Wednesday, August 31, 2011

This and That

Amidst all the terrible news of recent times - the riots, the mountains of debt, the euro debacle, the hacking scandal etc. - at least we don't have to worry about global warming any more, now safely behind us.

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I have never been a great fan of Charlie Chaplin, finding his early films tragic and his later ones sometimes unintentionally comic. But he wrote some beautiful if somewhat melodramatic music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAxKHyuBV0A&feature=related


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKVF6FvqG6c

These songs have been covered by just about every singer in show business!

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a man or woman in search of the Republican presidential nomination had better have an imposing thatch of hair.

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When asked whether they would prefer to be raised in a free range environment or under factory conditions, a startling 100% of all hens polled expressed no opinion.


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