And on the other side, it didn’t say nothin’…

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Solonor

“This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do.” – Woody Guthrie

Such is the irony of the message you get when you click on the YouTube clip of Pete Seeger singing “This Land is Your Land” yesterday:

This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Home Box Office, Inc.

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Fear The Onion

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Solonor

I am officially scared of The Onion. They have struck a deal for prophetic power that no human should have. If they are indeed still human…

This is what they wrote on January 17, 2001, upon the inauguration of George W. Bush:

Bush: ‘Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over’

During the 40-minute speech, Bush also promised to bring an end to the severe war drought that plagued the nation under Clinton, assuring citizens that the U.S. will engage in at least one Gulf War-level armed conflict in the next four years.

On the economic side, Bush vowed to bring back economic stagnation by implementing substantial tax cuts, which would lead to a recession, which would necessitate a tax hike, which would lead to a drop in consumer spending, which would lead to layoffs, which would deepen the recession even further.

Whatever they write about Obama, I would listen to them carefully.

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Nobody living can ever stop me, as I go walking that freedom highway.

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Solonor

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Can’t wait, part 2.

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Solonor

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Boys, set the terror level at code brown, ’cause I need to change my pants.

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Solonor

If nothing else, I can’t wait to see Monsters vs. Aliens (spoilers) because Stephen Colbert plays the President. But add in the super cool (ok, super geeky) premise of a secret government organization that has gathered up monsters like a 40-foot tall woman (Reese Witherspoon), a super intelligent cockroach (Hugh Laurie), a brainless blob (Seth Rogen) and the missing link (Will Arnett), headed by an insane general (Kiefer Sutherland), to fight an alien invasion by Gallaxhar (Rainn Wilson), and I’m all over it.

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Hazy shade of winter

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Solonor

First it was Ricardo Montalban, now Patrick McGoohan has shuffled off this mortal coil.

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Finally!

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Solonor

Rice triumphant in final pursuit of Hall

Do I think he belongs in the Hall of Fame? Well, the Red Sox one, anyway. I’m not so convinced that he stacks up for this honor, statistically speaking. Plus, if you go by my memory, he’d be in the “oh my God, don’t let it be Rice…he’ll just hit into a stupid double play” Hall of Fame.

But you know what? I don’t give a crap!

Until the Hall of Fame selects players according to statistical guidelines, it’s a nostalgia contest, and the players just have to impress the baseball writers’ memories more than the other guys they’re lumped in with that year. It just took Rice 15 tries to get lucky enough to only have Ricky Henderson, Andre Dawson, Bert Blyleven, etc., to compete with.

So, I’m happy for the guy. He had a great run. Made lots of happy baseball memories, and there are far worse choices in the Hall.

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I didn’t come here to cause a kerfuffle…

Posted on January 9, 2009 by Solonor

Four minutes of awesome. I didn’t know zombies had such moves.

[ via bran via Kevin ]

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Hey you guys!

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Solonor

The Electric Company is back in an updated form, starting later this month.

I really liked the original Electric Company in the 70’s. “The Adventures of Letterman” (narrated by Joan Rivers and featuring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder)…Road Runner cartoons…Spider-Man…

It looks like the new one is going to have a different format (super-powered kids protecting their neighborhood from their natural-foods diner?) and not nearly the level of star power (at least to start). Besides Rivers, Mostel and Wilder, the original had Bill Cosby, Rita Moreno, and Morgan Freeman as regular performers. Tom Lehrer even wrote music for it. And Irene Cara (later of “Fame” fame) was one of the kids in the cast. Still, it’s nice to see something new and interesting to help kids learn.

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A Fresh Start

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Solonor

Starting over again at lesternorton.com (man, I wish they’d allow Twitter at work…and, no, I don’t have a cell phone that I want to twitter with).

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