{"id":573893784,"date":"2021-11-15T21:54:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T02:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573893784"},"modified":"2021-11-19T00:57:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T05:57:42","slug":"this-went-hours-without-a-title-which-is-saying-nothing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/11\/15\/this-went-hours-without-a-title-which-is-saying-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"This went hours without a title, which is saying nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was somewhat surprised and pleased to see the last of the day&#8217;s sun, and a fancy little glimpse about what was transpiring to the west. I stood on the top level of the parking deck on a not-too-chilly evening and watched the birds dance in the sky.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/k1FSsv0p6E4\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a medium height campus building just to the right. A hotel-turned-sorority-house-turned office building <a href=\"https:\/\/bloomingtonthenandnow.wordpress.com\/2013\/08\/08\/how-the-poplars-on-e-7th-street-was-designed-in-the-1960s\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">which has been described as<\/a> &#8220;a mixture of wit, whimsy, forgetfulness and hard deadlines,&#8221; and, if that miniature description is correct, regret. <\/p>\n<p>The birds don&#8217;t care. The building affords them a nice big and flat roof with commanding views of the blocks around them. <\/p>\n<p>And if the birds care about such things, they have a nice seat for the occasional sunsets so long as they stick around. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov21\/nov57.jpg\"><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>When was the last time you saw a giant flock of birds? Maybe it&#8217;s a migratory issue, maybe I am always just in the wrong places, but it might be predation or poison or cell towers or climate change. I remember a childhood filled with aerial armadas of birds flying overhead. Now they stand out in their very rare, and comparatively smaller appearances.<\/p>\n<p>Another fortunate thing was that I got to the house in time to see the last of the burning sky.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov21\/nov58.jpg\"><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>And, of course, the cats, who are doing great. Phoebe needs cuddles.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov21\/nov53.jpg\"><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Lots of cuddles. The joke is that I come in and she tells me she has been neglected all day and needs pets right now and, of course, that&#8217;s patently false. She gets playfully scolded for the fibs I&#8217;m applying to her pet-me-pet-me-pet-me body language.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov21\/nov54.jpg\"><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>Sometimes she curls up on me and I think about when we first got these guys. She was, for whatever reason, standoffish with me for many many weeks. I would tell her then that she was missing out on some great cuddles and she&#8217;d figure it out. And she did!<\/p>\n<p>Poseidon never had that concern. He&#8217;s been needy and cuddly right from the start.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov21\/nov55.jpg\"><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s quite in-your-face about it. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/nov21\/nov56.jpg\"><\/center> <\/p>\n<p>And as the weather gets cooler, he&#8217;s returning to form. It&#8217;s purely about body heat, I&#8217;m sure.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/blog\/banners\/bannerfeather.jpg\"><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is the last week of classes before Thanksgiving break. Things are speeding up, rather than slowing down. But before you go today, how about some sports talk?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s The Toss Up, which is slashing their way through a great episode on the early part of the NHL season &#8230; <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mq5_SFT8MHU\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And this is a brand new show, the TV people and the radio people are producing a new simulcast project. We&#8217;ll have them work on the framing of the shots a bit, and maybe get a second camera in there eventually. And hopefully have them add some pep to their morning step. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jqsNeeNBiBM\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s episode one. And another new sports talk show is being launched this week, too. That&#8217;ll make four sports talkers. Three of them brand new this semester. People do like to talk about sports.<\/p>\n<p>More tomorrow, another show, a new podcast and more &#8230; but probably no sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was somewhat surprised and pleased to see the last of the day&#8217;s sun, and a fancy little glimpse about what was transpiring to the west. I stood on the top level of the parking deck on a not-too-chilly evening and watched the birds dance in the sky. 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