Mike Vogt
@vogtmike.bsky.social
Retired means every day is a Saturday! Math and science nerd. Current age is a prime number! 😎 Good music is my oldest friend. ❤️ Not ashamed of a life spent growing the 'sin' of empathy.
"What a child doesn't receive [they] can seldom later give." -P.D. James (Phyllis Dorothy James), novelist (3 Aug 1920-2014)
Sheet metal worker or pipe fitter at a chemical plant. Playing guitar and mandolin with friends at the bar on weekends.
If you got sent back 100 years and were given your grandparent’s job, what are you doing? Driving a truck, teaching high school, small shop work, taking care of 7 kids, one with polio.
I think if I had a time machine I’d get a reputation in music circles as the guy who shows up for the last concert before the Big Break.
"Kind words, kind looks, kind acts, and warm hand-shakes, -- these are means of grace when men in trouble are fighting their unseen battles." -John Hall (31 Jul 1829-1898)
"No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country." - Alexis de Tocqueville, statesman and historian (29 Jul 1805-1859)
#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge July 2️⃣2️⃣ - Song that has a funny title or something that makes you laugh in the lyrics. So many to choose from! youtu.be/eEep67akIn4?...
The Kinks - Apeman 1970
YouTube video by fritz51177
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#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge 19 - a song with woodwinds as the focus youtu.be/g9Rajl1dyIo?...
Port of Call
YouTube video by David Sanborn - Topic
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#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Day 18 - A song that is brass focused Darlings
The Darlings of Lumberland
YouTube video by They Might Be Giants (For Kids) - Topic
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#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge July 1️⃣8️⃣ - Song that features someone whispering or talking.
Spider Web
YouTube video by Joan Osborne - Topic
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One thing I enjoy when traveling in Japan is that I never hear a phrase I always hear in the US when I enter a restaurant, "Just one?"
OpenTable found that solo diners spend $94 on average, up 7% year over year. Thursday solo reservations rose 25%. 3 pm solo reservations are trending, but 6 pm bookings are the most popular overall.
#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge July 1️⃣7️⃣ - World Emoji Day: Choose any emoji and select a song that represents it. 💋
They Might Be Giants - Another First Kiss (Official Audio)
YouTube video by ParticleMen
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"Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time rich and cash poor." - Cory Doctorow, author and journalist (b. 17 Jul 1971)
This rash of unnecessary deaths brought to you by The Plague Administration.
Plague Doctor Running
ALT: Plague Doctor Running
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28 years of cyclosporiasis testing Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. All are back because of this science denying administration.
"Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality." - Sheri S. Tepper, novelist (16 Jul 1929-2016)
#IsmuasMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge A song for exploring a haunted mansion
Jeremy Messersmith - Organ Donor
YouTube video by jeremy messersmith
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#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge July 1️⃣4️⃣ - Bastille Day: A song by an artist/band from France or associated with the country or culture. youtu.be/v4if--NgcQg?...
Plastic Bertrand - Ça Plane Pour Moi (Remastered)
YouTube video by SimoMV
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#MusicChallenge #MusicSky #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 14 A song with the name of a city in the title Redondo Beach
Redondo Beach
YouTube video by Patti Smith - Topic
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Maybe more Mythbusters than Dr. Jekyll. 😀 "Live your life as an experiment." - Pema Chodron, Buddhist nun and author (b. 14 Jul 1936)
#MusicChallenge #IsmuasMonthOfMusic Day 13- A Song For Exploring An Alien Planet
Children Of The Sun
YouTube video by Billy Thorpe - Topic
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"The truth is that every morning war is declared afresh. And the men who wish to continue it are as guilty as the men who began it, more guilty perhaps, for the latter perhaps did not foresee all its horrors." - Marcel Proust, novelist (10 Jul 1871-1922)