In Reply: Two Heads Are NOT Always Better (For one thing, they confuse folks...)

Two comments in reply to Guess What? The Churchill Bust Is Still In The White House (Or At Least One Of Them Is):

“And I’m looking forward to the bust of Winston Churchill being in the Oval Office again,” Romney said, evoking applause from the group that helped the candidate raise more than $2 million for his campaign."

If R-money is elected, he won’t have to add anything. He’ll be a bust in the Oval Office all on his own.

Glad to see the great mystery was solved, however. Churchill never left, AND he was returned to England, as well. Imagine what the rumormongers could’ve done with a third Churchill bust. (WinChurch#3 would most likely be stuck in a closet somewhere with whole bunch of circa 2001 keyboards with missing “W” keys.)
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Posted Friday, July 27, 2012 at 18:37

Y’know… This revelation about there being two Churchill busts elicits more questions than it answers… Where was the Nixon-era bust while the Bush-era bust was in the Oval Office? Were both on display in different places in the White House, or is the truth that, rather than Obama removing a Churchill bust and thereby showing his distain for the man, the Brits, , etc, he (or the staff, obviously) actually went to the trouble of getting the older bust out of storage and putting it on display, showing his admiration for the man and his country?

Enquiring mind want to know… (OK, not really… except in the sense that this silly Churchill meme that was being packaged and sold by these folks may turn out to show the exact opposite of what they hoped to show… I do loves me that kinda irony…)
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Posted Friday, July 27, 2012 at 19:05

Memery - Sheila - Tommy Roe

1. Put Your itunes/ipod on Shuffle
2. For each question, press the next button, and the title of that song is your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS
4. Put any comments in (brackets) after the song name
5. Tag those to finish the survey as well
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1) Describe yourself
Moonlight Sonata - Beethoven

2) What do people feel when they're around you?
Eubie's Classical Rag - Eubie Blake

3) Describe your current relationship?
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah - Aly & AJ

4) Where would you like to be right now?
In the Beginning (Radio Edit) - 2 Souls & Bari Koral

5) How do you feel about love?
I Tawt I Taw Ol' Tanty Cwaus - Mel Blanc (as Tweety Bird)

6) What is your life like?
The Central Scrutinizer - Frank Zappa

7) What would you wish for if you only had one wish?
Silence - Gomez

8) Say something wise
The Other Side Of The World - Dishwalla

9) How would you describe yourself?
Lord, I Used To Know 150 Songs By Heart...And Waterbound - Dirk Powell

10) What do you look for in a girl?
Shriner's Park - Melissa Etheridge

11) How do you feel today?
Stairway to Heaven - Neil Pepper

12) What's your life's purpose?
Zombie - Nellie McKay

13) What is your motto?
Rastaman Chant - Bob Marley, Busta Rhymes & Flipmode Squad

14) What do your friends think of you?
You Vote Does Count Skit - P.Diddy

15) What do you think of your parents?
You Can't Always Get What You Want - Luther Allison

16) What do you think about very often?
The Dick Van Dyke Show Theme - The Dick Van Dyke Show

17) What do you think of your best friend?
Sink, Florida, Sink (Electric) - Against Me!

18) What do you think of the person you like?
Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy

19) What is your life story?
Ill Angel - Jeb Loy Nichols

20) What do you want to be when you grow up?
Herbei, Oh Ihr Glaubigen (O Come All Ye Faithful) - Mannheim Steamroller

21) What do you think of when you see the person you like?
Didi Tera Devar Deewana - Lata Mangeshkar & S.P.Balasubhramaniam

22) What will you dance to at your wedding?
Cornflake Girl - Tori Amos

23) What will play at your funeral?
Jamie's Crying - Jajuya

24) Biggest fear?
Odds And Ends - Dionne Warwick

25) Biggest secret?
Frankie and Johnny - Tuts Washington

26) What will you post this as?
Sheila - Tommy Roe
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Used my whole iTunes music section (all 43,274 items) on this... Not that impressed, for the most part. I'm a firm believer that the answers are right there in front of you, most times--just concentrate on a problem, then open a random book to a random page, and your answer will be there, if you read it right--but I'm guessing there wasn't enough concentration for this to work as well as it could have...

Fun, nevertheless... 8>)

Memery - That High School Meme

Fill this out about your high school experience or SENIOR year! The longer ago it was, the more fun the answers will be!! Thought you all who knew me back then might get a laugh out of some memories! Share yours!

1. Did you date someone from your school?: Yes

2. Did you marry someone from your high school?: No

3. Did you car pool to school?: I almost always walked, but did get a ride occasionally. (More rides home after school, though...)

4. What kind of car did you have?: I had no car in high school.

5. What kind of car do you have now?: 2006 Saturn SL1

6. Its Friday night...where were you?: Woks (work) then Mr. Dees Pizza (play)

7. It is Friday night... where are you now?: Home

8. What kind of job did you have in high school?: Woks - Dishwasher/Busboy

9. What kind of job do you do now?: Retail Management

10. Were you a party animal?: Not really, though I think people thought so...

11. Were you considered a flirt?: More'n'likely... The majority of my friends were pretty girls, and they were hard to resist...

12. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir?: I was in "Voices of Walt Whitman," the select chorus.

13. Were you a nerd?: I don't think so... I talked like one sometimes, but was a bit more cool...

14. Did you get suspended or expelled?: I know I was in detention, a bit... I don't think I was ever suspended, though... (but there was "in-school suspension," & I don't remember if there was a difference between that & "detention.")

15. Can you sing the fight song?: Not a note.

16. Who was/were your favorite teacher(s): Mr Peskar (Nature of Language), Mr Tripp (Voices, & faculty advisor for stage crew)

17. Where did you sit during lunch?: I think I had two lunch periods that year (because I dropped--that is, stopped attending--a class) I know I was in the North Cafeteria, but (if this is the year I did that) I spent my "other lunch period" in the South...

18. What was your school's full name?: Walt Whitman High School

19. When did you graduate?: 1982

20. What was your school mascot?: Wildcat

21. If you could go back and do it again, would you?: Only if everyone else came back with me... I'd hate to go through it all again with new people, and I'd love seeing some of the old ones again, particularly the one or two who've died since...

22. Did you have fun at Prom?: I did not go to my prom, but I did attend the 1984 prom. I think that my date enjoyed it more than I did, but it wasn't bad.

23. Do you still talk to the person you went to Prom with?: We had a falling out, but I'd like to repair it, if I can find her.

24. Are you planning on going to your next reunion?: Nope... I really wasn't all that close with many of the people in my graduating class (most of those pretty girls were older or younger, and the few friends I did have were/are not "reunion people." Besides, they charge a small fortune...

25. Do you still talk to people from school?: Not too many, but there are a few...

Memery - 25 Things

In Facebook, I'm only tagging the folks who tagged me and the people I mention. On the blog, I'm not tagging anyone.
I invite any/everyone who reads these words to play (particularly if you haven't yet--It can be enlightening), but the choice is yours. If you do choose to play because you read this here (wherever "here" is for you), I would like a tag back, however...
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Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

(To do this, go to “notes” under tabs on your profile page, paste these instructions in the body of the note, type your 25 random things, tag 25 people - in the right hand corner of the app - then click publish.) DON'T FORGET TO TAG ME!

1) I am a packrat. If it’s not rotting or actually in pieces, I probably still have it… somewhere.

2) The roads to most of my personal hells are paved with good intentions and actions never taken.

3) I have at least a thousand records, and just as many CDs, and I’ve listened to every one.

4) I am much less fortunate book-wise. While I probably have 400-500, I have read very few of them. (I do try, but tend to doze off.)

5) I walked to school from kindergarten through twelfth grade. I could’ve ridden the school bus to high school (& maybe jr. high, too) but I preferred the open air.

6) I’m seldom right on time. Usually, I’m late for stuff, but because I know that, I sometimes overcompensate & show up way too early. (That prolly had something to do with my not taking the bus to school, too.)

7) I miss everyone who isn’t in my life anymore, but I’m not so good at keeping in touch with the people who are.

8) I consider myself a Unitarian Universalist, but I seldom attend fellowship.

9) I miss my old Honda Accord hatchback. I liked having the ability to fit small pieces of furniture in my car on a whim.

10) I haven’t been clean-shaven since 1984. (Even then, I left an almost indiscernible soul patch.)

11) I sleep about 5-6 hours in any 24. If I fall asleep early, I wake up in the middle of the night. (It’s 4am as I peck this out.)

12) When I get involved in something, I forget to stop and eat. I’ve gone whole days without food, and not even noticed.

13) My dad, my cousin Lee, and my friend Andy have had the most influence on my taste in music. All of ‘em were & are willing to explore new sounds.

14) My wife, doesn’t know how much I love her. I’m to blame for much of that because I don’t express it nearly enough, but then, I’m not sure she’d believe me anyway…

15) We do own too many cats for our home & lifestyle. (We have 7 of ‘em.)

16) While I’m very organized at work, I’m a mess at home. Some of it has to do with that packrat thing, but it’s also because I don’t set the same “everything in it’s place” rules at home.

17) I seldom drink anything but water, anymore.

18) I don’t carry a realistic image of myself in my mind. I see myself as that thin guy I was in my 20’s or so, and am kinda surprised every time I see myself in a mirror or current photograph.

19) The opposite happens with my dad. Every time I see him, I’m amazed at how much thinner he is than I thought he was (& actually used to be.)

20) When it comes to women (& most men, as well) though, unless you’re very large, very small, or have changed a whole lot since the last time I saw you (& I can actually remember what you looked like the last time I saw you), I don’t really notice your weight.

21) I have a pretty good memory for song lyrics, plot lines, and general trivia, but I have a whole lotta trouble with proper nouns. Too many conversations go “It’s like that movie—I can’t remember the name--where the guy—nope, can’t recall the actor, but he was the same guy in—you know, that movie we watched last spring, with the monster eating the town… It was called… Oh, nevermind.”

22) I prefer the temperature to be about 65 when I’m working, and just slightly higher when I’m at rest.

23) One day, I hope to earn enough to keep us from worrying about money. (I’d settle for “winning” or “being left” enough, but I really would prefer to earn it.)

24) I have an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in my chest.

25) Like most folks who’ve done this thing, I had a tough time coming up with 25 things to say, and like most, I end this list by saying so.