MY LIFE - Watching Christmas specials with my daughter...

MY LIFE - Why I shouldn't be taken to church!

Sigh!

Okay, so I'm at my wife's church. Her parents are there. Me, my daughter, and her son are listening to her sing a hymn in her lovely operatic soprano on front of the whole church.

What happens right in the middle? Out of my pocket comes a loud trilling noise that sounds like a cartoon character tiptoeing, as the alarm, that I thought I put on silent, goes off for the whole church to hear!

Sigh!

ENTERTAINMENT: 15 Reasons Mister Rogers Was the Best Neighbor Ever

Back when I was in 7th grade I stood up in front of my English class and delivered a tongue-in-cheek, poorly researched presentation on why I thought Mister Rogers should be the next President. I ate up the first few minutes zipping up my cardigan, and putting on some sneakers, and then I proceeded to mock him roundly. It was a riotous success. Fourteen years later, I'm using this post to repent. The following are 15 things everyone should know about Fred Rogers:

http://mentalfloss.com/article/16416/15-reasons-mister-rogers-was-best-neighbor-ever

SPIRITUALITY/RELIGION: The History of Christmas

I. When was Jesus born?

A. Popular myth puts his birth on December 25th in the year 1 C.E.
B. The New Testament gives no date or year for Jesus’ birth. The earliest gospel – St. Mark’s, written about 65 CE – begins with the baptism of an adult Jesus. This suggests that the earliest Christians lacked interest in or knowledge of Jesus’ birthdate.
C. The year of Jesus birth was determined by Dionysius Exiguus, a Scythian monk, “abbot of a Roman monastery. His calculation went as follows:

http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm

ENTERTAINMENT: The Speak-Singing Debate: Just Sing The Damn Song!

Few people can easily define it, but nearly everyone knows it when they hear it. Speak-singing, the murky marriage of spoken lyrics and sung melodies, can be heard in everything from 17th-century opera to The Velvet Underground and the latest Mountain Goats record. On this edition of All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton argue over the pros and cons of this polarizing art form and take a look at some of their favorite (and not-so-favorite) speak-singing artists. Plus, listeners chime in with some of their own picks. [Copyright 2012 National Public Radio]

http://m.npr.org/story/149623697?url=/2012/04/03/149623697/the-great-debate-on-speak-singing-just-sing-the-damn-song

MY LIFE: Mohawk singer using a 1940s mic drawn by my girlfriend's son.

CULTURE/SOCIETY: My (Meaning Really Me, OlderMusicGeek's) Life In Africa

Well, one of my old fellow returned volunteers from the Peace Corps sent a link to these two videos on our group email. If you ever wondered what my life in Africa was like, these two videos give you a really good idea! - OlderMusicGeek





And for those of you who wondered what I learned from living in Africa for a few years, I supply the following song, that describes what I learned better than I ever could. - OMGeek
OlderMusicGeek's Life Lesson From Africa

I'm so f***ing sick
I'm the king of the world
I'm a genius of useless stuff
Some people they gotta work
well I just hang around
dreaming up useless stuff
So if I call you from time to time
I said my life is such a drag
I feel like a hag please shut me up
Girl would you like to live my life
And I'll be with you tonight
I'll be your useless stuff
Now everybody wants to be our friend
so we act real Zen
and hang around with movie stars
So if I call you from time to time
I said my life is such a drag
I feel like a hag kick me in the ass
Girl would you like to live my life
And I'll be with you tonight
I'll be your useless stuff
I'll be your useless stuff
Can I be your useless stuff?

More YouTube videos on Lesotho

ON ANOTHER BLOG: "PERSONALITY: 44 Odd Things About Me" on OlderMusicGeek's Stupid Tests And Quizzes (just click here)