The Ciel Show for Sunday, May 22, 2016

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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Right now... Lucky me!

Live broadcast of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony! With the volume turned way up! There is not a bar of this music that doesn't move and delight me! And the Ninth Symphony was my very first classical concert, back in 1970. Twice in one week, with good seats, because my date loved classical music and had season tickets--then bought two more for this performance. Sign in to see full entry.

How many bubbles is a drink?

Watching Crumpet taking a drink from the water tube... It is a test-tube, basically, with a cork in it. There is a curved glass pipe that extends through a hole in the cork to connect the water supply to the gerbil's eager mouth. The gerbil licks at the opening of the pipe and laps out the water. Every so often, a bubble of air rises through the pipe, as air is exchanged for water. It occurred to me that Crumpet 'pays' for his drink with that bubble. Silly thought maybe... it's that kind of a... Sign in to see full entry.

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