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February 13, 2014
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lunazure said

I think it's funny that behaviorists actually count how many times a pigeon will peck something, expecting a pay out.

And cognitivists actually count the number of times behaviorists actually count . . .

F#

February 14, 2014
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no we don't! It's the behaviorists who count things! we do metacommunication..............

Hey speaking of F# I have to find those chords to "Lazy Day" I was picking out... it's super pretty. Took a piano and guitar both tho. Was doing an F# chord with a D and A/Em sequence...

February 14, 2014
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It sounds pretty. I never would have picked it up. In fact, I never analyzed Justin's chords. Maybe I should - when I get rich, get an instrument or two and a place where I can play, if only into headphones. It will probably never happen unless I want to join the nose-boned drummers downtown.

February 14, 2014
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I'm pretty upset with myself, I can't find those notes. They're probably buried under a stack of s*** on top of that teacher's grand piano. Room was a little messy, but the kids knew what they were doing......... a beautiful choir. About fifty kids, I kept 'em organized, and let one of the girls direct.....

BUT no organization.

Well maybe the chords will show up and I can put tabs on here.... patience, grasshopper........

February 15, 2014
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"You did it before, you can do it again."

February 15, 2014
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Yeah but I don't want to doodle with the piano tonight.... I want to knit and watch a movie. And maybe write a paper for my homework. Sigh.... grrrrr I had them nailed too!

I need a nice warm cup of tea.

February 16, 2014
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You are so amazing. You do in one day what I attempt in a lifetime.

What do I do? Right now, I'm listening to Chicago sing, "I do love you. I do love you. I do love you. I do love you, etc."

February 18, 2014
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Hi how is everyone? I feel overwhelmed right now. I found the chords, but need to make them neater. And besides I'm not sure this board will let me cut and paste.

In the meantime, consider this. If you go to http://www.noteflight.com, you will find my long lost, long missed program that allows you to drag and drop notes, and thereby score your own music. Then you click "play" and it will play them, It's really fun, better than a video game, and I used to really enjoy it on my Amiga (Deluxe Music). Alas the Amiga is legs up and I lost my fun game. No I can't find it on PC. I need to get an account on noteflight. Mostly I'd love to be able to print out a clean nice score, my hand written ones are horrible!

I wrote my paper. It's about ASL and do we teach kids ASL or take their language away from them? I strong feelings about this, and wouldn't want to bore you with the history of Indian schools. Did you know that I've seen Justin use two deliberate "signs" in concert? One was "thank you" and the other was "animal".............. he does "animal" when he sings "back to Nature' in SIWL. Justin's so cool. Laugh

Now I want to research my trip in May. Wondering if I'll be able to sneak in a day or two of work during the tour (hehe to pay for gas!!!) I mean, where will Justin's tour go between June 6 in Oakland, and June 13 in Vancouver? (I live in between these two locales) Bless him, he's finding some GREAT spots to perform, but I sure would love the whole tour.

So much to see and do!!!

It's a very beautiful windy night out in Seattle, and the stars are bright!

February 18, 2014
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D to F#min.............D to F#min
On a lazy afternoon, ............

G ...............................................A
And the quiet shadows move in the stillness.

D to F#min............................D to F#min
Is there still a place for me in a corner of your heart

G..................................................A
In the pages of a book that you were reading.

Em........................G
I will remember the days when we

Em....................G.............A dim?*
Swore we would always be true

Em............................G..........A
What on Earth is going on with you?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mind you I don't think I have the lyrics right, and this is a copyrighted song by Justin Hayward. Not for commercial use.

I haven't played my piano for a long time. It's bringing back memories. It has a very nice tone, an upright baby grand. Whitney, Chicago sez the label. I learned music on it. Smile my pet. My mom could make it sound like a honky tonk.

*The "Adim" I'm not sure it's correct name, but it's a chord that blends both an A and an F#min. I think. Play it leslee and tell me what your ears think. In fact, alterations are welcome.... I'll work on the rest of it later. Want to go to bath and book and bed.............

February 19, 2014
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February 19, 2014
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Do you really want to know?

I think you nailed it with the Em-G verses.
That A dim is way off.
The others don't do a whole lot for me, the D sounding off from the get-go.

Mind you, I am hobbled here at work using a virtual keyboard that only allows one key at a time, playing both through the same earbud. What does anybody else think?

P.S. I like this conversation.

February 19, 2014
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lunazure said

Did you know that I've seen Justin use two deliberate "signs" in concert? One was "thank you" and the other was "animal".............. he does "animal" when he sings "back to Nature' in SIWL. Justin's so cool. Laugh

I saw him flip "bird" right at me during "SIWL." I'm just gushing with love over the whole incident. He's such a prince! XOXOXO

February 19, 2014
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Flip the bird??? Not our Justin!!! The sign for "bird" is your index and thumb up to your mouth, and you make a motion like a beak. What sort of sign language are you learning????

February 22, 2014
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Robert Plant tells us "you know sometimes words have two meanings." The same is true in ASL. Perhaps you know the word by its homonym.

Here in WNC, we have different rules of the road. They include:

1. If somebody turns their turn indicator on, it means, "Hurry up and pass me on this side."
2. When you come to an intersection, stop and wait until a car is coming. When he is close enough he will have to slam on the brakes to avoid hitting you, jump in front of him.
3. Drive slowly to see how many cars you can get in your train. Compare numbers around the dinner table, and whoever got the longest chain wins. Emergency vehicles are worth two points.

When people visit us with foreign license plates, they like our rules so much they give us this, "We're number one!" sign.

February 23, 2014
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oh, the number one bird!!!!!!!! :)

The sign for America, football, and grey were all very close together, but distinct once you figure out subtle differences. Yes, some ASl gets by with "implied by context" interpretations. Interesting stuff. For example, the sign for "lesbian" looks like you're holding a pistol to your chin... pretty weird stuff.

I used to live in Orange County, near both Disneyland and Knott's in the 60s. We got more than our share of tourists on the roads, all of the poor devils very confused. I get along fine down there, but I suspect poor folks from the Midwest feel like lobsters being dropped in a pot of boiling water when they come to Orange County and LA. I'm reading my maps VERY carefully for this LA trip.... I'm going to the belly of the beast, Hollywood.... shudder. Isn't the Troubadour on a Monday???

March 5, 2014
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Veering off topic again, why are the G and A keys on a piano keyboard asymetrical and chiral? I thought maybe it had something to do with hammering them squarely and the delta-frequencies between notes on our scale being somewhat irregular, but I'm so lazy, I thought it would be more fun to ask the stupid question than to Wiki it.

You know, somebody might say it's a famous artifact found at the art guild and tried out in various monochromes before settling on blue. I still say luna made the original woodcut.

March 6, 2014
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They ARE?????

March 6, 2014
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So, yesterday I got to tour the Moog plant with the little girls I am supposed to be teaching every other Wednesday. It was my second tour, but I loved it just the same. I got to learn more about the business angle, about how analog is coming back, but components are drying up because everything is going digital. Back in the old ESJ days, which was about ten years ago, we were buying a widget from China just to pull out one component, because it was cheaper than trying to buy what we needed from Radio Shack.

Also shocking me was the fact that staff paper, with its tailed ovals, is becoming obsolete. Eek! I feel like a dinosaur. The last time I played with wave-shaping software, one could record about eight notes before crashing a decent computer. Now, one can do so much more with a $99 app. We got to see the suitcases with banana jacks plugged here and there in spaghetti fashion. Our guide said in the old days one would have to take a photo of the cases and set them up every time to reproduce a sound. This was pre-Mellotron technology. I recalled the days in physics lab when we generated sounds with a frequency generator and, with the assistance of a bulky oscilloscope, combined them by applying Fourier synthesis. Donald Fagen's TV babies just punch a button now.

March 6, 2014
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Yeah I dig, how far we have come. I was more on the lighting end of the tech.... I was always fascinated by the cross circuiting "banana jacks" they did for the lighting board. I was never allowed to design or play with that, I was merely a lacky tote goat who got to hump the leekos up to the far electrics. Stage-light instruments were huge in the mid 70s. I often wonder how my life would be different if I'd stayed and gotten into the tech end of theatre. NOoooooo I had to give myself delusions of grandeur and think I was a dancer.... lots more money in stage tech, same with music.

Now yeah........... all computers. Wow. Just in our lifetime. My grandma saw the first flight and then saw us walk on the Moon. That too, what a leap in tech. Amazing.

March 7, 2014
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I don't follow your jargon.

Your grandma saw us walking on the moon? It was the 60s, so, according to Mr. Lodge, either she imagined it, or I forgot it.

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