If I Had A Heart

Tosy posted this musical meme.

1. Put your music player on Shuffle

2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.

3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHAT (this is in capital letters, so it is very serious).

1. IF SOMEONE SAYS “IS THIS OKAY” YOU SAY?
“Tell Mama” – Etta James. Interesting and appropriate.

2. WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
“It Might As Well Be Spring” – Sarah Vaughn. Well, my birthday DOES foretell the vernal equinox.

3. WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
“Wake Up, Little Susie” – Elton John. Oh, oh, we’re in trouble deep. All our friends are saying, “ooo, la la.”

4. HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
“1990”-Temptations. Lessee, in 1990, I was 37, quite possibly my favorite age to be.

5. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE’S PURPOSE?
“Independence Day” – Ani DeFranco. I would like to think that’s true.

6. WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
“It’s Summer” – Temptations. Not a sun worshipper, but I do prefer it to the winter.

7. WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
“Smile” – Lily Allen. Aw, shucks.

8. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR PARENTS?
“My Favorite Things” – Andre 3000. well, not THINGS, but a nice sentiment, nonetheless.

9 WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
“Me and Mr. Jones – Amy Winehouse. I wonder if it’s Dylan’s Mr. Jones.

10. WHAT IS 2+2?
“The Finale” from Next Stop Wonderland soundtrack. A fancy word for the Sum, I suppose.

11. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
“I Love You for Sentimental Reasons”- Sam Cooke. Another lovely sentiment.

12. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
“Supersonic” – J.J. Fad. Sure, why not?

13. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
“Til the Cops Come Knockin'” Maxwell. Well, the way things are going…

14. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
“20 Dollars” – Angie Stone. I think I’m worth more than that!

15. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
“My Dearest Darling” – Etta James. Some of these are so right on.

16. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
“God Bless Texas” – Brooks and Dunn. Then there are the occasional say what? responses.

17. WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
“Number One Crush” – Garbage. Another appropriate notion.

18. WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
“Night Ride Home” Joni Mitchell. Spookily dead on.

19. WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
“Who Dares Wins” – the Streets. Well, not ENTIRELY clear, but appeals to my competitive streak.

20. WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
“Littlest Birds” Jolie Holland. I won’t think too much on that.

21. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
“This Love of Mine” – Dinah Washington. I must be really fond of my buds.

22. WHAT SHOULD YOU POST THIS AS?
“If I Had a Heart” – Joni Mitchell. Not to be confused with the Tin Man.
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Fred Hembeck is plugging his upcoming book again. Some of the readers don’t seem to understand that no Marvel and DC product means no Marvel Age or Daily Planet strips, e.g. It DOESN’T mean no Marvel and DC characters; it’ll have LOTS of Marvel and DC characters, complete with squiggles. In fact, if the book does well, it wouldn’t shock me if Marvel tried to put together the Hembeck Marvel stuff (Fantastic Four Roast, Hembeck Destroys the Universe), though those involve several other artists, and it might not be practical.

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My My, Hey Hey

What female superhero are you???

Jean Grey

You have a tendency to be the interest of many men. You’re beautiful, intelligent, extremely powerful, but also extremely caring. The perfect woman!

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“You have a tendency to be the interest of many men. You’re beautiful, intelligent, extremely powerful, but also extremely caring. The perfect woman!” Well, that IS me. And Jean Gray, a superhero I’ve actually heard of!
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You Are 83% Burned Out

You are extremely burned out.
You work too hard, and you’re not getting the results you deserve.
It’s time for a life change, as soon as you can manage it.
You’re giving away most of your energy to something you don’t even enjoy.

I’m reminded, of course, of that Neil Young lyric: “It’s better to burn out than fade away.” (Neil’s birthday was earlier this month.)

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Food Quiz

I like Thanksgiving; it’s ecumenical. I don’t have to worry about it as I do next month, where hopes for either “Merry Christmas: or “Happy Holidays” is likely to tick off SOMEONE.

I was going to give a litany of everyone (friends, family, people of courage) and everything (music, writing, learning new stuff), but instead I swiped this quiz from Jaquandor. He did it on Canadian Thanksgiving, Buffalo being pritnear Canada. So I thought I’d post it on the U.S. variety. It’s about food!

1. How do you like your eggs? I like eggs almost any way possible: poached, fried, boiled, scrambled. In scrambled eggs, I tend to put pepper, Worcestershire sauce and a little mustard, plus whatever leftover meat and/or vegetables are in the fridge.

2. How do you take your coffee/tea? Coffee – not at all. Tea – varies with my mood. Sometimes with nothing, most often with lemon, or lemon and honey, or milk and sugar. Rarely lemon and sugar.

3. Favorite breakfast food? Favorite would be pancakes with fresh fruit, real maple syrup, with sausage. Unfortunately, it’s usually Cheerios and/or Shredded Wheat. Or oatmeal, which I do like quite a bit.

4. Peanut butter – actually hate the taste of peanut butter; the smell sometimes makes me nauseous. Since I ate it in great quantities until I was five or six, I theorize that I must have gotten sick from eating too much of it, though I have no specific recollection. Since my daughter is allergic to peanuts, we don’t have it around anyway.

5. What kind of dressing on your salad? Usually Russian, though when I’m out, it’s often ranch for some reason.

6. Coke or Pepsi? Usually Pepsi, but I like Coke too.

7. You’re feeling lazy, what do you make? Chopped apple and cottage cheese, with a touch of mayo.

8. You’re feeling really lazy. What kind of pizza do you order? Mushroom and sausage, or mushroom and onion, or onion and sausage, or plain.

9. You feel like cooking. What do you make? Lasagna.

10. Do any foods bring back good memories? Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom soup. Macaroni and cheese. Meatloaf. Mashed potatoes with gravy.

11. Do any foods bring back bad memories? Spaghetti-Os. Campbell’s Tomato soup. Waxed beans (canned). Beets (canned). Almost any vegetable (canned). Instant potatoes. Bologna sandwiches on white bread with Miracle Whip.

12. Do any foods remind you of someone? Anything with tomato sauce reminds me of my father; he’d cook the sauce for hours. Waffles – also my father, who had a ritual discussion of how he could tell the doneness.

13. Is there a food you refuse to eat? Sauerkraut – hate it. Most melons.

14. What was your favorite food as a child? Spinach. Seriously, Popeye had brainwashed me. Also corn on the cob, still a favorite.

15. Is there a food that you hated as a child but now like? Broccoli, tomatoes, many vegetables (fresh or frozen).

16. Is there a food that you liked as a child but now hate? Not hate, per se, but off-brand ice cream is generally not worth the calories.

17. Favorite fruit and vegetable: Pineapple, spinach.

18. Favorite junk food: ice cream.

19. Favorite between meal snack: Yogurt, with banana cut into it. Or the aforementioned apple and cottage cheese.

20. Do you have any weird food habits? I’ve been known to eat cottage cheese with almost anything, e.g., apple sauce.

21. You’re on a diet. What food(s) do you fill up on? Water, actually.

22. You’re off your diet. Now what would you like? The same.

23. How spicy do you order Indian/Thai? On a scale of 1-10, about 7.

24. Can I get you a drink? Sure, anything with vodka, rum, whiskey, tequila (but not gin or Scotch).

25. Red wine or white? White. Red gives me a serious headache.

26. Favorite dessert? Ice cream. Or cake. Or both.

27. The perfect nightcap? Tea with honey.
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Lloyd Price Ain’t got Nothin’ On Me

Your Brain is Yellow

Of all the brain types, yours is the most intellectual.
You crave mental stimulation, and your thoughts tend to very complex.
Your thoughts tend to be innovative and cutting edge, though many people don’t understand them.

You tend to spend a lot of time thinking about science, architecture, and communication.

You Are Rain

You can be warm and sexy. Or cold and unwelcoming.
Either way, you slowly bring out the beauty around you.

You are best known for: your touch

Your dominant state: changing

You Have A Type B+ Personality

You’re a pro at going with the flow
You love to kick back and take in everything life has to offer
A total joy to be around, people crave your stability.

While you’re totally laid back, you can have bouts of hyperactivity.
Get into a project you love, and you won’t stop until it’s done
You’re passionate – just selective about your passions

10 Worst Pennant Race Collapses: The Mets weren’t #1

Hyphenated Words: A Guide

You’ve probably heard that, starting a week from today, the writers and management are going to start talking about ending the writers’ strike. Here’s hoping for a quick resolution. Meanwhile, check United Hollywood for some entertaining and sometimes thought-proviking videos and discussions.
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Dead Russian Composers and Kevin Bacon

From Johnny B:

If I were a Dead Russian Composer, I would be Dmitri Shostakovich!

I am a shy, nervous, unassuming, fidgety, and stuttery little person who began composing the same year I started music lessons of any sort. I wrote the first of my fifteen symphonies at age 18, and my second opera, “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District,” when I was only 26. Unfortunately, Stalin hated the opera, and put me on the Enemy Of The People List for life. I nevertheless kept composing the works I wanted to write in private; some of my vocal cycles and 15 string quartets mock the Soviet System in notes. And I somehow was NOT killed in the process! And Harry Potter(c) stole my glasses and broke them!

Who would you be? Dead Russian Composer Personality Test


I was sort of pulling for Sergei Prokofiev, who died two days before I was born.
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Meanwhile, I was trying to ascertain how I would get to do Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon after reading Lefty’s note about his wife, and I realized that my friend Sara Lee in the music business would be a link to a number of people, from Robbie Robertson to Tom Petty.
So, Kevin Bacon was in A Few Good Men with Jack Nicholson
Nicholson worked with Cher in The Witches of Eastwick
Cher worked with my friend Sara Lee on a tour
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Sort of speaking of which, on this PBS website, you can play Six Degrees of American Masters. For instance, getting from Hank Williams to Tennessee Williams:

Hank Williams is connected to Willie Nelson because Willie Nelson appeared in the 1992 story of Hank Williams, I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive.

Willie Nelson is connected to Joni Mitchell because Willie Nelson covered Joni Mitchell’s song, Both Sides Now.

Joni Mitchell is connected to Quincy Jones because Joni Mitchell performed on Quincy Jones’ 1986 book/recording, Children First.

Quincy Jones is connected to Truman Capote because Quincy Jones composed the music for the film of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood (1967).

Truman Capote is connected to Gore Vidal because Gore Vidal and Truman Capote were literary rivals.

Gore Vidal is connected to Tennessee Williams because Tennessee Williams and Gore Vidal were friends.

Some are more tenuous than that, especially when events (World War II) are included, but it’s a bit of fun.
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Blog link add: The sister of a good friend of mine, Annika Pfluger, recently started her own business making artisan chocolates. Check out her site, and you’ll see that she makes all of her chocolates by hand including the hand painting. Her ingredients are fair trade/organic/local where possible.

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