Many people have mixed feelings about the festive season. The bright lights of Christmas really add an element of cheer to the short ,cold days of winter (assuming you live in the Northern Hemisphere), but for some the stress and commercialism associated with the holiday can make it seem like more trouble than it's worth. Also the excessive ( Read more... )

I am not a particularly religious or (overly) sentimental person. But this poem taken from an old book I have (and I mean old, it was published in 1894) called Story Of Ireland by A. M. Sullivan is one of the most beautiful and enchanting religious verses that I have ever read. Even if one is not Christian I believe it is still something that ( Read more... )

My unabridged response to essbeejays fandom meme.

(1). Which TV shows do you believe have the best music associated with them? There are a number of cartoons and movies whose theme tunes I like, but relatively few live action shows. Of all of them, I personally would have to say that I find the various booming hyper-dramatic musical themes that they ( Read more... )