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Word of the Day

Auscultation (n., awwss-cull-KAY-shun)

The act of listening for sounds of internal organs, especially heart and lungs. More generally, the act of attentive listening. One seems like a psuedoscience, the other like a pseudoresolution.

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Link of the Day

Wailin' Jennys - Light of a Clear Blue Morning

Hi.

Hope you rememeber us. As you might have surmised, we had some family business to attend to over the last couple weeks. Some of it was a long time coming.

It may not be entirely accurate but the Wailin' Jennys' version of the Dolly Parton song "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" feels like the right mood: (note: headphones for best effect)

Good lord. You know you're watching a special performance when the sound engineer, who's heard this dozens of times, exclaims during the performance because it's so good. And the crowd knows it too—if you listen closely, you can hear the background noise drop out completely about halfway through. No one wants to exhale or move. What a rendition.

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