I have been unintentionally sitting on the replies from BD's last post from "Life in Xanadu". He sent them to me last month and I was unable to get in the mind space to transcribe them. BD is a trifle long winded, like me.. heheh!
Anyway, they are up now and it would be great if you could pop on over and check them out. He does take his time and answers each one as thoroughly as possible. And he does so appreciate everyone's patience with this archaic time frame that we are forced to work with.
I love this picture! It was back when Harley was a chubby bunny.
We all have colds over here at Chez Levi. Of course this is just in time for a visit from my in laws, who are flying in from California to be here for Harley's birthday this weekend. Did I mention it's Harley's birthday this weekend? (Yepper, it is! He is going to be four!) Did I mention my house is somewhat of a disaster? (Ah... My house is somewhat of a disaster.)
To my credit, I got a bunch of preparatory work done yesterday, like food and party favors and drinks and etc... This year we are having his party at one of his favorite places on the planet: The Tallahassee Museum, aka The Junior Museum. Then after those festivities, we are going to have some neighbors over for cake and ice cream and beer... my favorite part of kid parties! If you can get it, and we CAN. I love that Harley loves our neighbors so much that he wants them to celebrate with him. I love our neighbors too, they are part of our chosen family.
So, we will be sniffling our way through the festivities, but rest assured, there is no swine flu here. Happy hump day... PF
I wasn't going to post this... my favorite dance of the movie because I didn't want to ruin anything for anyone. But I'm getting the feeling nobody is going to watch it anyway, and it would be a shame to miss this. (The crazy looking old man who is the first to clap and later begins convulsing is the boy's father. The crazy looking old lady with the bad blond wig and the pink sequence dress is the boy's mother. The cool looking hispanic couple is the girl's father and grandmother.. I think.) The reason the boy's father and mother are going goofy is because the boy and the father had the same dream, only dad never could follow through.
It's cheesy as all get out, but if you can watch this and feel nothing, you had better check your pulse!
I'm sure everyone already knows about this, but I'm always a little late to the party.
So there I was studying and I like to have something in the background, so I flicked on the tube. Charlie Rose was talking to Ed Norton... I love Ed Norton, so of course, I kept it on. Before too long I wasn't studying anymore. I was watching 3 really smart young people talking about a documentary they started shooting on Obama back before the election. And, as it turns out, they managed to get continued access DURING the campaign as well, behind the scenes.... I'm so pissed I don't have HBO!
I don't know about ya'll, but I could sure use a little inspiration right about now. If you have time, check out the promo vid:
Through the strange twists and turns of the internet, I found myself at Scott Adams' Dilbert Blog... This is one funny mo fo. Here is just three example of the fun I found there.
Jeff Moss created the Sesame Street characters Oscar the Grouch (pictured above with Jodie Foster) and Cookie Monster.
All of this post except for the part written after the broadcasts are taken from Fresh Air which aired today, November 6, 2009
Jeff Moss was the first head writer of Sesame Street, which celebrates its 40th anniversary on Nov. 10 with a visit to the White House vegetable garden with First Lady Michelle Obama.
Moss is credited with creating many of the show's iconic characters — Oscar the Grouch and Cookie Monster among them — and he wrote such sing-along classics as "Rubber Ducky" and "People in Your Neighborhood." He took home 14 Emmys, four Grammys and an Academy Award nomination for his work on Sesame Street and with Jim Henson's Muppets.
Moss was also the author of books for children, including Hieronymus White: A Bird Who Believed That He Always Was Right. He died of cancer in 1998, at the age of 56. He talked to Terry Gross in 1994, and we'll remember him with an excerpt from that conversation...
This is the whole show, so you may want to wait till you have time to listen... it's so charming and, yes as all things Muppet these days, scary too. Some of the new format is alarming to an old goat like me. They are breaking up the show into segments, and using a digital U-tube kind of imaging format in parts... I guess life is change, but I don't know... I'm not so ready for Sesame Street to change. There were more changes that were talked about, but you know, I can't remember what they are now. I think I blocked them out on purpose!
What I do remember is that there was a whole lot of talk about Miss Piggy, which I loved! I miss her and nobody mentioned where she is or why she is not around much these days since that part of the interview was in 94. (I think...) And the other thing I remember, and this one IS important, is Ray Charles singing the hippest, grooviest, bluesiest version of the ABC song I ever did hear... It is something that really must be heard. (I'm pretty sure it's the ending on the last podcast above) It made me fall in love with the song all over again. I sang at the top of my lungs today in traffic as proud and joyful as the first time I ever sang it for my parents! You gotta love that.
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