Ellipsoid Thanatopsis

Day 51 of 365 • 20th February, 2006

Went to breakfast with a retired teacher friend - i told him i was looking for some poetry of nature from the 1800's and he said to try this poet. He is also a distant relative of the author! William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) born Nov. 3, 1794 , Cummington, Mass died June 12, …

Thoreau's Path To Singularity

Day 52 of 365 • 21st February, 2006

Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, pacifist, tax resister and philosopher who is famous for Walden on simple living amongst nature, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, on resistance to civil government and among 22 other…

Cylindrical Life

Day 53 of 365 • 22nd February, 2006

A poetic pause :) is life circular? spiraling faster and faster towards the opening to a new beginning? minutes, seconds and hours are certainly speeding up :)

Spherical Harmonic

Day 54 of 365 • 23rd February, 2006

Busy day and night at work. Huge project completed :) worked on lunch, after work , after dinner - late night - about four hours throughout the day, but spread out. ANYHOW... here is a song for the wayward traveler.

Scottish Selkie

Day 55 of 365 • 24th February, 2006

Following the shape theme :) The shy Selkies are marine creatures in the shape of a seal. They can be found near the islands of Orkney and Shetland. A female can shed her skin and come ashore as a beautiful woman. When a man finds the skin, he can force the Selkie to be a good…

A Shape of Things to Come

Day 56 of 365 • 25th February, 2006

What are the shape of things to come? Who can say? I used to write short stories as a kid about the future - heck even as an adult i tried, but never finished a science fiction novel "Malubar's Conquest" maybe someday when i have more time :) - i wrote the first 4 ch…

Shapeless Wonder

Day 57 of 365 • 26th February, 2006

The name says it all - abstract sounds with a unifying mellow latin guitar - that's what keeps the piece accessible to the listener - a string of abstract sounds would be quite boring :)

The Shape of Rhythm

Day 58 of 365 • 27th February, 2006

Well, I originally thought that a play on rhythms - every changing through a song would be cool - it wasn't :) - so i changed directions - it's every changing rhythms with a synth hook, alternating with a different drum fills, and then after every to or three patterns - a nice…

The End of All Shapes

Day 59 of 365 • 28th February, 2006

Well - this shape thing has to come to an end :) - at what will March bring? Only the muse knows :) - The End

Blue Sky Jay

Day 60 of 365 • 1st March, 2006

Why is the sky blue? A clear cloudless daytime sky is blue because molecules in the air scatter blue light from the sun more than they scatter red light. When we look towards the sun at sunset, we see red and orange colors because the blue light has been scattered out and away…

You've Got The Green Light

Day 61 of 365 • 2nd March, 2006

Green, one of most-often cited favorite colors. It represents nature, environment, health, good luck, renewal, youth, vigor, spring, generosity, fertility, jealousy, inexperience, envy, misfortune. "Its cool quality soothes, calms, and has great healing powers." It i…

Red Zone

Day 62 of 365 • 3rd March, 2006

Red is the color that we pay the most attention to. It is the warmest and most energetic color in the spectrum. We associate red with love, valentines, danger, desire, speed, strength, violence, anger, emergency exit signs, stop signs and blood. Since it is an extreme color, r…

Brown Cow

Day 63 of 365 • 4th March, 2006

Solid, reliable brown is the color of earth and is abundant in nature. Light brown implies genuineness while dark brown is similar to wood or leather. Men are more apt to say brown is one of their favorite colors. This color brings feelings of stability and security.

Peaceful Orange Peel

Day 64 of 365 • 5th March, 2006

Orange is the color of flesh, or the friendly warmth of the hearth fire. The positive implications of this color suggest approachability, informality. Also, it can be beneficial to the digestive system and can strengthen the immune system. Orange has shown to have only positiv…

Pretty Pinkie

Day 65 of 365 • 6th March, 2006

Both red and pink denote love but while red is hot passion, pink is romantic and charming. Use pink to convey playfulness (hot pink flamingoes) and tenderness (pastel pinks). Multiple shades of pink and light purple or other pastels used together maintain the soft, delicate, a…

Born To The Purple

Day 66 of 365 • 7th March, 2006

Purple is royalty. A mysterious color, purple is associated with both nobility and spirituality. The opposites of hot red and cool blue combine to create this intriguing color. Purple has a special, almost sacred place in nature: lavender, orchid, lilac, and violet flowers are…

Grey Is The Day

Day 67 of 365 • 8th March, 2006

Gray symbolizes: Sorrow, security, maturity, neutrality. People who favor gray can be the lone wolf type or narrow-minded. Gray with more silver in it can be a very active color. Native Americans associate gray with friendship. Gray is the symbol for security, maturity and dep…

Turquoise

Day 68 of 365 • 9th March, 2006

Turquoise is a mid-value color blend of blue and green. The term comes from the French for "Turkish". Teal, blue-green, and aqua are similar colors. In holistic medicine, the color turquoise purportedly has a calming effect on patients. In astrology, the color corres…

Fuchsia Fonker

Day 69 of 365 • 10th March, 2006

The perfect choice if you feel overworked, overstressed or overwhelmed. It helps calm your home and bring forward a peaceful feeling.

The New Black

Day 70 of 365 • 11th March, 2006

In the Western world, black is most often used with a negative connotation. The reasons for this are various, but the most widely accepted explanations are that night is experienced by humans as negative and dangerous. A secondary reason is that stains are most visible as dark…

The Old White

Day 71 of 365 • 12th March, 2006

White is the color of purity, cleanliness and truth. Brides wear white in many countries, because white symbolizes a virgin. White means kindness. In some cultures white is worn at funerals. White is Monday's color. White daisies are a symbol of loyal love. Strictly speaking, …

Cyanic Gene Pool

Day 72 of 365 • 13th March, 2006

The Cyanic Gene Pool lives in a confusing world. There’s the DNA strand played by the hi hat that unites everything together. The double helix is represented by the various sounds that repeat throughout the piece or ‘er a strand. It is a messy - gooey place :)

Indian Red

Day 73 of 365 • 14th March, 2006

Indian Red - A very nice piece and place :) - Picture in your mind's eye - you - standing on a secluded, peaceful canyon rim - with the sun slowing rising - then an Indian beat starts to stir - then a male chant is heard - all of this with rays of sun and warmth coming through…

Country Saddle Brown

Day 74 of 365 • 15th March, 2006

The Country - take a big deep breath - close your eyes and take the picture in - fresh air :) - green pastures :) - endless evergreen forests :) - and trails that go on as far as the eye can see. So hop on your horse, settle in the saddle for a relaxing ride - relish in the fe…

Light Sky Blue

Day 75 of 365 • 16th March, 2006

Light Blue Sky - enough said :) Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky Light Blue Sky

Midnight Blue

Day 76 of 365 • 17th March, 2006

I like this one :) - like i don't like them all :) LOL - anyhow - try this one at midnight some night - that's where i was when i wrote this one. Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Midnight Blue Midni…

Tickle The Ivory

Day 77 of 365 • 18th March, 2006

Tickle The Ivory :) History of the Piano - Bartolomeo Cristofori (di Francesco) The piano first known as the pianoforte developed from the harpsichord around 1720, by Bartolomeo Cristofori of Padua, Italy. The instrument was already over a hundred years old by the time Beethov…

Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe

Day 78 of 365 • 19th March, 2006

Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe Tomato Tomatoe Potato Potatoe Tomato …

The First Day Of Spring

Day 79 of 365 • 20th March, 2006

THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING :) SPRING GREEN IS HERE :) THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING :) !!!! SPRING GREEN IS HERE •••• THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING - SPRING GREEN IS HERE :) THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING! SPRING GREEN IS HERE :) :) :) :) YEEEEEEEE ----- HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :) LOL

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

Day 80 of 365 • 21st March, 2006

Gold symbolizes: wealth, prosperity, wisdom. It is no surprise that gold symbolizes wealth used wisely, but it is also the symbol of good health. People who favor the color gold are optimistic. There's Gold in Them There Hills :) - But just because it might sparkle it doesn't …

Born With A Silver Spoon

Day 81 of 365 • 22nd March, 2006

Silver often symbolizes riches, just as gold does. Silver can be glamorous and distinguished. While gray-haired men and women are seen as old, silver-haired denotes a graceful aging. Silver is the traditional Twenty-Fifth Wedding Anniversary gift. The color silver can be earth…

Tis Teal

Day 82 of 365 • 23rd March, 2006

Tis teal today - characteristics include: friendliness, dependability, freshness, non-threatening, safe, secure, healthy, strong, expensive, and primitive. In the business world, green symbolizes growth and prosperity - i had a great teal colored Toyota once:) died after 10 ye…

Indigo Time

Day 83 of 365 • 24th March, 2006

Indigo symbolizes: intuition, deep contemplation, meditation - indigo is the color of the deep midnight sky - indigo symbolizes a mystical borderland of wisdom, self-mastery and spiritual realization - while blue is the color of communication with others, indigo turns the blue…

Yellow Green Is So Misunderstood

Day 84 of 365 • 25th March, 2006

Sometimes he's green - Sometimes he's green - Sometimes he's green - Sometimes he's green - Sometimes he's green - Sometimes he's yellow - Sometimes he's yellow - Sometimes he's yellow - Sometimes he's yellow - Sometimes he's yellow - but most of the time he's a little bit of …

Chocolate Is Best

Day 85 of 365 • 26th March, 2006

CHOCOLATE! :) Those who know me - get this one :) The tasty secret of the cacao (kah KOW) tree was discovered 2,000 years ago in the tropical rainforests of the Americas. The pods of this tree contain seeds that can be processed into chocolate. The story of how chocolate grew …

Charters Use Chartreuse

Day 86 of 365 • 27th March, 2006

FACTOID FOR THE DAY: Did you know that, air charter services, bus charter services and ferry charter services, and in fact ALL charter services use chartreuse? - No really - It's true ;)

Dull Grey Plastic World

Day 87 of 365 • 28th March, 2006

Dull grey cubicles, dull grey computers, dull grey machines, dull grey desks - and don't forget the most important - dull grey people - why do people do this to themselves? If you don't like the grey - go out and find a little color to add to your life! :)

Olive Oil

Day 88 of 365 • 29th March, 2006

Olive oil lost her Popeye Olive oil lost her Popeye Olive oil lost her Popeye Olive oil lost her Popeye Olive oil lost her Popeye Interesting combo here Dance and Country all in 1

Orange Red Peppers

Day 89 of 365 • 30th March, 2006

Orange Red Peppers are sweeter and the best :) go by a bunch at Stanley's (off north ave. and the Kennedy) or Caputo's (off lake street) Orange Red Peppers are sweeter and the best :) go by a bunch at Stanley's (off north ave. and the Kennedy) or Caputo's (off lake street)

Freedom Green

Day 90 of 365 • 31st March, 2006

Freedom Green - N'uff Said - Green Is The Color Of Life And Of The Earth - Freedom Green - N'uff Said - Freedom Green - N'uff Said - Green Is The Color Of Life And Of The Earth - Freedom Green - N'uff Said - Welcome To Paradise - Welcome To Paradise - Welcome To Paradise - Wel…

Hot Chocolate

Day 91 of 365 • 1st April, 2006

Well we're into a new month! and past 90 songs in 90 days - YEEEE HAAAAA :) So what should the topic be this month? after some thought :) - DRINKS (we're still in the 50's here in Chicago) - #1 Hot Chocolate - Ingredients: - Hot chocolate base: 1 cup cream, 1/4 cup milk, 1/4 c…

Green Tea With Lemon

Day 92 of 365 • 2nd April, 2006

Green tea with lemon - the secret of green tea lies in the fact it is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG). EGCG is a powerful anti-oxidant: besides inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it kills cancer cells without harming healthy tissu…

Coffee With Cream

Day 93 of 365 • 3rd April, 2006

Coffee with cream please... you pick your poison on this one - heck i even have instant coffee in a pinch and like the new Mc Donalds coffee - and yes i like Starbucks too :)

Soy Milk And Espresso

Day 94 of 365 • 4th April, 2006

Soy milk with espresso - muy good :) Starbucks uses vanilla soy - slightly sweetened - awesome drink and supposedly healthy cause of the soy :)

Orange Juicis

Day 95 of 365 • 5th April, 2006

Ok - gross out time - if you don't like strange food combinations - pass on this :) LOL don't know how or why, but in high school i used to have a certain breakfast combo. super-crunchy peanut butter with bologna and a glass of orange juice - TO ME - :) totally was my favorite…

Kentucky Punch

Day 96 of 365 • 6th April, 2006

Kentucky Punch - 4 mint sprigs - no more than 5 - 1 1/2 c. sugar - 2 c. cold water - 3/4 c. lemon juice - 1 1/2 quarts ginger ale - Place sugar, water and lemon juice in bowl and stir in mint leaves. Let stand for 30 minutes, add ice cubes and ginger ale and serve.

Banana Pineapple

Day 97 of 365 • 7th April, 2006

Banana Pineapple - 2 oz banana mix or 13 nectar - 1/2 c. sweet sour mix - 1/2 c. pineapple juice - On rocks

Cranberry Cherry

Day 98 of 365 • 8th April, 2006

Cranberry Cherry - Ingredients -1 Envelope Unsweetened Cherry Flavored Soft Drink - 1/4 cup Sugar - 1/2 cup Orange Juice - 16 ounces Cranberry Juice Cocktail, Chilled, 1 Bottle, 2 Ice Directions: Combine all of the ingredients except the ice in a blender container and blend un…

Fruity Iced Tea

Day 99 of 365 • 9th April, 2006

Fruity Iced Tea :) 1.00 qt Strong tea, cooled - 1.50 c Fruit juice - Sugar to taste Directions: Combine tea with fruit juice. Add ice. Sweeten to taste

Orange Smoothie

Day 100 of 365 • 10th April, 2006

Orange Smoothie - Servings: 6 - Ingredients - 6 ounces Orange juice concentrate, frozen - 1 cup Milk - 1 cup Water - 1/4 cup Sugar - 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla - 10 Ice cubes - Directions: Place all ingredients in a blender. Cover and blend until smooth. Serve immediately.