Please...........................

 

 more fun here

the people's manner.................

"The genius of every nation expresses itself in the people's manner of passing their time, and in their pleasures."

-Charles Rollin, as excerpted from The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians

On dogs teaching humans to share.........

via

Just when you thought....................

.................................................you had seen it all:

Fifty years ago...............................

Mass hysteria:  The Beatles visit Cincinnati, Ohio.  The local Juvenile Court Judge believes that parents were "bugs" for allowing their little darlings to attend.  If only we had listened:

Huxleyan................................

Spiritual devastation is more likely to come from an enemy with a smiling face than from one whose countenance exudes suspicion and hate.  In the Huxleyan prophecy, Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice.  We watch him, by ours.  There is no need for wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth.   When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public talk becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk.
-Neil Postman,  Amusing Ourselves to Death

I've been known to sign this ditty in the shower...

Two friends having fun.......................

Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin just messing around

Yes, yet another random photo dump......

Every so often, the need arises..........................

From The Archives.........................

From The Archives

There are many ways to make music......

.................................this may be one of them.

Ed. Note:  My technology must be dated.  I felt a little silly following the  "touch the screen" instructions.  Eventually figured out to click the old mouse.

Thanks Craig

True Confessions..................................

I don't have a Twitter account, but find GSElevator somewhat amusing.  "Things heard in the Goldman Sachs elevators do not stay in the Goldman Sachs elevators."

Four lads amusing themselves........................

The Beatles..........................................Can't Buy Me Love

Fifty years ago..............................

Boots Randolph................................Yakety Sax



Homer Louis Randolph III, aka "Boots",  first recorded this tune in 1958.  It did not become a big hit until it was re-recorded on the Monument label in 1963.   The song reached the #35 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.  Faithful viewers of The Benny Hill Show (post 1969) may recognize this as its theme song.

Does blogging count......................?

Digging through the Intertunnel.............

.....and finding some stuff that amused me.........

......reminds us of a probably apocryphal tale about Adlai Stevenson. A woman is supposed to have said to him, "Governor, you have the support of every thinking American," to which he replied: "But madam, I need a majority."
- as excerpted from here

Other Harvards.   A list from McSweeney's that leaves out, among others,  Ohio University:  Harvard on the Hocking.

The True Science of Parallel Universes.   Thanks Craig

The Mighty E. points to Henri the Cat, who has trust issues.  "Castration without representation" indeed.

Amusement Central.................

Where does he find this stuff............................?

Yep......................

Why music matters.....................

A Russian flash mob votes for peace, love, fun, and..................... "puttin on the Ritz"

thanks finer minds

Spring is in the air..................