LolThat's the famous Red House that Philip Webb built for William Morris. Morris' wife, Jane, complained about heating it, too; she thought the coal room was too small.
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What did you learn today?
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Ribbed today by a novel phrase for an old affliction: Serendipitous hopscotching — What does it mean to know or to see something as it really is?
Today I learned that sometimes verbal commands are enough to stop someone who's dope sick from stabbing someone else in the neck. This could have turned into a really bad day. 
^^^Holy Poop!
gotta bear in mind, the most important word in the above post is ‘sometimes’...
gotta bear in mind, the most important word in the above post is ‘sometimes’...
Apparently, this has been going on for some time, but a news item about an Atlanta-area library abandoning the Dewey Decimal System has brought to light the fact that the old organization method so many of us were taught in school is falling out of favor. Here's an article on the changes from 2010 that sums up the shift:
The Dewey Dilemma
The Dewey Dilemma
My mom still has a couple card catalogs in her basement which my dad scavenged from the high school where he taught. They were computerizing everything and the card catalogs weren't needed anymore. One he used for fly tying stuff, the others are still down there. People express interest, but nobody wants to move them because they weigh a flippin' ton.
They were very well made, unlike most things these days. I replaced a fairly modern Steelmaster file cabinet with the solid quarter sawn oak Library Science one, circa 1915.
A [relatively] new study into performances of Bach reveals classical music is speeding up. The nuances of the original gig must've been papered over, at some stage. We tend to 'forget' the details. Because? Beats me. But, anyway, why spoil a good story with the facts? 
That box set sounds fantastic. I have some recordings by a guy named Lutz Kirchhof who played Bach's works for lute in what was supposed to be as close as possible to how they were supposed to originally sound. Very neat recordings.A [relatively] new study into performances of Bach reveals classical music is speeding up. The nuances of the original gig must've been papered over, at some stage. We tend to 'forget' the details. Because? Beats me. But, anyway, why spoil a good story with the facts?
Nice! A few years ago, I visited my old college library in search of a book I had read while there. It was long gone, but among the many changes that had taken place since I was there was that everything in the library had been catalogued on computers, leaving some of the "retired" card files to be converted into the base of a large coffee table in a common area.
You ain't kiddin'! That old furniture was robust stuff!
You ain't kiddin'! That old furniture was robust stuff!
Yeah, I remember being surprised when moving them as to how heavy they actually were.
Yep, that's one of the reasons why I prefer it.That old furniture was robust stuff!
A star roughly 10 times bigger than the Sun could be about to explode 
Some say it already has. The evidence just hasn't arrived here yet. No biggie.
Beetlejuice … Beetlejuice … Beetlejuice!
Some say it already has. The evidence just hasn't arrived here yet. No biggie.Beetlejuice … Beetlejuice … Beetlejuice!
What did I learn today?
That if the lie is spoken by a person of influence then the lie becomes irretrivable.
That if the lie is spoken by a person of influence then the lie becomes irretrivable.
