Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) |
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Flamin’ eyes of people fear, | |
Burnin’ into you | |
Many men are missin’ much, | |
Hatin’ what they do | |
Youth and truth are makin’ love | |
Dig it for a starter | |
Dyin’ young is hard to take | |
Sellin’ out is harder | |
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Of course (in this case), the “favorite lines” are other than the chorus. — KMAB | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Decide, Support, Vote |
2019 | Aware Some |
2018 | Know Any Christians? |
2017 | The Only Thing I Can Give… |
2016 | Wiser But Less Cocksure |
2015 | Not Today |
Wicked | |
2014 | …Am Too |
2013 | Credible? |
2012 | Both |
2011 | Risking Hidden Linkage |
Archive for the ‘General Comments’ Category
Just Mice Elf
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Comments, Favorite Lines, Included Video, Quotes, Sly and the Family Stone, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) -- music video, YouTube on February 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Backyard Narcissus
Posted in General Comments, Pictures, tagged Daffodils, Narcissus, Pictures of Backyard Flowers, Pictures of Home on February 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »
And here is a photo of the Spring blossom of our backyard daffodils (Narcissus)… These are the miniature variety. |
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Our Hil is not sure why, but our front yard daffodils didn’t really come in this year. We got the green shoots, but none of the blooms / flowers. Oh, well. Maybe next year. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2020!! |
2019 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2019!! |
2018 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2018!! |
2017 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2017!! |
2016 | Happy Valentine’s Day – 2016!! |
2015 | To My Special Lady |
2014 | Awakening |
2013 | Drowsy In Comfort |
2012 | Happy Valentine’s Day |
2011 | Own Your Bible |
Beyond Thar Be Dragons
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged childhood memories, Comments, Favorite Lines, Honah Lee, Imagination, Included Video, Jackie Paper, Peter Paul And Mary, Puff The Magic Dragon -- music video, Quotes, YouTube on February 12, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Puff The Magic Dragon |
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A dragon lives forever, | |
But not so little boys | |
Painted wings and giant’s rings | |
Make way for other toys | |
One gray night it happened, | |
Jackie Paper came no more | |
And Puff, that mighty dragon, | |
He ceased his fearless roar | |
His head was bent in sorrow, | |
Green scales fell like rain | |
Puff no longer went to play | |
Along the cherry lane | |
Without his lifelong friend, | |
Puff could not be brave | |
So Puff, that mighty dragon, | |
Sadly slipped into his cave | |
Oh, Puff the magic dragon | |
Lived by the sea | |
And frolicked in the autumn mist | |
In a land called Honah Lee | |
Puff the magic dragon | |
Lived by the sea | |
And frolicked in the autumn mist | |
In a land called Honah Lee | |
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Reading the lyrics as an adult, this is obviously a (somewhat sad) song about the loss of a child’s innocent imagination. I, however, remember the song as a celebration of imagination and not of loss. It is funny how the mind plays tricks on us. The song was released when I was eight years old, but my memory places it back much further in my childhood. I guess, in my memories, I held onto my “innocent imagination” longer than I thought. — KMAB | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Skyin’ |
2019 | I Hope He Has A Lot Of Room Down There |
2018 | What Time Is It? |
2017 | Gifts |
2016 | 30 Seconds |
2015 | Success |
2014 | Create The Fact |
2013 | Overpowering Curiosity |
2012 | On Planning The Invasion Of Iraq… |
2011 | This And That |
I’m Bettin’ On The Bible | |
Touched My Hand
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Comments, Favorite Lines, I Will Follow Him -- music video, Included Video, Peggy March, Quotes, YouTube on January 30, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I Will Follow Him |
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I must follow him (follow him), | ||
Ever since he touched my hand I knew | ||
That near him I always must be | ||
And nothing can keep him from me | ||
He is my destiny (destiny) | ||
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Just imagine singing this hit at 14 years old!! | ||
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On This Day In: | ||
2020 | Releasing Their Fears | |
2019 | 17 Days Until The Next Government Shutdown | |
2018 | Disciplined Models | |
2017 | We Cannot Afford Enemies | |
2016 | Love Is Just A State Of Mind | |
2015 | Waiting? | |
2014 | Big C, Little B (II) | |
Where God Has Not | ||
2013 | Chasing His Dragon | |
Shaped And Molded | ||
2012 | Believe In Yourself | |
2011 | Cultural Equivalence | |
Why Not? | ||
Books About Books | ||
The Basis For Adult Continuing Education | ||
Another Friend’s Passing
Posted in General Comments, Health, Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Carole King, Comments, ER, Favorite Lines, Health, Included Video, Quotes, Tapestry -- music video, YouTube on January 25, 2021| 3 Comments »
Tapestry |
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My life has been a tapestry | |
Of rich and royal hue | |
An everlasting vision | |
Of the ever-changing view | |
A wond’rous woven magic | |
In bits of blue and gold | |
A tapestry to feel and see | |
Impossible to hold | |
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[A few days ago, I got word of an old friend’s passing (from COVID). This makes two friends in less than a month. This friend was a nurse who I bumped into at the ER over ten years ago when I went there for heart issues. She didn’t recognize me as it had been almost 35 years since we’d seen each other. I said she reminded me of someone I used to know back in the 1970’s in San Francisco and she got excited as she remembered me, too. Anyway, I was having heart issues and she triaged me into the back area for an immediate IV and care. The ER doctor said I was lucky as for most men my age (early 50’s back then), the first sign of heart problems is your face hitting the floor. He said most men are “too tough” to admit they have a problem when they start to feel “a little” chest pain, and then their family is burying them. So, in a very real way, this friend from the past helped to save my life. This song came to mind as I was thinking about her passing. The song is kind of sad (to me). She was NOT like that at all. She was enthusiasm, laughter and infectious smiles. I guess, the song came to mind because it reminds me of the tapestry of our lives weaving in and out of other’s lives creating a vision we don’t really see until we’re well beyond the current moment. I wish I’d been able to see her before her passing, so I could’ve thanked her for these extra years to work on my tapestry. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Can We At Least Set The Bar Higher Than An Incompetent Liar In The Oval Office? |
2019 | Uncertain Times |
And Government Shutdowns, Too | |
2018 | Satisfied |
2017 | In The Mind |
2016 | Dreaming |
2015 | The Best Medicine Is Also Contagious |
2014 | Eyes Off |
2013 | The More Things Change… |
2012 | The Delicate Moment Of Giving |
2011 | Ready, Shoot, Aim!! |
Heaven Is…
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Videos, tagged Comments, Favorite Lines, Included Video, Lee Marvin, Quotes, Wand'rin' Star -- music video, YouTube on January 24, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Wand’rin’ Star |
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When I get to heaven | |
Tie me to a tree | |
Or I’ll begin to roam, | |
And soon you know where I will be | |
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I don’t know how many times I sang this song to myself while I was in the Army… — KMAB | |
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On This Day In: | |
2020 | Hoping For #46 In January 2021 |
2019 | Interesting, But Not Fascinating |
But Try To Eat The Low-Hanging First | |
2018 | Me, Too |
2017 | Apt Enough? |
2016 | Now Or Ever |
21, Pause, Restart | |
2015 | I Am Shocked, Sir, Shocked… |
Lucy & FSND-2 | |
2014 | Less Difficult |
2013 | The Spirit Of Liberty |
2012 | The Essential Freedom Of Aloneness |
2011 | A Problem Of Scale |
Fred Doesn’t Live Here Anymore | |
2010 | Another Book, Another Jog… |
#45 Has Got To Go
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Music and Concerts, Politics, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged #DonTheCon, #IncompetentDonald, Back Stabbers -- music video, Comments, Included Video, O'Jays, Politics, YouTube on December 28, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Back Stabbers |
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Obviously, this video is about romantic relationships and not politics, but I heard it on the radio and it just reminded me of #45 aka: #DonTheCon. Hopefully, soon to be “Don The Convict” instead of “Don The Con“-man. The man is only interested in himself and will stab anyone in the back as soon as he’s satisfied he no longer needs them. This goes from his “allies” in Congress and on the Alt-Right, to the Republican Party, to his family, to our country. You either serve his immediate needs or you are nothing to him. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Just Rewards |
2018 | Diet Resolutions For The New Year |
Day 3: Late December Diet / Fast | |
2017 | Daily, Mr. President, Daily |
2016 | We Did This |
2015 | I’m Talking To You |
Forced (Again) | |
2014 | We Are Not A Fearful Nation! |
2013 | Risking Truth |
2012 | Working On Reality |
2011 | Massive Contradictory Changes |
A New Day Is Coming
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Politics, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged #46, 2020 Presidential Election, Comments, Crystal Blue Persuasion -- music video, Favorite Lines, GSA, Included Video, Joe Biden, Politics, President-Elect Biden, Quotes, Tommy James & the Shondells, YouTube on November 23, 2020| 2 Comments »
Crystal Blue Persuasion |
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Look over yonder | |
What do you see? | |
The sun is a’rising | |
Most definitely | |
A new day is coming, | |
Ooh, ooh | |
People are changing | |
Ain’t it beautiful, | |
Ooh, ooh | |
Crystal blue persuasion | |
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GSA “ascertains” Joe Biden is the President-Elect!! | |
Perhaps a celebration is a bit over the top (since there is still so much work to be done). And, we are probably not ushering in an age of “peace and good, brotherhood”. BUT… I don’t care! I’m happy!!! I can start to breathe a sigh of relief for this country which I love. Now, we can turn our attention to the Georgia Senate races and then to the Inauguration!!! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Or In This Case – What’s Wrong |
2018 | Just Passing Through |
2017 | True Torture |
Happy Thanksgiving – 2017 !! | |
2016 | Overtaken |
2015 | Alone Praying |
2014 | A Full Man |
2013 | Off Defending The Universe |
Taking Precautions | |
2012 | Never, Never, Never |
2011 | Testing 1, 2, 3 |
Too Many Detectives On This Case
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Comments, Favorite Lines, Included Video, Quotes, Tavares, Top Of The Pops, Whodunit -- music video, YouTube on November 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Whodunit |
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The place is surrounded | |
[The place is surrounded] | |
Nobody leaves till I found her | |
[Nobody leaves till I found her] | |
Until this case is solved | |
It’s up against the wall, you all | |
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LoL!! How many of the movie and TV show detectives did you recognize from the lyrics? Careful. You may be showing your age… | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Or In This Case – What’s Wrong |
2018 | Just Passing Through |
2017 | True Torture |
Happy Thanksgiving – 2017 !! | |
2016 | Overtaken |
2015 | Alone Praying |
2014 | A Full Man |
2013 | Off Defending The Universe |
Taking Precautions | |
2012 | Never, Never, Never |
2011 | Testing 1, 2, 3 |
Old Man Wishin’…
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Videos, tagged Brick House -- music video, Comments, Favorite Lines, Included Video, Quotes, The Commodores, YouTube on October 31, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Brick House |
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Ow, she’s a brick house | |
Yeah, she’s the one, the only one, built like an amazon | |
The clothes she wears, her sexy ways | |
Make an old man wish for younger days, yeah, yeah | |
She knows she’s built and knows how to please | |
Sure enough to knock a strong man to his knees | |
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LoL!!! Those lines cracked me up back in the ’70’s (when I was in my 20’s) and they still crack me up in the ’20’s (now that I’m in my 60’s). | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Three Down, Three To Go |
2018 | Too Significant |
2017 | Shadows |
2016 | Still Blurry |
2015 | For Awhile Anyway |
2014 | By Contrast |
2013 | A Very Long Time… |
2012 | Raise And Support |
2011 | Naturally |
2010 | A Quick Sunday Morning Read |
Giants Win Game 4 In Shutout 4 to 0!!! | |
Just Like You
Posted in Faith, Faith Family and Friends, General Comments, Included Video, Music and Concerts, Philosophy, Videos, tagged Cat's In Cradle -- music video, General Comments, Harry Chapin, Included Video, Parenting, Philosophy, Prayer, YouTube on October 17, 2020| 2 Comments »
Cat’s In The Cradle |
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Every father’s prayer: “Dear Lord, Help my children be better than me.“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | None Absolutely Certain |
Destroying The Republic | |
2018 | Maps For Those Difficult Times |
2017 | A True American Hero |
Or Desserts | |
2016 | What #AmnestyDon Is Really Afraid Of |
2015 | What Are You Doing? |
2014 | The Ideal Man |
2013 | Daring Ripples |
2012 | Evermore |
2011 | Unpredictable Opportunity |
2010 | Giants Fall In Game 2 (1 to 6) – Leave PA With 1-1 Split !! |
R.I.P.: Eddie Van Halen
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Videos, tagged 1984 (LP), Dance The Night Away -- music video, General Comments, Glen Campbell, Included Video, Jimi Hendrix, Prince, R.I.P., RIP - Eddie Van Halen, Roy Clark, Throat Cancer, Van Halen, YouTube on October 6, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Dance The Night Away |
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To be honest, I was not a “big” Van Halen (group) fan. I do own their “Greatest Hits” CD and “1984” album and I did really like a number of their songs (particularly this one and “Jump“). Having said that, I was a fan of Eddie Van Halen. I thought he had some great riffs and he always seemed to bring a sense of joy to their videos. | |
I heard (today) Eddie passed away after a multi-year struggle with throat cancer. The world is better for his having been a part of it. The music world is a little less tonight for his loss. | |
Hendrix, Prince and (now) Eddie Van Halen… Heaven must be jammin’ & screamin’ tonight! I bet Glen Campbell and Roy Clark are fingerin’ in a few licks with them, too! | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Two Peace |
2018 | The Sensation Of Human Intimacy |
2017 | One Night In A Thousand Years |
2016 | A Considerable Amount Of Work |
2015 | Panzer Soldier |
2014 | Babies (I) |
2013 | Patriotic == Tell The Truth |
2012 | 30 Days To Go |
2011 | Altering The Course |
Register And Vote
Posted in Education, General Comments, Health, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged CDC, Comments, COVID-19, Doug Boyd, Full Shutdown, Health, K-12 Schools, Philosophy, Quotes, Soapbox, The Economy on September 28, 2020| 2 Comments »
If I have learned one thing in this life, it is that God will not tie my shoes without me. | |
— Doug Boyd | |
[Vote like YOUR life depends on it. With 200,000 more predicted COVID-19 deaths by the end of the year – YOUR life may BE dependent on it!! | |
My thoughts about re-opening “the economy” and K-12 schools: | |
America has less than 5% of the world’s population, but it has over 20% of the world’s COVID deaths. Over 20 million workers were laid off in this year’s shelter-in-place. There are estimates of 130 to 150 million workers in the United States. This was when “all” / most of the country was supposed to be on a “shelter-in-place” order and the economy was “shut-down“. This means over 80% of the workers were STILL employed / working. Let’s be generous and say 75% of ALL the remaining workers were able to work from home. That means we still had over 25 million people working outside of their homes and exposed to others. That was “considered” a FULL shutdown… It is simply NOT possible to have a FULL shutdown of a modern economy. In the U.S., over 20 million are employed in health care alone. Granted a fair number of those may be in administrative roles and not actually care providers. | |
Again: We did NOT and have not been able to shutdown the economy and we will never be able to. The only way to get to 2022AD with the minimum number of deaths is strict adherence to: 1) Wear a MASK; 2) Wash your hands frequently; 3) Practice social distancing when out in public (a minimum of 6-8 feet apart); 4) Avoid large gatherings (more than 10 people); 5) re: #4 – particularly when the gathering is planned to be indoors; 6) and take the vaccine as soon as it is “reliably” certified by the CDC. (This means after Trump has been removed from office.) | |
A couple of years ago I opined that youth exposure to internet pornography was the “greatest / worst” social experiment of our time. My opinion has changed… We are, as a nation, committing to sending millions of OUR children under the age of 12 years old back to school where they will almost certainly be exposed to COVID. It is being stated the young are the least susceptible to fatal exposure and, therefore the “risk” is their spreading COVID to others (parents / adults). This is not entirely true. We have no idea what the long term effects of COVID exposure are to children or if prolonged or repeated exposure will have any effects later in their lives. And we can’t know either of these things for multiple years. We are not just risking the current economy. We are risking the health and future of OUR children. | |
I know there is a lot going on now-a-days. I just wish someone (journalist / broadcaster / doctor) was taking a lead in raising this concern. I feel like a voice in the wilderness… | |
And now I will climb down from my soapbox. — KMAB] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Love And Leave |
2018 | Smiling If Not Laughing |
2017 | Chilled And Smooth |
2016 | But Sometimes You Have To Stand In Front |
2015 | The Key Shift |
2014 | Remember ISIS / ISIL? |
2013 | What Have You Done Lately? |
2012 | B8 |
2011 | I’m Definitely Not In Control |
Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Lyrics, Quotes, Videos, tagged Alabama Rain - song lyrics, Alabama Rain -- music video, Daydreams, Forrest Gump, Imagination, Included Video, Jim Croce, Songs About Rain, YouTube on September 27, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Alabama Rain |
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Drive in movies, | |
Friday nights | |
Drinkin’ beer and laughin’ | |
Somehow things were always right | |
I just don’t know what happened | |
But now and then I find myself | |
Thinkin’ of the days | |
When we were walkin’ in | |
The Alabama Rain | |
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Long before I ever saw “Forrest Gump“, I used to listen to this song and day dream about walking down a tree-lined / branch-covered path on a hot, humid afternoon holding my wife’s / girl friend’s hand; a sudden down-pour would drench us to the bone, but even after it stopped, the heat / humidity would still leave the walk home comfortable. Wet, but comfortable. I’ve never visited Alabama, but that’s how I’ve always thought of it. Maybe, someday I’ll get a chance to find out… LoL! I suppose if anybody from Alabama reads this they’ll tell me I’m crazy and it’s not like my imagination at all. | |
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On This Day In: | |
2019 | Silly Pooh Bear |
Dominoes Or Jenga? | |
2018 | Very Few |
2017 | Or The Candidate Who… |
2016 | The Happiest People |
2015 | Jumping Into The Dark |
2014 | I Would Be Sillier |
2013 | It Keeps Happening Anyway |
2012 | Take Time |
2011 | A Mother’s Lesson |
2010 | 3rd Pair – Shoe Review (DOA and Final) |
The Real Heir…
Posted in General Comments, Included Video, Lyrics, Music and Concerts, Quotes, Song Lyrics And Videos By Others, Videos, tagged Comments, Favorite Lines, Hair Of The Dog -- music video, Included Video, Nazareth, Quotes, YouTube on February 22, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Hair Of The Dog
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