We May Look Like Pansies – 4/30/2008

April 29, 2008 in 1990's, Comedy, Fashion, Film, Music, Musicals, Off-Beat, Videos, YouTube
Tags: Comedy, mel brooks, men in tights, Musical, pansies, pansy, robin hood, slapstick

I was out in my out-of-control garden today plucking the dried heads of my pansies when out of the blue I started humming the below song:

I completely forgot how funny and how brilliantly choreographed this routine is.

Marlee Matlin Dancing With The Stars Week 6(?) – 4/29/2008

April 29, 2008 in Dance, Red Lasso, Television, Videos
Tags: Dancing With The Stars, deaf, dwts, fabian sanchez, Marlee Matlin, week 6

Best clip I could find was only 1:40 minutes.  I wonder if the judging didn’t go so well?  Anyone know?

Wheel of Death, A Bad Day At Work? – 4/23/2008

April 23, 2008 in Music, Off-Beat, Performance Art, Videos, YouTube
Tags: 25th anniversary, business, business suit, circus, cirque du soleil, corporate america, suit, wheel of death

Love Cirque du Soleil, even though it has become on the saturated side in Las Vegas.  But there seem to be no end in the multi-BILLION dollar enterprise, and people can’t get enough of it.
Regarding the below video, you ever get the feeling you are in a wheel in this rat race called corporate america? [...]

Lewis Black Earth Day – 4/22/2008

April 22, 2008 in Comedy, Holiday, Politics, Science, Social Issues, Television, Videos, YouTube
Tags: baking soda, bicycle, bulbs, business, Comedy Central, compost, dimmers, Earth Day, fertilizer, Flourescent, freecycle, garbage, garden, gas, heart, household cleaners, John Stewart, junk mail, landfill, laundry, lemons, Lewis Black, local produce, money, newspaper, oil, oil consumption, Organic, paper, recycle, salt, telecommute, toilet, vegetable, veggie, vinegar, walk

I am about as curmudgeonly as Lewis Black (could be the perpetual PMS) and so in honor of Earth Day, here is his take on the holiday from 2007.

You can tell I can’t stand celebrity endorsement either. But here is what this Jane Schmo did for this day (and every [...]

Jr. Iron Chef Vermont! – 4/21/2008

April 21, 2008 in Cooking, Destinations, Education, Food & Drink, Politics, Social Issues, Vermont, Videos, YouTube, Youth
Tags: Cooking, farm, Iron Chef, Jr Iron Chef, kale, latkes, onions, Organic, potato, produce, school lunches, schools, soup, squash, Vermont

States and Schools really need to see the importance of supporting the local small farms and buying local produce for school lunches. The video below are youth teams from various Vermont schools to come up with lunches that use only Made In Vermont produce! I don’t see a downside to this. [...]

John Stewart’s Response to The Clinton/Obama PA Debate 2/19/2008

April 20, 2008 in Comedy, Election, Politics, Social Issues, Television, Videos
Tags: Barak Obama, Charlie Gibson, Comedy Central, Corporate Welfare, debate, Hilary Clinton, John Stewart, NPR, Philadelphia, presidential

As you all know I do not have a television hooked up to ‘outside’ you will. I have been hearing for days as the the most recent presidential debate has been considered the worst…ever. I checked out Daily Show’s John Stewart’s Commentary…Oh My God…I am going to be sick…External Links.

Part I

Part II

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Marlee Matlin Dancing With The Stars Week 5 – 4/17/2008

April 17, 2008 in Dance, Music, Red Lasso, Television, Videos
Tags: abc, Dance, dancing, Dancing With The Stars, deaf, Marlee Matlin, Red Lasso, samba, video

Hot, hot, hot! Marlee Matlin dances the Samba! You go, girl! External Link.

Dennis DeYoung’s Hunchback of Notre Dame Musical…Long Overdue – 4/16/2008

April 16, 2008 in Books, Chicago, Concert, Music, Musicals, New York, Performance Art, Videos, YouTube
Tags: YouTube, video, New York, Musical, Chicago, Victor Hugo, novel, WGN, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, notre dame, dennis deyoung, dennis de young, styx, concept album, bailiwick, quasimodo, frollo, ave maria, esmerelda, heartbeat

Can’t remember how long I’ve had the original concept album, and have been waiting for years to see this musical come into fruition.  At long last it looks like it is headed for the Bailiwick in Chicago next month for a limited engagement.  Too bad I will not be able to make it and wish Mr. [...]

What Would 3 Trillion Buy? – 3/15/2008

April 16, 2008 in Documentary, Education, Film, Politics, Science, Social Issues, Technology, Videos, YouTube
Tags: 3 trillion dollars, alternative energy, brave new films, broadband, building schools, college tuition, Community Supported Agriculture, cost of war, CSA, Education, electric car, healthcare, homeless, homelessness, iraq, katrina, library, Politics, solar energy, universal healthcare, YouTube

Great YouTube video about where our tax dollars is going:

And the website which allows you to play with the money where you think it should be spent. Leave a comment by telling us WHAT’S IN YOUR SHOPPING CART?
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Reinstate the Fairness [...]

Carrier, New PBS Documentary – 4/10/2008

April 10, 2008 in Documentary, Film, Interviews, Politics, Religion, Social Issues, Technology, Television, Videos, YouTube, Youth
Tags: aircraft carrier, carrier, deployment, Documentary, Film, military, navy, nimitz, pbs, pilots, uss nimitz

I will have to wait until this is available on DVD as I do not have a television hooked up to cable. This looks like this will really be insightful. Carrier will cover 10 one-hour episodes covering all aspects of aircraft carrier life during deployment from relationships between men and women, religion, secrets, and much [...]