Sunday, September 22, 2013

Pope's interview, beard song and championship, yoyos, and Kvothe memes

Pope Francis gave an interview to America Magazine in which he discusses how he became a Jesuit, some of his organizational methods, and how he views the church, etc., and it's a gorgeous and inspiring thing.

Regarding beards: i have a ukulele, and frequent the excellent Ukulele Hunter for various bits of uke news and chords, which lead to the discovery of Sophie Madeleine and the Beard Song. Please listen to that while looking at this album of the 2013 Beard and Mustache Championships by photographer Greg Anderson.

In a collision of photography, beards and pink camo (which i still don't understand), there was recently a Duck Dynasty photo shoot, of which a description and pictures can be found here.

Speaking of Championships, you really ought to watch this video of the gentleman who wan this year's World Yo-yo Contest. Holey smokes. i also super appreciate the fact that he's performing in neon blue socks, the fact that crowd is audibly wowed the entire time, and that Mr. Karancz seems a little embarrassed by the applause at the end. 2nd place and 3rd place are also completely worth watching.

i am a HUGE fan of Patrick Rothfuss' first two books of the Kingkiller Chronicles (the third isn't out out, *spoiler alert*), a fantasy series centered around a musician/scholar-alchemist/adventurer named Kvothe. While attempting to determine if there's any news regarding the publication date for the third book (not yet, sigh), i came across these terrific Kvothe memes (which google is terming 'advice'). My favorite? This one. Also good are this one, this one, and this one.

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