Frank 2 | Read With Me | Subscriber Summer Bonus from SWM+
Frankie hangs out with Clooney on Como as Scoots lulls you off to dreamland with tales of Agrippa, Paracelsus and natural droning.
Happy Subscriber Summer! This is a sleepy read-along that originally aired on Sleep with Me Plus. It brushes up on matters of the Big Farm, science and faith. If you want access to more bonus episodes, join Sleep With Me Plus at sleepwithmepodcast.com/plus
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Title: Frank 2 | Read With Me | Subscriber Summer Bonus from SWM+
Octopus
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/studying-the-creativity-and-intelligence-of-the-octopus-8-30-2020/
https://www.livescience.com/41924-smart-octopus-facts.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/ten-curious-facts-about-octopuses-7625828/
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2014/02/octopus.html
Is Frankenstein family real?
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mysterious-traveler-frankenstein_b_8253046
https://the-line-up.com/frankenstein-castle
Switzerland History
https://www.eda.admin.ch/aboutswitzerland/en/home/politik-geschichte/geschichte-der-schweiz.html
Helicopter Parents
https://littlemedicalschool.com/treasurecoast/helicopter-parent/
https://www.parents.com/parenting/better-parenting/what-is-helicopter-parenting/
https://www.internationalschoolparent.com/articles/helicopter-parenting-the-consequences/
Cornelius Agrippa
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/agrippa-occult-philosophy/
https://objectstudies.net/2021/11/22/cornelius-agrippas-role-in-frankenstein/
http://www.lukemastin.com/witchcraft/witches_agrippa.html
Summary:
- Intro (1008)
- Remnants of the Day
- Creaky like a floorboard in a well-worn home
- If an Octopus wore gloves…
- Why would an octopus wear gloves?
- Like a distant relative holding court at a meal
- A booth designed for relaxing
- Let ‘em chill in the booth
- Tangents on Parabolas
- How do you pronounce Parabola
- Pair a Balla
- Some part of Scooter’s Brain did correct him
- Now he can’t say it incorrectly
- Borebor, not your Barber
- Shoutout to Ronkonkoma
- O, Long Island, how I love thee
- Elbow Gloves
- A Pair of Bollocks
- Parabolics
- Can someone in Ronkonkoma use British slang in an inappropriate way?
- Like a spinning computer wheel
- I speak Parabolean
- Story
- Reading through Frankenstein
- Back with Read With Me
- You can read in any order
- Genovese
- Whats’ a syndic?
- A really powerful family
- My father married and had kids late
- Beaufort, a friend
- My father judged Beaufort
- Beaufort fled for Lucerne
- A street near the Reuss
- Beaufort didn’t have much money
- The intervals of consequential inaction
- Rankling is a great word
- I can really relate to this guy’s vibes
- Caroline Beaufort was his daughter
- Caroline Beaufort worked hard to make money for Beaufort’s survival
- Beaufort left for the big farm 10 months later
- Later my father married Caroline
- Inexpressible grace towards his wife
- He strove to shelter her
- This is my view of my father’s view of my father
- My father had relinquished all public functions 2 years after marriage
- They retired to Italy
- Restorative for my mother’s weakened frame
- I was their eldest child
- Inexhaustible Stores of Affection
- I was their plaything and their idol
- Lessons of Patience, Charity, and Self-Control
- My mother wanted a daughter but I remained their single child
- They ended up near Lake Como, taking care of the poor around there
- Bearing a celestial stamp in all features
- A poor daughter who’s actually the daughter of a Milanese noblewoman
- A child fairer than a pictured cherub
- My mother wants to adopt this sweet girl child
- Providence and Powerful Protection
- Elizabeth La Venza
- My More Than Sister
- I thought she was literally my gift to protect and love
- The possessiveness starts here
- Almost like a human pillow pet
- Chapter 2
- We were brought up together
- Following the aerial creation of the poets
- Ample Scope for Admiration and Delight
- She wondered at the world
- I delighted in investigating their causes
- A second son was born when I was 7
- My parents gave up their wandering life
- I avoided crowds and attached my fervor to a few
- I attached myself to one boy, Henry Clervall
- Henry loved books and the arts and wrote romantic songs
- A Development of Filial Love
- I didn’t have a great temper, though
- An eager desire to learn
- But I don’t care about social sciences or language
- I yearn to understand the mysteries of heaven and earth
- Clervall cares about the moral lives of things
- Elizabeth was saintly
- The Real Love of Beneficence
- My destiny arose like a mountain river
- My ambition swept away all my joys
- How did I get here?
- When I was 13 we went on a rip
- Stuck in an inn, I found a volume of Cornelius Agrippa
- My dad said it was sad trash
- Maybe if he’d spoken differently, I wouldn’t have pursued it so fervently
- A fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature
- The Great and Unexplored Ocean of Truth
- How do you pronounce repined?
- I became a disciple of these old masters
- I was self-taught in my favorite studies
- I searched for the Philosopher’s stone
- I didn’t care about wealth
- I wanted to render humans invulnerable to anything
- Retiring to Belle Reve at 15
- A massive thunderstorm
- Thunder from various quarters of the heavens
- A theory of electricity and galvanism
- It seemed like nothing could ever be known
- At that point, I gave up this would-be science
- I returned to science on a solid foundation
- Chapter 3
- Becoming a student at the University of Ingallstadt
- Becoming acquainted with customs of other countries
- The First MIsfortune of My Life Occurred
- Elizabeth had caught a cold
- My mother hopes that Elizabeth and I will marry?
- My mother is getting ready to go to the big farm
- She crossed over calmly
- Why should I describe a sorrow that we all must feel?
- We still had duties to perform
- I left for Ingallstadt
- I didn’t want to leave
- Elizabeth devoted herself to the family
- Clervall wanted to come with me, but his father wouldn’t let him go
- Clervall doesn’t want to be stuck to the details of commerce
- Indulging in the most melancholy reflections
- My life had hitherto been domestic
- I was resistant to new ideas and things
- Conducted to my solitary apartment in Ingallstadt
- Heading to M. Crimp, professor of natural philosophy
- I mentioned the alchemists to him as rebellion
- He judged me for remembering these alchemists
- Musty, old ideas
- I didn’t want to study with M Crimp, a little conceited fellow
- I had contempt for modern natural philosophy
- I had to exchange chimeras of boundless grandeur for realities of little worth
- I’d heard of M Waldmann, who seemed interesting to me
- The sweetest voice I’d ever heard
- An overview of modern science
- A panegyric upon modern chemistry
- I was drawn in by Waldmann
- I will follow in these footsteps and pioneer a new creation!
- I had no power to produce order within myself
- I visited Waldmann that night
- An affable, kind man
- He didn’t judge my fandom of old alchemists
- I will become a disciple of M Waldmann
- Pursue chemistry but don’t ignore the other branches of science
- Ply every branch of natural philosophy, including mathematics!
- I will continue with Waldmann
Notable Language:
- Booth
- Parabola
- Pair a Balla
- Borebor, not your Barber
- Ronkonkoma
- O, Long Island, how I love thee
- Elbow Gloves
- A Pair of Bollocks
- Parabolics
- I speak Parabolean
- Tangent Soup
- Syndic
- Indefatigable
- Rankling
- Inexhaustible Stores of Affection
- Penury
- Antique Glory of Italy
- The Chamois of the Hills?
- My More Than Sister
- The Real Love of Beneficence
- Repined
- Panegyric
Notable Culture:
- Remains of the Day
- Ronkonkoma
- Billy Squier
- Frankenstein
- Reuss River
- George Clooney
- Lake Como
- King Arthur
- Cornelius Aggripa
- Paracelsus
- Albertus Magnus
- Isaac Newton
Notable Talking Points:
- Remnants of the Day
- Creaky like a floorboard in a well-worn home
- If an Octopus wore gloves…
- Why would an octopus wear gloves?
- Like a distant relative holding court at a meal
- A booth designed for relaxing
- Let ‘em chill in the booth
- Tangents on Parabolas
- How do you pronounce Parabola
- Pair a Balla
- Some part of Scooter’s Brain did correct him
- Now he can’t say it incorrectly
- Borebor, not your Barber
- Shoutout to Ronkonkoma
- O, Long Island, how I love thee
- Elbow Gloves
- A Pair of Bollocks
- Parabolics
- Can someone in Ronkonkoma use British slang in an inappropriate way?
- Like a spinning computer wheel
- I speak Parabolean
- Reading through Frankenstein
- Back with Read With Me
- You can read in any order
- Genovese
- Whats’ a syndic?
- A really powerful family
- My father married and had kids late
- Beaufort, a friend
- My father judged Beaufort
- Beaufort fled for Lucerne
- A street near the Reuss
- Beaufort didn’t have much money
- The intervals of consequential inaction
- Rankling is a great word
- I can really relate to this guy’s vibes
- Caroline Beaufort was his daughter
- Caroline Beaufort worked hard to make money for Beaufort’s survival
- Beaufort left for the big farm 10 months later
- Later my father married Caroline
- Inexpressible grace towards his wife
- He strove to shelter her
- This is my view of my father’s view of my father
- My father had relinquished all public functions 2 years after marriage
- They retired to Italy
- Restorative for my mother’s weakened frame
- I was their eldest child
- Inexhaustible Stores of Affection
- I was their plaything and their idol
- Lessons of Patience, Charity, and Self-Control
- My mother wanted a daughter but I remained their single child
- They ended up near Lake Como, taking care of the poor around there
- Bearing a celestial stamp in all features
- A poor daughter who’s actually the daughter of a Milanese noblewoman
- A child fairer than a pictured cherub
- My mother wants to adopt this sweet girl child
- Providence and Powerful Protection
- Elizabeth La Venza
- My More Than Sister
- I thought she was literally my gift to protect and love
- The possessiveness starts here
- Almost like a human pillow pet
- Chapter 2
- We were brought up together
- Following the aerial creation of the poets
- Ample Scope for Admiration and Delight
- She wondered at the world
- I delighted in investigating their causes
- A second son was born when I was 7
- My parents gave up their wandering life
- I avoided crowds and attached my fervor to a few
- I attached myself to one boy, Henry Clervall
- Henry loved books and the arts and wrote romantic songs
- A Development of Filial Love
- I didn’t have a great temper, though
- An eager desire to learn
- But I don’t care about social sciences or language
- I yearn to understand the mysteries of heaven and earth
- Clervall cares about the moral lives of things
- Elizabeth was saintly
- The Real Love of Beneficence
- My destiny arose like a mountain river
- My ambition swept away all my joys
- How did I get here?
- When I was 13 we went on a rip
- Stuck in an inn, I found a volume of Cornelius Agrippa
- My dad said it was sad trash
- Maybe if he’d spoken differently, I wouldn’t have pursued it so fervently
- A fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature
- The Great and Unexplored Ocean of Truth
- How do you pronounce repined?
- I became a disciple of these old masters
- I was self-taught in my favorite studies
- I searched for the Philosopher’s stone
- I didn’t care about wealth
- I wanted to render humans invulnerable to anything
- Retiring to Belle Reve at 15
- A massive thunderstorm
- Thunder from various quarters of the heavens
- A theory of electricity and galvanism
- It seemed like nothing could ever be known
- At that point, I gave up this would-be science
- I returned to science on a solid foundation
- Chapter 3
- Becoming a student at the University of Ingallstadt
- Becoming acquainted with customs of other countries
- The First MIsfortune of My Life Occurred
- Elizabeth had caught a cold
- My mother hopes that Elizabeth and I will marry?
- My mother is getting ready to go to the big farm
- She crossed over calmly
- Why should I describe a sorrow that we all must feel?
- We still had duties to perform
- I left for Ingallstadt
- I didn’t want to leave
- Elizabeth devoted herself to the family
- Clervall wanted to come with me, but his father wouldn’t let him go
- Clervall doesn’t want to be stuck to the details of commerce
- Indulging in the most melancholy reflections
- My life had hitherto been domestic
- I was resistant to new ideas and things
- Conducted to my solitary apartment in Ingallstadt
- Heading to M. Crimp, professor of natural philosophy
- I mentioned the alchemists to him as rebellion
- He judged me for remembering these alchemists
- Musty, old ideas
- I didn’t want to study with M Crimp, a little conceited fellow
- I had contempt for modern natural philosophy
- I had to exchange chimeras of boundless grandeur for realities of little worth
- I’d heard of M Waldmann, who seemed interesting to me
- The sweetest voice I’d ever heard
- An overview of modern science
- A panegyric upon modern chemistry
- I was drawn in by Waldmann
- I will follow in these footsteps and pioneer a new creation!
- I had no power to produce order within myself
- I visited Waldmann that night
- An affable, kind man
- He didn’t judge my fandom of old alchemists
- I will become a disciple of M Waldmann
- Pursue chemistry but don’t ignore the other branches of science
- Ply every branch of natural philosophy, including mathematics!
- I will continue with Waldmann
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