Music and poetry and funny stuff

But first: what a race!

🔥🔥🔥 Gold for 🇨🇦 in the 4x100 at the Worlds!!

Big tip of the cap to our dudes @KingsleySC and @De6rasse big backstretch from Jerome Blake, shoutout Brendon Rodney!! 🇨🇦🔥🇨🇦
pic.twitter.com/1Gf88AmRMn

— Tim Micallef (@tim_micallef) July 24, 2022

Now, some great dances:

Fred Astaire said this Nicholas Brothers number was "the greatest dancing he had ever seen on film."

 

This is the number where Rogers said the beaded sleeve of her dress smacked Astaire in the face in their first twirl but they just kept on dancing. 

 

I always thought the Shoe Shine song from The Bandwagon was one of the greatest dances Astaire ever did. The shoe shine man in the number is Leroy Daniels, who actually did shine shoes for a living.

 

On to the poetry -  

The problem with Twitter is that everything gets jumbled up and I am not on it often enough to follow every account that I want to, so I am constantly missing great posts. 

So now I have set up several lists, and particularly one I just call "A Poetry List" so I can gather and keep track of what is new. Like these:

in another realm, the good guys win. the clouds are the color of a song. the air smells like laughter. there is always enough to eat. enough stories, enough soup, enough. the trees grow rings that no children will count, because no adult cuts them down. they count stars instead.

— tiny fairy tales✨ (@tinyfairytales) June 30, 2022

in a cottage in the forest there is a witch who can take you back to your lost childhood places. all the tea parties and spell-castings, the blanket fortresses of your crayon-colored heart— all those forgotten kingdoms you built with just your imagination and a few acorns.

— tiny fairy tales✨ (@tinyfairytales) July 19, 2022

"11", a poem by Lao-tzu, translated from the Chinese by Red Pine | https://t.co/0WaiJUM74V via @Poetry_Daily and @CopperCanyonPrs pic.twitter.com/hkPLq56fG5

— WinningWriters.com (@winningwriters) July 7, 2022

Retweeted by Poetry Daily, because its just a beautiful statement:

Always always always read the letters pic.twitter.com/NHAIMpzHFw

— Gordon Russell (@GordonRussell1) July 5, 2022

Now the funny stuff:

Breaking news:
Determined Canadian Attempts to Build Border Wall pic.twitter.com/pXvHNCo9MA

— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) July 23, 2022

These threads are worth checking out:

There's a "Museum of Failure" in Sweden which highlights 150+ failed products. It's meant to show that innovation requires risk-taking and failure.

Here are 10 gems you may not remember:

— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) July 21, 2022

Big story in Norway this summer is a walrus we've named Freya has made it to our shores and is touring the country, laying around and sinking boats pic.twitter.com/rQolsxd88b

— Wild Geerters (@steinkobbe) July 19, 2022

Every person who teaches history has encountered this scenario:

Person: “What do you do?”
You: “I teach history.”
Person: “Ugh, I HATE history!”

Is there any other profession where that kind of thing is acceptable?

“Oh you’re an architect? I fucking HATE buildings.”

— Dr. Christopher Mauceri (@cjm427) July 22, 2022

The Oakland Public Library scans the paper scraps people leave in library books and I'm obsessed with them. thread of some of my favorites! pic.twitter.com/I1lVxVCXBf

— Annie? Rauwerda? (@anniierau) July 20, 2022

Now I have to train our cat pic.twitter.com/EUr4gemYO2

— Jiggly (@JigglyPants44) July 21, 2022

I’m a cat. No one can stop me.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/XSgXxJAM3p

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 21, 2022

What sort of voodoo is this?! He’s gone…like gone gone! 😳😂🐶💥 pic.twitter.com/7252uMRnmc

— Fred Schultz (@FredSchultz35) July 22, 2022

Have you ever seen a wild hamster doing a photoshoot? 😊

🎥 @radwildlife pic.twitter.com/gzGZxbLhL6

— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) July 22, 2022

Wrinkle the Duck ran the Long Island Marathon and won a medal!

Go Wrinkle, Go!

🎥: @WrinkleTheDuck pic.twitter.com/EMbjS4THe1

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) July 22, 2022