If you’ve been thinking of making a major purchase for your home of an energy-efficient product such as a new refrigerator or dishwasher or even (hey, honey!) a new washing machine, this is the weekend to buy. Given the condition of Georgia’s budget crunch due to the economy and low sales tax collections, who knows if sales tax [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Flutes rule and brass………… well, you know……….
Posted in FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Video Clips, tagged Classical Music, flight of the bumblebee, flute, flutes, quartet, Rimsky-Korsakov on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Enjoy!
Aaaarrrrr! International Talk Like a Pirate Day – September 19th
Posted in FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Fun Stuff, Holidays, Video Clips, tagged aaaarrrr, Blackbeard, Eric Herman, pirate, pirates, Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While this certainly doesn’t have the impact of Molly McGinn in Bloody Blackbeard, here’s something to help you celebrate today’s holiday – International Talk Like a Pirate Day. Aaaarrr!
Enjoy!
No “Tiptoe Through the Tulips” with this one
Posted in Artistry, Classical Music, FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Musical Instruments, Video Clips, tagged Ave Maria, Classical Music, guitar, James Hill, solo, ukelele on September 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A seemingly innocuous instrument in the hands of an artist can produce something that is truly magical. James Hill performs Ave Maria by Franz Schubert on ukelele.
Enjoy!
Thanks, Fran!
Gas Pricez
Posted in FYE - For Your Enjoyment, Fun Stuff, Just for Grownups, Video Clips, tagged dance, gas prices, rap, parody, gas guzzler, car, oil, petroleum on September 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A couple of years ago, I made the acquaintance, via cyberspace, of a young American ESL teacher living in Japan who worked in a preschool there. I enjoyed seeing and hearing his videos from the school and frequently posted some of them here.
I hadn’t thought about Jeremy in a while, and, just tonight, had a notice [...]
Why women *MUST* vote……
Posted in Education, Events, FYI, Just for Grownups, People Making a Difference, tagged 19th Amendment, Alice Paul, brutality, Dora Lewis, elections, enfranchisement, grandmother, great-grandmother, Lucy Burns, polling booth, prison, right to vote, suffragette, suffragist movement, vote, voting, women, Woodrow Wilson, workhouse on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I received an email today from a friend, encouraging me to vote. At first, I thought it was one of those “rah-rah” type emails that would say “Vote for So-and-so. He’s your man” or “A vote for So-and-so is a vote against Thus-and-so.” However, it was not one of those.
Instead, it opened my eyes to [...]
