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”Count Your Blessings (Instead of Sheep)” as sung by Rosemary Clooney, written by Irving Berlin for the movie “White Christmas”

Two Christmases ago, the Mrs. bought me a record player, and we’ve been enjoying exploring old records our parents have along with some used records we’ve bought at second-hand stores. As you might imagine, Christmas records are well-represented in the hand-me-downs, and one of them is titled “Happy Holiday” - a collection of various singers like Sinatra, Crosby, and Monte. Among the tracks is one sung by Rosemary Clooney that slipped into my subconscious and I found myself humming: “Count Your Blessings”. It’s not one of the songs that makes its way into our modern seasonal repertoire, but I think it deserves to hold a place in the cycle. Originally sung by Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney in the movie “White Christmas”, here she carries the whole tune with her glistening smooth vocals.

Hope you enjoy as much as I do. :)

Really enjoyed the style and creativity of this cover: turning a pop tune into a retro jazz piece. Ah, for the good ol’ days. ;)

Also check out the Post Modern Jukebox YouTube channel for tons of other covers from a variety of decades.

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So true. :)Lots of other great comics at The Awkward Yeti.

The great pumpkin patch, by yours truly. 🎃 It’s been awhile since I last visited one, and the magic’s still there. :)

I was excited to read about legendary designer Dieter Rams again recently, and also to learn Gary Hustwit has just released a documentary on his life and work entitled, “Rams”.

Above are his “Ten Principles of Good Design”. And double excited because one of my other favorite things (Field Notes) has partnered with the release of the documentary by creating a special edition for “Rams”!

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Deep and simple is far more essential than shallow and complicated.—Mister Rogers, as quoted in “Mister Rogers & Me”

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St. Thomas More Prayer for Good Humor

I recently saw the movie, Pope Francis: A Man of His Word in theatre and really enjoyed it. A unique movie style, and a unique insight into the man who is pope. At the end, he shares a word of encouragement to pray a prayer penned by St. Thomas More - a prayer for good humor. I would agree, we all could do with a health does of this. :) So here goes:

Grant me, O Lord, good digestion, and also something to digest. Grant me a healthy body, and the necessary good humor to maintain it. Grant me a simple soul that knows to treasure all that is good and that doesn’t frighten easily at the sight of evil, but rather finds the means to put things back in their place. Give me a soul that knows not boredom, grumblings, sighs and laments, nor excess of stress, because of that obstructing thing called “I.” Grant me, O Lord, a sense of good humor. Allow me the grace to be able to take a joke to discover in life a bit of joy, and to be able to share it with others. Amen.

Amen. :)

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Apparently “studying” videos are a thing now - kids video themselves studying for test, doing homework, or similar, and other kids watch or have in the background sorta like a “study budy”.

Here’s an example video from a 16yo readying for pre-calc final who has her own YouTube channel called Studyquill.

People are fascinating. :)

When love is robbed of truth, it loses its power.yours truly

Sometimes brand/story extensions don’t seem to do justice to the characters and live up to the spirit of the original. From the trailer at least, this one seems to do a great job, and I‘ll definitely be looking forward to it. :)

So, remember that 2D heliocentric solar system model from school? Turns out it should really be a 3D vortex with the sun like a comet dragging the planets in its wake.

What’s that look like you ask? Well, check out the video above, and prepare to re-arrange your mind. ;)

Solar System 2.0 - the helical model

The background behind Ben Rector’s newest album, Magic, scheduled to come out Jun 22.

I know I pre-ordered my vinyl with digital download :) benrector.lnk.to/magic

And catch a listen to 1m excerpts on his Twitter feed, such as Duo here twitter.com/benrector…

FiftyThree has been finding their way with the Paper app, one I took to early on and have continued to use. My primary attraction to it was that it made drawing simple for those of us who aren’t coming from or trying to achieve a Photoshop or similar level of precision. I can get my concept down quickly and easily and not have to fight the interface.

I’m glad they’re continuing to keep the product evolving, and look forward to the return of the “arrow” lines.

Ran into these at a surf shop recently - they’re a brand of silicone rings made for those who find themselves in circumstances that a traditional marriage ring isn’t the best idea: either their work, or their play.

The rings are made by Qalo to be super durable and non-conductive, and range in price around $20/$25.

Here pictured is the Slate Blue Step Edge Q2X.