Just when I was feeling productive, I read about the silkworm:
Each silkworm produces a single strand of silk that’s 915 meters long.
That’s 30,000 times longer than the silkworm itself.
And it accomplishes all of this in less than two months.
Damn showoffs.
Then, in the same hour, I read about Emil Richards, a vibraphonist and member of the Wrecking Crew.
Richards is responsible for three of the most memorable sounds of the twentieth century:
- The finger clicks in The Addams Family theme
- The bongos in Mission Impossible
- The xylophone in the theme for The Simpsons
Silkworms and Emil Richards… making me feel far less productive today.
