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Tuesday, July 14th, 2009
12:01 pm - Wassail, Wassail!
I know, I know, Wassail in JULY? I've only just been able to create a podcast of a radio show I did 2 years ago about the history, customs, & music of wassail, so for those of you who might be interested (@ least in the music if not the meliflous sound of my voice), here it is: http://madblonde.mypodcast.com/2009/07/Wassail_Wassail_all_over_the_radio-222402.html

Thanks!

current mood: creative
current music: Sugar Wassail

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Monday, July 13th, 2009
1:03 pm - I swear upon my life...
How cursing can be good for you: http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2009/07/13/curses-for-medicinal-use-only/

"...The researchers have some ideas about why swearing helps—in the study, curse words increased heart rate relative to the innocuous words, so perhaps swearing activates the fight-or-flight response, which can decrease pain perception. In any case, the next time you pound your thumb while hammering, shouting your curse of choice might be the best medicine."

current mood: creative
current music: Satin Summer Nights- The Capeman

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Friday, July 10th, 2009
5:32 pm - Voice Post
That SHOULD read: "It"s nice to know that we don't have to look to Pennsylvania or Texas for Hate Speech when we have it on the corner of 7th and Niccollet every fucking Friday at 5:00. Hate, hate, HATE speech. There are LAWS."


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“It's nice to know that we don't have to look for Pennsylvania or Texas for Hate(?) Beach(?) when we have it on the corner of 7th and Nicolite(?) every fucking Friday at 5:00. Hate(?) hate(?) hate(?) beach. They are lies.”

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Thursday, July 2nd, 2009
4:06 pm - wasting time....
[info]entropy_house just reminded me how much fun wordle can be. I like this one, made out of my "interests" so sharing:

Wordle: current interests

current mood: creative
current music: Half a Mile Away- bj

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Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
4:46 pm - Poetry in Motion...
Wow.

Peter Beagle (yes, that Peter S. Beagle) wrote a poem for my mom. Kind of. I can't post it here, but you can read about the 52/50 project here: http://www.conlanpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=52-50 . This is a little more about how it happened for me & for Ma:

"Two months ago, when Peter set out on this year-long trek, he decided that ten of these weekly pieces would be based on subscriber suggestions. This is the second one. (The first, "The Pirates of the D," was #7 in this series.)
This time the spark came from K. E., who wrote as follows: 'My mother is turning 80 this year and throwing a big party to celebrate her milestone. She asked me to read something at the party, so I went out looking for poems that celebrate getting older, aging, the positives of a long life. And there’s just not much out there. So, not specifically for my mom, but for the aging world at large, maybe a poem or a song about the good things that come with age, please?'

Well! Having just turned 70 himself, Peter did happen to have some specific thoughts on the subject. So for Karen — and everyone else — here they are.

current mood: touched
current music: Heaven Can Wait- EJ

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2:17 pm - running on empty....
For the first time since I got back last week I'm caught up on lj & down below 100 emails (though this was only achieved by jettisoning all GoodReads updates. Sorry.) *sigh* That's not counting all the other blogs I follow. Maybe by the end of July...? Vacations are hell on keeping current.

The trip was lovely. Someday I'll post pix.

Pride was great. More women than usual, which was nice. Bear ended up on the North Country Bears float & was a popular boy all weekend. Of course. ;-)

Been having some fun tripping down memory lane with National Children's Choir folks. Even broke out our album from 1977, scanned the pix & digitised the tracks. Have had silly gospel & "Bella Bimba" & "Standing on the Corner" on my brain all day as a consequence, which is not unpleasant as consequences go.

While I am no longer substituting Diet Coke for sleep, the twitching of my left eyelid tells me that I'm still not caught up. Gonna work on that this weekend. Meanwhile, I'm thinking of having a solo video marathon. Any suggestions for good things into which to dive?

Meanwhile, loving the cool weather & hoping for another less-brutal summer. How are y'all?

current mood: accomplished
current music: Standing on the Corner from "The Happiest Millionaire"

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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
1:50 pm - Voice Post
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“Happy ___ everybody.”

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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
8:48 pm - Voice Post
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“Nigel. Are you there? Oh you've got to see these print. It is so gorgeous. ___ west side story. Just stunning and of course the most wonderful musical ever. Nigel you have to see it.”

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9:06 am - I have a theory...
If you have no interest in interpreting song lyrics, or Dire Straits, or the song "The Man's Too Big" (it's a really cool song, you should check it out if you don't know it. I've included a YouTube clip of a live version behind the cut), skip this )

current mood: curious
current music: guess

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Friday, June 19th, 2009
5:09 pm - Voice Post
For the record, even up close and personal, Cape Hatteras Lighthouse looks exactly like giant yard tack.

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“For the record, even up close and personal. Kay Patters ___ looks exactly like giant yard ___.”

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Tuesday, June 9th, 2009
8:24 am - Was I gay...?
Yay, Gay Penguins Hatch Rejected Egg!!

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090603/tod-gay-penguins-hatch-rejected-egg-86d1698.html
Two homosexual penguins have successfully hatched an egg that was rejected by its parents and are now proudly rearing the chick, the German zoo housing the couple said on Wednesday.

"Z and Vielpunkt, both males, gladly accepted their 'Easter present' and began straight away with hatching the egg," said the zoo in Bremerhaven, in northern Germany.

"Since the chick arrived they are behaving in the same way as one would expect a heterosexual couple to do. Both happy fathers are now diligently handling the everyday care ... of their adopted offspring," the zoo said.

Z and Vielpunkt are part of a six-strong gay community among the zoo's collection of endangered Humboldt penguins who rose to fame in 2005 when four Swedish females were brought in an unsuccessful attempt to "cure" them.

"Homosexuality is nothing unusual among animals," the zoo said. "Sex and coupling up in our world do not necessarily have anything to do with reproduction."

The Humboldt penguin is normally found on the coast of Chile and Peru, but numbers have dropped to between 12,000 and 20,000 as industrial fishing methods have led to dwindling stocks of the anchovies on which they feed."

current mood: cheerful
current music: Birds of a Feather

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Friday, June 5th, 2009
10:59 am - Don't you want...?
I want to be the female Brad Paisley, @ least as far as songwriting goes.

current mood: desirous
current music: Letter to Me- Paisley

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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
2:51 pm - Love, American Style!
An inspired image by artist Mirko Ilic, http://www.mirkoilic.com/ (first seen compliments of [info]gamera_spinning, link provided by [info]gmskarka:



Let Freedom Swing!

current mood: thrilled
current music: You Must Be Crazy For Me- Etheridge

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Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009
4:50 pm - Little Victories
You want to make us do this state by state? You want to fight us every inch of the way? You're on. In the immortal words of Melissa Etheridge, I am a GIANT.

Same-Sex Marriage Is Legalized in New Hampshire

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 3, 2009
Filed at 5:36 p.m. ET

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch on Wednesday signed a bill that made the state the sixth in the country to allow same-sex marriage.

REST OF THE ARTICLE )

current mood: exhaltant
current music: Giant- Etheridge

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Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
3:50 pm - The Rainbow Connection
Just a piece of paper? Maybe, but maybe it's SO much more:

LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009
- - - - - - -
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-LGBT-Pride-Month/

(thanks to [info]adammaker for the heads up!

current mood: excited
current music: Big Dipper- Elton John

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Friday, May 22nd, 2009
8:03 am - Conversations to share....
"So, what's been on your mind lately?"

*pause* *thinking*

"David Marciano."

*incredulous stare*

"WHY???"

*grin*

current mood: amused
current music: Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
8:08 am - The bells are ringing for me & my guy....
Twenty-one years ago today, right about now, I was standing @ the front desk of a hair salon, trying to explain to the owner (who had just told me that my stylist had called in sick) how I wanted my hair done for my wedding.

Twenty-one years (plus a few hours) ago, I married the love of my life, my Bear.

Twenty-one years ago, I began the happiest part of my life, & one of the best marriages I've ever known.

Twenty-one years ago, friends & family joined us in a celebration of love & commitment. Thanks, folks, we're still going strong.



current mood: happy
current music: We Belong Together- Ricki Lee Jones

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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
1:42 pm - Ain't it a shame...?
For the greater part of our lives, most humans are sexual beings- that is we have sexual thoughts, needs, &/or desires. However, we are (again MOSTLY) conditioned to view anyone in a certain age or weight range as a non-sexual being. If we happen to be IN that age &/or weight range ourselves, we may even condition ourselves to avoid APPEARING as if we consider ourselves to be sexual beings. We put the lid on & begin the sad, slow death of that once vital part of our natures. & we do it because we believe we should, & because we fear the mockery, the disgust of others if we do not. Gods, that's just really sad.

current mood: sad
current music: Until the Night- Joel

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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
1:00 pm - Something to do, totally new...
Watching the preview for the new "Sherlock Holmes" movie, I'm finding that I can forgive ALMOST anything but a)reiterating nothing but the old cliches; & b) making Watson look stupid. Although, really, Holmes was noted to be quite fanatically neat about his person, however much of a slob he was in his home.

current mood: amused
current music: London Again- 221B Baker Street

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Friday, May 15th, 2009
4:30 pm - London again!
Wow, did somebody write a book with ME in mind:

IMAGINED LONDON: A TOUR OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST FICTIONAL CITY (Washington: National Geographic Society, 2004; 192 pp., $20.00) is Anna Quindlen's evocative tour of literary London: it's a personal essay, full of insight and humor (and of course Baker Street and Sherlock Holmes are mentioned).

Also, yet another comic book series I'm going to have to buy:

SHERLOCK HOLMES & KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER, is a new three-issue comic-book series ($3.99 for each issue) published by Moonstone Books (582 Torrence Avenue, Calumet City, IL 60409) www.moonstonebooks.com ; the story was written by Joe Gentile, and is a spin-off from the television series starring Darren McGavin (1974) and Stuart Townsend (2005).

current mood: covetous
current music: Jump in the Line- Da Vinci's Notebook

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