Gizmo Wuz Right! The Giants Won.........

My friend Terry Williams is actually busy at the moment. He is either reading about political unrest in Bangladesh or helping a student with microbiology. So, I have to post something else besides a long-lost Thompson Twins video here today.

The family cat Gizmo, a three-year-old black and white feline, did indeed accurately predict that the New York Giants would upset the undefeated New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Sunday. The Giants won the game 17-14 on a last minute drive from quarterback Eli Manning.

Gizmo is celebrating his correct prediction by eating loads of Fancy Feast, and he is hence not available to predict who will win the Kentucky Derby, the Democratic Party nomination, or The Oscars. Nor does he know when the Hollywood Writer's Strike will conclude............

But, he can say that the University of North Carolina Tarheels will prevail over the Duke BlueDevils in men's NCAA basketball..........now, he'll want steak!

Tags: cats, Super Bowl, New York Giants

New Video from Modern Dancer Nejla Yatkin

XTC Video!

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A Flock of Seagulls Video!

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Turkish Rambo video..........!

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Kidlit and Politics.....

This is the 538th entry in my blog that was started on Sept. 21, 2005. Amazingly enough, with the exception of some Youtube videos that were placed by my friend Terry Williams of Danville, Va., everything else is more or less either my work or my idea.

However, I have always wanted the input of other people. And, today, my friend Randolph Sternberg (pseudonym) of Boones Mill, Va., submitted this idea to me about where children's authors stand politically:

"With Super Tuesday looming, let's go political and ask:
Is the Lorax a Republican or a Democrat?

You might assume he's a tree-hugging liberal, but that sweet, sweet Seuss money has been going mostly to conservatives. Dr. Seuss' widow Audrey has in fact been repeatedly helping Cong. Brian Bilbray  (R-Cal.) who according to Wikipedia: 'attempted to build a yacht marina in the Tijuana Estuary and to build a 1.5 mile breakwater off to the beach of Imperial Beach. Both projects were stopped by local environments and surfers.

Who's helping the Democrats? Lemony Snickett (for those of you who remember the movie version) and he's outspending Mrs. Seuss. In 2004, he donated $10,000 to the Democrats.

Similarly, another children's author Mo Willems  and his wife also backed the Democrats in 2004 and 2006."

Ok, that's the last of today's three entries. Now to either look for a good-paying job on craigslist or get dressed.........

Tags: Dr. Seuss, Lemony Snickett, Mo Willems, Politics

Bill Murray Quote from Groundhog Day

Since yesterday was Groundhog's Day, I thought I would throw in a quick line from Bill Murray's Phil that was in the 1993 movie.

The film was remade in Italy in 2004 as "It's Already Yesterday." And, the original screenplay was based on a concept that was put forth by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzche in his book "Gay Science."

The film is as many of you know about a man who is forced to live the same day many times over.

Here is that quote from the Bill Murray film:

"I was in the Virgin Islands once. I met this girl. We ate lobster and drank pina coladas. At sunset, we made love like sea otters. That was a pretty good day. Why couldn't I get that day over and over and over....."

Tags: Groundhog Day, Bill Murray, Friedrich Nietzche

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