Mimi Farina
Monday Open Thread; April 30 is International Jazz Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 04/30/2018 - 5:00amApril 30 is the 120th day of the year, there are 245 days left
Setting Orange, Discord 47, 3184 YOLD
(for the discordians amongst us)
Today's number is 30
Open Thread for July 18, 2016; Nelson Mandela International Day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 07/18/2016 - 7:00amJuly 18 is the 199th day of the year. There are 166 days left.
18 is a multiple of 9, 3, and 6, leading to suspicions that it will generate unending fractions (more later)
18 is the sum of 3 of its divisors, 3, 6, and 9
18 is argon, a noble gas
18 is the group containing noble (inert) gases in the periodic table
Bread and Roses
Submitted by Gerrit on Fri, 03/25/2016 - 11:08pmI love protest songs, of all kinds, all eras, all genres, pretty much all the time. Like many here, I'm particularly fond of protest songs from the 60s & 70s; I'm such a folkie, it's embarrassing. I have no expertise but lots of enthusiasm, and I so hope you'd contribute some of your knowledge and experiences of the songs. First, what is a protest song? Phil Ochs has the best definition of them all. Please see below.