Those of you who actually know me might not be all that surprised that I've made it through college  without ever seeing the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and nearly to fifty without ever having even heard of the Time Warp.   A friend's blog entry was nearly incomprehensible to me, so I had to go searching for what this Time Warp thing was.  Not as ( Read more... )

 
Alphabet Survey

A - Age you got your first kiss:  Freshman year.  Same year as I made my first friend.   Not the same person though, right, Sharon?
B - Band listening to right now:   None.   I never listen to “bands”.   Recently have discovered Josh Groban and little Jackie Evancho - two singers I can stand to listen to, and with great relish.
C - ( Read more... )

 Darwin, you silly monkey, you !

I was watching a Discovery Channel show on YouTube, about the Galapagos Islands.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ZRgfiUx0c
It was entitled “Galapogos Beyond Darwin Discovery Channel”, and is presented as part of 392 YouTube clips by “ ( Read more... )

The CBAs - Many Things Are More Fun Backwards

Earlier I posted a great fun song for kids to sing to their mothers.  
"The Mom Song" by Bryant Oden. http://qwinkly.livejournal.com/24225.html    
Here's another one for the kids to learn.   I filed this in my "Grandmother Things" folder.
You'd ( Read more... )

Thursday, April 07, 2011

You know that state between awake and asleep?  That most treasured one, where you’re a little conscious but you try desperately to grab ten more minutes or to finish a dream?  This is my favorite state of being.  You can actually Steer an unfinished dream somewhat, or repair a bad one.  Well, this morning I found myself ( Read more... )

I'm a Basket Case, and Fiercely Proud Of It !

You've heard the old phrase, “Don't put all your eggs in one basket.”    Well, along the way, I knew I was doing it wrong, I knew I was supposed to have another....a separate identity from my “two baskets”.  But in their early years, there was no time for anything else except fulfilling the needs of ( Read more... )

Your YouTube prescription for today - Cajón

Usually my YT prescriptions will be to point you toward music that Miss Fussy Pants has “deemed” to be good enough to recommend. But this one is to show you an interesting instrument that you've probably never encountered.

This is called a Cajón, not to be confused with that food that hurts you back when ( Read more... )

 You called me a WHAAAT?

It's amazing what tidbits you can pick up while you're looking up totally (seemingly) unrelated topics.

After misunderstanding a word in the best young barbershop Octet I've found anywhere on YouTube (UC Men's Octet - year '03), I decided to look up this old fashioned term via the internet and google.   It took a few tries, ( Read more... )

God - and Bathrooms

What is it about bathrooms that makes God seem so close?  
 Are you thinking EW !!?
I never knew about God's affinity for bathrooms until I was in high school and my grandfather died. (No, not in the bathroom.)  I had volunteered to stay over with my Grandma for a couple of days afterwards. I really loved my Grandparents, and ( Read more... )

My older son, Petey, called with a music recommendation for me. He has just discovered Paul Simon. Praises his musicianship, and tells me that in all the songs he's heard, he's only heard "crap" once and one song about marijuana, so I should be "safe" listening to this. So nice of him to handle the censorship for me, eh?

Here's the kicker.....

He ( Read more... )