Hey, Alexa
Yesterday I hit the button on my iPhone and said “Hey, Alexa.”
Siri replied, “Wow. Awkward.”
I was embarrassed to have gotten her name wrong.
Category Archives: lp2
Timetown: Happy Solstice
Union Station, Denver
The Dark Art of Teaching: A Koan, Almost
Ikkyū and Sōgi rake the garden. Afternoon wanes.
Ikkyū picks up a small piece of … rolled paper, charred? “What is this?”
Sōgi looks. “Oh. Hmm. Nothing, Master. Probably just a piece of rubbish that blew over the wall. It was windy last night.”
“I didn’t hear any wind.”
“Your snoring perhaps drowned it out.”
“I do not snore.” Read more
Zen and the Highway
Ikkyū regards young Sōgi’s calligraphy as golden hour yields to white. “Your hand is inelegant, as always. It’s … bold, though.”
Magpies screech disapproval from a nearby pine.
A horn echoes through the courtyard. Sōgi looks in the direction of the disturbance. Ikkyū bows his head and sighs.
“Forgive me for speaking out of turn, Master Ikkyū, but it would perhaps be best were the monastery further from the highway.” Read more
COVID Radio: Stay the Fuck Home, Becky
New and Improved! It will tap your toes, boogie your butt, make you smarter and better looking! Cures gout, unsightly warts and the heartbreak of psoriasis!
[ahem]
Our badass COVID playlist continues to grow in cool ways. Assume you sleep 8 hours a night and need music for the rest of your day. This playlist will keep you in tuneage for 6 days and 18 hours.
Old favorites, new discoveries, eclectic and intelligent. Rock, Indie, Electronica, Pop, ’70s, ’80s, alt.90s, Motown, Grunge, Punk, Dance, Trance, New Wave, Metal, Soul & R&B, Americana, Industrial, DarkWave, Trip-Hop, Shoegaze … even a smattering of C&W, old school and new.
You won’t like everything but that’s what skip buttons are for.
Thanks to Matthew Grimm for the song that gives the playlist its title…
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Abstract Daylily
