Author: patd

More than you probably want to know:

We will have a series of 4 full supermoons in a row. There’s 1 in July, 2 in August and 1 in September. Supermoons don’t necessarily look bigger, but they do look brighter! Also, the supermoon of August 30-31, 2023, will be the closest full supermoon this year, when it’s 222,043 miles (357,344 km) from Earth. And it’s also a Blue Moon, because it’s the 2nd full moon in a calendar month.

Attribution: UFO Hearing by Rivers, CagleCartoons.com

*AKA “wackos.” Their performances put Vincent Price’s to shame.

Ljubljana Academy of Music Big Band strikes again. This is one of the best youth jazz groups ever existed. They play as kings of jazz music, although they all play in classical programs.

BBC News:

Two figurines, with one saying “stop killing children”, photographed near the Kremlin

*Galadriel quote from Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings movie adaptation