Thursday, July 4, 2024, Tom Pepper & Zhouqin Burnikel
YO YO YO YO Today we are privileged to have with us constructors Tom Pepper and Zhouqin Burnikel . By my count this is Tom and C.C.'s 7th collaboration. The above clip was performed by Yo-Yo Ma's Silkroad Project and is their take on the Goin' Home theme from Antonin Dvorak 's 9th Symphony ("From the New World"). I selected it for our intro as the first half of Yo-Yo Ma's surname is a homophone of the 1st syllable of the 1st word of Tom and C.C.'s 4 theme fills ... 17A. Hatha to Ashtanga?: YOGAS RANGE . By my reckoning this is the only themer that is not pulling our legs. I think RANGE here refers to the level of difficulty of the particular school of yoga, with HATHA being relatively easy, ranging through ASHTANGA which is the hardest . I believe there are also other comparison schemes for the various schools of yoga. Yoga Mandala 29A. Stuffed teddies that look like a green Jedi master?: YODA BEARS . Actually there are such creatur...