Adages
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Things that are very well put
From this guitar site (the first paragraph is the timeless part – the second is there for context)
If you think theory is boring, think again. Think of it, not as something you have to know in order to do something right (as most schools teach grammar, e.g.), but as a way of explaining what it is that you already know.
All chords belong together in families — the famous three chords, plus relatives and friends. Every song, at least in the popular music repertory, has a keynote (also called the ‘tonic’, hence abbreviated T), the main tone or chord around which the song revolves. This is almost always the tone/chord on which the song ends, and most frequently the tone/chord on which it begins, but that is not always the case. It is safest to go by the end. A song in C major ends on a C major chord, etc. The keynote represents the stable level from which everything develops and to which it all returns.
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Quote of the day – Leonard Cohen interview edition
“… we’re all dying, but you don’t have to cooperate so enthusiastically with the process”
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Random insight from Patrick McKenzie
In a recent podcast he used the term “Execution Quality” – largely to refer to real estate buyers who have a deserved reputation for fulfilling obligations and not being difficult to work with – it is the official reason you give when you do not go with the highest bidder apparently.
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Quote of the day – from YT
From some video I didn’t bookmark
I’m only good at two things, playing guitar, and hiding my dependence on anti-psychotic drugs. And I’m all out of Klozapine…
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Marleigh’s line of the day –
While waiting for a parent teacher conference, and looking up at one of the circular air vents in an otherwise dark place
It’s like a hole in the emptiness
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Quote of the day – podcast edition
From a long digression abut the economic and demographic ailments of the world, and the relatively good position of the United States – summed up as
We’re definitely the leper with the most fingers
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Quote of the day – financial crimes edition
If you constantly demand the impossible, what you will get is the unethical
From this podcast by the great Patrick McKenzie
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In our world we have no murderers just dirty rugs
–Random thought that occurred to Marleigh which was quite funny at the time.
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Quote of the day – Youtube edition
Youth, flexibility and strength are temporary conditions, but work is a lifetime commitment.
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Proud parenting moment – Halloween edition
When we were wrapping up trick or treating we were talking about the prevalence of 15 foot skeletons. Either me or the wife mentioned that people left them up year round, and the Halloween skeletons became Thanksgiving skeletons, then Christmas skeletons, and so forth, and how this angered neighbors and neighborhood associations. After clarifying that the neighbors did not in fact buy the skeletons somehow, Marleigh had the memorable line
That’s ridiculous – just because they have opinions doesn’t mean they have rights!