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What Are You Doin’ New Year’s Eve, Lena Horne
What Are You Doin’ New Year’s Eve, Lena Horne
Nicole Hollander’s “Sylvia” used to run in one of Honolulu’s daily papers back when we had two. When the smaller paper bought the larger one from Gannett and merged the operations, it was one of the casualties. I’ve missed it. Well, guess what? You can subscribe to it and get it in your daily e-mail! …
I’m sure most of us look at paintings of historical events done before photography was invented and think “Well, it’s probably romanticized a little, but it must be fairly close to the way the event took place. After all, the artist must have done some research.” Think again. You know the famous painting of George …
You know, if you’re a Democratic political consultant or guru to a Democrat running for President, a headline like this has to make you smile: “News is Good for Santorum and Bad for Gingrich in New Polls.” You can’t tell me any rational Democratic Presidential candidate wouldn’t be delighted to have either of those two …
As long as you’re feeling healthy, it’s somewhat amusing to perplex the medical profession. “Why is this doing this? We’re treating it with X dosage! It shouldn’t happen!” “I dunno, Doc. You guys are the pros here.” “Well, we’ll reduce the dosage by half and see what that does. If you start feeling lightheaded or …
A rarity! I only got one! It is, however, a most interesting one: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood, by James Gleick. From the Amazon link, here’s what Publishers Weekly says about it: “. . . Gleick leads us on a journey from one form of communicating information to another, beginning with African …
Cherry Tree Carol, Judy Collins After reading about the story told in the lyrics at the above link, go read Jo Walton’s wonderfully imagined story of Joseph and his love for Mary.
An annual entry. Here’s a link to last year’s post.
When I was an altar boy the Church liturgy was still in Latin, so I had to recite it in that language. I wasn’t as good as Bocelli.
Winter Wonderland, Tony Bennett and the Count Basie Orchestra, live at Rockefeller Center, 2008