Shirley's Mind Grapes

Shirley's Mind Grapes

The answers to questions nobody asked

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Dailies 08/06/13

Dailies 08/06/13

Daily Doodle: Caroline & Calvin: Co-workers & BFFs commissioned by @clo82 & @huh0kay

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Song of the Day: Belleville Rendez-Vous by Benoit Charest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wstA1AXH5M

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m playing the acoustic guitar on the sidewalk. My face is painted like a clown and when I’m singing my eyebrows go up and down.

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Blurb 1/365: It’s going to be a great day tomorrow because it’s up to you.

Dailies 05/15/13

Dailies 05/15/13

Daily Doodle: Loud Dad!

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Song of the Day: Monsters by Sons and Daughters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDceN_RWsHk

(Note: For some reason, this YouTube post doesn’t start until 13 seconds in. If you listen, stay tuned for at least 13 seconds! :O))

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Musical Pipe Dream: James and I are singing a duet. He’s on guitar and I’m on drums. There are three people in the audience that are going crazy on the dance floor. The other seven on-lookers are sitting at circular tables with lit up snow globes in the center. They’re eating peanuts.

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Blurb 1/365: Cargo just let out a sigh while lounging next to me. James is close by and playing a game on the computer. Life is good.

 

Dailies 04/24/13

Dailies 04/24/13

Daily Doodle: Comic: BART Sneeze

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Song of the Day: Try a Little Tenderness as sung by Otis Redding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiDq4Q62tz4

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Musical Pipe Dream: This video of Otis Redding’s performance in Sweden is magical. His slight movement and groove when the horns come in, the tempo, the audience feeling the music, the bridge, the breakdown, the band, everybody feeling the magic, the two encores, the kids getting their bags ready to leave, the third encore, the audience going nuts, the horn section having to step up to another part of the stage to back up from the audience, the announcer just doing his thing, THE BAND, Otis Redding … my musical pipe dream was that I was actually there. This is the kind of stuff I thank the YouTube gods for.

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Blurb 1/365: “It’s easy to give advice, and it’s even easier not to take it.”

 

 

Dailies 04/08/13

Dailies 04/08/13

Daily Doodle: Judge Dredd on a Sunday Afternoon

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Song of the Day: At the Hop by Danny & the Juniors

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIXMKA7d4to

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Musical Pipe Dream: I’m set beside the band facing a sea of dancing teenagers. A grand piano hides me from the crowd, only the top of my head can be seen. I’m pounding away on the keys and I kill the piano solo.

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Daily Blurb 1/365: It’s weird how all soap dispensers have such tiny openings to refill. I feel like it should be possible to create a soap or lotion dispenser that has a jar type lid that has a pump coming out of it. That would take away half the anxiety of refilling the the liquid soap. It would lessen the amount of swear words that come out of my mouth and threats that I say to the soap dispenser when I think it’s about to bubble back out and overflow and cause a mess. C’mon liquid soap distributors, have a heart.