Tag: video treat
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Powerhouse
Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse” played like a boss! This is why it sounds familiar: Read.
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Just watch
Watching this made me so happy. Read.
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Kempton Park Big Triple
One of my internet friends sent me a link to a video of a steam engine. Not a locomotive, but a steam-driven water pump. And not just any water pump, but a pump that kept water flowing to a huge chunk of the city of London. The engine that drove the pumps was literally as Read.
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SHOWTIME!
I quite like this one, too. Read.
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WORK!
I just can’t get enough of this video. Read.
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Wanderers
Very cool. Here’s a gallery of still shots and some background about the places – real places! – in the solar system that you’re looking at in the video. Read.
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Word Crimes
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Don’t Walk Away
I was listening to tunes while doing some mindless, repetitive paperwork the other day when “Don’t Walk Away” came up as a random pick. My phone’s shuffle option tends to favor modern pop tunes and the Dave Brubeck best-of album I bought a year ago. It almost never plays the one-off tunes in my collection Read.
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drag queen drop
Today I learned from Garrison Keillor via The Writer’s Almanac that: The Times Square celebration dates back to 1904, when The New York Times opened its headquarters on Longacre Square. The newspaper convinced the city to rename the area “Times Square,” and they hosted a big party, complete with fireworks, on New Year’s Eve. Some Read.
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snuff it
Armaments, Chapter Two, Verses 9 to 21: Then did he raise on high the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch, saying, “Bless this, O Lord, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.” 15: First thou pullest the Holy Pin. 16-17: Then thou must count to three. Three shall be Read.
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