Today I was to have driven to NH for a peer meeting of spiritual guides. We've had difficulty this year with weather in the Winter keeping us from meeting several months in a row. So I always look forward to the June meeting, since the weather is too warm for ice and snow, and the days are light so late! So, it got cancelled because too many in the group were busy and we couldn't get a quorum. =Heavy Sigh= Ah well. It rained and was windy anyway. And instead Root*Center*Son came for an overnight and we could catch up, so that's good. Spinnaker escaped twice ~ once last night and once today ~ because she saw a mouse and couldn't contain herself. Silly kitty. She busted through the new screens, too, as they were only stapled in place and the outside trim wasn't back in place yet. There is a HUGE Bleeding Heart plant in front of that section of screen, and we were hoping to wait until it is done blooming to disturb it. I wonder how early they can be cut back without ill effects.
Jamie does seem to have grown in popularity as a woman's name in recent years. Someone told me it was somehow related to Demetria? *shrug* Whatever. In any case, I assumed in that case it was spelled J a m i e, identical to the diminutive of James, the way Jamie Lee Curtis spells her name. Apparently, though, there are variations.
According to Wikipedia: Jamie, Jaime, Jay´mi, Jaimee, Jamee, Ja'mie, Jamey, Jaymie, Jayme, Jey´mi, Jeymi, Jeimy, Jeimi, or Jaymee is a name derived as a pet form of James. However, it has been used as an independent given name in English speaking countries for several generations. (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie)
The rest of the page is taken up with a long list of people who bear the name, 99.9% of whom I've never heard of.
Spent last evening working on one of my songs. Somehow the patch (instrument sound selection) got stuck on vibraphone and it took ages to change it. Still donno how that happened or how it finally got changed to electric guitar Jaz, as I wanted. Just one of those inexplicable things computer programs do I suppose. Then some of the notes themselves got messed up. Fortunately, fixing them wasn't too hard. But then it transpired the notes right at the end weren't the right values (that is, I had quarter notes instead of eighth notes and the like). By that time, though, what with dealing with the other problems and adding some harmony and such, I was too tired and confused to cope. Must finish up today. Then I'll be able to convert the MIDI file to WAVE format and upload to SongSpace. Slow and steady gets there in the end.
"...adding some harmony and such...." Sounds pretty good, it does.
Bernie doing so well in the New Hampster polls is gratifying; l am a little ahead of the game now and plan to send him some love this evening. With an additional 16 cents, of course. listener--why 16 cents for Deaniacs?
For those who are too young to remember, or need a refresher, here is a little reminder of who Richard Nixon really was--certainly not the caricature, any more than Coolidge was the caricature that became enshrined in the public psyche after those who knew him were gone.
Hard to disagree with you, Cat. I have long suspected that Nixon ended the draft to make it impossible for our country to engage in another war like Vietnam. It did have the effect of creating a military caste rather disconnected from civilian society, and I think he could not have imagined how the chickenhawks would exhaust the military through far too frequent redeployments (again probably because of the separation between the military and civilians).
Howard is the flower of American democracy.
ReplyDeleteNice firsties, Cat!!
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteToday I was to have driven to NH for a peer meeting of spiritual guides. We've had difficulty this year with weather in the Winter keeping us from meeting several months in a row. So I always look forward to the June meeting, since the weather is too warm for ice and snow, and the days are light so late! So, it got cancelled because too many in the group were busy and we couldn't get a quorum. =Heavy Sigh= Ah well. It rained and was windy anyway. And instead Root*Center*Son came for an overnight and we could catch up, so that's good. Spinnaker escaped twice ~ once last night and once today ~ because she saw a mouse and couldn't contain herself. Silly kitty. She busted through the new screens, too, as they were only stapled in place and the outside trim wasn't back in place yet. There is a HUGE Bleeding Heart plant in front of that section of screen, and we were hoping to wait until it is done blooming to disturb it. I wonder how early they can be cut back without ill effects.
ReplyDeleteBernie is polling at 32% in NH, which is pretty good. Hillary is polling at 44%. I hope Bernie can pull ahead.
ReplyDeleteHope so!!!
DeleteGo Bernie!
DeleteJamie does seem to have grown in popularity as a woman's name in recent years. Someone told me it was somehow related to Demetria? *shrug* Whatever. In any case, I assumed in that case it was spelled J a m i e, identical to the diminutive of James, the way Jamie Lee Curtis spells her name. Apparently, though, there are variations.
ReplyDeleteAccording to Wikipedia:
Jamie, Jaime, Jay´mi, Jaimee, Jamee, Ja'mie, Jamey, Jaymie, Jayme, Jey´mi, Jeymi, Jeimy, Jeimi, or Jaymee is a name derived as a pet form of James. However, it has been used as an independent given name in English speaking countries for several generations. (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie)
The rest of the page is taken up with a long list of people who bear the name, 99.9% of whom I've never heard of.
It is also French for "I love." :-)
DeleteJ' aime
Spent last evening working on one of my songs. Somehow the patch (instrument sound selection) got stuck on vibraphone and it took ages to change it. Still donno how that happened or how it finally got changed to electric guitar Jaz, as I wanted. Just one of those inexplicable things computer programs do I suppose. Then some of the notes themselves got messed up. Fortunately, fixing them wasn't too hard. But then it transpired the notes right at the end weren't the right values (that is, I had quarter notes instead of eighth notes and the like). By that time, though, what with dealing with the other problems and adding some harmony and such, I was too tired and confused to cope. Must finish up today. Then I'll be able to convert the MIDI file to WAVE format and upload to SongSpace. Slow and steady gets there in the end.
ReplyDelete"...adding some harmony and such...." Sounds pretty good, it does.
ReplyDeleteBernie doing so well in the New Hampster polls is gratifying; l am a little ahead of the game now and plan to send him some love this evening. With an additional 16 cents, of course. listener--why 16 cents for Deaniacs?
For those who are too young to remember, or need a refresher, here is a little reminder of who Richard Nixon really was--certainly not the caricature, any more than Coolidge was the caricature that became enshrined in the public psyche after those who knew him were gone.
The Complexity of Being Richard Nixon [Click]
--Alan
“Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.”
DeleteVery profound and absolutely true.
Thanks, Alan. This is just the merest taste of a very complex, troubled and, I believe, brilliant man who did, in the end, destroy himself.
I've always thought he would have gone down in history as one of our best, perhaps greatest presidents were it not for Watergate.
DeleteCat, we added 04 cents for the 2004 election, so now we add 16 cents for the 2016 election. :-)
DeleteHard to disagree with you, Cat. I have long suspected that Nixon ended the draft to make it impossible for our country to engage in another war like Vietnam. It did have the effect of creating a military caste rather disconnected from civilian society, and I think he could not have imagined how the chickenhawks would exhaust the military through far too frequent redeployments (again probably because of the separation between the military and civilians).
ReplyDelete--Alan