Andy Hull and his comrades are some of my favorite musicians to go see play. Listening to Manchester Orchestra in front of their hometown crowd is always an enjoyable experience. They played back to back shows last Wednesday and Thursday at Variety Playhouse in Little Five Points, and opened with Neil Young’s “Unknown Legend”. But I couldn’t resist posting this video instead; a song for his good friend 50 Cent.
I am suffering from pollen. I imagine that many of you are suffering as well. So here are some optimistic thoughts from Olivia Judson of the New York Times to lift our spirits…
“Birds do it. Bees do it. Beetles, bats and light summer breezes do it.
I refer, of course, to that raunchiest of sex acts: the pollination of flowers.
When it comes to sex, plants have more headaches than the rest of us. One problem is that they can’t travel about to find a mate - they are, after all, rooted to the spot - so they have to depend on intermediaries to bring egg and sperm cells together.”
And she goes on to say, “…A bee, after all, can only carry so much pollen at once. The wind is not so limited…”
Oh how similar we humans are to the bees, I might add.
It’s worth reading the whole article, but only if you like that sort of thing:
I want to try something. This is different today. It’s simple and easy. I’m going to share 10 words or phrases that are recent and often in my brain. Will you comment by sharing 10 of yours?
10 Words
beer and meat
Aaron and Megan
liberal
Freelance Whales
bloom
cloth diapers
lunch or coffee?
blessing
A Severe Mercy
risk