Sunday Stealing
This is stuff from Australia, courtesy of one of the Sunday Stealers who lives in Australia. Some of the things I looked up, some I didn't.
1. Where to you land on the subject of vegemite? What is the optimum butter/vegemite ratio? Do you also eat Promite or Marmite or do you see these yeast spreads as something akin to treason?
A. I think this is where I land on Vegemite: Lucy on Vitameatavegamine.
2. Who was your favourite Prime Minister of the last ten years? (There have been five – choose wisely.)
A. I'm going to go with Kevin Rudd.
3. Are you a Monarchist or a Republican? Why?
A. I googled this and couldn't find anything to explain to me what this means in Australia. But I'm going to go with Monarchist.
4. What do you think of our current head of state?
A. As best I can tell, that is Queen Elizabeth of England. She's had a long run at it.
5. What are your feelings on compulsory voting.
A. I think it is a good thing and I wish it were that way in the United States.
6. What is your favourite footy food?
A. I am making an assumption that has to do with sports, so I'll say potato chips.
7. Your Nana is having her 80th catered for by the CWA. What CWA standards are you looking forward to at the spread? The Victoria Sponge? Yoyos? Asparagus Rolls? Brandy Snaps?
A. Not the asparagus rolls. But the Brandy snaps are divine.
8. What do you do on ANZAC Day?
A. Have a bit of meat on the barby.
9. Discuss the merits of budgie smugglers.
A. They have no merits, not a single one.
10. What is outside your back door? Gumboots or thongs?
A. Nothing. I keep my shoes in the garage.
11. As a kid you were given 20 cents for pick and mix. What will be in your bag? Teeth? Spearmint leaves? Gobstoppers? Freckles?
A. A Milky Way bar and a Grape Nehi.
12. Redbacks or Huntsmen?
A. Huntsmen.
13. The Mullet. Discuss.
A. They are overfished and more regulations are needed to protect the 16 difference species.
14. Kath or Kim?
A. Katy.
15. Cricket – which code do your follow? Why? Do you think that 20/20 games are sacrilege?
A. Don't follow sports at all, sorry.
16. Football. Which code do you follow? Do you have an opinion about Collingwood or Essendon?
A. Same answer. Not a sports fan.
17. Do you agree that the lyrics to Khe Sahn should be on the citizenship test? Do you know the words to Khe Sahn?
A. I don't think the lyrics to anything should be on any citizenship test regardless of the country.
18. What is your favourite public holiday? If you're in Victoria, which do you prefer? The day off before the AFL Grand Final or Melbourne Cup Day?
A. Oh, Melbourne Cup Day all the way.
19. What do you do at Christmas? Ham sandwich on the beach? Seafood and salad next to the pool? Endure a full English roast with all the trimmings when the thermometer is pushing 35 degrees centigrade outside?
A. If I can change the seafood to something I'm not allergic to (chicken?), then let's sit next to the pool.
20. Ford or Holden?
A. Ford.
21. What is the best Australian invention ever? (And yes, the Hills Hoist can be mentioned)
A. Scratch-resistant plastic lens for glasses.
22. Describe the following:
Fairy bread - little crumbs the fairies pick up after you go to sleep at night.
Lamingtons - isn't this the elven bread that Frodo and Sam ate in Lord of the Rings?
Chiko rolls - chicken rolled up in cabbage.
Snot blocks - daycare centers.
23. What are the following traditional items found in all Australian homes?
Dead horse - this seems self-explanatory. Great-grandpa's horsie all set up and ready to ride. Taxidermist must be a great job in Australia.
Hills Hoist - This would be the same thing as a kitchen mixer, I presume
A slab - ready-made coffin so that when you go all you have to do is lay down and they close the lid
A ute - a form of guitar, like a lute but without the "l" - so I presume it is missing a string.
24. Who is your all time Australian hero?
A. Tommy Emanuel, who is an Australian guitarist that I've actually heard play here in the States.
25. Translate the following: “Strewth! Nev was going flat out like a lizard drinking. But he had a nana nap and he's raring. Told him to get here pronto by not to miss the gate cos it’s impossible to chuck a u-ey for miles. Told him to bring a slab. We’ll have a barby. The kiddies can have snags. Joe the Pom will moan about everything. Jeez, he’s a bastard. Yeah…nah… no flies on him.
A. Goddamnit! He was driving fast and hit a water spot and spun out! But he stopped the car, backed it up, and started going again. I told him to get here immediately and not to forget to stop at the convenience store because there isn't another one for miles. I told him to bring his coffin, too, because we're going to have a helluva party at the BBQ. The kids can have Benedryl to put them to sleep. Joe, that old ape, will whine about everything because Jeez, he's just a bastard. But that other guy never stops.
26. What is your favourite Australian holiday spot?
A. Whatever one I am at.
27. Do you eat the coat of arms?
A. No, I put my arms in my coat and wear it.
28. You are stuck in a lift with the following: Karl Stefanovic, Peter Dutton and Alan Jones. Who do you kill last?
A. Karl Stefanovic.
29. What is the NBN?
A. National Bouncing Nation. It's because of the kangaroos.
30. “Where the bloody hell are you?” Discuss.
A. I'm the bloody hell in Virginia. Where the bloody hell are you?
31. Complete the following sayings.
Am I ever going to see your face again? - Hell no, you one-eyed turnip eater!
You're terrible, - you cockneyed piece of seashore driftwood!
Coupla days, - you're gonna regret you ate that Barby.
32. Potato scallops or potato cakes?
A. Potato cakes.
33. Provide three uses for cane toads.
A. (1) Lick them and get high. (2) Suck on their little feet and get high. (3) Take away their canes and watch them limp down the road as they try to find a pond.
34. If you give a politician a koala to cuddle, what is the likely outcome?
A. The koala will rip the politician's throat into shreds.
35. Bagpipes are perfectly at home in rock songs. Discuss.
A. I don't see why not. Bagpipes, if they are played well, can blend right in with some wild guitar and a good bit of drums.
36. What is a Tim Tam Slam?
A. That's where you take the hat off the head of a guy named Tim and you slam it into the wall.
37. If I ask for a FruChoc, where am I from? What are FruChocs?
A. You're asking for chocolate-covered fruit, and you're from AUSTRALIA.
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Sunday, November 11, 2018
Saturday, November 10, 2018
Saturday 9: The Middle
Saturday 9: The Middle (2018)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This song is about compromise. When did you recently give in a little and meet someone halfway?
A. I'm married. I'm pretty sure I do that nearly every day.
2) She sings that the floors are wet. Are there any floors in your home that could use a good scrub today? If you answered "yes," will those floors get cleaned this weekend?
A. My floors were mopped a few days ago. They are clean.
3) She also sings that the cabinets are bare. What's currently on your shopping list?
A. According to my husband there is nothing to eat in the house, but the only thing on my list on the refrigerator is lotion. I guess you can't eat that.
4) You may be familiar with this song from Target's TV commercials. Do you often shop at Target?
A. Not very often and I don't remember ever hearing this song before.
5) The lead vocal is handled by Maren Morris, a Grammy winner for "My Church," which is all about singing with the car radio. What's the last song you sang along with?
A. Uptown Funk.
6) This past April, Maren married singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd and they have performed onstage together. Who is the last person you sang along with?
A. Probably my friend Teresa. But generally I only sing by myself.
7) This song was composed by brothers Kyle and Michael Trewartha. With their bleached hair and sunglasses, they look like a pair of surfer dudes -- which they are, having grown up in Huntington Beach, CA. Is there a body of water near your hometown?
A. We are not that far from Smith Mountain Lake, which is a manmade lake put in place to create electricity.
8) January 2018, when this song debuted, we had a total lunar eclipse. When things like that happen in the sky, do you go out of your way to watch?
A. Yes, I do.
9) Random question -- They say we're all young at heart. In what way can you be childlike?
A. I like to be brought presents, even if it's a box of Tic-Tacs.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Saturday 9 posts and leave a comment. Because there are no rules, it is your choice. Saturday 9 players hate rules. We love memes, however.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This song is about compromise. When did you recently give in a little and meet someone halfway?
A. I'm married. I'm pretty sure I do that nearly every day.
2) She sings that the floors are wet. Are there any floors in your home that could use a good scrub today? If you answered "yes," will those floors get cleaned this weekend?
A. My floors were mopped a few days ago. They are clean.
3) She also sings that the cabinets are bare. What's currently on your shopping list?
A. According to my husband there is nothing to eat in the house, but the only thing on my list on the refrigerator is lotion. I guess you can't eat that.
4) You may be familiar with this song from Target's TV commercials. Do you often shop at Target?
A. Not very often and I don't remember ever hearing this song before.
5) The lead vocal is handled by Maren Morris, a Grammy winner for "My Church," which is all about singing with the car radio. What's the last song you sang along with?
A. Uptown Funk.
6) This past April, Maren married singer-songwriter Ryan Hurd and they have performed onstage together. Who is the last person you sang along with?
A. Probably my friend Teresa. But generally I only sing by myself.
7) This song was composed by brothers Kyle and Michael Trewartha. With their bleached hair and sunglasses, they look like a pair of surfer dudes -- which they are, having grown up in Huntington Beach, CA. Is there a body of water near your hometown?
A. We are not that far from Smith Mountain Lake, which is a manmade lake put in place to create electricity.
8) January 2018, when this song debuted, we had a total lunar eclipse. When things like that happen in the sky, do you go out of your way to watch?
A. Yes, I do.
9) Random question -- They say we're all young at heart. In what way can you be childlike?
A. I like to be brought presents, even if it's a box of Tic-Tacs.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Saturday 9 posts and leave a comment. Because there are no rules, it is your choice. Saturday 9 players hate rules. We love memes, however.
Thursday, November 08, 2018
Thursday Thirteen - Stairway to Heaven
Since today is the day that Led Zeppelin released the album with Stairway to Heaven on it, here are some facts about that song and the band.
1. Every guitar store I've ever been in has a sign up that says, "No playing Stairway to Heaven" or some derivative thereof. (I have been known to play it anyway. Softly. Nobody's ever said anything.)
2. Led Zeppelin has sold more than 100 million records in the United States.
3. Stairway to Heaven, which is arguably the most famous rock song of all time, was never a hit on the charts because it was never released as a single to the general public. However, on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, all of Led Zeppelin's back catalogue became available for download in the UK, and the track made the singles chart for the first time.
4. Led Zepplin has received Kennedy Honors, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and they received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (the latter in 2005).
5. Robert Plant wrote the words to the song. The song is basically about a woman who accumulates money, which she thinks will get her into heaven, but she finds out that is not the case. Plant called it, "a woman getting everything she wanted without giving anything back."
6. Plant had to defend the song in court 2016 as part of a plagiarism trial over this song. He said he wrote the song and first played it for his band at Headley Grange in Liphook Road, Headley, Hampshire. This is also where they recorded it, using a mobile studio owned by The Rolling Stones. Headley Grange was a huge, old, dusty mansion with no electricity but great acoustics. (The jury in the plagiarism trial ruled in favor of Led Zeppelin, deciding that the chord progression in dispute was common to many other songs dating back decades, and therefore, in the public domain. However, the case this year was sent back to trial on appeal.)
7. Plant wrote the lyrics in a flash of inspiration. "I was holding a pencil and paper, and for some reason I was in a very bad mood. Then all of a sudden my hand was writing out the words, 'There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold/And she's buying a stairway to heaven.' I just sat there and looked at the words and then I almost leapt out of my seat," he said.
8. After the song became famous, many people decided it was inspired by Satan, and that there were messages on the album if you played it backwards. Plant, in Musician magazine, said that Stairway To Heaven, "was written with every best intention, and as far as reversing tapes and putting messages on the end, that's not my idea of making music. It's really sad. The first time I heard it was early in the morning when I was living at home, and I heard it on a news program. I was absolutely drained all day. I walked around, and I couldn't actually believe, I couldn't take people seriously who could come up with sketches like that. There are a lot of people who are making money there, and if that's the way they need to do it, then do it without my lyrics. I cherish them far too much."
9. The song is 8:03 minutes long. It is still thought to be the most-played song on American FM radio.
10. It has sold more sheet music than any other rock song, selling about 1 million copies total. About 10,000 to 15,000 copies of the sheet music are still sold each year.
11. This was the only song whose lyrics were printed on the inner sleeve of the album at its initial release.
12. There is no bass guitar in this song. Instead, it has a string section, keyboards, and flutes. There are also wooden recorders used in the intro.
13. There are no drums in this song until 4:18 minutes into the music.
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Thursday Thirteen is played by lots of people; there is a list here if you want to read other Thursday Thirteens and/or play along. I've been playing for a while and this is my 577th time to do a list of 13 on a Thursday. Or so sayth the Blogger counter, anyway.
1. Every guitar store I've ever been in has a sign up that says, "No playing Stairway to Heaven" or some derivative thereof. (I have been known to play it anyway. Softly. Nobody's ever said anything.)
2. Led Zeppelin has sold more than 100 million records in the United States.
3. Stairway to Heaven, which is arguably the most famous rock song of all time, was never a hit on the charts because it was never released as a single to the general public. However, on Tuesday, November 13, 2007, all of Led Zeppelin's back catalogue became available for download in the UK, and the track made the singles chart for the first time.
4. Led Zepplin has received Kennedy Honors, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and they received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (the latter in 2005).
5. Robert Plant wrote the words to the song. The song is basically about a woman who accumulates money, which she thinks will get her into heaven, but she finds out that is not the case. Plant called it, "a woman getting everything she wanted without giving anything back."
6. Plant had to defend the song in court 2016 as part of a plagiarism trial over this song. He said he wrote the song and first played it for his band at Headley Grange in Liphook Road, Headley, Hampshire. This is also where they recorded it, using a mobile studio owned by The Rolling Stones. Headley Grange was a huge, old, dusty mansion with no electricity but great acoustics. (The jury in the plagiarism trial ruled in favor of Led Zeppelin, deciding that the chord progression in dispute was common to many other songs dating back decades, and therefore, in the public domain. However, the case this year was sent back to trial on appeal.)
7. Plant wrote the lyrics in a flash of inspiration. "I was holding a pencil and paper, and for some reason I was in a very bad mood. Then all of a sudden my hand was writing out the words, 'There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is gold/And she's buying a stairway to heaven.' I just sat there and looked at the words and then I almost leapt out of my seat," he said.
8. After the song became famous, many people decided it was inspired by Satan, and that there were messages on the album if you played it backwards. Plant, in Musician magazine, said that Stairway To Heaven, "was written with every best intention, and as far as reversing tapes and putting messages on the end, that's not my idea of making music. It's really sad. The first time I heard it was early in the morning when I was living at home, and I heard it on a news program. I was absolutely drained all day. I walked around, and I couldn't actually believe, I couldn't take people seriously who could come up with sketches like that. There are a lot of people who are making money there, and if that's the way they need to do it, then do it without my lyrics. I cherish them far too much."
9. The song is 8:03 minutes long. It is still thought to be the most-played song on American FM radio.
10. It has sold more sheet music than any other rock song, selling about 1 million copies total. About 10,000 to 15,000 copies of the sheet music are still sold each year.
11. This was the only song whose lyrics were printed on the inner sleeve of the album at its initial release.
12. There is no bass guitar in this song. Instead, it has a string section, keyboards, and flutes. There are also wooden recorders used in the intro.
13. There are no drums in this song until 4:18 minutes into the music.
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Thursday Thirteen is played by lots of people; there is a list here if you want to read other Thursday Thirteens and/or play along. I've been playing for a while and this is my 577th time to do a list of 13 on a Thursday. Or so sayth the Blogger counter, anyway.
Wednesday, November 07, 2018
Tuesday, November 06, 2018
Bland Autumn
This is one of the worst years for Autumn colors that I can recall. I don't know where the color went, but it wasn't on the trees.
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| I caught this as the sun was setting after a rain; it really did turn everything pink. This photo is untouched. |
Monday, November 05, 2018
Listen to the Music
I've been thinking a lot about this great divide, these hideous, ugly cracks that have appeared in the landscape and throughout the minds of the citizens of the United States.
First, I wonder if it's really there - because I have always been able to talk to most people about nearly anything, in my work as a news reporter. Perhaps it was because I was listening and not arguing that I was able to do that. I may have disagreed with the person's words or point of view but it was not my job to judge. I reported what was said and let the public decide if a supervisor or county administrator or judge or whoever was a total idiot or one of the greatest minds ever to walk the grounds of Fincastle.
I think it is there, now, and I think the media is keeping at the forefront. Divide and conquer creates great copy, after all, and makes for excitement. Keeping the public stirred up, fearful, questioning, and confused works for those who crave power, whether that is a politician or a TV executive. The politicians do not help, of course. I will be so glad when the election is over tomorrow. Perhaps for a day we will have some time on TV with no political advertisement. Then they'll start for whatever election is next, I suppose.
Then I wondered how long this divide has been around. Unfortunately, I have determined it has been around for as long as I have been alive. I overlooked it. I missed it. It was right in front of me, staring me in the face, but I didn't see it. Maybe I didn't want to see it. Maybe because I was raised with racism around me, with hatred and bitterness simply a part of the landscape while I escaped to better places in my mind with my books and my own somewhat less angry heart. (I have a depressed and sad heart, always have, but at least it is not an angry one.)
How did I figure out it has always been there? I listened. This time I listened to things I'd been hearing all of my life - certain songs and words in music. And in those songs I find the beginnings of the discord, the great divide, the things that at the time seemed innocent but which ultimately are not.
I grew up listening to country music in my early years. I switched over to pop/Top 40 as soon as I was old enough to do that (let's say 11 or 12) and never looked back. I still don't listen to country music.
But it occurred to me that the divide was going on way back when. Two songs come to mind for me when I think about what we'll call "the right." Those songs are Okie from Muskogee and Sweet Home Alabama.
The first song, by Merle Haggard, celebrates what I would call small town America. Here are the lyrics:
I presume everything "they" don't do, then "the left" does. Although I know plenty of folks of all persuasions who've smoked a little marijuana and had long hair, but whatever. This song spells it out about as well as anything. And it dates back to 1969. I was six years old in 1969.
The second song, by Lynard Skynard, is a one I've always liked. It falls more into the Southern Rock category than the first song, which is definitely country.
I always thought it was a song about a trucker going home to Alabama, and maybe it is. But the lines that really caught my attention recently were the ones about Neil Young (a liberal musician) and "Watergate does not bother me."
That stopped me short. Why wouldn't Watergate bother someone? Shouldn't it have bothered everybody? It was a crime, a violation of trust, a break in the sanctity of government, a breach of truth.
I strongly suspect that the same people who weren't bothered by Watergate aren't bothered by the things the 45th president says. I am greatly bothered by them, particularly the lies and the outrageous statements that serve only to create fear, disharmony, and discord.
That song came out in 1974. And from there I really stopped hearing that side of things, because I stopped listening to country music. I began listening to disco and songs that celebrated love. I also started listening to songs like Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen, which has a patriotic chorus but is not very flattering to the nation because it's really an indictment of the Vietnam War. And then there were the anti-war songs, in particular War by Edwin Starr (War! Good God, y'all, what is good for? Absolutely nothing.) I also loved White Rabbit byJefferson Airplane (and that has an inappropriate age restricted notice from youtube, I can't even imagine that), Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Peter, Paul, and Mary) and similar songs - mostly anti-war, pro-love, pro-peace, pro-people.
The thing is, had I spent more time listening to different types of music, maybe I would have picked up on the divide. It's rather like the shock I get when I watch something on Fox (which I seldom do but sometimes I feel compelled to check it out). Everything is different about that TV station, even the TV commercials. It's slanted, focused, and pointed at one thing - making sure the viewer knows that change is coming and whatever the change is, it is not good, and the viewer should be afraid.
Change always comes though. Music has evolved since 1969 - we have so many different genres now that it is truly an accurate reflection of the prism of our society, right down from the differences in country music to hip hop to new age to adult contemporary.
I thought I was being open-minded in my music styles, but I wasn't. I listened for a long time to adult contemporary, NPR classical stuff, a little jazz, and oldies music. However, I don't listen to country or hip hop (or reggae or the blues) and in the last two years I have stopped listening to new music for the most part. Mostly now I listen to songs from the 1970s and older albums by Sheryl Crowe and Melissa Etheridge.
I tuned out and turned it off.
I created my own little bubble without realizing that was what I was doing.
Such a fractured, fragile nation, full of bluster and humus and deranged personalities. I don't expect a single day of voting to change the rhetoric or much of anything else.
Only we, the people, can do that. We can come together, or we can continue to tear ourselves apart.
I wonder what we will choose.
First, I wonder if it's really there - because I have always been able to talk to most people about nearly anything, in my work as a news reporter. Perhaps it was because I was listening and not arguing that I was able to do that. I may have disagreed with the person's words or point of view but it was not my job to judge. I reported what was said and let the public decide if a supervisor or county administrator or judge or whoever was a total idiot or one of the greatest minds ever to walk the grounds of Fincastle.
I think it is there, now, and I think the media is keeping at the forefront. Divide and conquer creates great copy, after all, and makes for excitement. Keeping the public stirred up, fearful, questioning, and confused works for those who crave power, whether that is a politician or a TV executive. The politicians do not help, of course. I will be so glad when the election is over tomorrow. Perhaps for a day we will have some time on TV with no political advertisement. Then they'll start for whatever election is next, I suppose.
Then I wondered how long this divide has been around. Unfortunately, I have determined it has been around for as long as I have been alive. I overlooked it. I missed it. It was right in front of me, staring me in the face, but I didn't see it. Maybe I didn't want to see it. Maybe because I was raised with racism around me, with hatred and bitterness simply a part of the landscape while I escaped to better places in my mind with my books and my own somewhat less angry heart. (I have a depressed and sad heart, always have, but at least it is not an angry one.)
How did I figure out it has always been there? I listened. This time I listened to things I'd been hearing all of my life - certain songs and words in music. And in those songs I find the beginnings of the discord, the great divide, the things that at the time seemed innocent but which ultimately are not.
I grew up listening to country music in my early years. I switched over to pop/Top 40 as soon as I was old enough to do that (let's say 11 or 12) and never looked back. I still don't listen to country music.
But it occurred to me that the divide was going on way back when. Two songs come to mind for me when I think about what we'll call "the right." Those songs are Okie from Muskogee and Sweet Home Alabama.
The first song, by Merle Haggard, celebrates what I would call small town America. Here are the lyrics:
We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee
We don't take no trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
'Cause like livin' right and bein' free
We don't take no trips on LSD
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
'Cause like livin' right and bein' free
We don't make a party out of lovin'
But we like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do
But we like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen
Football's still the roughest thing on campus
And the kids here still respect the college dean
Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen
Football's still the roughest thing on campus
And the kids here still respect the college dean
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
A place where even squares can have a ball
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all
In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA
I presume everything "they" don't do, then "the left" does. Although I know plenty of folks of all persuasions who've smoked a little marijuana and had long hair, but whatever. This song spells it out about as well as anything. And it dates back to 1969. I was six years old in 1969.
The second song, by Lynard Skynard, is a one I've always liked. It falls more into the Southern Rock category than the first song, which is definitely country.
Big wheels keep on turning
Carry me home to see my kin
Singing songs about the south-land
I miss 'ole' 'bamy once again and I think it's a sin
Carry me home to see my kin
Singing songs about the south-land
I miss 'ole' 'bamy once again and I think it's a sin
Well I heard Mister Young sing about her
Well I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A southern man don't need him around anyhow
Well I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A southern man don't need him around anyhow
Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you
In Birmingham they love the Gov'nor, boo-hoo-hoo
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you, tell the truth
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you, tell the truth
Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you, here I come
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you, here I come
Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes they do)
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how bout you?
And they've been known to pick a song or two (yes they do)
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I'm feeling blue, now how bout you?
Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you
Sweet home Alabama, oh sweet home
Where the skies are so blue and the governor's true
Sweet home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you
Where the skies are so blue and the governor's true
Sweet home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you
I always thought it was a song about a trucker going home to Alabama, and maybe it is. But the lines that really caught my attention recently were the ones about Neil Young (a liberal musician) and "Watergate does not bother me."
That stopped me short. Why wouldn't Watergate bother someone? Shouldn't it have bothered everybody? It was a crime, a violation of trust, a break in the sanctity of government, a breach of truth.
I strongly suspect that the same people who weren't bothered by Watergate aren't bothered by the things the 45th president says. I am greatly bothered by them, particularly the lies and the outrageous statements that serve only to create fear, disharmony, and discord.
That song came out in 1974. And from there I really stopped hearing that side of things, because I stopped listening to country music. I began listening to disco and songs that celebrated love. I also started listening to songs like Born in the USA, by Bruce Springsteen, which has a patriotic chorus but is not very flattering to the nation because it's really an indictment of the Vietnam War. And then there were the anti-war songs, in particular War by Edwin Starr (War! Good God, y'all, what is good for? Absolutely nothing.) I also loved White Rabbit byJefferson Airplane (and that has an inappropriate age restricted notice from youtube, I can't even imagine that), Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Peter, Paul, and Mary) and similar songs - mostly anti-war, pro-love, pro-peace, pro-people.
The thing is, had I spent more time listening to different types of music, maybe I would have picked up on the divide. It's rather like the shock I get when I watch something on Fox (which I seldom do but sometimes I feel compelled to check it out). Everything is different about that TV station, even the TV commercials. It's slanted, focused, and pointed at one thing - making sure the viewer knows that change is coming and whatever the change is, it is not good, and the viewer should be afraid.
Change always comes though. Music has evolved since 1969 - we have so many different genres now that it is truly an accurate reflection of the prism of our society, right down from the differences in country music to hip hop to new age to adult contemporary.
I thought I was being open-minded in my music styles, but I wasn't. I listened for a long time to adult contemporary, NPR classical stuff, a little jazz, and oldies music. However, I don't listen to country or hip hop (or reggae or the blues) and in the last two years I have stopped listening to new music for the most part. Mostly now I listen to songs from the 1970s and older albums by Sheryl Crowe and Melissa Etheridge.
I tuned out and turned it off.
I created my own little bubble without realizing that was what I was doing.
Such a fractured, fragile nation, full of bluster and humus and deranged personalities. I don't expect a single day of voting to change the rhetoric or much of anything else.
Only we, the people, can do that. We can come together, or we can continue to tear ourselves apart.
I wonder what we will choose.
Sunday, November 04, 2018
Dona Nobis Pacem
I haven't participated in the November 4 Peace Blog in quite a while, but this seems like a good time to get back to it. I can't stand the hatred that seems to be flowing in waves across not only the United States but most of the world. Why must people be mean when it is just as easy to be kind?
To learn more about peace blogging, check out the information here.
Sunday Stealing
Sunday Stealing
1. What's the coldest temperature you've experienced?
A. The record low for my area is -9 F in 2002, so I guess that.
2. What's for dinner tonight?
A. A salad.
3. Would you consider moving to Australia?
A. Yes.
4. What was your favorite subject in high school?
A. English.
5. How many hours a day is your tv on?
A. If I am home alone, none. If my husband is here, then about 4 hours.
6. Have you ever received an award?
A. Yes. I have received numerous Virginia Press Association Awards for my writing, along with some other awards for my work.
7. What does your mousepad look like?
A. It's solid blue.
8. How many browser tabs do you have open right now?
A. Only one on this brower, 4 on another. Yes, I use multiple browsers at the same time.
9. If you are a parent, have you or did you ever put Vicks VapoRub on your children under the age of 2?
A. I have no children.
10. As an adult, do you like the scent of Vicks VapoRub?
A. Yes.
11. If you had to pick one insect to infest your house for 1 day and after that day they would just suddenly vanish, which insect infestation would you pick?
A. Flies. As far as I know they don't leave visible poop or spit or anything like that. I suppose they might in mass quantities.
12. What color is your underwear that you are wearing right at this moment?
A. White.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Sunday Stealing posts and leave a comment. Cheers to all us thieves who love memes, however we come by them.
1. What's the coldest temperature you've experienced?
A. The record low for my area is -9 F in 2002, so I guess that.
2. What's for dinner tonight?
A. A salad.
3. Would you consider moving to Australia?
A. Yes.
4. What was your favorite subject in high school?
A. English.
5. How many hours a day is your tv on?
A. If I am home alone, none. If my husband is here, then about 4 hours.
6. Have you ever received an award?
A. Yes. I have received numerous Virginia Press Association Awards for my writing, along with some other awards for my work.
7. What does your mousepad look like?
A. It's solid blue.
8. How many browser tabs do you have open right now?
A. Only one on this brower, 4 on another. Yes, I use multiple browsers at the same time.
9. If you are a parent, have you or did you ever put Vicks VapoRub on your children under the age of 2?
A. I have no children.
10. As an adult, do you like the scent of Vicks VapoRub?
A. Yes.
11. If you had to pick one insect to infest your house for 1 day and after that day they would just suddenly vanish, which insect infestation would you pick?
A. Flies. As far as I know they don't leave visible poop or spit or anything like that. I suppose they might in mass quantities.
12. What color is your underwear that you are wearing right at this moment?
A. White.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Sunday Stealing posts and leave a comment. Cheers to all us thieves who love memes, however we come by them.
Saturday, November 03, 2018
Saturday 9: It Must Be Him
Saturday 9: It Must Be Him (1967)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This song is about a woman waiting impatiently for a phone call. Do you consider yourself patient?
A. Not particularly.
2) Other women (most notably Shirley Bassey and Dottie West) have recorded this song. Harry James and Doc Severinson did instrumental versions. But there's no record of a male singing "Oh dear God! It must be her! Or I shall die!" Do you think that's because waiting for the phone to ring is more "a chick thing," and men simply don't do it?
A. I don't think I have ever sat around and waited for the phone to ring, unless I was expecting a business call at an appointed time. I think it's a human thing but I doubt most men would admit to feeling so lonely and needy.
3) This recording enjoyed a sudden surge of popularity after 20 years when it was included on the soundtrack of Moonstruck, the 1987 film that won Cher an Oscar. Have you seen Moonstruck?
A. I don't think so.
4) This week's featured artist, Vikki Carr, was born in El Paso, TX. El Paso can proudly proclaim itself one of America's safest cities. What can your hometown be proud of?
A. My closest city is known as the Star City of the South because it has a huge neon star on Mill Mountain, which is within the city's borders. The star was built in 1949 as a gimmick to bring in shoppers. The star is made of neon. It changes color from red, white, and blue, depending on time period and whims of city council.
I think it is the largest manmade neon structure in the world, but I wouldn't swear to that.
You can see what the City of Roanoke looks like from the star on the StarCam.
Here are photos I took in 2014.
5) She was a staple on Jerry Lewis' Labor Day Telethon, raising funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association by performing this song. Is your TV on right now? If so, what are you watching?
A. My TV is not on.
6) In 1971, Vikki fulfilled a dream of hers by establishing the Vikki Carr Scholarship Foundation. Every year the foundation awards Hispanic American students money to use toward higher education. She says it's her way of returning "the support and encouragement she received from others" early in her career. If you could establish a charitable foundation, what cause would you like it to benefit?
A. I would establish a charitable foundation that assisted with illiteracy.
7) In 1967, when this song was popular, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant. Today, one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States is the coronary artery bypass surgery. Have you had any surgeries?
A. I've had multiple surgeries. From 1987 to 1993 I had a surgery a year for endometriosis which ultimately ended in a hysterectomy when I was 29 years old. I had my tonsils out in 1994 as an adult (and it hurt, don't let anyone ever tell you you'll get over that in two days). My gallbladder surgery in 2013 turned out to be a major trial as it set off a debilitating endless pain loop of scar tissue that has built up in my abdominal muscles.
8) Also in 1967, the RMS Queen Mary was retired after 31 years of service. Have you ever traveled by cruise ship?
A. No.
9) Random question: Who is your oldest living relative?
A. My mother-in-law, though she is not really my blood relative. She's 85. My oldest living blood relative would be my father, who is 77.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Saturday 9 posts and leave a comment. Because there are no rules, it is your choice. Saturday 9 players hate rules. We love memes, however.
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) This song is about a woman waiting impatiently for a phone call. Do you consider yourself patient?
A. Not particularly.
2) Other women (most notably Shirley Bassey and Dottie West) have recorded this song. Harry James and Doc Severinson did instrumental versions. But there's no record of a male singing "Oh dear God! It must be her! Or I shall die!" Do you think that's because waiting for the phone to ring is more "a chick thing," and men simply don't do it?
A. I don't think I have ever sat around and waited for the phone to ring, unless I was expecting a business call at an appointed time. I think it's a human thing but I doubt most men would admit to feeling so lonely and needy.
3) This recording enjoyed a sudden surge of popularity after 20 years when it was included on the soundtrack of Moonstruck, the 1987 film that won Cher an Oscar. Have you seen Moonstruck?
A. I don't think so.
4) This week's featured artist, Vikki Carr, was born in El Paso, TX. El Paso can proudly proclaim itself one of America's safest cities. What can your hometown be proud of?
A. My closest city is known as the Star City of the South because it has a huge neon star on Mill Mountain, which is within the city's borders. The star was built in 1949 as a gimmick to bring in shoppers. The star is made of neon. It changes color from red, white, and blue, depending on time period and whims of city council.
I think it is the largest manmade neon structure in the world, but I wouldn't swear to that.
You can see what the City of Roanoke looks like from the star on the StarCam.
Here are photos I took in 2014.
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5) She was a staple on Jerry Lewis' Labor Day Telethon, raising funds for the Muscular Dystrophy Association by performing this song. Is your TV on right now? If so, what are you watching?
A. My TV is not on.
6) In 1971, Vikki fulfilled a dream of hers by establishing the Vikki Carr Scholarship Foundation. Every year the foundation awards Hispanic American students money to use toward higher education. She says it's her way of returning "the support and encouragement she received from others" early in her career. If you could establish a charitable foundation, what cause would you like it to benefit?
A. I would establish a charitable foundation that assisted with illiteracy.
7) In 1967, when this song was popular, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant. Today, one of the most common surgeries performed in the United States is the coronary artery bypass surgery. Have you had any surgeries?
A. I've had multiple surgeries. From 1987 to 1993 I had a surgery a year for endometriosis which ultimately ended in a hysterectomy when I was 29 years old. I had my tonsils out in 1994 as an adult (and it hurt, don't let anyone ever tell you you'll get over that in two days). My gallbladder surgery in 2013 turned out to be a major trial as it set off a debilitating endless pain loop of scar tissue that has built up in my abdominal muscles.
8) Also in 1967, the RMS Queen Mary was retired after 31 years of service. Have you ever traveled by cruise ship?
A. No.
9) Random question: Who is your oldest living relative?
A. My mother-in-law, though she is not really my blood relative. She's 85. My oldest living blood relative would be my father, who is 77.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Saturday 9 posts and leave a comment. Because there are no rules, it is your choice. Saturday 9 players hate rules. We love memes, however.
Thursday, November 01, 2018
Thursday 13
Things that are just irritating the crap out of me right now:
1. People who are supposed to do work for you but have excuses.
2. People who schedule times and then change them at their whim.
3. People who lie to you about the things they can do just to get your money.
4. People who are inconsiderate.
5. People who don't know how to drive but are behind the wheel anyway.
6. People who are racists, bigots, biased, extremists, etc.
7. People who don't know how to count out change when they work in retail.
8. People who text you with a question and then leave you hanging when you respond.
9. People who make those "I'm with the credit card company" scam calls.
10. People who send spam in my email.
11. People who make promises and don't keep them.
12. People who say they will call you and then don't.
13. People who don't read.
Ok. Apparently I'm just irritated with people in general. Hopefully dogs are reading my blog today.
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1. People who are supposed to do work for you but have excuses.
2. People who schedule times and then change them at their whim.
3. People who lie to you about the things they can do just to get your money.
4. People who are inconsiderate.
5. People who don't know how to drive but are behind the wheel anyway.
6. People who are racists, bigots, biased, extremists, etc.
7. People who don't know how to count out change when they work in retail.
8. People who text you with a question and then leave you hanging when you respond.
9. People who make those "I'm with the credit card company" scam calls.
10. People who send spam in my email.
11. People who make promises and don't keep them.
12. People who say they will call you and then don't.
13. People who don't read.
Ok. Apparently I'm just irritated with people in general. Hopefully dogs are reading my blog today.
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Thursday Thirteen is played by lots of people; there is a list here if you want to read other Thursday Thirteens and/or play along. I've been playing for a while and this is my 576th time to do a list of 13 on a Thursday. Or so sayth the Blogger counter, anyway.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
The Unfinished Work
I don't like to write posts like this. I don't like to be critical of companies or their workers. I do expect, though, for people to work and do their job when I am paying for products and labor.
I don't expect them to show up at 11 a.m. and then work for an hour and take a 2-hour lunch. I expect at least a 6-hour work day out of them. I realize putting down tile is not easy but if you only work 3 hours a day, it sure takes a long time.
To remind you, we had an incident with the dishwasher which resulted in the loss of my 30-year-old parquet flooring. We choose to replace it with tile.
We chose our flooring company, a place in Roanoke that I politely will not name - yet. While we were at it, we decided to replace the carpeting in the living room, hallway, and bedroom with hardwood flooring, something we had intended to do in the next five years anyway. So I chose the tile to go with the hardwood flooring. So this was not a little job. It was a half-house renovation.
The tile was installed in mid-October. On its face it looks ok, but it is not the best tile job I've ever seen. The more I walk on it, the more I find uneven places. Plus, the job is not finished.
The salesperson had cut the job into two parts: one for the tile, one for the hardwood. We had terrible issues with the tile and the installer was not welcome to return. Now we've issues with the hardwood - we wanted a simple change of direction in one room for the wood and some way to make that change in an open area without a transition strip (because that was something else to trip over), and for some reason this was a big problem - and yesterday we cancelled that job out of sheer frustration. However, we are now left with an unfinished mess.
I am greatly distressed by this and don't quite know where to go from here. I did not hear from the company today. I think if I knew I had a customer as upset as we are, I'd be calling and bending over backwards to try to fix the problems, but apparently we're not "big" enough players to warrant attention.
Looks like it might be time to drag out my poison pen and send off a letter to the company's manager and president.
I don't expect them to show up at 11 a.m. and then work for an hour and take a 2-hour lunch. I expect at least a 6-hour work day out of them. I realize putting down tile is not easy but if you only work 3 hours a day, it sure takes a long time.
To remind you, we had an incident with the dishwasher which resulted in the loss of my 30-year-old parquet flooring. We choose to replace it with tile.
We chose our flooring company, a place in Roanoke that I politely will not name - yet. While we were at it, we decided to replace the carpeting in the living room, hallway, and bedroom with hardwood flooring, something we had intended to do in the next five years anyway. So I chose the tile to go with the hardwood flooring. So this was not a little job. It was a half-house renovation.
The tile was installed in mid-October. On its face it looks ok, but it is not the best tile job I've ever seen. The more I walk on it, the more I find uneven places. Plus, the job is not finished.
The salesperson had cut the job into two parts: one for the tile, one for the hardwood. We had terrible issues with the tile and the installer was not welcome to return. Now we've issues with the hardwood - we wanted a simple change of direction in one room for the wood and some way to make that change in an open area without a transition strip (because that was something else to trip over), and for some reason this was a big problem - and yesterday we cancelled that job out of sheer frustration. However, we are now left with an unfinished mess.
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| There is no quarter round along the baseboard, so you can see how badly that looks. |
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| The carpet is not tacked down where it meets the tile. It's actually simply laying over top of the tile. |
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| This is how it is sitting on the tile. I consider it a real trip hazard. |
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| I don't know if you can tell from this picture, but this particular tile is raised up enough at this end that you can stub your toe on it. If it were under the table it would be one thing, but it's right in the main walk area. |
I am greatly distressed by this and don't quite know where to go from here. I did not hear from the company today. I think if I knew I had a customer as upset as we are, I'd be calling and bending over backwards to try to fix the problems, but apparently we're not "big" enough players to warrant attention.
Looks like it might be time to drag out my poison pen and send off a letter to the company's manager and president.
Sunday, October 28, 2018
Sunday Stealing
Sunday Stealing
1. What is on your mind right now?
A. I have an ache in the left side of my jaw and I can't decide if it's a tooth, my ear, or my TMJ. The gland is a little swollen on that side, too.
2. Do you know anyone who has attended Harvard University?
A. Probably, but no name comes to mind.
3. How many books are in the room you’re in?
A. I have no idea. I've never counted them. Several hundred. A rough estimate would be about 650, just counting out a couple of shelves and multiplying.
4. Do you save at least 15 percent of your income?
A. I don't really care to answer this question.
5. When was the last time you had a rainy day spent at home?
A. Friday. We went out that morning for breakfast and a pneumonia shot for me, but then spent the rest of the day at home. My husband slept and watched TV.
6. When was the last time you stayed home from school/work?
A. I work from home when I work.
7. Do you write “yes” or “no” answers to surveys or do you explain more?
A. It depends on my mood. Apparently today I am not in the mood to write long answers.
8. Is there any type of medicine you can’t take? For what reason?
A. I break out in hives from morphine.
9. Do you have a favorite pair of pajamas? What do they look like?
A. I do not have a favorite pair of pajamas.
10. Would you rather have potato or chicken noodle soup if you had to?
A. Chicken noodle soup.
11. Do you believe that when a person appears in your dreams, that person wants to see you?
A. I think not, since frequently I dream of people who are no longer alive.
12. When was the last time you saw your mom?
A. My mother died in 2000.
13. What is one food you could eat for a month, straight, and not get sick of?
A. Oh I don't know. Can't I just drink a Boost or Ensure or something and be done with it? I've grown tired of trying to come up with multiple meals, and it is too hard to think of one single thing.
14. Have you ever spray painted something about your love somewhere?
A. No.
15. Do you live in a town where basically everyone knows everyone else?
A. Yes.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Sunday Stealing posts and leave a comment. Cheers to all us thieves who love memes, however we come by them. (#255)
1. What is on your mind right now?
A. I have an ache in the left side of my jaw and I can't decide if it's a tooth, my ear, or my TMJ. The gland is a little swollen on that side, too.
2. Do you know anyone who has attended Harvard University?
A. Probably, but no name comes to mind.
3. How many books are in the room you’re in?
A. I have no idea. I've never counted them. Several hundred. A rough estimate would be about 650, just counting out a couple of shelves and multiplying.
4. Do you save at least 15 percent of your income?
A. I don't really care to answer this question.
5. When was the last time you had a rainy day spent at home?
A. Friday. We went out that morning for breakfast and a pneumonia shot for me, but then spent the rest of the day at home. My husband slept and watched TV.
6. When was the last time you stayed home from school/work?
A. I work from home when I work.
7. Do you write “yes” or “no” answers to surveys or do you explain more?
A. It depends on my mood. Apparently today I am not in the mood to write long answers.
8. Is there any type of medicine you can’t take? For what reason?
A. I break out in hives from morphine.
9. Do you have a favorite pair of pajamas? What do they look like?
A. I do not have a favorite pair of pajamas.
10. Would you rather have potato or chicken noodle soup if you had to?
A. Chicken noodle soup.
11. Do you believe that when a person appears in your dreams, that person wants to see you?
A. I think not, since frequently I dream of people who are no longer alive.
12. When was the last time you saw your mom?
A. My mother died in 2000.
13. What is one food you could eat for a month, straight, and not get sick of?
A. Oh I don't know. Can't I just drink a Boost or Ensure or something and be done with it? I've grown tired of trying to come up with multiple meals, and it is too hard to think of one single thing.
14. Have you ever spray painted something about your love somewhere?
A. No.
15. Do you live in a town where basically everyone knows everyone else?
A. Yes.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Sunday Stealing posts and leave a comment. Cheers to all us thieves who love memes, however we come by them. (#255)
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Saturdy 9: Alfred Hitchcock
Saturday 9: "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" Theme
This week's song was chosen because this is the last Saturday 9 before Halloween. Are you unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was born in England. Name another pop culture contribution England has made.
A. Elton John.
2) This week's song is recognized as the theme to Hitchcock's long-running TV show, but "Funeral March for a Marionnette" is a classic piece written for piano in the late 1870s by Charles Gounod. Do you often listen to classical music?
A. Sometimes at night I do before I go to sleep.
3) Janet Leigh's shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho is considered one of the scariest sequences ever filmed. What's the most frightening movie you've ever seen?
A. When I was young I saw Amityville Horror (the 1979 version) and that scarred me for life, I think. I also saw The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and similar movies. I stopped watching horror when I was about 17. Life is scary enough.
4) Hitchcock admitted that he "never trusted birds," and he took that fear and turned it into the movie, The Birds. Is there a member of the animal kingdom that just gives you "the creeps?"
A. Spiders and snakes.
5) Halloween will soon be upon us. Will you carve a jack o'lantern this year?
A. No.
6) What candy will trick or treaters get at your house?
A. I never have trick or treaters, but I usually purchase a bag of Smarties because they're not chocolate, they're (relatively) low in calories, and I will eat them.
7) When you went trick or treating, did you prefer fantasy costumes (like a storybook character) or scary ones (like a monster)?
A. I think I usually went as a tramp.
A. Haunted houses.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Saturday 9 posts and leave a comment. Because there are no rules, it is your choice. Saturday 9 players hate rules. We love memes, however.
This week's song was chosen because this is the last Saturday 9 before Halloween. Are you unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.
1) The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, was born in England. Name another pop culture contribution England has made.
A. Elton John.
2) This week's song is recognized as the theme to Hitchcock's long-running TV show, but "Funeral March for a Marionnette" is a classic piece written for piano in the late 1870s by Charles Gounod. Do you often listen to classical music?
A. Sometimes at night I do before I go to sleep.
3) Janet Leigh's shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho is considered one of the scariest sequences ever filmed. What's the most frightening movie you've ever seen?
A. When I was young I saw Amityville Horror (the 1979 version) and that scarred me for life, I think. I also saw The Shining, Rosemary's Baby, The Exorcist and similar movies. I stopped watching horror when I was about 17. Life is scary enough.
4) Hitchcock admitted that he "never trusted birds," and he took that fear and turned it into the movie, The Birds. Is there a member of the animal kingdom that just gives you "the creeps?"
A. Spiders and snakes.
5) Halloween will soon be upon us. Will you carve a jack o'lantern this year?
A. No.
6) What candy will trick or treaters get at your house?
A. I never have trick or treaters, but I usually purchase a bag of Smarties because they're not chocolate, they're (relatively) low in calories, and I will eat them.
7) When you went trick or treating, did you prefer fantasy costumes (like a storybook character) or scary ones (like a monster)?
A. I think I usually went as a tramp.
8) Which candy was your favorite? Which one were you disappointed to find in your trick or treat bag?
A. I'm not a fan of candy corn.
9) Which do you find scarier -- cemeteries or haunted houses?
A. I'm not a fan of candy corn.
9) Which do you find scarier -- cemeteries or haunted houses?
A. Haunted houses.
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I encourage you to visit other participants in Saturday 9 posts and leave a comment. Because there are no rules, it is your choice. Saturday 9 players hate rules. We love memes, however.
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