This Remembrance / Veterans Day, I am not only remembering the veterans who died and fought for our freedom, but I am also remember the innocents who also suffered for it. Their names are often not as well registered and kept so they are more easily forgotten, especially by the victors who remember their deads more and who write the history to come.
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Why Can’t We Choose Who We Want to Hear About Dying? (Tribute to Andy Rooney on His Passing)
I just found out Andy Rooney passed away Friday night of complications following minor surgery (Associated Press). It’s the second public figure I’ve always enjoyed hearing about who has passed away within a month. The other was Steve Jobs. Somewhere in those thoughts came this idea I’d try to write something related and relevant to the topic, in a tone and from a perspective Andy might have taken. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, after all.
There are now seven billion people in the world. Unfortunately, at some point, they all have to die. Well, it’s not all unfortunate. In fact, it’s not unfortunate at all in many cases. I was just trying to be sympathetic about a sensitive matter. That’s what happens when you get old. Your heart softens.
If I Knew You Were Coming I’d’ve Baked a Cake
For all the people who came to visit my site. 🙂
What a delightful little ditty! And one with a double contraction at that! I mean, how many double contraction songs do you know of?
But as delightful as Eileen Barton’s version of the song might be, what might be even MORE delightful is this 1969 Sesame Street skit of the song with Ernie and Cookie Monster…
Will Any Women Participate in Movember?
It’s November, and Movember, the annual, month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November conceived in 1999 by a group of Australian men from Adelaide, becoming charitable for men’s health issues since 2004.
Be an Occupy Protester for Hallowe’en!
It’s Hallowe’en! Not ready but need a costume? Here’s a simple one!
Just throw on your worst laundry, don’t wash or shower, and down a bottle of Buckley’s cough syrup if you’re not bitter enough about the world.
Actually, down a bottle anyway cause you’ll need to be that disillusioned about life and the world you live in.
Then complain about anything you can think of anytime you see anybody.
And voilà !
An original, cheap, last minute Hallowe’en costume that will get you into lots of Hallowe’en parties in major cities in North America where protests are being held.
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