Holding down the "so" in social media has brought me to the conclusion I feel I need more encouragement and peer resonance than I'm capable of engendering.
The music in this is named "Theodora Is Dozing" on the Knee Plays album. It's melody is the song from the Mysterious Bulgarian Voices album entitled, "Polegnala E Todora" (Theodora Has Lied Down [sic]). A very catchy old-world folk sound with tasty harmonies.
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"The cookies in the picture were bought in an ordinary Swedish supermarket [2] on March 4, 1999. They are the actual Florentine Pogen cookies - the name is different in Swedish, the packaging is of course different from 1970s-style American packaging, but the cookies inside are the same. They are between 5 and 6 centimeters across, and only a few millimeters thin. (DAUGHTER OF A WEALTHY COOKIE? While a Florentine Pogen undeniably is a cookie, Zappa certainly wasn't using the term literally, as in daughter of a wealthy cookie. What he did mean exactly, if he meant anything more than nonsense, is not known (and will probably never be). Perhaps it is a derogatory description.)"
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One of the 3 songs performed here is "Polegnala E Todora". Note: There are two nice surprises, one at the very beginning, and the final song selection.
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Whew! Cuz I know the cookies they gave us on the planes didn't count. Midwest had real Otis Spunkmeier cookies. Now that Frontier took over, they're taking the credit as the originators of the free in-flight cookie. Puh-LEEZE
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A few more hours left to spend with Mom before I get back to L.A. This past week has been a bit surreal. While her recovery hasn't been fast enough to suit her, it has been steady enough to be very encouraging, and hopeful for release back to her own home in a week or so (with visiting nurse support for as long as she needs it). My role this week...
Glad your mum is recovering and that you've had a good visit. Safe travels home.
- WoH: Professor MOTHRA
It really helped that the staff at the facility she's in all seem sincerely caring and compassionate. The facility itself could use some more staff and better equipment. Like beds that don't need to be hand-cranked, for instance.
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Well I can certainly see why people out here in the sticks would be compelled to jailbreak, altho if it's just to receive the same kind of service readily available elsewhere, it seems like it shouldn't count as "jailbreaking". I can turn the 3G & WiFi off just fine -- it's speedy service that I'm missing here.
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"OK, this is not a ground-breaking scientific breakthrough or a comprehensive new report on clean energy growth or insightful commentary on clean energy politics, but this is too cool not to share. The pictures here are of “the world’s smallest solar-powered movie house,” the Sol Cinema."
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More good Mom news: the doctor spoke with her this morning, and there's no sign the cancer spread anywhere else! Hallelujah!! And, they're already starting her on solid food, sort of (tapioca, blech, but she likes it). Also, they're saying she may be released by Tuesday! WOW!! Thanks again for everyone's prayers, good thoughts & well-wishes!!
This just in: Mom's surgery a success. 24 hrs in ICU then 5-7 days hospital convalescence with expectation of uneventful recovery. Thank you all again and again for your prayers, good thoughts and well-wishes. May you all be as richly and deeply blessed as my family today and always. Love to you all.