.

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16
Mar 21

Happy Jesus on the Radio day

It’s March 16th, and I only get to wear this shirt on this one day of the year, so it will last forever, and that’s a nice thing.

And as much as Guster inspired the day, Tom T. Hall deserves a mention. (He always deserves a mention.)

Jamie Kimmett has an entirely different song that shows up with that name.

Neither Kimmett’s nor Hall’s song is about today, but they both have their charms. Though the new fan-driven supercut remains the choice version.

I’m so glad the pasta percussion family made it into that version of the song. They were one of the first viral covers of the original, after all.

In a crowd — remember those? — it is a singalong.

Well, despite the lyric, if you looked back you saw this: a first for the year, owing to the changing seasons and the springing forward clocks.

The late sun is a lovely gift. Being just about as far west as you can be in the eastern time zone gives you this perk for a good chunk of the year. It’s repayment for the days and days and endless when you see nothing but gray. We were very excited to see it leaving the studio at 7:30 tonight. It’s a little thing. It’s an important thing.

Covid-19 / memories / Tuesday / Twitter — Comments Off on Upper arm still sore
9
Mar 21

Upper arm still sore

But everything else feels just fine after the first full day of the first shot of my two-dose Covid-19 vaccination. I only notice my arm hurts when I try to elevate it, as if to more closely examine the sudden emergence of this extra thumb on my right hand. But for normal, light office stuff, all is well and good. I’d read somewhere about whether you should get this particular shot in your dominant arm or your non-dominant arm. When I asked the shot-giver which arm she wanted she, in turn, asked me if I slept on my side, and suggested the other arm.

After going to bed last night and waking up this morning, I can say that was the correct way to determine my arm selection. I did not like lying on the arm that had the sharp piercing metal poked through it. Go figure.

Also, the shot itself hurt about 11 percent more than the flu shot last fall, but the post-shot arm ache was different.

And if all of that helps you decide which arm you want, you are now … armed … with the information. Now get lined up to get that shot!

It’s a crowded day in a busy week — busiest of the semester thus far — so this is thin, yes. But, hey, it’s Tuesday.

I did get stood up in one Zoom meeting. Hey, it gave me a break from anything else for a while. And it let me make this gif.

That’s from a video I shot at the airport in Amsterdam in 2018. You can see it here.

It’s a fascinating piece of art by Maarten Baas and, being an airport, spot-on accurate. More on the Schiphol Clock, here.

And, tonight …

photo / Tuesday — Comments Off on Not to worry
2
Mar 21

Not to worry

I did not forget the cats yesterday. A Monday check-in with our felis domesticus siblings has become the routine, and I did not forget. (Cats have a way of not allowing you to forget them, after all.) What I did do, however, was accidentally press the publish button too quickly. And, since it seemed like I had a good as any arbitrary stopping place for that post, I just decided to leave it until today.

So here’s Phoebe, somewhere she doesn’t belong:

And, not to be outdone, here’s Poseidon, somewhere he doesn’t belong.

So, in 2,000 words worth of photographs, the cats are fine, and they are cats.

We took a walk yesterday evening and we turned back toward the house just in time to see an almost sorta dramatic sunset. It was a nice little moment after our walk.

And I didn’t see the sun today because I was in the office, and then the studio, and that’s been the extent of it. You’ll be pleased to know, however, that I don’t feel as poorly today as I did yesterday while recovering from exertion. That improvement is found, even in the sitting position, is encouraging. Perhaps by tomorrow, or Thursday, I’ll better.

I was only 8,000-plus calories down, after all, and you’re going to feel that a little bit. But, after a second day of too much lunch, and another delicious dinner today, I’m making up for it. Well, you probably don’t make up for it. And say you’re adjusting to it implies an acceptance of a permanent or at least long-term condition. My energy levels are accepting it, let’s say. So tomorrow, or Thursday, back to normal, I’m sure.

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23
Feb 21

That’s novel; that’s normal

A night in the studio means dressing like it. Or trying, a little bit. Here’s today’s look. It’s novel.

That’s a Christmas shirt and a Santa pocket square. I think they paired nicely together. Also, this is the first time I’ve put on sports coat since November.

Haven’t worn a suit in almost a year. Feels like it, too. So that’s normal now, I guess.

Anyway, one nice thing happening is that the days are getting longer, so at the point of the evening when our crew can get in the studio there’s still a bit of light left. We have windows along one wall and they face east. It can make for some challenging shoots in the morning on some of our sets, but you also get a few minutes of that lovely golden light in the morning and evening.

Now if only there were leaves on those trees. In a couple of long months … we’ll have a great many green things out there. And then, in a shockingly few number of days, we’ll be used to them, once again.

If there’s one thing you can say about our society, we get used to the most amazing things incredibly quickly. We’re so good at it we don’t even realize we do it anymore.

Oh, that’s novel! Oh … that’s normal …

I watched students produce two new news shows tonight. It’s both normal and novel. That’s the fun part of doing the news, sometimes. There’s usually something new in there. Sure, the weather is the weather and the sports are wins and losses and you get quotes for this or that, but then you seize on an important story. They’ve got one of those tonight. Or you get a great guest. And the talk show had a TikTok star on this evening, for what that’s worth.

I wonder what that’s worth. The guy apparently has a few million followers. Apparently he does his dances in classes and that was a big part of his audience growth — which says a lot about the app and the audience. It wasn’t obvious from the interview that he’s monetized that. How novel.

All that will be online tomorrow, and you can see it here, then. Very normal.

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