REFLECTIONS

It amazes me how well they made it look like they are dancing to this completely different tune. Here's the original:

I came across this video on YouTube. Is he addicted to his lover or does he love his addiction? Which is it? Some of the lyrics: ~A thousand needles of love~  ~All intravenous at once~ ~Monkey nature of man~ ~Keeps me awake in a dream~ ~To perfectly change this chemical in my brain~ To have a monkey on one's back is 1930's narcotics slang for to "be addicted."  On the video: ~Smoke~ ~Floating through a cemetery~ ~Scary green eyes~  I hope the real meaning is that he is addicted to his lover. Try full screen.

This is a series I highly recommend. This video may have a few spoilers in it, but not enough to ruin the whole series.

SOLID, LIQUID, GAS  … and something else? It's slightly technical yet interesting. LINK: Confirmed: New phase of matter is solid and liquid at same time Neuroscience Reveals 50-Year-Olds Can Have the Brains of 25-Year-Olds If They Do This 1 Thing I'd like to get myself to do this regularly, if it works. LINK: Neuroscience Shows That 50-Year-Olds Can Hae the Brains of 25-Year-Olds If They Do This | Inc.com Rare Disease Database Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy This is what I have! LINK: Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy - NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders) Exoplanets 101 | National Geographic I enjoyed this very interesting video.

Here's  a romantic song I think you'll enjoy. The Lyrics The Nightingale The Dubliners As I went a walking one morning in May I met a young couple so far did we stray And one was a young maid so sweet and so fair And the other was a soldier and a brave grenadier And they kissed so sweet and comforting As they clung to each other They went arm in arm along the road Like sister and brother They went arm in arm along the road 'Til they came to a stream And they both sat down together, love To hear the nightingale sing Out of his knapsack he took a fine fiddle He played her such merry tunes that you ever did hear He played her such merry tunes that the valley did ring And softly cried the fair maid as the nightingale sings And they kissed so sweet and comforting As they clung to each other They went arm in arm along the road Like sister and brother They went arm in arm along the roa

I thought about my brother Anthony the other day.  He doesn't live nearby so we only see  each other about once a year.  We don't call each other as often as we should but we still  are brothers. Sometimes this old sea chantey reminds me of the two of us, not as sailors  but as having so many similar life experiences, especially as kids.  I'm not sure how "safe  and sound" life is now  but we made it!  Here are links to YouTube: This one has nice views of sailing ships and sailors.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IxDhItxiSY This link has the lyrics to the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wY1fUAPYH3M

Russian Video Even More Dangerous I pray it's all a show, that it never becomes anything more. Imagine what the world could do with all  the money spent on weapons. Sorry I posted this.  For some reason I just had to.  I want to avoid all politics. Hope no one is offended or too frightened.

I'll try to find an interesting short video for Wednesdays. Caravan Palace - Lone Digger

I came across a web post about spirals that got me thinking about how fascinating they are; in mathematics, science, nature and art. They have something to do with the  Fibonacci   sequence: "Each number in the sequence is the sum of the two numbers that precede it. So, the sequence goes: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, and so on. The mathematical equation describing it is  X n+2 = X n+1  + X n" It's a little bit too technical for me. I'll have to learn more about that but for now I'll just show the video about spirals. Sorry about the spiral above. It makes it difficult to type or read. Here's the video:

I thought you might like this before Winter really comes into play. From my post on October 2016.  For the lyrics:   REFLECTIONS: "Come Little Leaves"  

I was used to digging through the freezer of my refrigerator to find what I wanted after the shelf kept falling off its holder.  Items would fall down and between the other shelves below. It was very frustrating. I finally found a fix for this today on the internet.  Here's the video: How to permanently fix falling freezer shelves in GE Profile Refrigerator It worked for me! I think it should work for other refrigerators with the same problem. Here's a nice cartoon about a man and his refrigerator:

This video is 20 minutes long but in my opinion well worth the time.  It has some detailed reasons that make sense, more than just a taste for a certain style. The TRUTH Why Modern Music Is Awful

I found this on a post from:  Link: The Low Carb Diabetic

Remember walking on fallen leaves as a child? It was magical! The smaller girl is my granddaughter

Last week I posted about the symbols used for washing clothes, Laundry Symbols".  Now I found some symbols used by hobos. For me these symbols are difficult to understand but the descriptions are great.  Their lifestyle is so interesting. Try a full screen and louder. I had to put it on maximum sound level. You can turn down the sound level for this one!

I saw this commercial the other day which got me thinking about TV commercials in general. Here's the nice quiet commercial that I saw. I believe this is some kind of investment company.  Why can't there be more commercials like this instead of screaming? The screaming just makes me want to stay away from anything they'er trying to sell.  I put the volume on mute and wait for it to end. Here's a cute commercial from the past: I suppose some people don't mind. The commercials must work or they wouldn't keep putting them on.

I found this article and short video about Roman concrete that I'd like to share. Modern Concrete Ancient Roman Concrete From article:    Ancient Rome Concrete Mystery Solved by Scientists | Time Modern cement mixtures tend to erode, particularly in the presence of seawater, but the Roman recipe of volcanic ash, lime, seawater and a mineral called aluminium tobermorite actually reinforces the concrete and prevents cracks from expanding, researchers found. The reaction was caused by the seawater continually ramming into the structures for hundreds of years, allowing the mineral mixture of silica oxides and lime to grow between the volcanic rock aggregate and mortar to develop resistance. “Contrary to the principles of modern cement-based concrete, the Romans created a rock-like concrete that thrives in open chemical exchange with seawater,” lead author Marie Jackson from the University of Utah said in the journal.

I finally bought myself a smartphone. My old flip phone could no longer get charged. I used to call it my "dumb phone" because all I could do with it was make calls and send texts. It had a camera but the images were so small on its screen that I had trouble seeing them. I found the iPhone on Consumer Cellular brand new for a $160.  It can do all the major functions.  I'm not sure what it can't do but it may be the amount of memory. Here are a few photos, not bad. I'm impressed by the video quality. Here's a video of my grandchildren Evie and Miles on Labor Day. There's a boy named Oliver not in the video. He's the son of a friend. I didn't take this last photo of Evie but I want to share it with you.  My son-in-law Ryan Hampton took it.

Our daughter Laurissa is coming down from Brooklyn to visit us tomorrow or Friday.  We'll get to see our grandchildren again, Miles and Evey.  Son-in-law Ryan will take turns with Laurissa driving the six hour trip. I was hoping to give myself the weekly three hour injection of Hizentra today before they got here; don't want to scare the grandchildren with the four injection site tubing coming from my abdomen.  They're only subcutaneous but it might be frightening for them.  It would seem strange to hide in another room. The delivery of the medication and injection tubing never arrived today. There was a mix up by FedEx. The package should be here tomorrow. I have a dentist appointment at 1:30 but there should be enough time to finish the injection before they get here. Just in case you want to see details I have these two videos. The first is a video with instructions. I use more; four sites and three syringe-fulls. There is no pain involved except for the tape