Solitary Man: Diamond or Cash?

My daughter said tonight that they played Solitary Man at work and I said I hoped it was Neil Diamond singing because I don't think anyone else sings it as well. Which got me thinking - Johnny Cash is, has been for many, many years, and always will be, my favorite singer. But I still prefer Neil Diamond's version of Solitary Man. What about the rest of you? Take my poll and let me know!

Poetry Day

Hades' Pitch
by Rita Dove

If I could just touch your ankle, he whispers, there
on the inside, above the bone—leans closer,
breath of lime and pepper—I know I could
make love to you. She considers
this, secretly thrilled, though she wasn’t quite
sure what he meant. He was good
with words, words that went straight to the liver.
Was she falling for him out of sheer boredom—
cooped up in this anything-but-humble dive, stone
gargoyles leering and brocade drapes licked with fire?
Her ankle burns where he described it. She sighs
just as her mother aboveground stumbles, is caught
by the fetlock—bereft in an instant—
while the Great Man drives home his desire.

On moving forward

Imagine his suffering and inner turmoil. Age 37, criminal investigation, life forever connected to a young woman's death, just six years from the murder of one brother and one year from the murder of another. How bleak must his world have seemed? Yet today we look at his life and accomplishments. Why? Because he did not stop living just when his future looked hopeless.

An excerpt from Ted Kennedy: Comes Wisdom Through the Awful Grace of God - a blog post from Dr. Malia Reckons.

Musical Monday

5th Birthday!

Today is my cats 5th birthday! They were really excited to have a party with presents. Ok, mostly it was the salmon that interested them. We got some salmon & cooked it specially for them but Mellifera just sniffed it and decided she didn't want any. Pippin gobbled it up though.

Honestly I'm not as demented as this makes me sound! I've never been an animal person and sometimes am still astonished at myself for being so attached to two little cats. It's just amazing to me how much affection they show. They really ask for so little and give back so much in return. Anyway they got toys and a new placemat and salmon for their birthday and I think they are happy.

Musical Monday

Johnny Cash again! Cocaine Blues. A 1969 performance - he's so cute in this!

Silent Sunday

Digging up clues to history at San Fransisco's Presidio

Digging up clues to history at San Fransisco's Presidio: "

Source: SFGate (8-13-09)

A dirt-encrusted button, some shards of terra cotta and the buried remnants of a mysterious rock circle were fresh treasures unearthed in the Presidio last week by archaeologists probing the ground at El Polin Springs, where soldiers of the Spanish-American War once slaked their thirst.

The scientists' high-tech tools and their sweaty digging - plus siftings from a jury-rigged wire screen - had uncovered new evidence that the meadow could once have held the homes - or perhaps the ranch - of Spanish colonial families that settled just outside El Presidio de San Francisco not long after Spanish soldiers built the fort in 1776.

More excavations in the dry, unshaded meadow - known as Tennessee Hollow and cleaved now by a dead-end asphalt road - could result in many additional clues to the people who lived in the Presidio, the archaeologists say...

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Seven Deadly Sins

Wow I don't really look so good here!

Greed:	Medium
Gluttony:	High
Wrath:	Medium
Sloth:	Very High
Envy:	Medium
Lust:	Very High
Pride:	Medium

The Seven Deadly Sins Quiz on 4degreez.com

Musical Monday

Johnny Cash singing In My Life.

Musical Monday

Sonny & Cher - I Got You Babe. I love the clothes in this clip!

Silent Sunday