Many years ago, when the girls were much younger, I ran across a wonderful book called “Many Moons” by James Thurber. It is the story of a young princess who falls ill one day after a “surfeit of raspberry tarts”. The Royal Physician sends for her father the King, who tells her that he will get her anything that her heart desires. The princess tells the King that if she can have the moon, “I will be well again”.
I first heard this on Showtime’s series “Magic City”, and HAD to find it – it’s from 1975, and is sung by Billy Swan.
This is a very cool version of the Elvis Presley classic!
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Have a great day!
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(Check out my other post on some more great “Magic City” music: “Drowning on Dry Land“)
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Finally, A Doctor Who Agrees With ME!
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Q: Doctor, I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life. Is this true?
A: Your heart only good for so many beats, and that it…don’t waste on exercise. Everything wear out eventually. Speeding up heart not make you live longer; it like saying you extend life of car by driving faster. Want to live longer? Take nap.
Sometimes, you just have to do what the voices in your head tell you to do……
Last year, for some strange reason, I dreamed of Scottish Oatmeal – don’t ask me why; I’ve only heard of the stuff (maybe it was hearing my father-in-law talk about eating steel-cut oats for breakfast. Who knows?). I couldn’t shake this dream, so when I woke up, I had to go looking for recipes.
My children have learned not to let me play on YouTube without adult supervision. I escaped their clutches this weekend….
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Age, treachery, and all that – 😛
Have a great day!
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Portrait of the Author in Repose
The following is a repost from January, 2013:
So it’s the beginning of a new year, and Paul’s employer has teamed up with Virgin HealthMiles to encourage their employees and their families to “Be Healthy”.
What a crock.
You sign up and they send you a pedometer that will track the number of steps that you take each day. According to them, the more steps you take, the more weight you will lose, and the healthier you will be. And if you take enough steps each day, at the end of the year, the company will credit you with $100 toward your Health Insurance Deductible.
Which is good, because our health insurance payments went up $100 a month (even though Obama promised they wouldn’t).
On January 10th, 2011, a new blog was born. It’s 391 posts and 2,251 comments later, and – for better or worst – this little vanity project is still here. Here’s a look back at my very first post:
I gotta tell you, I am absolutely LOVING the music that they are playing on this series!
This one played at the end of Episode #106 – “The Harder They Fall“.
Here is “Drowning on Dry Land”, performed by Albert King.
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Isn’t that the coolest?
Have a great day!
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Check out my other post on some more great “Magic City” music: “Don’t Be Cruel”
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Gets me every time…
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed….And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem….To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.
And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.
And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. (Luke 2:1-7 KJV)
The Fat Lady Has Sung
Koch's Tour 