1. My child arrived just the other day / He came to the world in the usual way Cat's In The Cradle by Harry Chapin - in_omnia

2. Are you going to Scarborough Fair? [this one's toooo easy!] Scarborough Fair by Simon & Garfunkel (and the Mediaevel Baebes) - goddessofbirth

3. All those days are gone / So she falls asleep every night just before dawn - All Those Days Are ( Read more... )

Dedicated to goddessofbirth  :)

It has come to my attention that some people out there in the world have not been adequately introduced to the wonderful world of FILK.  I seek, here, to perhaps partially rectify this situation.

I am but a dilettante (thought there's nothing desultory or particularly superficial in my interest!) in these matters, so if anyone has ( Read more... )

Articles from the fringe...

Here's a frog who has Wolverine-like extendable claws!  They actually break through the skin every time they're used.

Here's a monkey who can control a robotic arm with its thoughts!!  Freaky cool!

Here's an interesting article/interview of fantasy artists Brian and Wendy and Toby Froud.  There's lots of other stuff here, ( Read more... )

So, I'm reading a new biography of Willie Nelson (Willie Nelson: An Epic Life by Joe Nick Patoski) and really enjoying it.

While screwing around on the internets, I went to willienelson.com, where I found out that there's a new CD of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis playing together!!  Oh, wow, do I want!  :)

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First, I must tell you about an ...interesting sensation I had at lunch today.  I didn't get food going down the wrong pipe, exactly.  Instead, I managed to snort mac&cheese up into my sinuses through my mouth.  I'm still not really sure how I did that.  Let me tell ya, it was kinda gross, trying to snort that stuff back into my mouth without it ( Read more... )

I warrant you'll find this most amusing, sister dear.  As will any other musicians who can read sheet music.  Much funnier than I found it, at least.  However, the notations are funny.  And the notes look outrageous. 

Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz

 Night before last, I had a dream.  I only remember a snippet of it.  It was like this ( Read more... )

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I'm so very slack. I'm like that though - I love the idea of writing down things, but I'm so rarely near my computer when I have really great thoughts that I'd really like to write down. *sigh* So, here's more of the inane, and sometimes interesting, inner thought processes of me ( Read more... )

I got to see Jimmy Buffett last night ( Read more... )