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Yup. You’re getting two Self Care posts today. Because of this…
Since I missed it on Wednesday, here it is now. I thought this was neat…
As usual, click on the image for the tiff…
A Multiwavelength View of Supernova 1987A
I did promise a couple Passover recipes.
This is one Mom found and then slightly modified. The original idea was a macaroni and cheese, but for Passover. Because matzah farfel (basically crushed matzah) is used, it turned into a very dairy casserole. And it is delicious… assuming you aren’t vegan or lactose intolerant. If you’re either or both of those things… you might want to skip this one…
Heh…
So…
(Quick note… this is the last of the overly religious posts for now, my fellow atheists. I just enjoy this holiday and want to share it with y’all.)
The first night of Passover ended on Monday, April 10. Well… okay… it actually ended today, March 11th, just after midnight. And it was a lot of fun… well… it would have been, but I’ll get to that…
First things first…
Of course there was a lot of religiosity, here. It’s a Jewish holiday, after all, which means services, prayers, and all that jazz. I don’t mind it, personally, because I grew up with it, and it’s not boring. Since my atheism isn’t exactly a secret, I got to make little asides and jokes last night that my family largely found funny because they know where I’m coming from. I have to be more careful tonight, because tonight’s seder is with some of Dad’s congregants, and they don’t know. But I’m okay with that, since I’ll probably be more focused on my fingers which… again… I’ll get to that…
We actually shortened things up nicely last night, so we got to the meal quicker than we have in the past, which was great. And the meal, of course, was delicious!
But I’m getting ahead of myself (largely to pad out this intro before the fold… 😛 )…
Far too many people credit Elvis Presley with “inventing” Rock n’ Roll. Now, we can talk about the merits of his music (I’m not a fan, personally), but if you still think this is true, then you really don’t know Rock n’ Roll, and you perhaps need a course in how, just like with everything, white people stole music from black people.
But it’s not that simple, see, because people who think they do know will then point to Chuck Berry. I mean… better, but you still need to make your way back. You see, it actually wasn’t a man who invented Rock n’ Roll at all. Because before Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis, there was…
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
As far as I and many others are concerned, the moment the Blues transformed into Rock was the moment this woman, a gospel singer, picked up the guitar.
Never heard of Sister Rosetta Tharpe?
Well… let me (and the Daily Beast) introduce you…
Another instrument I love is the saxophone. In fact, I used to play it as a kid. Sadly, I haven’t played in years, and have largely forgotten how to play, although I do want to pick it back up again…
Here’s one amazing saxophonist, who I’ve seen on the streets of New York City, soloing at Red Rooster. His name is Rakiem Walker, and this is his Project.
Enjoy!
Ah, the sitar. I absolutely love this instrument, and very much want to own and learn how to play one. Here’s one of my favorite sitar players, Anoushka Shankar, playing “Lasya”.
Enjoy!
Yet another really cool Astronomy discovery, this one announced back on March 23rd…
Composite ALMA and optical image of a young Milky Way-like galaxy 12 billion light-years away and a background quasar 12.5 billion light-years away. Light from the quasar passed through the galaxy’s gas on its way to Earth, revealing the presence of the galaxy to astronomers. New ALMA observations of the galaxy’s ionized carbon (green) and dust continuum (blue) emission show that the dusty, star-forming disk of the galaxy is vastly offset from the gas detected by quasar absorption at optical wavelengths (red). This indicates that a massive halo of gas surrounds the galaxy. The optical data are from the Keck I Telescope at the W.M. Keck Observatory. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), M. Neeleman & J. Xavier Prochaska; Keck Observatory