penguin notes

[iridium]

courtesy of mrcairo: did you know that it was Penguin Awareness Day two days ago? i bet you didn't! and, in case you missed it and somehow managed to not spend the day in a tux wearing funny plumage and doing little penguin-dances, April 25th is World Penguin Day.

and in other news, the cheese crackers in the Berkeley Bowl bulk-food section come in many fascinating marine-related shapes: frogs, crabs, dolphins (or perhaps porpoises), starfish, little blobby things that might be turtles, little blobby things that might be shells, and of course...penguins!

penguins are the new monkeys.

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[iridium.livejournal.com]

me: All instruments and bass hippo performed by Michael Ford.

nacht_musik: "bass hippo"

me: Yep, bass hippo. But then, are there really tenor hippos out there?

nacht_musik: Yeah, they're most commonly played by children who are learning to play the hippo at a particularly early age. Many young children just don't have the handspan to play a full-sized hippo; the 1/3-sized tenor hippo (confusingly referred to as a "2 2/3' hippo" for historical reasons pertaining to the nomenclature traditionally used when constructing ranks of hippos for use in a pipe organ) sounds an octave and a fifth above the standard (bass) hippo, but much of the technique involved can be readily transferred to the standard hippo when the student is ready for the larger instrument.

me: ... I love you.

[coraline]

...and that's why we love him!

also: apparently i was almost on time with my penguin post! who knew?

[iridium.livejournal.com]

apparently i was almost on time with my penguin post!

i noticed, i just didn't manage to put up a post about the penguin holiday in time. :)