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Apr 18

More of that, again

I wrote this on Saturday: A slow(er than usual) four-mile jog, but at least it finally felt like spring. Finally, begrudgingly, not-without-a-fight, spring. And, look! It was! Spring!

Today, a whole new season! That’s not true! This season never really left!

Look, there’s video proof!

Status …

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We live in a snow globe! And why not it is … checking the calendar … April 16th!

‪We live in a snow globe. ‬#Bloomington #Indiana #indianauniversity

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Maybe March’s spring weather will show up in May.

But don’t count on it.

I did a monologue. Why not?

Dishwashing music:

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Apr 18

Enjoy the weekend, and some TV shows

I don’t think I’ve shared any of the student shows this week. So here are a bunch of the things they’ve produced in the last few days.

Here’s Not Too Late, which is the comedy/skit kinda show:

Here’s the sports talk show:

Hoosier News Source:

And the sports highlights show:

And here’s another episode of the sports talk show. They discussed the hockey playoffs, and so they got the sports director on.

There’s another show or two out there, still being edited. But that’s not too bad for a week, I should think. I hope yours was as productive as theirs, and that your weekend is even better!

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Apr 18

Random Thursday things

I spent time in the television studio today. Here is a photo of a decorative lightbulb which descends from the conduits above to prove it!

But I obviously picked the wrong profession:

An installation at the Gardiner Museum in Toronto is more hands-on than your typical exhibition.

“YOKO ONO: THE RIVERBED” by the 85-year old artist, musician and activist, asks visitors to do several physical tasks, including pick up river stones —some of which include handwritten inscriptions by Ono herself—and place them in a pile.

But one woman appears to have taken the “hands-on” suggestion a little too literally. Rather than place her rock in the pile, she allegedly stole it, Laura Snapes reports for The Guardian. The rock, valued at a cool $17,500, was inscribed by Ono with the words “Love Yourself.”

Things are worth what people are willing to pay. And what a person is theoretically willing to pay and willing to insure are different things. And we’re a nonsensical people when it comes to former almost-celebrities. But still … and this part is worth repeating …

Seventeen thousand dollars?

And this evening I discovered Durand Jones & The Indications. Now you will too. They’re IU guys and they have a lot of soul:

Tonight:

Yesterday:

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Apr 18

Makes you wanna ride bikes – if you can get off the sofa

Someone brought their bike into the building today.

You’re not supposed to do that. But I do enjoy seeing a good bicycle every now and then. That’s a Little 500 bike, which is a neat treat in general, just not in the building, where it could be a tripping hazard or a wall-marking hazard or a theft-of-property hazard.

Seriously, someone left it outside a closed classroom. People are trusting, which is nice.

Outside? Spring?

On Monday morning, snow. And it was the sort of thing no one even mentioned. We were all so bored with it and over it. It wasn’t surprising to wake up to. It was inevitable. No one was even irritated by the absurdity of it anymore. Snow in mid-April. Then it melted, things started blooming and that evening I ran in layers and gloves.

This evening I ran in shorts and a t-shirt and was already warm in the driveway, before setting out for a quick 5K. Already warm. It was 62° degrees.

So I’m putting a question mark next to spring from now on.

Allie, is, also, over it:

And, look, when I tell The Yankee that the six-pound cat is holding me down, I really mean it:

IU / photo / Tuesday / Twitter — Comments Off on Views around the building
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Apr 18

Views around the building

Presidents Hall is set up for an event:

Sometimes it is a reading room. Sometimes there are lectures there. Sometimes they have meals and other sort of events. Up on the wall there are oil paintings of each of IU’s presidents. It’s a neat space.

Oh, thank goodness someone thought to post a sign:

I walked by one of the student archival projects the other day. An April 3rd, 1939 edition of the New York World Telegram was about to go in the scanner. Al Capone, the TVA and the war dominated the front page. (Roy Howard’s byline is why this paper was being scanned.)

The Roy Howard archive is at IU, and that’s what this effort is all about. Here’s the next story in her To Scan pile:

Tonight:

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