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Have You Seen This? Confused mountain lion
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This mountain lion in Idaho is clearly two things in this video: hungry and confused. I've been there. - photo by John Clyde


CONFUSION, Idaho When I get hungry, I tend to get hangry and confused.

The smallest things begin to irritate me and I can get a little mean. I also don't think clearly, I start believing Spaghetti-O's are a viable food choice and I may even have conversations about politics with Care Bears.

So, the Care Bear thing has only happened once and that may have had something to do with my 100-plus degree fever, but I do remember being hungry and Share Bear refused to share his rainbow sprinkled cupcake, which I found infuriatingly ironic.

I feel like I've gone off topic. All I'm getting at is that I feel for this mountain lion in Idaho.

According to the video description, this happened back in November and the person filming wrote, "I was sitting in a tree stand hunting whitetail when I noticed a mountain lion stalking in on my deer decoy."

This mountain lion and I have a lot in common. He was hungry and this statuesque deer reeking of plastic seemed like a great meal. The big cat, however, gets close, becomes even more confused and then ultimately walks away hungry. Sorry, big guy. Better luck next time.

Check out the video and I'm going to go find some food because I haven't eaten for like 45 minutes and I feel that confusion and irritability setting in.
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Have You Seen This? Street musician slays with clarinet
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Better than almost every face-melting guitar or drum solo. - photo by Facebook video screenshot

THE BIG EASY — Yeah, yeah, we all know that New Orleans is stuffed to the gills will incredible musicians.

But knowing that fact and then hearing that fact are two different things. You can step into any number of jazz clubs on any given night on Bourbon Street, and you’ll probably be impressed with virtually every act. Or you can sit at home on your comfy couch and watch this featured video.

In the video, you’ll see a woman who is in the groove. She is swinging hard, and wailing on her clarinet with a practiced expertise that makes it sounds so easy.

From note one you’ll be drawn in; your appreciation will grow with every second, and then your face will melt off when you realize how incredible she really is.

If you’ve never played a woodwind or a brass, you may not know everything that comes with a performance like this. Lung capacity and breath control are huge factors in keeping your notes clear and loud, and hitting those high notes is especially difficult.

So when this woman hits that high note and holds it for several seconds, you know you’re dealing with an exceptional musician. It means she has worked hard for years to develop skill on top of her natural talent, and we get to benefit.

It kinda makes you wonder how we let people get away with mumble rap and autotune when talent like this exists in the world.

I wish this video were longer, and I wish I had more information about this woman, but as it is, we’ll just have to appreciate the little flavor of New Orleans jazz posted by the Facebook group Clarinet Life.

Martha Ostergar is a writer who delights in the ridiculous that internet serves up, which means she's more than grateful that she gets to cruise the web for amazing videos to highlight for your viewing pleasure.
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