Music for the Soul

Today the Greenville Chorale Chamber Ensemble presents its winter concert at Furman’s Daniel Chapel. The program is entitled “Music for the Soul”, and the music was chosen to be both soothing and uplifting. We start the concert with Gabriel Faure’s Requiem as the major work on the piece. I’ve performed this piece several times, and [...]

Posted by Tom on February 17th, 2013 | 1 Comment Posted in Entertainment, Music

Soma Madness

In 1933 Danish mathematician Piet Hein proposed a three dimensional variation on the tangram puzzle. The puzzle consists of seven polycubes in different configurations that can be put together to form a 3X3 cube. Hein called his puzzle a Soma Cube, the name purportedly taken from a Sanskrit word for “diversity.” The cube puzzle was [...]

Posted by Tom on November 25th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Entertainment, Miscellaneous

The Time Lords of MI-6

When I did my mini-review of “Skyfall” I speculated out that James Bond must be a Time Lord because he keeps changing his appearance. However, he’s not the only Gallifreyan in the mix. MI-6 is lousy with Time Lords, and here’s the proof… Blofeld Doctor Who’s arch nemesis (apart from the Daleks, Cybermen, Weeping Angels, [...]

Posted by Tom on November 13th, 2012 | 1 Comment Posted in Entertainment

Skyfall

…or “Sean who??” I believe that James Bond is a Time Lord. That’s the only way to describe his regenerative abilities and ability to change appearance over the past 50 years of movies. In this latest movie, under interrogation Bond himself states that his hobby is “resurrection.” Be that as it may, in this 23 [...]

Posted by Tom on November 9th, 2012 | No Comments Posted in Entertainment

Bond at 50

Today is the 50th anniversary of the premier of the first James Bond movie, Dr. No. All this week NPR’s Morning Edition has been doing a series of specials on James Bond at 50. This week they are exploring the physics of Bond gadgets, music from the Bond movies, Bond’s favorite martini and the differences [...]

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Posted by Tom on October 5th, 2012 | 4 Comments Posted in Entertainment
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