Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Musical Inspiration For Old Rag Naturalists

WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?

MUSICAL INSPIRATION FOR OLD RAG NATURALISTS

PLUS

OLD RAG NAVIGATIONAL ADVICE

WHAT DOES THE BEAR SAY?

From Wikipedia:
"The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)", is an electronic dance song and viral video by Norwegian comedy duo Ylvis.
I enjoy both the sounds of nature and inspirational music.

Having just attended both Aida and Die Fledermaus the following viral musical Internet hit was a wonderfully joyful auditory pallet cleanser.   Combining both my love of music and nature I thought other Old Rag naturalists would enjoy the following song (sorry but you will need to skip the ad):
From YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jofNR_WkoCE

What did Pelusios seychellensis say?   

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/04/130404072916.htm

It turns out that Old Rag Granite may contain the richest trove of Pelusios Seychellensis fossils anywhere in the world.   While declared extinct this species of fresh water turtle is now considered one of the most extreme examples of having had a population bottleneck.

I am very skeptical but there are some that say I once wrote,

"If it did not exist it might still be extinct."  

"ARE YOU CRAZY?!!!  Here we are arguing about the past.  What about now?  What about the future?   We are burning valuable time!  Wasting daylight!   Every infinitesimal fleeting instant is causing whole species' future-pasts to become their past-futures.  If we keep this up we will have wasted so much time that we will find ourselves in a future where extinct species are discovered to have never existed except in the past!!!"

Adventurer/surgeon/rock musician Buckaroo Banzai said:

"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." 

"There are times when verbal ingenuity is not enough."


OLD RAG NAVIGATIONAL ADVICE
Plan Ahead And Prepare (a LNT Principal)

What does the Bear say?  

Motivated by his interest in abandoned picnic baskets and human carcasses, Yoga Bear, I mean Yogi Berra,  had these wise words for Old Rag Hikers(among others):
"If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else."
"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you are going, because you might not get there."

"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."

 

Happy trails!





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