Professor Lehrer has, up on his web site, all of his lyrics, and some of his sheet music.

Of course, it is all copyrighted.

But now, when one scrolls down, one sees his "Disclaimer". In it, he gives everyone the right to download and use all of that.

Here is how it starts.

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT

I, Tom Lehrer, and the Tom Lehrer Trust 2000, hereby grant ( Read more... )

Commercial art. A commercial. I don't know Japanese, so I didn't understand a single word. But it spoke to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOWGVCUJw8

keepamericagreat.com

A web page name that the GOP really should have locked down at least a year or so ago. Now the other side grabbed it.

Aside from looking at it yourself, you could steer "them" to it -- just tell them the name. Let them see what is on it themself.

This isn't a thing that is too rare. There are plenty of variations on a theme, so it ( Read more... )

If only the sun-drenched celebrities are being noticed and worshiped, then our children are going to have a tough time seeing the value in the shadows, where the thinkers, probers and scientists are keeping society together. -Rita Dove, poet (b. 28 Aug 1952)

from the Word a Day mailing list

A reminder that a fellow named "Stetson Kennedy" was born on October 5, 1916, a hundred years ago today ( Read more... )

This made sense, late in the twentieth century.

In the present context, it reads very very differently.

President Ronald Reagan signed this proclamation, in August 1987. gives a little of the history of the "911" emergency number, and states that we should pay attention to things about "911" ... on September 11.

"Protecting the lives and ( Read more... )

This is a remembrance of a friend that died twenty years ago today, on the Feast of St. Rose of Lima ( Read more... )

Sorry to see this guy go. He was the dwarf "performer" inside R2-D2, as you will see in the news stories about him.

For me, a better remembrance in his roles (and in his face) is that of a kindly dwarf in "The Elephant Man", who said something like "we'll get you out of here" as he released the unfortunate Mr. Merrick from a carnival cage.

It has been nine years since the Robert Heinlein Centennial. Here are some things I learned from reading Heinlein stories.

Number 1: "Always leave room for your enemies to become your friends."In "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress", the professor told us "Always leave room for your enemies to become your friends". I've gotten a lot of traction out of ( Read more... )

The Queen of Voting
I noted years ago, that on this day in 2009, both Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett died. I missed another death that day, because it hadn't been reported yet.
Someone known as the Queen of Voting also passed away June 25, 2009. Sylvia Levin had worked as a volunteer, six days a week, without pay, over a span of 36 years from ( Read more... )