// January 18th, 2010 // Comments // History, Holiday
“Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.” From A Letter From Birmingham Jail 1963.
// November 28th, 2009 // Comments // Holiday, personal
This week, those of us who are in the United States gather with friends and family celebrate, eat and share time with those important to us.
We also usually take time to reflect on the last year and remember those people and things that we are thankful for.
I am thankful for……
…friends and family.
…Comcast not making me homeless (more on that in another post)
…My Job and Health Insurance and an understanding and fair management team and good people to work with.
…Those that have been there for me when I needed it.
…My photographic skills and those that have helped and critiqued me along the way.
… my dog Chloe
…having a car that isnt old or has a ton of mechanical problems.
…my new apartment (bigger and closer to work)
…mother nature
…all the new friends I have met in that last few months.
…those that have helped me see my faults and allowing me to explore myself in a new way and helping me be a better person.
…my health.
…My Satellite radio and the internet for allowing me to explore my musical interests in a new way.
…having a real down to earth person in the white house. (example calling Kanye a jackass, playing basketball once a week, ect).
…reconnecting with friends family and long time acquaintances via facebook. It has been nice catching up
…all those who have had a important role in my life. I take a small piece of that with me in my life’s journey.
…That I am alive and witnessing the things that I am.
There is a lot more i could put here but this is the most important to me right now.
What are you thankful for this holiday season.
Happy Thanksgiving all be safe, be thankful, and be yourself.
// November 7th, 2009 // Comments // Holiday, TV, personal
Sesame Street Tuned 40 years old this month. Fourty years of puppets and learning. What adult or child does not have a memory of a song, moment or skit on Sesame Street.
Here are 10 of my favorites (click thumbnail to view video):
10. Grover’s Waiter Memory
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9. This is Your Life Sneaker!!
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8. The Martians
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7. Near …. Far
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6. Typewriter: Cat …. no Little Cat!!
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5. Ladybug Picnic
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4. People in your Neighborhood
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3. Ernie’s Sandbox Game
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2. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,10,11,12…
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1. I’m sure gonna miss you,Mr. Hooper
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Happy 40th, Sesame street, and here’s to 40 more wonderful years and no more “this is for adults” warning (video)on your DVD seasons (buy).
What are your favorite Sesame Street memories?
// October 31st, 2009 // Comments // Holiday, mix tape
I’ll set the mood for this weekend with this wonderful performance of Edgar Allen Poe’s the Raven as done by Vincent Price and a Halloween mix for your Hallows eve. Have fun and be safe:
Talking Heads — Psycho Killer (from Stop Making Sense)
Frank Sinatra — Witchcraft
Squirrel Nut Zippers — Hell
Mike Oldfield — Tubular Bells Movement One
Blue Oyster Cult — Don’t Fear the Reaper
Danny Elfman — This is Haloween
Marlyn Manson — I put a Spell on you
Blues Traveller — Devil Went Down to Georgia (Charlie Daniels Band Cover).
Warren Zevon — Werewolves of London
Jimi Hendrix Experience — Voodoo Child (Slight Return)
// January 19th, 2009 // Comments // History, Holiday, politics
A link to his “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
“I submit that an individual who breaks the law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.”
“I want to young Men and young women who are not alive today …to know and see that these new privileges and opportunities did not come without somebody suffering and sacrificing for them”
“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity”
“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
“There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.”
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