Fruitcake
First off, thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts on the book, I appreciate them. If you’ve read it and are of a mind, please consider posting a brief review on Amazon.
It looks like we’re going to have a fruity year at Crooked Acres:
Pears. I can’t wait for these. The tree is covered, and has grown
five feet or more in the two years we’ve had it. Probably our best tree.
Plums
Apples (and the onset of rust!)
Muscadines (wild grapes, to you non-southerners)
Nectarines
Peaches
This year we’ve added something new, but it may not work because it gets kind of cold here in the winter for these guys. But, each of the following trees was marked down from $75 to $17.50 at Lowe’s. For that price, how can we not at least try?
Satsuma oranges
Key limes
Tangerines
Kumquats (still buds)
A couple of weeks ago at the Music Hack Day in San Francisco, a developer by the name of Tristan Jehan released a Python script that will turn any song into swing by time-stretching the first half of each beat while time-shrinking the second half.
The results are pretty dang impressive (and somewhat humorous, and VERY catchy) :
Sweet Child O’ Mine (Swing Version) by plamere
“Phantom of the Opera” - Andrew Lloyd Webber
Awesome, no?
If you’d like you swing-ify some of your own MP3s, you can use the handy tool here.
“Take on Me”–so boppy! just imagine this version done with accordions.
Aaack! Turning a perfectly good Tango (Phantom) into a swing! I need some mind bleach.
I am going to have to send my dance partner to the site, though. I bet he swing-ifies a lot of close-but-no-cigar tunes…
Hi Fred. Was going to download your book, but was in the hospital for a while. I love your other books. Will absolutely read this one.
Loved your book! Are you working on another one? Should I add you to my list of favorite authors that I check regularly for new books that I can’t live without and neeeeed?!
Hey Fred! We wanna see update pictures of your gorgeus trees!
Jesus, Fred!! Do you want us to beg? Update, already!
Have you listened to BRAVE COMBO? You haven’t lived until you’ve heard STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN set to a polka! The guys are actually very good musicians…