Goodbye Tom

Tom Lehrer passed away last week at the age of 97. He lived a long, and good, life and I am extremely grateful for the music he made, and the teaching he did. I hadn't realized how much his songs, funny and sarcastic as they are, and old, ohh yes, they are old I guess, had influenced me during my young years. After all, most of his songs were written before I was born, or in the years after I was born, but before I was a teenager.

One of the first times I heard his music was at high school: in chemistry class. After all, what other way is it easy to learn the elemental table than by singing? Of course, this is just the names of the elements, but it's a start!

Sing along, if you can remember all the elements!

Trips and Songs!

Been a hectic week so far. I had a LONG drive to the estate lawyer's yesterday, about 4 to 5 hours round trip, plus the meeting with the lawyer, so I've not got a lot for today's Open Thread. And I've been kinda emersed in driving. Here's some fun and scenic driving (not by me!)!

I love the green of Switzerland! I'm from the PacNW, of course I love the green . This is just a very calming, very nice, lovely to watch, video. If you need a bit of a calming time, or a rest, take a look! Or, just take a look anyway, it's worth it! And it doesn't matter if you just watch a bit and come back later, there's nothing to miss by doing that, the lovely scenery just goes on and on.