The Piano Guys performing “Angels We Have Heard on High.”
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Nyctographs and Geniuses
From the Oxford English Dictionary: Your word for today is: nyctograph, n. nyctograph, n. Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈnɪktə(ʊ)grɑːf/, /ˈnɪktə(ʊ)graf/, U.S. /ˈnɪktoʊˌgræf/, /ˈnɪkdoʊˌgræf/ Etymology: < nycto- comb. form + -graph comb. form. Compare French nyctographe machine enabling the blind to write or the sighted to write in the dark (1818–19 or earlier), and Hellenistic Greek νυκτογραϕία writing by night. Compare also earlier noctograph n. A device invented by Charles Dodgson (‘Lewis Carroll’) with which aContinue reading “Nyctographs and Geniuses”
Santa, we have a problem…
Santa, we have a problem. It is this: Undoubtedly many of you are used to living in areas, as am I, where local trash services pick up yard trash, like leaves and old Christmas trees. We are not so lucky this year. My backyard across the creek neighbors, by example, have suggested one solution: ButContinue reading “Santa, we have a problem…”
The Philosophy of Contemporary Song 