It's the Same Old Song

"It's the Same Old Song" is very similar in melody and chord progressions to "I Can't Help Myself,” which in turn is even more similar in melody and chord progressions to "Where Did Our Love Go" by the Supremes, who covered "It's the Same Old Song," in 1967. Critic Maury Dean disputes that there is much in common with "I Can't Help Myself," saying that it is "a dynamic NEW treatment, with just a hint of Benny Benjamin's thundering drums echoing" "I Can't Help Myself.” [6]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_the_Same_Old_Song

Edward Olmos

This is an interesting passage about discipline, motivation, and being the student.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm66BcpZGPs&t=578s

Spelling

Maybe some people know this already, but spelling tends to confuse me...

The words "dying", "dyeing", and "dieing" are all separate words.  The second refers to coloring something with a dye.  The third refers to cutting metal with a die.

Crazy History You Were Not Taught In School

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7d9W3PVhm-g

the wonderful things you learn in your school

Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.

- Albert Einstein

Science fiction idea

I have a science fiction idea, though I'm not sure how good a story it would make.

Imagine a future dominated by artificial beings and AI.  Some humans would want to live a less technological existence.  Others who live in the AI realm might choose to leave it and become physical.  With almost unlimited resources, they could create regions devoted to different time periods.  If you wanted to live in the 1980s, you could — or the 1950s.  You could even travel between different eras.

Some science fiction stories have already explored similar ideas. Westworld, for example, is about a futuristic amusement park devoted to the Old West.  I also remember a couple of other science fiction stories where people on a spaceship lived in domed artificial worlds, with each dome having a completely different environment.

This makes me wonder if the future might have more artificial environments, either virtual or physical.

Time

8 Things I Didnt Know About America Until Moving There

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw1ROBaLkL4

11 Words with Completely Different Meanings in Britain and America

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtkNHiL-Uo4

Salt Lake City feels weird to walk around in….

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/AIVUXxgB6y0

When I lived there it didn't seem weird.

Is a period at the end of a sentence supposed to go inside quotes?

It probably doesn't matter, but I like to be grammatically correct.

Periods and exclamation points are called "a full stop."  

American English

• Periods and commas always go inside the quotation marks, even if they're not part of the quoted material.

  • Example: She said, "I'm ready to go."

  • Example: I like the word "yes," but not "no."

• Question marks and exclamation points go inside the quotation marks if they belong to the quoted material, but outside if they belong to the whole sentence.

  • Inside: He asked, "Are you coming?"

  • Outside: Did she really say "I'm not interested"?

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British English

• Punctuation goes inside the quotation marks only if it's part of the original quote. Otherwise, it stays outside.

  • Example: She said, "I'm ready to go".

  • Example: I like the word "yes", but not "no".

  • Example: Did she really say "I'm not interested"?

I think that I like the British way.

It seems to me that the above example ...

• She said, "I'm ready to go".

Should have the period inside the quotes.

https://www.google.com/search?q=is+a+period+at+the+end+of+a+sentence+supposed+to+go+inside+quotes&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS1159US1159&oq=is+a+period+at+the+end+of+a+sentence+supposed+to+go+inside+quotes&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOdIBCTE4MDcxajBqN6gCALACAA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

this game LITERALLY reads your MIND

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/x6TKpPGVyzM

I found this funny

Stan Lee’s Story of Creating Spider-Man

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qcq-jhbVTGQ

Why Do Americans Call This a Biscuit?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Hl5drxqF09k

Bake something until it is completely dry and it can last for years.  Sometimes decades.  Some soldiers ate hardtack left over from previous wars.

Sea biscuits or hardtack led to the modern cracker.

IQ Test Question

 

IQ-like question from Facebook

The Big Apple

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_TuYUorCCyI

The Movie That Invented The Blue Dress Shirt

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/yk5OlXH8Fb0

This photos says more than words

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jD1rorHlX9Q

How the English language would sound if silent letters weren’t silent

https://youtu.be/BrJv_wUEKko?si=Qr8srwcZWuSjV_E0

Quitting in Japan is PAINFUL 😵‍💫

https://youtube.com/shorts/BH5eC5aqtEI?si=vkDS59FHU7teeO9W

Things I can’t get used to in Japan

https://youtube.com/shorts/HL2zbvsVYBY?si=7dsrGUDWYrBLsHDc

Birth of a new Vessel

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PlqjP6QOiyU

I'm glad people who build ships know what they are doing.

Americans Think EVERYONE Does This But It's Actually A US Thing!

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/SXV28KAZ728

This makes NO SENSE!🎁

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KVZxM7dpk70

It is hard to see, but he turns the second box 90 degrees before removing the lid.  If the boxes are not perfect cubes, he might be able to fit the first box in the second box.  I don't think the lid would close all the way, but it doesn't have to.  It creates the illusion that the smaller box contains the larger one.

100+ steps to solve the Zigguflat puzzle

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/a5U-7zGgCUw

Wisdom From the Best Characters in TV Comedy

https://www.inspiringquotes.com/wisdom-from-the-best-tv-comedy-characters/YFNrILQR2wAGlA9V

Become the Bestest Typer!

https://youtube.com/shorts/lrrZf563FZw?si=u4YmEkKI5MUGfVrP

Where is the country DACIA?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/S0q_N1omukM