update: scroll down to see Keith Olbermann read the "Luv Guv" emails. many thanks to Peg o'Tilling for the link - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/31533984#31533984
interesting how a solo hike in the Appalachian Trail ends up in an Argentinian woman's bed. must have taken a wrong turn at Albuquerque
in other news, South Carolina meet your new ki..., erm.
- WATCH! the cats not being there
- WATCH! the cats slepp when they are there
- LISTEN! to all sorts of birds chirping, warbling and thrilling. weird, because all I ever see is brown finches
- LISTEN! to the neighborhood dogs bark incessantly
- THRILL! at the sound of an occasional train
- WONDER! where the damn cats are
all this can be yours here:
yellow cat = stevie
tuxedo cat = pepper
tabbico cat = hank <---- a girl cat despite the name
outside cats = neighbors
annoying outside dogs = neighbors
birds = birds
enjoy. or get bored to death. even chance.
so here are more Cole Porter tunes. I am pairing each of Ms. Ella's interpretations with the performers in the wonderful Cole Porter tribute album Red Hot + Blue, released in 1990 (and rereleased in 2006) by the red hot foundation as an AIDS benefit and to increase the awareness of and education on AIDS.
the red hot foundation is a worldwide organization fighting the spread of AIDS. I encourage everyone to check them out and the other releases in the Red Hot series - I think they are up to 15 now.
the tribute to Cole Porter, Red Hot + Blue is available at Amazon.
Ms. Ella's interpretation of So in Love is impeccable, but k.d. lang's take is heartbreaking
I love Kirsty Maccoll. when together with The Pogues, even more so
David Byrne's twangy take in this song may be nearer Porter's intent. maybe
I think Annie Lennox is the contemporary singer closest to Ella Fitzgerald
Tom Waits goes off in his own distant tangent. wouldn't expect any less
a fun naughty bit. both Ms. Ella and the boys from Erasure go to town
Neneh Cherry's take delivers more of the creep and paranoia implied in the lyrics
edit: as per mmb's request, here's one more pairing.
de-lovely
de-phisticated
born on this date, June 9, 1891, in the eccentrically named town of Peru, Indiana. a good start for a consummate wordsmith and master of wordplay.
let's hear for the birthday boy, shall we? Ms. Ella will do the honors
or bison. whatevs.
the bebeh looks totally like a "Buffy"
pics:
after I die and go to hell <---- [possibility: likely]
I will find that it runs on MS Office 2007 *
and if by chance I am deserving of some special treatment by Satan and his minions, it'll be Apple-based **
...now, off to find (many) adult beverages. this day has been teh suck
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* yes, my tiny podunk little college *just* upgraded to MS Office 2007. and MS Vista ***. we are backwards, i know. shut up. of course the upgrade came without warning, notice, grace period, or training. d'Oh.
** MS Office 2007 is suspiciously pretty, woefully lacking on text, heavy on (shudder) intuition, colorful, and chock-a-full of pretty. Apple-wannabes if you ask me.
*** I was saved from Vista. my computer is too woefully underpowered. I am the envy of everyone.
listening to WMP on shuffle and these two songs came one after the other
* probably not. 'tis a Microsoft product after all.
teh SO is having a birth anniversary.
first, know that you are among an exalted few
...what is less known is that there are several ways to express that abhorrence. one of them is a complex equation involving cats and boxes.
step 1.
step 2.
step 3.
...and now that abhorrence has been dealt with, as you were.
Roxana Saberi after her release from an Iranian prison
more about Roxana Saberi's imprisonment and release.
next, Euna Lee and Laura Ling, journalists currently detained in North Korea
