Dave's Journal, June2022
Well, yesterday was day #1 of flight training and it did not go too well.
But by evening, everyone was safely back in the nest.
Today was graduation, and looks to me like they are gone for good ....
Papa bird was there also just before the camera rolled, and he flew to the top of the garage roof. The juniors followed. Mama linger nostalgically over the nest for a little time.
(Waiting for the correct hitch to get here.)
Headphone instructions to look cool in front of an abstract painting.
Beautiful Youtube channel of this artist painting with ink and watercolor. Using hand made glass pens.
Washing the dishes the other day, The term "No soap. Radio." popped into my head. It was something people said back in the 1950's and I haven't heard it (or thought of it) since then.
I never understood what it meant or why people said it.
So I "Googled it".
"No soap radio" is a form of practical joke and an example of surreal comedy. The joke is a prank whereby the punch line has no relation to the body of the joke; but participants in the prank pretend otherwise. The effect is to either trick someone into laughing along as if they "get it" or to ridicule them for not understanding.
The joke became popular in New York in the 1950s. The punch line is known for its use as a basic sociological and psychological experiment, specifically relating to mob mentality and the pressure to conform. The basic setup is similar to the Asch conformity experiments, in which people showed a proclivity to agree with a group despite their own judgments.
Weird, I say (60 years after the fact). Weird.
The Fitchburg Art Museum has the Summer 2022 "Local Artists' Exhibit" going on. There was a modest showing of art & craft from this area and much of the floor space was devoted to a special HUGE book.
Took me a few minutes to "get into" this display, but once it sank in I was deeply impressed by what these school kids created over the years. Click the link above for the full story.
Onward to the local artists's works.....
"Bye now."