Imagine you’re reading a document which is explaining the details of a scientific trial to you, a trial you are considering volunteering to be a participant in…a guinea-pig to use the metaphor…
…if the document describes blood sample volumes, would you rather the volumes given were in milliliters (and do you prefer the abbreviation ml or mL?) teaspoons/tablespoons or something else?
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For example:
We will take approximately 75mL of blood at this visit
We will take approximately 75ml of blood at this visit
We will take approximately 5 tablespoons of blood at this visit
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The painting is representative of the introspective and conservative mood in Europe during the period between the end of the Napoleonic Wars and the revolutions of 1848, but at the same time pokes fun at those attitudes by embodying them in the fusty old scholar unconcerned with the affairs of the mundane world.
The picture shows an untidily dressed elderly bibliophile standing on top of a library ladder with several large volumes jammed under his arms and between his legs as he peers short-sightedly at a book. Unaware of his apparently princely or abbatial Baroque surroundings, he is totally absorbed in his researches. A handkerchief, carelessly replaced, trails from his pocket. His black knee-breeches suggest a courtly status. The intensity with which he stares at his book in the dusty old once-glorious library with its frescoed ceiling mirrors the inward-looking attitudes and return to conservative values that affected Europe during the period. The painting was executed two years after the revolutions of 1848 provided a shock to the stable world embodied in the dusty solitude of the library. In the lower left corner of the painting an old faded globe can be seen; the bookworm is not interested in the outside world, but in the knowledge of the past. He is illuminated with the soft golden light that is a hallmark of Spitzweg's work, but the scholar's interest in the light streaming from the unseen window extends only so far as it allows him to see the words on the pages of his old books. The height of the library ladder can only be estimated: the globe suggests a possible floor height, but none of the floor is visible, heightening the sense of precariousness of the oblivious scholar's position. Equally the size of the library is unknown; the old man is consulting books from the section of "Metaphysics" (Metaphysik)—indicated by the plaque on the highly ornamented bookcase—which both suggests a vast library and underlines the otherworldliness of the book lover.
3 and a half years ago I bought an instrumental from the highly talented Keito Sato. I was absolutely blown away when I heard the track for the first time. The writing and playing ability of this guy is off the charts. I told him what sound I was looking for and his first try was on the mark. 🎯
At the time, I wanted the opportunity to express some lyrics and feelings I was having just by writing to a song and doing some vocals without anyone else telling me what I was doing sounded right or wrong. This was a time when my old band that I did vocals for recently broke up, so I missed it, and I just did it for me.
I wrote and recorded some scratch vocals. Since then, I put it in a drawer and forgot about it. I wanted to get feelers from a few people. Maybe I should go in and re do the vocals and finish it? I don’t know.
Regardless wanted to share some of it. Still rough. Timing issues.
I actually wrote the lyrics parallel to one of my novels in progress. I have two unfinished books that I’m working on. Still unpublished. But I thought it would be cool to release a song alongside it whenever that day comes. We will see 🤘🏻
I've seen some things (post comments, etc.) that make me want to reply, but I need manga panels for it. And they need to be licensed translations, not fan translations. So, I've been buying up a few more ereader editions that I was missing.
Therefore, if I have the ereader edition of something I need, I might get to some corresponding asks a bit sooner. No promises, though.
And someone suggested I do book haul videos when I unpack my manga/books. I might just do something like that, but not until I've moved and have my shelving in place... like July or something.