and other songs

Actually, just other songs.

On my way home this evening I listened to The World and a followup to a story about Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". This interested me mostly because of the Austin Lounge Lizard's song Leonard Cohen's Day JobLater, I watched Graham Norton's Christmas show, which had a very funny song by someone I had ( Read more... )

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"Now, I would love, as I said in my opening remarks, to wave a magic wand and say, you elect me president, and gasoline's going to go back to three bucks or two." - Barack Obama at a news conference, June 25, 2008 ( Read more... )

Ya know, I was always the type to get into a pool gradually, a step at a time, getting used to it. I hated being pushed and getting the shock of cold water all at once ( Read more... )

It's odd what images get burned into your mind, vague but long-lasting. Tom Jones was on Graham Norton this week, and mentioned songs he'd done. One of which was "Delilah ( Read more... )

Last night, actually.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBNo0943qUA

The Winter Moths are out early this year. A few last night, more this evening.

Doesn't it sound like a good children's book title?

Teddy Roosevelt had a pet badger in the white house, named Josiah.

http://www.presidentialpetmuseum.com/whitehousepets-2.htm

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I was walking back to my house after filling all the bird feeders, when I felt a splat! on my shoulder and ewwww ( Read more... )

I felt well enough to ask for a ride to the doctor today. They weren't sure what has been going on exactly, certainly some cold or colds and general exhaustion making me vulnerable, but nothing chronic showed up in their basic check. I haven't bothered to have a checkup in seven years, though, which is not good given my family history ( Read more... )

I had a cold in December, I recall a few days when I thought I'd recovered from that, but last week was back to runny nose ( Read more... )