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Paul Parker - Florence, AL
His name is Paul Parker, and he was the 8th grade science teacher at Muscle Shoals Middle for years and years. Apparently, he danced like this in class all the time.
via Paul
The Great Lake of Love that holds the whole world in gear
Like I splained to you before I’m a people worshiper. I think people should worship people. I really do.
I went out looking for God the other day and I couldn’t pin him.
So I figured if I couldn’t find him I’d look for his stash. His Great Lake of Love that holds the whole world in gear. And when I finally found it I had the great pleasure of finding that people were the guardians of it. Dig that. So with my two times two is four, I figured that if people were guarding the stash of love known as God, then when people swing in beauty they become little gods and goddesses.
And I know a couple of them myself personally. I know you do, too. I think people should worship people.
I like to worship somethin’ I can see, somethin’ I can get my hands on, get my brains on.
I don’t know about that Jehovah cat! I can’t reach him. I don’t know, I’m…
Seemed like every time I found myself in a bind I always, uh, nothing mystic came along to help me, some man or some woman stepped up there, and said, “We’ll help you. We’ll do this. We’ll do that.”
That’s the way it looks to me, so, uh, recently on the San Berdoo Freeway I got hung up in an old junker car goin’ to Las Vegas Nevada. Right in the middle of the freeway during the rush hour it conked out.
Car… rrr, rrr, rrr, rrr drivin’ it… Hrrpp… got a weak clutch… whadda ya doin’ let it in… don’t step on it…
Oh, it was a madhouse, like havin’ lunch in the middle of the Indianapolis Speedway.
About three days went by and finally along came God.
There was two of ‘em. There was a big god and a little god.
They didn’t know me from a… froma. But they pushed and they pulled and they tugged and twisted and they yanked and they gave me every possible assistance in the world and finally got me on my way.
Haven’t seen them since.
But I think that people, I hope I haven’t offended anyone’s religious beliefs, but I think, I think that people should worship people.
I really do.
— Lord Buckley
Transcribed by Earl Rivers
Lord Buckley on Wikipedia
Learning to Love You More
The Oliver Family from Seattle completed 63 tasks proposed by artists given by artists Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher as part of a project called Learning to Love You More. Tasks include “make an educational public plaque,” “braid someone’s hair,” and “spend time with a dying person.”
See reports on all 63 tasks
Via Steph Walker on 50ft.
Charles Spearin’s Happiness Project
Charles Spearin’s “Happiness Project” matches the melodies of his neighbors’ voices with instruments. He has been playing recordings of his neighbors talking about happiness while on stage at recent Broken Social Scene shows and having instrumentalists play along with the recordings.
Mr. Rogers Was Genuinely Curious About Others
Mister Rogers was known as one of the toughest interviews because he’d often befriend reporters, asking them tons of questions, taking pictures of them, compiling an album for them at the end of their time together, and calling them after to check in on them and hear about their families. He wasn’t concerned with himself, and genuinely loved hearing the life stories of others.And it wasn’t just with reporters. Once, on a fancy trip up to a PBS exec’s house, he heard the limo driver was going to wait outside for 2 hours, so he insisted the driver come in and join them (which flustered the host).
On the way back, Rogers sat up front, and when he learned that they were passing the driver’s home on the way, he asked if they could stop in to meet his family. According to the driver, it was one of the best nights of his life the house supposedly lit up when Rogers arrived, and he played jazz piano and bantered with them late into the night. Further, like with the reporters, Rogers sent him notes and kept in touch with the driver for the rest of his life.
Via CNN
Crown Fountain, Millenium Park, Chicago, Illinois
Crown Fountain, located in Millennium Park, is an interactive public fountain in the Loop community area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. Designed by artist Jaume Plensa, it opened in July 2004. The fountain consists of a black granite reflecting pool located between a pair of technically sophisticated opposing glass brick towers. The towers are 50 feet (15.2 m) tall and use complicated electronics… Throughout most of the warmer months, water continually cascades down the two sculptures, while water intermittently spouts through a nozzle located on each of the structures’ front faces. The fountain is known for the digital videos of Chicago residents it displays continuously throughout the year.
Image and text from Wikipedia. Via Signal vs. Noise.
