September 2011
Conversation Killers?
If you feel the need to complain that “lol” and “ok” and “nice” and “yeah” and the dreaded “:)” are conversation killers, you do realize that you are texting and that a real conversation involves talking to each other?
Texting doesn’t count as conversation. It’s too impersonal to mean anything worthwhile.
Bucket List: Skype
i want to skype with my cat.
that’s not weird is it?
“Books are the carriers of civilization.
Without books, history is silent,
literature dumb, science crippled,
thought and speculation at a standstill.” —Barbara Tuchman
Without books, history is silent,
literature dumb, science crippled,
thought and speculation at a standstill.” —Barbara Tuchman
“Outside of a dog,
a book is a man’s best friend.
Inside of a dog,
it’s too dark to read.” —attributed to Groucho Marx
a book is a man’s best friend.
Inside of a dog,
it’s too dark to read.” —attributed to Groucho Marx
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page”
—Saint Augustine
August 2011
“love the life you live. live the life you love.”
—Bob Marley
You and I
Don’t you worry there my honey
We might not have any money
But we’ve got our love to pay the bills
Maybe I think you’re cute and funny
Maybe I wanna do want bunnies do with you if you know what I mean
Oh lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I
Well you might be a bit confused
And you might be a little bit bruised
But baby how we spoon like no one else
So I will help you read those books
If you will soothe my worried looks
And we will put the lonesome on the shelf
Lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I
Lets get rich and buy our parents homes in the south of France
Lets get rich and give everybody nice sweaters and teach them how to dance
Lets get rich and build a house on a mountain making everybody look like ants
From way up there, you and I, you and I
—Ingrid Michaelson
“Do what you feel in your heart to be right—
for you’ll be criticized anyway.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
for you’ll be criticized anyway.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
Lullaby
She grew up with
the children of the stars
in the hollywood hills and the boulevard
her parents threw big parties
everyone was there
they hung out with folks like
dennis hopper, bob seeger, sonny and cher
Now, she feels safe
in this bar on fairfax
and from the stage I can tell that
she can’t let go and she can’t relax
and just before
she hangs her head to cry
I sing to her a lullaby, I sing
Everything’s gonna be all right
Rockabye, Rockabye
Everything’s gonna be all right
Rockabye, Rockabye
Rockabye
She still lives with her mom
outside the city
down that street about a half a mile
and all her friends tell her
she’s so pretty
but she’d be a whole lot prettier
if she smiled once in a while
`Cause even her smile
looks like a frown
She’s seen her share of devils
in this angel town
But, everything’s gonna be all right
Rockabye, Rockabye
Everything’s gonna be all right
rockabye, rockabye
rockabye
I told her I ain’t so sure
about this place
It’s hard to play a gig in this town
And keep a straight face
seems like everyone here’s got a plan
It’s kind of like nashville with a tan, but,
Everything’s gonna be all right
rockabye, rockabye
Everything’s gonna be all right
rockabye, rockabye
Everything’s gonna be all right
Rockabye, rockabye
Everything’s gonna be all right
Rockabye, rockabye,rockabye, bye, bye
bye, bye
—Shawn Mullins
