Comments on: Thou Shalt Diggeth The Relaxation

Thou Shalt Diggeth The Relaxation

snsranch — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:52:58 -0800

Calgon! (Gregorian Chants) Take Me Away!!!!!

WARNING: Boredom will ensue unless you are ready to RELAX!!!11! (Of course we ALL need some time to relax and reflect.) This is not a religious post. Just a calming one.

By: geos

geos — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:03:38 -0800

I thought the monks were going to singing about Calgon... oh well.

By: christopherious

christopherious — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 21:43:09 -0800

I too was lured by false promises of monks singing about bath and beauty products.

By: netbros

netbros — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:00:24 -0800

A Gregorian Chant Tribute To Abba

By: cashman

cashman — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 22:34:15 -0800

A little mix of this and hip hop to transition into getting hyped.

By: Balisong

Balisong — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:23:52 -0800

Monks take baths. Some of them.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:33:37 -0800

Felonius monks don't stand a Gregorian chance. Huh? WTF am I talking about?

By: sergeant sandwich

sergeant sandwich — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:02:48 -0800

god, weird. i was just looking at that dies irae link like 20 minutes ago. i watched rebel without a cause tonight, so i was reading about james dean, who was referenced in the song american pie, which contains the line "and we sang dirges in the dark." on the wikipedia page for dirges, dies irae is listed first, and that link comes up when you google the title. small internets. that is really pretty though.

By: twoleftfeet

twoleftfeet — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:06:36 -0800

People don't remember the old Calgon commercials. For the most part, Calgon doesn't exist anymore. Back in my day, people used to rhapsodize about the benefits of sodium hexametaphosphate, which in water would complex with ambient calcium ion and certain other cations, preventing formation of unwanted salts and interference by those cations with the actions of soap or other detergents. The kids today don't appreciate how relaxing this whole chemical reaction was; how we would sit in our tubs and gleefully say "complex chemical reaction... take me away!"

By: Horace Rumpole

Horace Rumpole — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:25:41 -0800

Annnnn-cient Chiiii-nese Seeee-cret, Huh_uhuh^uhuh_uhuh?

By: horsemuth

horsemuth — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:39:47 -0800

You're soaking in it.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:48:14 -0800

You got me wondering about that water softener I grew up with. When it needed servicing, the soap just didn't work. Seems Calgon started in Pittsburgh, my hometown. Apparently acid rain caused by the steel mills would get into the water supply, and cause damage to pipes and appliances. The water supply was treated with lime to neutralize it. The added calcium made for especially hard water, and reduced the effectiveness of soap. So water softeners were really kind of a Pittsburgh thing. I wonder if they are still used there.

By: toastedbeagle

toastedbeagle — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 07:19:44 -0800

Nice Sunday morning post. Thanks.

By: grapefruitmoon

grapefruitmoon — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:32:26 -0800

Diggin' it. The chant/images from space mix might just send me right into nirvana.