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Thursday, July 29. 2010

Sorry again -

For the second day in a row, our home-made mini-nuke plant in the basement, which provides the power to the Maggie's servers as well as to our milking machines and our a/c, went down due to mice. Today, I picked up a cat at the shelter to live in the basement. Nuclear power problem solved.


In apology, and since I am headed to Vienna soon, I offer something from the King of the Waltz, Johann Strauss Jr:



Not to be confused with his dad, Johann Strauss Sr., composer of the Radetzky March among much other music. Dad, famously, never forgave his son for going into music instead of banking.


 



Neither are related to the great German composer Richard Strauss:


 

Posted by Bird Dog in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 18:01 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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"Dad, famously, never forgave his son for going into music instead of banking."

And, after listening to the first part of the second video, I think I've got a pretty good idea why:

He didn't approve of "clapalongs".

And there's no need to apologize for a server turning belly-up. Hot Air was down the other day for about a half-hour. Pajamas fell off the map about a month ago for an hour or so. ABC News went ka-blinko a while back. A few years ago CNN was offline for a good half a day. Shit happens.

Have you watched "The Illusionist" yet, to get some of that Old Vienna flavor? Be sure to start watching it early because as soon as the final credits begin to roll, you'll be hitting the 'Start Play' button again.
#1 Dr. Mercury (Link) on 2010-07-30 06:51 (Reply)
in Vienna, where east meets west, one can hear Beethoven's homage to the Scottish soldier at Waterloo, here performed by dr. mercury's ex-wife:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3sAg3t6pjE&feature=player_embedded
#2 buddy larsen on 2010-07-30 17:45 (Reply)

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