Monday, July 11, 2011
Cahokia Indian Art Show
My sister and I went to the Cahokia Indian Art Show yesterday. I videotaped the exhibits and made a little movie of it for my music channel at YouTube. The tune in the background is from my last CD but will also appear on my upcoming all acoustic CD. It's called "Flamenco Joe."
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
The Lost Patrol
Philip MacDonald wasn't the great writer his grandpa George was, but he was pretty decent. One of John Ford's early films (1934), The Lost Patrol, was based on one of Philip's novels called Patrol. Someone has posted it at YouTube now. You can see it here: The Lost Patrol
Monday, July 4, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Author Sex Quiz
I laughed and felt disgust simutaneously at this. If you go to the following link you'll find a quiz where you're supposed to figure out which of ten excerpts were written by men or women. After you hit the submit button, you'll find out which you got right or wrong. You'll also find out the identity of the authors. You may be surprised. The writing is so bad, I thought all the samples were by high school kids. Turns out they're all well-known modern authors. Is it any wonder normal humans can't find anything to read these days?
Author Sex Quiz
Author Sex Quiz
Friday, July 1, 2011
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Here are two great renditions of the classic song. Both came out in 1944 and are decidedly different. I love 'em both!
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
(Jordan co-wrote the song and had the first hit record with it.)
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
(Jordan co-wrote the song and had the first hit record with it.)
Does Anyone Tell The Truth In Court Anymore?
First we have this incredibly stupid circus of Casey Anthony and family where it seems painfully obvious that she's lying, her father is lying, and her father's mistress is lying.
Then we have the case of Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn being accused of raping a hotel maid, and it's now come out that there's a lot of evidence that she made the whole thing up to try and sue him for money. However, it couldn't have happened to a bigger louse. This guy's gotten away with worse things than rape over the years. It's kind of fitting though that an immigrant crook from the ghetto should try to screw-over an immigrant crook from the country club.
It seems like people think nothing anymore of lying through their teeth after putting their hand on a bible and swearing by God to tell the truth. Who raised these people? A courtroom is the last place on earth you'll hear anyone tell the truth about anything.
Doesn't it seem sort of ironic that polygraph tests aren't allowed as court evidence even though they've been proven time and again to be at least 90% accurate, and yet your chances of having someone in the witness box tell the truth is what—maybe 50-50?
Then we have the case of Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn being accused of raping a hotel maid, and it's now come out that there's a lot of evidence that she made the whole thing up to try and sue him for money. However, it couldn't have happened to a bigger louse. This guy's gotten away with worse things than rape over the years. It's kind of fitting though that an immigrant crook from the ghetto should try to screw-over an immigrant crook from the country club.
It seems like people think nothing anymore of lying through their teeth after putting their hand on a bible and swearing by God to tell the truth. Who raised these people? A courtroom is the last place on earth you'll hear anyone tell the truth about anything.
Doesn't it seem sort of ironic that polygraph tests aren't allowed as court evidence even though they've been proven time and again to be at least 90% accurate, and yet your chances of having someone in the witness box tell the truth is what—maybe 50-50?
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