Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Monday, June 29, 2015
KEINE STERNE IN ATHEN
Or "No Stars in Athens" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_vfN8VfrZY by Stephan Remmler, from Trio, mainly known for Da, Da, Da: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYcviXK4rg . The former is about a couple who take a vacation to the mountains although he'd rather go to Greece--he didn't want to but she insisted.
Another great one from Remmler--Alles hat ein Ende nur die Wurst hat Zwei or "everthing has an end but the sausage has two." It's incredibly Freudian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4JSE32fuOc
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Another great one from Remmler--Alles hat ein Ende nur die Wurst hat Zwei or "everthing has an end but the sausage has two." It's incredibly Freudian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4JSE32fuOc
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Sunday, June 28, 2015
Saturday, June 27, 2015
THIS GUY IS NUTS
He says if you're forced to cater a gay wedding but don't want to "tell them that all your people will smile, be professional, and everyone of them will be wearing crucifixes and have the Holy Family embroidered on their uniforms. Then show them pictures of your uniforms. When the truck pulls up, speakers will be playing Immaculate Mary. Show them the truck and play the music....Then tell them that you will take out an ad in the paper to let everyone know what you did with their money, thanking them by name for their business so that you could make the contribution."
As a Catholic I find this over-the-top display of religion offensive and would probably not use such a caterer. Plus, I find publishing someone's name that way to be an intrusion on their privacy."
Responders have pointed out that that any caterer doing this will have to cater ever single wedding the same way, regardless of the couple's sexual orientation, otherwise doing this only for gay couples constitutes discrimination. Another refers to such business practices as "antagonistic" and "petty."
But then so is willfully trying to destroy a small business because the owner won't bake you a wedding cake.
Friday, June 26, 2015
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Wednesday, June 24, 2015
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
"FIND THE HIBERNATING ANIMAL AND WAKE IT"
That was Larry, Darryl and Darryl's favourite game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79vMe31CuIQ
Sometimes I feel like the hibernating animal.
Sometimes I feel like the hibernating animal.
Monday, June 22, 2015
Sunday, June 21, 2015
HAPPY FATHER'S DAY
According to my mother you're my father. And that's good enough for me. Plus I look too much like your sisters and their daughters. And we have too many medical issues in common: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV9Rh4ynBf4
Saturday, June 20, 2015
I MISS RECORD STORES
And book and video stores. Looking at pictures of stuff on the web
doesn't take the place of actually walking around the store. And there
were always those little extras--toys, candy, jewelry, greeting cards. I
can think of books/movies that changed my life and I probably would
never have known about them if I hadn't seen them in a store window/on
the shelf.
"LOVE ONE ANOTHER"
“Serve one another…carry each other’s burden’s…greet one
another with a holy kiss” http://trinitybible.com/the-one-anothers
Friday, June 19, 2015
Thursday, June 18, 2015
"I BELIEVE G-D HAS HUMOR"
"We wouldn't fart burp stink or yawn if he didn't. Lol."
Nicquole Allison Williams
Nicquole Allison Williams
WATERLOO
Napoleon surrendered 200 years ago today. What a great way to commemorate the death of about 48 thousand people--with a bouncy song. In Swedish, yet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdkEAx59NYA
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QQI6lb_Hg
See http://time.com/3924075/battle-of-waterloo-importance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdkEAx59NYA
and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QQI6lb_Hg
See http://time.com/3924075/battle-of-waterloo-importance
Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Tuesday, June 16, 2015
TAKING THE PLUNGE
Tonight in Kabbalah class we learned about the importance of mikvot. Unfortunately, I can't get the story of that sick freak Barry Freundel out of my mind. Okay, he is a child of G-d and wel all make mistakes, but still. : http://washingtonjewishweek.com/21932/editors-notebook-a-view-from-the-freundel-sentencing
FUEL FOR THOUGHT
Years ago I was having dinner with the Mensans at the Grill from Ipanema. One of our party, who grew up in Brazil said some of the popular items on the menu were actually “slave food,” cheap but high in calories and very nutritious. Slave owners fed their “property” well not out of love for them, but because they wanted them to perform well. Kind of like putting quality fuel in your car. Something to think about when you put food into your body, even if you’re not a slave.
Monday, June 15, 2015
PEOPLE SAY TO ME "YOU'RE SO SENSITIVE" OR "YOU'RE SO TACTFUL."
Actually I'm not--in the past I have been tactless and insensitive and people called me on it. But maybe the fact that I recognize this shows that I DO have some tact and sensitivity.
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THANK YOU FOR THE JOY YOU'VE BROUGHT ME
Thank you for the things you've taught me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulFTQYKhhrA
Holland-Dozier-Holland
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Holland-Dozier-Holland
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Sunday, June 14, 2015
Saturday, June 13, 2015
BUY THE BOOK
Under this Roof, by Paul Brandus:
http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Brandus/e/B00QC9V9IU
Kidnapped by Nuns, by Bob Fuss:
http://www.kidnappedbynuns.com
Both of them good guys.
http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Brandus/e/B00QC9V9IU
Kidnapped by Nuns, by Bob Fuss:
http://www.kidnappedbynuns.com
Both of them good guys.
Suffer the little children
Another kids (and parents) behaving badly story: At Giant
there was a woman with two small children. One of the three knocked over a
container of berries. Mom picked up some off the floor and ate them, tossed
some of them into the garbage and left the rest on the floor. At the checkout
counter one of the kids took a dump in his pants and he and his big sister kept
yelling “mommy, mommy, mommy” while Mom was talking on her smart phone. Big
sister at one time tried to wrest the phone from Mom’s hand. Mom had bought a
pack of erasers for the kid but told the cashier she didn’t want them,
apparently because the kid had been misbehaving. The kid yelled about 20 times “I
don’t have an eraser for my pencil.” Mom ended up buying erasers for the brat.
Way to go, Mom.
The cashier, who was evidently a manager, apologized after the brats left, which she shouldn't have had to do. She told me about how someone, her grandmother, I think, handled the situation:
The kid was sitting on the floor waving his/her fists and screaming. Grandma sat on the floor next to the kid and started waving her fist and screaming too. The kid was embarrassed and never did it again.
The cashier, who was evidently a manager, apologized after the brats left, which she shouldn't have had to do. She told me about how someone, her grandmother, I think, handled the situation:
The kid was sitting on the floor waving his/her fists and screaming. Grandma sat on the floor next to the kid and started waving her fist and screaming too. The kid was embarrassed and never did it again.
THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL
"The handwriting is on the wall for all of us. You are just able to read yours. For some, we ignore it. For others, it's invisible, yet to be revealed. For another group, they are busy crayoning over it. Never ask for whom the bell tolls, 'it tolls for thee.'
I don't know whether it's better to be given a deadline or be hit with 'bam - never saw it coming.'"
Name withheld upon request
I don't know whether it's better to be given a deadline or be hit with 'bam - never saw it coming.'"
Name withheld upon request
MURIEL'S WEDDING
The movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-UeAa6lv4A
and the song that opens it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X7PvU6qYEA
At the end Toni Collette says "I can't stay married to you, David. I have to stop lying now. I've told so many lies... I don't love you" and Daniel LaPaine says "I don't love you either, but I think I could like having you around."
Silly, Silly Muriel. The guy's rich and he's gorgeous. And really, that's a lot about what a relationship is--liking to have someone around.
and the song that opens it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X7PvU6qYEA
At the end Toni Collette says "I can't stay married to you, David. I have to stop lying now. I've told so many lies... I don't love you" and Daniel LaPaine says "I don't love you either, but I think I could like having you around."
Silly, Silly Muriel. The guy's rich and he's gorgeous. And really, that's a lot about what a relationship is--liking to have someone around.
Friday, June 12, 2015
ANNE FRANK WOULD HAVE BEEN 86 YEARS OLD TODAY
One year older than my mother: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGpV6D_8rIo
I first read her diary when I was about twelve and found it dull--it was a stuffy British English translation ("he didn't fancy that") with entries like "grapes are now six Florins a kilo." Unless you lived in Holland during the war you wouldn't know if that was good or bad.
When I moved to Germany I read a German translation which I liked better--maybe because Anne Frank spoke German as her native language, although the diary was written in Dutch. I guess about a year later I took a train to Amsterdam and saw the Anne Frank House. As Francine Prose and Sue W. Ransohoff put it, the characters were no saints but they were not evil either--they were eight people shoved together in close quarters who were almost as capable of ruining their own lives as the Nazis were: http://americanisraelite.com/archives/28106
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I first read her diary when I was about twelve and found it dull--it was a stuffy British English translation ("he didn't fancy that") with entries like "grapes are now six Florins a kilo." Unless you lived in Holland during the war you wouldn't know if that was good or bad.
When I moved to Germany I read a German translation which I liked better--maybe because Anne Frank spoke German as her native language, although the diary was written in Dutch. I guess about a year later I took a train to Amsterdam and saw the Anne Frank House. As Francine Prose and Sue W. Ransohoff put it, the characters were no saints but they were not evil either--they were eight people shoved together in close quarters who were almost as capable of ruining their own lives as the Nazis were: http://americanisraelite.com/archives/28106
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Thursday, June 11, 2015
Wednesday, June 10, 2015
The real St Francis
See http://catholicexchange.com/getting-to-know-the-real-st-francis#.VXji2cwJst0.facebook
Found on Red Line Metro headed towards Metro Center: brown leather credit holder containing Smartrip card, credit/debit card, other cards. Account holder's last name is Hernandez, lives and/or works/studies in Maryland. Owner got off the train at the Van Ness/UDC station, item has apparently been turned in to the station manager.
HAPPY, HAPPY-*@#!IN' HAPPY SOCKS
A guy in Illinois was arrested for allegedly stealing socks, some of them children's. No idea whether he used the socks as "happy socks" or whether he just liked to look at, touch, smell them, etc. Really, the guy looks like a pervert: http://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/belleville/article21494211.html
Mom belongs to a group called "Crafty Ladies." They do crafts together and either donate them to the church or local charities or sell them and give the money to their church. I suggested they make and sell happy socks, but not sure the church would be down with it. Mom isn't.
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Mom belongs to a group called "Crafty Ladies." They do crafts together and either donate them to the church or local charities or sell them and give the money to their church. I suggested they make and sell happy socks, but not sure the church would be down with it. Mom isn't.
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Tuesday, June 09, 2015
Monday, June 08, 2015
IN GERMANY INSTEAD OF SAYING "TAKE A HIKE," OR "GET LOST" THEY SAY "GEH, DAHIN, WO DER PFEFFER WÄCHST"
That means "go where the pepper grows." I was not sure, so asked the ex "where does the pepper grow, anyway?" and he said "India."
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NEVER LIE ON A RESUME
Or exaggerate. Trust me on this. Years ago a guy brought his resume on a date, yes, on a date. On the phone he led me to believe he was some bigshot broadcaster, however when I actually saw his resume I saw he had my old job. While he did not exactly lie, he DID mislead me. And he was a cheap bastard. And he asked if I was bisexual.
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I GREW UP BELIEVING I SHOULDN'T TOOT MY OWN HORN.
If I did, I was quickly told it was out of tune.
Now that I am trying there are virtuosos who are drowning me out.
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Now that I am trying there are virtuosos who are drowning me out.
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Sunday, June 07, 2015
AND NOW THE WEATHER:
Today, mild shvitzing.
Tomorrow, so hot you'll plotz
Five-day forecast: feh.
From Haiku for Jews by David M. Bader: http://jillscancerjourney.blogspot.com/2015/01/jewish-haikujewish-zen.html
Tomorrow, so hot you'll plotz
Five-day forecast: feh.
From Haiku for Jews by David M. Bader: http://jillscancerjourney.blogspot.com/2015/01/jewish-haikujewish-zen.html
"A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS"
Ronald Reagan
I have not tried to sink anyone else's boat, I wish no one would try to sink mine.
I have not tried to sink anyone else's boat, I wish no one would try to sink mine.
TODAY IS CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY
In German known as "Fronleichnam" or "Happy Cadaver" >shudder< http://catholicexchange.com/our-living-faith-corpus-christi-the-streets
Saturday, June 06, 2015
WATCHING BEAU BIDEN'S FUNERAL ON TV
Wish I could be there. I miss Wilmington. Sometimes I wonder if I should have ever left but then I wouldn't have made it to the network. Or helped Charlie help catch the snipers.
But now where am I?
But now where am I?
A WHACKY OLD LADY JUST CALLED OUR SHOW AND ASKED IF WE BELIEVED IN GHOSTS
This wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't been a garden show.
"I WOULD LIKE TO BE RICH THE WAY I WOULD LIKE TO BE TEN FEET HIGH..."
...would be good good for some things, bad for others."
John Van Druten
John Van Druten
Friday, June 05, 2015
COMING SOON
Fraternitas. I'm all for it, even if it's only for men: http://catholicexchange.com/coming-soon-fraternitas-a-place-for-men
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Thursday, June 04, 2015
Wednesday, June 03, 2015
Tuesday, June 02, 2015
Monday, June 01, 2015
"IT'S GONNA BE A HOT ONE"
Rob Thomas, Itaal Shur, Zach DeGaetano
After one already record-breakingly hot month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUxrpIwuQ4
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After one already record-breakingly hot month: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcUxrpIwuQ4
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