Word: songfulness
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...notion that TV is the Great Satan. Programs are explained in terms of how they improve a tot's language-comprehension skills, his abstract-thinking skills, his "auditory-discrimination" skills--which, as best as I can tell, involve a child's ability to sing the Dora the Explorer theme song at top volume until Mommy's ears bleed. The network's website has a parent's section detailing the miracle of "connected learning" that occurs via the media's ability "to help children make connections between essential curricular content and the world they know." Much of it reads...
...might as well have busted out some French or broken into song. George Bush was putting the country on the couch. Republicans and Democrats alike flashed back to Jimmy Carter's assertion in July 1979 that the country was suffering "a crisis of confidence." Only political junkies know that Carter never actually used the word malaise. And only the most astute historian remembers that he got an initial bounce in the polls. In the long run, though, the speech was judged a disaster and set the stage for Ronald Reagan to use sunny optimism to run Carter out of town...
...Like the Sonos, you can install extra receivers (sold separately for $79) in various rooms, and label them for easy access from the remote; unlike the Sonos, the Logitech DJ can only stream one song at a time to one location, period...
...Setting aside my zeal, I should mention a few issues that could become problematic. Certain song names appeared with their track numbers, and sometimes letters or characters appeared incorrectly. Logitech assures me that programmers are hard at work fixing this, and will issue an update shortly. A larger issue is that the music hiccups every now and again. If you're handling the remote while music is playing, the system gets busy and you hear little nuggets of silence. Although the system operates on a powerful version of the Bluetooth wireless networking system - and sounds significantly better than any stereo...
...celebrate that expertise alone is to limit him. To my eye, his greatest love was people. His adored wife Trish, his children and grandchildren came first, without question, but I know of no one who took more energetic pleasure in friends and strangers, entertaining them with wine, song, fine food and, above all, laughter...