My local weekly newspaper, the Milpitas Post, can still wow me sometimes, even if a "former reputable newspaper" now owns it. The "pay-for-play" was clear, but the equally alliterative "jail-in-jury case" in the next paragraph had me flummoxed. I'm not sure it's ever OK to break a line mid-word in a multi-word hyphenated phrase.
Vaccination
Mar. 11th, 2021 02:32 pmHarry Potter and the Pangolin of Doom
Apr. 12th, 2020 09:23 amMaybe the same thing happens when Donald Trump falls asleep while tweeting:
2017, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covfefe
2019-2020, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19
The similarity is spooky. How can you accidentally get "fe" twice? Are the first SARS virus and MERS so different that the numbering should skip MERS, or was it the fe-and-fe of fate?
C-1 Singing Call figures
Dec. 10th, 2018 10:48 amthat these may include a typo or two, and it is possible that some
calls that were once on the C-1 list have since been dropped
(although I've included substitutions for Curlique/Curlicross where
not already included). You may want to call these figures to a
strong C-1 group to verify their correctness and/or list-accuracy.
General Disclaimer: These are not intended to be "Easy" or
"Vanilla" C-1. Most of these figures go beyond the standard
applications of the calls. The first few times through each figure,
the choreography is unlikely to seem smooth and flowing, because the
dancers will need to stop and think, or stop and see the formation.
Once familiar, it should be possible to dance each figure in about
48 beats of music, leaving 16 beats (2 musical tag lines) for the
Swing and Promenade. Only the easiest and least-interesting figures
would be appropriate "cold" in a singing call.
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Stewart Kramer
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C-4 Singing call "Only You"
Dec. 10th, 2018 10:37 amWORK SWING CHAIN: 4 LADIES CENTER, TEACUP LIKE A DAISY only you, can make this change in me for it's true - you are my destiny when you hold my hand i understand the magic that you do - you're my dream come true my one and only you only you can make the darkness bright when you're thru, let's have those HEADS STEP RIGHT MYSTIC TOUCH 1/4 and, EXPAND THE COLUMN then TAG BACK AND DODGE -- you're the one that i, TAKE 2 a FUNNY GOOD SHOW TWICE and FLARE THE STAR only you, can MIRROR HOT FOOT SPIN only you, can TRADE YOUR NEIGHBOR IN PICK AND CHOOSE: WITH FINESSE AND CENTRAL STRUT RIGHT (INTO THAT SPACE) - with a CRAZY SWITCH my one and only you. only you, DIVIDE THE OCEAN RIGHT then SPLASH IN, and CROSS FLIP -ER'S DELIGHT you're the one that i sing lyrics to, CROSS FLIP BACK AND DODGE - you're the one that i, TAKE 4 a STROLL DOWN THE LANE -- and then CHANGE LANES only you, 1/4 CHAIN AND CIRCULATE IN only you, 1/2 TAG AND TRIXIE SPIN in this chaos, you're AN ANCHOR, EVERYBODY ROLL, CENTERS 3 SQUARE 2 AND 1, THE 2'S RUN RIGHT AND ROLL, and LINES (DIXIE SASHAY) THRU, INTERLOCKED FLIP THE DIAMOND AND ROLL, SASHAY THRU, THE K and RUN AWAY CENTERS CROSS SASHAY, THE PULLEY BUT go 4 STEPS AT A TIME and you'll PASS THE TOP and then, WORK ONCE-REMOVED: and CATCH TOP 2 only you, can 2-FACED HOT FOOT SPIN only you, 1/4 CHAIN AND CIRCULATE IN when you're there, you'll ACEY DEUCEY and PROMENADE BACK HOME you're my dream come true, my one and only you LEFT ALLEMANDE and SWING, you're my dream come true, my one and only you! *** A few comments: Swing Chain Teacup Like a Daisy replaces 3/4 stars with 1/4 stars, so each star is either 1/4 or 5/4. The double arm turns are not required, because it is being danced symmetrically so no one is using up time waiting for the three stars in a row. The pattern, for those who don't want to figure it out on their own, is Star R 1/4, L turn r-h man, R turn partner, L turn r-h man(="back"), R turn partner, Star L 5/4, R turn corner, Star L 1/4(="back", but star would have been 3/4 so it becomes 1/4), R turn opposite man, Star L 5/4, R turn r-h man, L to partner for courtesy turn. so: Star 1/4 to rh; pt, rh, pt; stars: 5, 1, 5; courtesy turn Some of the timing is a little fast: Flare the Star; Pass the Top and Once-Removed Catch Top 2 (certainly not enough time to work twosome; stretch it at each end instead). Central Strut Right may be bogus: you must use the definition "pass thru, right loop zero (i.e., flip right), extend" with the "into that space" modifier creating a normal tidal 3&1 line. Heads Step Right (short for Heads Step Right to a Line of 4) is a call used commonly by some callers, but some dancers may never have heard of it. Funny Good Show Twice is gratuitously hard to figure out on the fly, and there is no "think time" allotted. Crazy Switch has no "flub time" allotted. After the 3 Square 2 And 1, I believe the 2's who are running are the sides, but I'm not sure; in any event, the others are of course t-boned to them and probably can't see who is to run. The proximity of similar calls like Sashay Thru and Cross Sashay is purely intentional; any resemblance to real choreography or real callers is coincidental.
Ask the Square Dance Guru
Jul. 14th, 2018 12:22 pmAsk the Square Dance Guru
The Square Dance Guru (aka Stewart Kramer) will answer your most probing questions about square dancing. Permission is granted to freely distribute the wisdom of The Guru, but impersonators will be persecuted to the fullest extent of the low.
Unsure? Confused? Squarebroken? If the hissy fits, send email to: zipperbear@gmail.com, and all will be explained. (Note: The old address at forsythe.stanford.edu is scheduled to stop working at the end of 2003. Please use the new address instead!) [2018: All of my addresses at stanford.edu have stopped working.]
- Ambiguous Calls - Split Phantom Wave Inroll Motivate - date unknown
- Triple Box Pass In - 11/91
- Invitation-Only Dances - 11/91
- Tapes and Sequences - 11/91
- Ladies Go Left, Gents Go Right - 11/91
- Handedness on Scoot and Counter - 1/27/93
- Linear Cycle vs. Recycle & Sweep 1/4 - 12/16/93
- Right Call/Wrong Formation? - 3/94
- Weak Dancers and High Levels - 5/4/94
- Trade Circulate - 9/8/94
- Split Phantom - 1/20/95
- Chain Reaction and Pass Thru - 2/95
- Crossfire from Inverted Lines - 2/9/95
- Rims Trade Back - 3/16/95
- Swing 1/2 and Hinge 1/4 - 3/22/95
- Curlique - 4/14/95
- Fractional Grand Square - 3/2/95
- Deal and Wheel - 5/8/95
- The Sashay Story - 5/19/95
- Rolling and Peel Off - 5/19/95
- Backing to a Wave - 6/5/95
- Stimulate the Column - 8/28/95
- Badges - 9/7/95
- Linear Sigh called Hinge Fold Pat Feel - 10/16/95
- Parallelograms and the Solomon Rule - 10/23/95
- Hourglass Motivations - 10/23/95
- Siamese Zs - 10/26/95
- Dividing the Ocean Right or Wrong - 10/25/95
- Deucey - 10/25/95
- Slither Kissing - 11/21/95
- Swing the Fractions - 2/21/96
- Stretch - 4/16/96
- Stretch II - 11/15/96
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50th Birthday
Sep. 12th, 2015 05:34 pmIt'll be an open house 2-5pm (so people can stop by after the SCVSDA Jubilee). My real birthday (the following weekend) conflicts with the Quads Hoedown, Folsom Street Fair, SF Queer Longhair party, and Stanford's first week of fall classes.
It would be handy to know how many people might show up -- feel free to RSVP by joining the FB event or commenting here on LJ. Info with map and details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1052943811407169/
Replacing the fence, and the sewer, too!
Jun. 11th, 2015 06:00 pmAfter we scheduled the fence replacement, the plumber who snaked out the clogged sewer line showed us that there were roots growing in it. Orangeburg pipe's useful life is "about 50 years under ideal conditions" according to Wikipedia. Ours held out for 55 years so I guess we're lucky. The people up and down the block had to replace theirs throughout the 1990's so we were hoping that ours had already been replaced.
( Read more... )We had lunch at the Many Glacier Hotel in Glacier National Park. We saw a few glaciers there, but they were small.
Also, due to the hydroelectric dams, the "Electric City" of Great Falls has no falls at all.
Paradox Store
May. 22nd, 2009 10:41 pmAnd the Ti Ferry runs on steel cables, not titanium. Really, you can't trust anything around here.
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Dec. 14th, 2008 01:14 pmhttp://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?p=Illinois+Senator&ei=UTF-8
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Clicking on the link, I'm not sure why the category "Perfumes and Colognes" includes the Large 4x6 Illinois State Flag. Shouldn't flags smell more like napalm in the morning?
Cleanup on paragraph 1, please.
Oct. 23rd, 2008 09:45 amhttp://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10784011
OAKLAND — Southbound I-880 lanes remained closed today following a massive tanker truck crash and gasoline explosion near 16th Avenue in Oakland that snarled the morning commute for hours and was so hot it forced commuters to take cover behind buildings and melted speed limit signs.
I wouldn't expect speed limit signs to provide much cover, especially after they've melted. Ah, journalism -- where reporting the hottest news quickly is more important than reporting it correctly.
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Sep. 12th, 2008 11:42 amWe all got Jonathan's mom a GPS unit for her birthday, which I think is the same model my step-mom has. Taking us to the airport, they didn't like the route the GPS offered, so they turned it off, and only had to change routes 3 times when streets didn't go through, plus a wrong turn. This week, I just got the same GPS model (Garmin nüvi 350) for myself, so I'll know how to program it to get to an airport if you don't know the street address: Where to? Near a city - spell the city name - Transportation - Air....
Meanwhile, I'm changing planes at MDW on my way to Make Waves for Ducklings.
For those who are sufficiently circumflexible, "hat" also means symbols with diacritical marks (like "Â"), as used for normalized vectors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_vector
A unit vector is often denoted by a lowercase letter with a superscribed caret or "hat", like this:

I assume a bath hat is what you need if you've got your head up your tub:
As always, I enjoyed seeing everyone. There were only minor weather-related delays for us flying home. Other folks at the airport were delayed even longer, so we got a chance for a bit more chatting.
Oh, and I'm pleased to see a growing assortment of electrical outlets and USB charging stations in the airports.
Review of Beowulf (not the movie)
Jun. 6th, 2008 12:56 pmThe music was an interesting assortment of operatic and modern, including some poetic lyrics reminiscent of the traditional epic, and the story touched on existential philosophy, too. The eye candy was only OK, about on par with the Berkeley audience.
Overall, it was interesting, but not everyone would like it.