#Jeremy the Bull Frog

[pupsmailbox]

FROG︰TOAD ID PACK

NAMES︰ amos. andromeda. anoures. arabella. arnold. baggio. bathilda. beedle. belatrix. billiu. blaise. blue. cane. cormac. cornelius. cricket. daniel. diagon. fang. fawks. fenrir. fisher. flitwick. fowler. frosc. frosch. frosk. george. gilderoy. gill. glen. gray. griphook. helena. indigo. jeremiah. jeremy. joey. kingsley. kneazle. lake. lobel. luna. marjorie. merope. minerva. moss. mrs. myrtle. nagini. narcissa. norris. nox. olivier. otter. padfoot. percy. perkins. phineas. phryne. ranee. rani. ranid. ranidae. reginald. ren. riddle. river. robin. rowena. rubeus. shacklebolt. storm. sybil. tad. tonks. trevor. trixi. viktor. webster. woody.

PRONOUNS︰ amphi/amphibian. amphibian/amphibian. aqua/aquatic. bull/frog. cro/croak. croak/croak. croak/ribbit. dumpy/dumpy. fro/frog. frog/frog. froggy/froggy. gi/gill. green/green. hop/hop. in/insect. jump/jump. leap/leap. lily/pad. poi/poison. pond/pond. rib/ribbit. ribbit/ribbi. ribbit/ribbit. slime/slime. sticky/sticky. swamp/swamp. tad/pole. tadpole/tadpole. to/toad. toad/toad. tree/frog. web/webbed. 🐸.

[tak466]

Got a couple suggestions based on nothing but vibes.

Chilled - hamster

Ze - wolf

Jeremy - bull

Kat - cat

Junk - rhino

Side - octopus

Speedy - ostrich

Kara - bird

Tay - dog

Cheesy - mouse

Matt - frog

Tom - duck

Idk These are the ones I think about based on the general shape of the villagers (if that makes sense).

PR2, what animal crossing animals would PR1 members be?

[clickebiz]

Meet Kevin, Andrei Jikh, Financial Education Jeremy, and Graham Stephan launch new podcast

Meet Kevin, Andrei Jikh, Financial Education Jeremy, and Graham Stephan launch new podcast

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[parrotwatcher]

(All) If the ROs had fursonas what would they be like?

I'm going to assume that this is the same as their favourite animals, and I've already answered that here (The One Chosen) and here (Totem Force).

To sum up:

The One Chosen: Ædmund: Wolf; Helena: Butterfly; Teri: Sea slug; Charlie: Unicorn; Xiulan: Dragon; Max: Some cats, maybe; Dahlia: Eagle; Kevin: ALL ANIMALS. EVERYWHERE. EVER. (But his absolute favourite is his own cat, Jeremy.)

Totem Force: Kay: Everything; Sammy: Cactus (he claims it counts); Anara: Octopus; Chi: Rabbit; Phil: Monkey; Ryu: Panther; Akira: Spiders, snakes, and scorpions; Lani: Miniature dog; Mirabelle: People (I guess not really a fursona...)

As for the rest:

Lovecraft Academy: Veera: Frogs, as they can swim, but don't have to live in the water; Fothy: Refuses to say, but it's obviously cats; Robin: Likes birds, but doesn't really know much about them; Will: Likes birds and knows everything about them; Jasper: Also likes frogs (I guess he should chat with Veera at some point), but his favourite are rabbits; Bignell: Tough, manly animals, like bulls and tigers.

Unearth your Gays: Toby: Squid; Aiden: Koala; Seth: Cats, as he still considers them sacred; Lan: Cats, because he thinks they're cute.

[gb-patch]

Hey Groovy Booby, if the characters (except JB) were Animal Crossing animals, what species would each person be?

Oooh, that’s a tough choice.

Everett: Dog or Lion

Nate: Bear or Eagle

Shiloh: Mouse or Raccoon

Bae: Cat or Ostrich (or Sloth)

Jeremy: Koala or Owl

Pran: Horse or Tortoise

Kam: Frog

Adrian: Deer

Lynn: Alpaca

Missy: Hamster

Alicia: Sheep

Cala: Squirrel

Romeo: Bull

Trent: Otter

Lucas: Wolf or Tiger

I tried my best, ahah. I couldn’t help but use some special varieties. Thank you for the question!

(Groovy Booby is secretly what the ‘GB’ in GB Patch Games stands for [not really, though, haha])

[naogata]

Favorite tweets: On 'Bull Frogs Croon (And Other Songs),' singer and songwriter Aoife O'Donovan revisits her collaboration with conductor Teddy Abrams, fiddler Jeremy Kittel and Peter Sears, the late poet laureate of Oregon.https://t.co/HjWoU569mi— NPR Music (@nprmusic) March 10, 2020

http://twitter.com/nprmusic

[auburnfamilynews]

Photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images

Another week another win for Auburn. Like we said last week, the top six are somewhat impenetrable until they lose, so even though the Tigers whooped a top 30 SP+ team, they weren’t able to jump into the top tier.

Auburn is actually the second most agreed upon team in the entire pill, with all but four ballots sliding us in at #7. From the Rumble Seat (Georgia Tech), Inside NU (Northwestern), and College and Mag were the only ballots with Auburn at #6. I guess the blowout of State impressed A Sea of Blue (Kentucky) after State handled them easily two weeks ago, because the fellow basketball school voters put us at #5, ahead of both Ohio State and Oklahoma.

We do have a new #1, unfortunately, as Alabama topped Clemson after the Purple Tigers’ near miss in Chapel Hill. As a matter of fact, what was once a rok solid 1/2 with Clemson and Alabama has become more open this week. Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State all received #1 votes, while UGA and LSU received some #2 votes. And aside from Alabama, each of the top six teams received votes at #5 or lower.

Five other teams were in the “Also Receiving Votes” category, including Kansas State, Wake Forest, SMU, Oklahoma State, and Army. Funnily enough, SMU even received a #20 vote. Who from? Cross-metroplex rival Frogs O’ War (TCU), who SMU won the Iron Skillet from two weeks ago. I guess the strategy is to downplay the succes of your rival, until they beat you. Then, talk them up like they’re the best thing since sliced bread.

There are a few results that seem... nonsensical in the bottom half of these rankings. For example, previously ranked #25 Cal lost to Arizona State last Friday night. This week, they... moved up to #18? Likewise, Virginia got beat pretty handily by Notre Dame, 35-20. Obviously, the Irish were the btter tea, so no need to punish the Hoo’s for not beating them. But, Virginia moved up from #24 to to #19. On the flip side, Utah, Michigan, and Michigan State all fell in the rankings, despite winning. Strange things are afoot on the Fan Pulse ballot.

Our voters’ confidence in the Tigers continue to creep up, now sitting around 95%. This makes sense, as I figure about 5% (a very loud 5%) of Auburn fans won’t be happy with Gus at the helm unless he banks some wins against LSU/UGA/Bama.

Only one school is sitting at 0% approval, and that’s Rule of Tree (Stanford). I don’t blame them - after stealing a win against Oregon State, they will likely be underdogs in every remaining game on the schedule. 2-10 or 3-9 is a real possibility.

Another fun trend I’ve noticed from other schools is looking at how they’ve reacted to losing to Auburn this season. After Week 1, Addicted to Quack’s approval sat at 88%, the lowest of the season (there was no preseason benchmark). For our friends at Good Bull Hunting (Texas A&M), their approval tanked from 100% to 52%. And with the biggest drop of them all, For Whom the Cowbell Tolls is just done with Moorhead - after sitting at 91% going into last weekend, their approval rating is now sitting at just 20%. Yikes.

This week’s Question of the Week was with regards to which coach was going to be dumped first, kicking off silly season. Jeremy Pruitt and Tennessee just edged out Chris Ash and Rutgers, but right around the time most people were voting on this poll Sunday, Rutgers fired the struggling Ash.

Remember, you can still sign up if you want to be a part of fan pulse! Just click on the link here, and you’ll receive an email next Sunday asking for your vote!

from College and Magnolia - All Posts https://www.collegeandmagnolia.com/2019/10/1/20893321/locked-in-auburn-still-7-in-fan-pulse-after-domination-of-mississippi-state

[junker-town]

The U is finally fun again, but in a very Mark Richt kind of way

After years of failing to remind anybody of the glory days, the Canes are starting to carry themselves a little bit more like the Canes again.

In Week 6, the Miami Hurricanes finally beat the Florida State Seminoles, breaking a streak that’d dated back to 2009. With the victory, the Canes also hit 4-0 for the first time since 2013.

It would appear that Miami, now ranked No. 11 in the country, finally has its swag back, but it’s not the exact same swag that was the trademark of the program from the late 1980s to the early 2000s.

Let’s take a quick trip down memory lane.

The U’s dynasty dates back 30 years, when the Hurricanes found massive success, with national titles in 1983, 1987, 1989, 1991, and 2001 — but with a non-traditional style.

The U’s identity was being the team that came off the plane wearing army fatigues before the 1987 Fiesta Bowl and the program that later inspired the NCAA to create taunting rules.

Miami fans loved it. Younger college football fans loved it. A lot of people hated it. But in the decades since, as the program tried to clean up its image, a lot of supporters — such as 2 Live Crew’s Uncle Luke — worried the program was erasing its identity.

Miami’s now consciously referencing its classic era, but with new twists.

There’s physical evidence of this — Miami’s turnover chain! Every time a Canes defensive player forces a turnover, he’s donned with a very Miami-esque piece of jewelry.

Baller. http://pic.twitter.com/RxM7SBwnv5

— Canes Football (@CanesFootball) September 2, 2017

According to the Sun-Sentinel, two weeks before the season started, UM cornerbacks coach Mike Rumph called a Miami jeweler to ask if he could make a rope chain.

“Naw, man,” chimed in [former Miami Hurricane Vince] Wilfork, recently retired after a 13-year NFL career. “We got to do the Cuban link, AJ!”

The consensus among the three was a collective “Hell yeah!”

“In Miami, what are we famous for? We’re famous for the Cuban chains,” Machado says. “But we need to add a little something to it.

“So we did a big U charm — orange stones, green stones in there to flash it out.”

What U know about school spirit??? Ball hawk of the week goes to my guy Malek Young @uno_deuce_ ✊ ⛓@realkingofbling @joshthejeweler @miamihurricanes @canesfootball #yourjewelersfavoritejeweler #realkingofbling #custom #gold #miami #miamihurricanes #hurricanes #canes #canesnation #theu #um #305 #madeindade #nfl #onlybuilt4cubanlinx #homegrown #collegegameday #swag #mvo #miamisveryown #turnoverchain

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But Mark Richt’s version of swag is a different than the past.

“Here’s the deal with swag,” Richt said via the Palm Beach Post. “I’ll say this: if you want to dance, go to the club. I’m about whipping somebody on the other side of the ball, OK? That’s what swag is. Swag’s not about how you dress or how you dance or how you try to talk to somebody, all that. That’s a bunch of bull to me. Swag to me is doing your job and doing it well and whipping somebody across the ball.”

He’s explained this philosophy to his players in pregame:

“Everybody talks about Miami having ‘swag,’” Richt said before 2016’s Appalachian State game. “When I took this job, all they wanted to talk about [was], ‘Is Miami getting the swag back?’ I said, ‘You know what? Swag ain’t dancing to me. Swag ain’t saying, ‘I got a first down.’ Swag ain’t swaying before a kickoff and they run back to the 45-yard line.

“Swag is whooping the man on the other side of you! That’s what swag is. Swag is, when the game’s over, we win the game! That’s what swag is.

“I don’t care what the boys did in the past. The reason why it was swag is because they WON! Not because they had some kind of antic. You understand what I’m saying? I’m counting on every one of you guys to whoop the man across from you, EVERY. SINGLE. PLAY.”

After Miami’s win over FSU, he stopped his team from doing a very “The U” thing.

Some of the Canes players began simulating digging a grave over the FSU logo. Richt came in hot and put a stop to that real quick, to say the least.

#Canes coach Mark Richt telling his players to get off the Seminole head after #Miami win #GoCanes http://pic.twitter.com/Vv3qqztDVv

— Carlos F. Pineda (@CarlosFPineda) October 8, 2017

The rebuke was swift, and there’s an audible “ass” in there. Richt was, at least for a moment, pretty upset about this.

There are likely a few things at play. First, Richt got his biggest break in coaching from his time at Florida State. He was Bobby Bowden’s offensive coordinator, and from there became Georgia’s head coach. There’s an ingrained respect for the institution. There’s also the fact that he knows that that will become bulletin board material for next season for the Noles, and tempers might have flared if there happened to be any FSU players still around.

Richt is also a pretty pious fellow. It’s not a veneer, and that’s not me poking fun. He’s just a pretty staunchly Christian man.

One of his former players, Garrison Smith, said this about him a few years ago:

“I’ve seen coach Richt so mad one time that he almost said a cussing word. He said fiddlesticks,” Smith said. “A lot of people put on that façade of being a Christian guy and it’s just a tool that they use. I can honestly say, and I’m a stand-up guy, that coach Richt, he’s a genuine guy.”

That doesn’t mean Richt’s Miami is boring.

"I've been coaching 33 years and I've never had more fun than just now." - @MarkRicht http://pic.twitter.com/1rDASp4VI6

— Canes Football (@CanesFootball) October 9, 2017

He’s continued his backflipping-off-a-high-dive tradition at Miami, which he did each offseason in Athens.

Richt’s annual summer camp in Coral Gables is dubbed Paradise Camp. Last summer, he had a slew of former legendary Canes on-hand for it, including Ed Reed, Jeremy Shockey, Willis McGahee, Michael Irvin, Jonathan Vilma, Wilfork, and Devin Hester.

As a former Hurricane himself, Richt’s got an inside pull on the recruiting trail already.

“I understand the pride and traditions of the University of Miami, academically, athletically, football in particular. I know what it’s about,” Richt said via the Miami Herald. “I came close to being on a national championship team, left in ‘82 and that ‘83 team was the one. … I do understand what’s expected and really, I don’t want to make a lot of promises other than I’m going to promise we’re going to get to work and we’re going to try to earn the right for victory. It’s a process and it does take a lot of work, it takes a lot of people doing things the right way.”

His 2017 recruiting class ranked finished 12th in the nation, Miami’s best since 2013.

He’s even rocking a goatee now, which he didn’t have at Georgia.

So hey, I guess this could qualify as Richt’s swag!

To be honest, it kind of looks like the Evil Mark Richt goatee that EDSBS created for him back in 2012:

Evil Richt does all of the things Mark Richt did in 2007, encouraging outlandish celebrations, winning games, throwing caution to the wind, and calling plays that work more than once or twice in a football game. Mythologically, he is the harbinger of victories and the antithesis of the Bobo-guard, the living avatar of Mark Richt's often beneficial and always frustrating conservatism.

Conservative UGA Richt might’ve called for something safe to set up a game-tying field goal late against Florida State, but Miami Goatee Richt called a shot to the end zone to beat the Noles right then and there.

Whether Miami’s program is truly BACK or not, Canes fans certainly are.

long time coming but it's here now. @canesfootball beats @fsufootball we r really on r way back. my reaction in my suite when we scored http://pic.twitter.com/rnxEtjypEG

— Michael Irvin (@michaelirvin88) October 7, 2017

Confirmed. RT @OfficialCSO: MOST MIAMI FAN EVER. http://pic.twitter.com/4X8dnpksvT

— rebkah howard (@pink_funk) October 7, 2017

I think @edsbs put it best when he compared the Miami fan base to a poison dart frog; small, colorful, and dangerous http://pic.twitter.com/bAJLFQuDOd

— Brody Logan (@BrodyLogan) October 7, 2017

http://pic.twitter.com/uQqspbt1ox

— DABESTEVAROUND (@hish1520) October 9, 2017

Miami still has a lot of big games in front of it, including a home game against Georgia Tech this Saturday, some road games, and Virginia Tech and Notre Dame. But this is already an exciting season and Miami team, and I can’t wait to see what it does for the rest of the year.

Especially if defensive tackle Kendrick Norton keeps playing guitar on rival quarterbacks’ legs, something the Canes of old definitely would’ve appreciated.

[krispyweiss]

Aoife O’Donovan Plays (Most of) Bull Frogs Croon at WGBH; Finds EP’s Missing Potential

Just before the world shut down and her tour was suspended after one show, Aoife O’Donovan and a string quartet performed (most of) Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs) at Boston radio station WGBH.

Just released on video, the live-in-studio performance is another example of music that sounds its best in the moment. Accompanied by violinists Jeremy Kittel and Alex Hargreaves, violist Mario Gotoh and bassist Ethan Jodziewicz, O’Donovan makes the title song cycle - with words from late Oregon poet laureate Peter Sears - breathe more fully than it does on the EP.

The quarter-hour set ends with “Lakes of Pontchartrain,” leaving “Pretty Bird” as the only unplayed number from the extended play.

Perhaps it’s the quartet’s make-up. Maybe it’s that fact the songs had more time to marinate. Or maybe it was just the thrill - so soon to end - of taking this music on the road and being in O’Donovan’s hometown.

Whatever it was, this is the performance that saw Bull Frogs Croon reach its obvious potential and confirms Sound Bites’ suspicions that studio sterility - not the material or the players - is what held the EP back.

Read the original review here.

6/29/20

[krispyweiss]

EP Review: Aoife O’Donovan, Jeremy Kittel and Eric Jacobsen - Bull Frogs Croon (Instrumental)

Losing the lyrics and forsaking the parenthetical (and Other Songs), Aoife O’Donovan re-recorded the title suite of her 2020 EP, which is now Bull Frogs Croon (Instrumental).

Pairing her acoustic guitar with Jeremy Kittel‘s violin and husband Eric Jacobsen’s cello, O’Donovan uncovers the potential that never quite surfaced in the original recording featuring words by former Oregon poet laureate Peter Sears. Jacobsen’s cello takes over the vocal melodies and O’Donovan’s guitar adds a folksy touch to the otherwise classical proceedings.

Like (and Other Songs), (Instrumental) is centered around “Night Fishing,” “The Darkness” and “Valentine.” Unlike (and Other Songs), which sounded unnatural and forced in places as O’Donovan married poetry to music, (Instrumental) is as naturally soothing as an isolated pond; a calming oasis in an otherwise-unsettled world.

Grade card: Aoife O’Donovan, Jeremy Kittel and Eric Jacobsen - Bull Frogs Croon (Instrumental) - A

10/19/20

[krispyweiss]

EP Review: Aoife O’Donovan - Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs)

Setting poetry to classical music is a mammoth undertaking - one Aoife O’Donovan undertook with varying degrees of success on Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs).

Named for a three-song cycle with words by late Oregon poet laureate Peter Sears and performed by O’Donovan (guitar, vocals), violinists Jeremy Kittel and Brittany Haas (Crooked Still, Hawktail), violist Mario Gotoh (“Hamilton,” Silk Road Ensemble) and Punch Brothers/Hawktail bassist Paul Kowert, the EP is rounded out by two additional tracks - the traditional “Lakes of Pontchartrain” and Hazel Dickens’ “Pretty Bird” - revistied from O’Donovan’s past catalogue.

Everything comes together on “Bull Frogs Croon: Part iii. Valentine,” where sparse poetry mixes with strings that leap upward to flit around O’Donovan’s acoustic guitar and create a stunning amalgam of classical and folk music.

Big frogs croak, baby frogs slither/I’d rather go broke than not be with her/bull frogs croon, slugs wiggle wider/I'd live in ruin to lie down beside her, O’Donovan sings at the high end of her range.

The preceding “Bullfrogs” pieces - “Night Fishing” and “The Darkness” - are less engaging; pretty enough but sounding slightly forced as the denser prose tries to squeeze inside the delicate music.

The EP’s “other songs” - both covers dating to O’Donovan’s Crooked Still days - are similarly dichotomous, with “Lakes” gorgeous and fetching as always and a droning rendition of “Pretty Bird” still searching for a proper arrangement.

Grade card: Aoife O’Donovan - Bull Frogs Croon (and Other Songs) - B-

4/16/20

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Aoife O'Donovan - "The Darkness" (Live, Feb. 22, 2020)

Saving the best for last, Aoife O'Donovan sings a powerful, four-second note at the end of "The Darkness" to signify she means business with her new music.

Performing the still-officially unreleased track from the forthcoming Bull Frogs Croon (and other songs), out March 6, O'Donovan and the Live From Here house band give the full-group treatment to a number that's set to appear on an EP consisting of string-quartet performances.

As such, this one is likely more musically plump than the studio version will be. But the classical elements of the composition, accompanying poet Peter Sears’ words, still percolate to the surface, courtesy of co-composer Jeremy Kittel's violin. And while the music is slightly esoteric, O'Donovan's vocals - particularly on the coda - are a sound to behold.

Grade card: Aoife O'Donovan - "The Darkness" (Live - 2/22/20) - B+

2/26/20

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Aoife O’Donovan - “Night Fishing”

You need a line to go “Night Fishing.” Strings don’t hurt either.

“Night Fishing,” a Peter Sears poem Aoife O’Donovan set to string quartet-and-guitar accompaniment, is one of three such hybrids in a song cycle titled “Bull Frogs Croon” that serves as the foundation of Bull Frogs Croon (and other songs), an EP arriving March 6.

The final product has hints of O’Donovan’s last solo release, In the Magic Hour, and sounds nothing like her recent work with I’m With Her as she sings and plays guitar with violinists Brittany Haas (Crooked Still) and Jeremy Kittel, violist Mario Gotoh and Punch Brother Paul Kowert on bass at the intersection of beauty and avant-garde.

“The idea of ‘loneliness at ease with itself’ was something that really struck a chord,” O’Donovan says of the poem’s first line and the inspiration for the song cycle that also includes Sears’ poems “The Darkness” and “Valentine.”

The other songs on Bull Frogs Croon are the previously released “Pretty Bird” and “Lakes of Pontchartrain"

Grade card: Aoife O’Donovan - “Night Fishing” - B+

2/6/20

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Aoife O’Donovan - “Bull Frogs Croon iii: Valentine” (SMF at Noon30)

The Savannah Music Festival was cancelled because of some fake virus,* so Aoife O’Donovan and her string-quartet friends recorded a socially distant version of “Bull Frogs Croon iii: Valentine” for SMF at Noon30.

Playing in Brooklyn (O’Donovan and violist Mario Gotoh), Ithaca (violinist Jeremy Kittel) and Nashville (violinist Britany Haas and bassist Paul Kowert), the quintet ran through the sparkling third movement of the title song cycle from O’Donovan’s latest EP** with words by former Oregon poet laureate Peter Sears.

Big frogs croak, baby frogs slither/I’d rather go broke than not be with her/bull frogs croon, slugs wiggle wider/I'd live in ruin to lie down beside her, it goes.

O’Donovan’s vocals suffer from miking issues and the strings are too loud, making this rendition inferior to the studio version - the EP’s best moment. But it’s a pretty, flittering composition. And when a pandemic gets in your way, you do the best you can to get by.

Grade card: Aoife O’Donovan - “Bull Frogs Croon iii: Valentine” (SMF at Noon30) - B+

* So says the fake president

** Look for a review here in the coming days

4/11/20