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Letty
 
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Reply Tue 26 Dec, 2006 06:32 pm
Oh, all right, Try. Regardless of the cowboys freezing as they are frozen to their saddle, I guess you are right(in a way)

There's no business like snow business like no business I know
Everything about it is appealing, everything that weather will allow
Nowhere could you get that happy feeling when you are freezing just like ma's cow.

There's no people like snow people, they smile when the temperature's low
Even with a turkey that you know will fold, you may be stranded out in the cold
Still you wouldn't change it for a sack of gold, let's go on with the snow.

http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/snow-big.gif
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Tue 26 Dec, 2006 06:35 pm
Snow and tell.

Grandma Got Run Over By a Reindeer
dr. Elmo, 1979, dr. Elmo's Twisted Christmas

Grandma got run over by a reindeer.
Walking home from our house Christmas eve.
You can say there's no such thing as Santa,
but as for me and grandpa we believe.
She'd been drinking too much eggnog,
and we begged her not to go.
But she forgot her medication, and she
staggered out the door into the snow.
When we found her Christmas morning,
at the scene of the attack,
she had hoof-prints on her forehead,
and incriminating Claus marks on her back.

Now we're all so proud of grandpa,
He's been taking this so well.
See him in there watching football,
drinking root beer and
playing cards with Cousin Mel.
It's not Christmas without Grandma,
All the family's dressed in black
and we just can't help but wonder:
Should we open up her gifts,
or send them back?
Send them back!!

Now the goose is on the table
and the pudding made of fig
and the blue and silver candles
that would just have matched
the hair on grandma's wig.
I've warned all my
friends and neighbors
better watch out for yourselves,
they should never give a license
to a man who drives a sleigh
and plays with elves.
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Letty
 
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Reply Tue 26 Dec, 2006 06:49 pm
Do tell, Try.

(Sung to the tune "Deck The Halls")

Deck the malls this Christmas season,
fa la la la la, la la la la
Blow your cash for no good reason,
fa la la la la, la la la la
Push your plastic to it's limit
fa la la, la la la, la la la
Your check book now has nothing in it.
fa la la la la, la la la la.

Wonder how many folks are at the malls returning ties?
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RexRed
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 07:57 am
I Will Follow You Into The Dark

Love of mine some day you will die
But I'll be close behind
I'll follow you into the dark

No blinding light or tunnels to gates of white
Just our hands clasped so tight
Waiting for the hint of a spark
If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black
And I held my tongue as she told me
"Son fear is the heart of love"
So I never went back

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark

You and me have seen everything to see
From Bangkok to Calgary
And the soles of your shoes are all worn down
The time for sleep is now
It's nothing to cry about
Cause we'll hold each other soon
The blackest of rooms

If Heaven and Hell decide
That they both are satisfied
Illuminate the NOs on their vacancy signs

If there's no one beside you
When your soul embarks
Then I'll follow you into the dark
Then I'll follow you into the dark

Death Cab For Cutie
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 09:34 am
Marlene Dietrich
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Birth name Maria Magdalene Dietrich
Born December 27, 1901
Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany
Died May 6, 1992
Paris, France

Marlene Dietrich IPA: [maɐˈleːnə ˈdiːtrɪç]; December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992) was a German actress, entertainer and singer. Throughout her long career, starting as a cabaret singer in 1920s Berlin, Hollywood actress, World War II frontline entertainer and finally an international stage show performer, Dietrich always re-invented herself to become one of the entertainment icons of the 20th Century. The American Film Institute ranked Dietrich No. 9 amongst the Greatest Female Stars of All Time.




Early life

She was born Maria Magdalene Dietrich in Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany to Louis Erich Otto Dietrich and Wilhelmina Elisabeth Josephine Felsing on December 27, 1901. Nicknamed "Lena" within the family, she contracted her two first names to form the then-unusual name, Marlene, when she was still a teenager. Marlene studied the violin before starting work as a chorus girl and actress for Max Reinhardt in theatre productions in Berlin and Vienna throughout the 1920s.

Marlene made her film debut in 1923. In 1929, she got the role of "Lola-Lola" in UFA's production, The Blue Angel (1930). The film was the first German sound film, was directed by Josef von Sternberg and is noted for introducing Marlene's signature song "Falling in Love Again".


Hollywood

She then moved to Hollywood on contract to Paramount to make Morocco, for which she received her only Oscar nomination. Paramount tried to shape her as the studio's German answer to MGM's Swedish sensation Greta Garbo. Her most lasting contribution to film history was as the star in several films directed by von Sternberg in the pre-Code early 1930s, such as The Scarlet Empress and Shanghai Express, in which she played "femmes fatales". By 1939 Dietrich, surprisingly, along with Garbo and Katharine Hepburn was labelled box-office poison. Her 1937 Korda film "Knight Without Armour" had been an expensive flop. However, in 1939 her stardom was revived when she played against type as a cowboy saloon girl in the western "Destry Rides Again" with James Stewart. The public seemed to appreciate Dietrich in a comedy-action role. The film featured a famous hair-pulling duel with the character played by actress Una Merkel. She played a similar role in 1942 with John Wayne in The Spoilers. But she never achieved her early 30's popularity. She continued performing in films like A Foreign Affair, Witness for the Prosecution, Touch of Evil and Judgment at Nuremberg.


The singer

Dietrich sang in several of her films having made records in Germany in the 1920s. Following a slowdown in her film career, she made a number of records first for Decca, Elektrola, EMI, and for Columbia. Her distinctive voice was later satirized, along with that of Lotte Lenya, in the song Lieder by cult British trio Fascinating Aïda. Madeline Kahn did the same in the Mel Brooks classic Blazing Saddles.


World War II

In 1937, while her film career stalled in Hollywood, she made a film in London for producer Alexander Korda. In later interviews, she claimed that while in London to film Knight Without Armour (1937) she was approached by representatives of the Nazi party to return to Germany, but turned them down flat. Dietrich became an American citizen in 1939.

In 1941 the U.S. entered the Second World War and Dietrich became one of the first celebrities to raise war bonds. She entertained troops on the front lines in a USO revue that included future TV pioneer Danny Thomas as her opening act. Dietrich was known to have strong political convictions and the mind to speak them. Like many Weimar era German entertainers, she was a staunch anti-Nazi who despised anti-Semitic policies of National Socialism.

Her singing helped on the homefront of the U.S.A too, as she recorded a number of anti-Nazi records in German for the OSS, including Lili Marleen, a curious example of a song transcending the hatreds of war. She also played the musical saw to entertain troops. She sang for the Allied troops on the front lines in Algiers, France and into Germany with Generals James M. Gavin and George S. Patton. When asked why she had done this, in spite of the obvious danger of being within a few kilometers of German lines, she replied, "aus Anstand" - "it was the decent thing to do".

Dietrich was awarded the Medal of Freedom by the US Government for her war work. She was also made a chevalier (later commandeur) of the Légion d'Honneur by the French Government.


Personal life

Unlike her professional celebrity, which was carefully crafted and maintained, Dietrich's personal life was kept out of public view. She married once, to director's assistant Rudolf Sieber, a Roman Catholic who later became a director at Paramount Pictures in France.

Her only child, Maria Elizabeth Sieber (married name Maria Riva), was born on December 13, 1924. When Maria Riva gave birth to a son in 1948, Dietrich was dubbed "the world's most glamorous grandmother". The great love of the actress's life, however, was the French actor and military hero Jean Gabin. Their relationship ended in the mid-1940s. During the 1950s, she had relationships with Edward R. Murrow, Yul Brynner and Frank Sinatra. As for her husband, he had a tragically unstable longterm mistress, Tamara Matul, with whom he lived on a chicken farm in California. Dietrich and her husband remained close.

She was reportedly offered money to return to Germany, due to her immense popularity as well as Hitler's ardour[citation needed], which she declined. She quipped that she would return only when one of her Jewish friends (possibly Max Reinhardt) could accompany her[citation needed].

It has also been claimed that she was bisexual[citation needed], having romantic affairs with actresses like Ona Munson and writer Mercedes de Acosta.[citation needed] Dietrich was also involved with President John F. Kennedy[citation needed] and actor James Stewart, her Destry Rides Again co-star, by whom she allegedly became pregnant and subsequently had an abortion.[1]

Dietrich died of renal failure on May 6, 1992. [2]


Stage and cabaret

From the 1950s to the mid-1970s Dietrich toured internationally as a successful cabaret performer. Her repertoire included songs from her films as well as popular songs of the day. Until the mid-1960s her musical director was famed composer Burt Bacharach.

His arrangements helped to disguise Dietrich's limited vocal range and allowed her to perform her songs to maximum dramatic effect. Spectacular costumes (by Jean Louis), body-sculpting undergarments, careful stage lighting and temporary mini-facelifts helped to preserve Dietrich's glamorous image well into old age.

Her return to Germany in 1960 for a concert tour elicited a mixed response. Many Germans felt she had betrayed her homeland by her actions during WWII. During her performances at Berlin's Titania Palast theatre, protesters chanted, "Marlene Go Home!". On hearing this, Dietrich was quoted as saying, "I guess they have a love-hate feeling for me." On the other hand, Marlene was warmly welcomed by other Germans, including Berlin mayor Willy Brandt. The tour was an artistic triumph but a financial failure. She also undertook a tour of Israel around the same time, which was well-received; she sang some songs in German during her concerts, including a German version of Pete Seeger's anti-war anthem Where Have All the Flowers Gone?, thus breaking the unofficial taboo against the use of German in Israel.

In 1968, she received a Tony Award for her stage show. In 1973, her stage show was broadcast on television.


Final years

Her show business career largely ended on September 29, 1975, when she broke her leg during a stage performance in Australia. She appeared briefly in the film, Just a Gigolo, in 1979, and wrote and contributed to several books during the 1980s.

She spent her last decade mostly bed-ridden, in her apartment on the avenue Montaigne in Paris, during which time she was not seen in public but was a prolific letter-writer and phone-caller. Maximilian Schell persuaded Dietrich to be interviewed for his 1984 documentary Marlene, but she did not appear on screen. She was in constant contact with her daughter, who came to Paris regularly to check on her. Her husband, Rudolf Sieber, had died of cancer on June 24, 1976.

In an interview with the German magazine Der Spiegel in November 2005, her daughter and grandson claim that Marlene Dietrich was politically "active" during these years. She would keep contact with world leaders by telephone, running up a monthly bill of over 3,000 (USD). Her contacts included Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, though whether she had any influence on them is unknown.

Dietrich died peacefully of natural causes May 6, 1992, at the age of 90 in Paris, France. A service was conducted at La Madeleine in Paris before 3,500 mourners and a crowd of well-wishers outside. Her body, covered with an American flag, was then returned to Berlin where she was interred at the Städtischer Friedhof III, Berlin-Schöneberg, Stubenrauchstraße 43-45, in Friedenau Cemetery, not far from the house where she was born.

In 1994 her memorabilia were sold to the Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek (after US institutions showed no interest) where it became the core of the exhibition(see [3]) at the Sony Center on Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, which is not far away from the square named Marlene-Dietrich-Platz in her honour on November 8, 1997.


Berlin-Schöneberg

Her place in Hollywood

Dietrich never integrated into the Hollywood entertainment industry, being always an outsider for mainstream America. Her German accent gave an extra touch to her performance but made her look "foreign" in the eyes of Americans.

Dietrich was a fashion icon to the top designers as well as a screen icon who later stars would follow. Her public image and some of her movies included strong sexual undertones, including bisexuality.
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 09:41 am
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 09:53 am
Gérard Depardieu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (born 27 December 1948; pronunciation (help·info)) is an Academy Award nominated French actor.


In the 1990s he achieved some fame in North America too. His most significant English-language productions are Green Card with Andie MacDowell and 1492: Conquest of Paradise. He first married Elisabeth (née Guignot), with whom he has two children: Guillaume and Julie. He has also a daughter, Roxanne, with Karine Silla. He later had an affair with actress Carole Bouquet from 1997 to 2004.

Depardieu is the highest-paid actor in France, and one of the most powerful within the French * Depardieu contributed spoken word vocals on the song "I'll Strangle You" for French producer Hector Zazou's 1992 album Sahara Blue. The album featured lyrics based on the poetry of Arthur Rimbaud.

Depardieu is the favorite actor and a personal friend of Cuban president Fidel Castro. [1]




Awards

He has been nominated a record-setting 14 times for the César Award as Best Actor. After his first win in 1981, he won a second time in 1991 for Cyrano de Bergerac for which he was also nominated for the 1990 Academy Award for Best Actor. In addition he also earned the following:

1985: Best Actor Award: Venice Film Festival for his role in Police
1990: Best Actor Award: Cannes Film Festival for his role in Camille Claudel
1991: winner Golden Globe Award for Best Actor for his role in Green Card
1997: Lion d'or: Venice Film Festival
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 09:56 am
Maryam d'Abo
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Maryam d'Abo (born December 27, 1960 in London, England, to a Georgian mother and Dutch father) is an actress. Her first notable performance was as Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film, The Living Daylights. She is a first cousin of the singer Mike d'Abo, and a first cousin once removed of actress Olivia d'Abo.

Raised around Paris and Geneva, Maryam decided she wanted to be an actress at the age of 11 based on her love of the James Bond movies. She studied at London's Drama Center while working as a model in commercials. In 1983 she made her screen debut in the low-budget British S.F. horror film Xtro, playing a French au pair who becomes an alien breeding chamber (or a human incubator). Xtro was briefly vilified as a so-called video nasty, and it is often mentioned in the same breath as many other video nasties of the early 80s, but in fact it was granted an uncut video certificate by the BBFC, shortly after its successful cinema run. Talking to Femme Fatales magazine in 1994, d'Abo remembered it as "a terrible movie".

She remains best known for her role as Kara Milovy, the innocent and vulnerable Czechoslovakian cellist who falls for James Bond in The Living Daylights. It remains her personal favourite film. She did a Playboy cover in September 1987 to coincide with the film's release but regretted it later saying that she "really disliked" the pictures, because they were "so pedestrian."[1]. After that she had a well-received role as Ta'Ra, an alien medical officer in the science fiction TV miniseries, Something is Out There, which was followed by a short-lived (six episode) NBC series by the same name. In 1992 she had a critically acclaimed supporting role as a pretentious stained-glass artist in the quirky, low-budget British comedy Leon the Pig Farmer, which enjoyed a positive reception at film festivals in Venice, London, Edinburgh, and Palm Springs, Calif. Since then she has had forgettable roles in some low-budget, straight-to-video action, horror, and fantasy films, as well as guest roles on television shows like Tales From the Crypt, Red Shoe Diaries, and Murder, She Wrote. She reunited with her James Bond director John Glen for The Point Men (2001) and also worked under the direction of Mike Figgis for The Browning Version (1994). She played Keira Knightley's mother in the 2002 TV miniseries version of Doctor Zhivago, and she was Queen Hecuba in the Emmy-nominated miniseries Helen of Troy. In 2005 she had a small role in the dark, but well-received French film L'Enfer (Hell), co-written by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski and starring Emmanuelle Beart and Carole Bouquet.


In 2002, d'Abo co-wrote the book Bond Girls Are Forever, a tribute to an elite club of women who have played the role of a "Bond Girl". The book later became a DVD exclusive documentary featuring d'Abo and other famed Bond girls, including Ursula Andress. The documentary was released as a gift with the purchase of Die Another Day on DVD.

In November 2003, d'Abo married Hugh Hudson, the Oscar-nominated British director of Chariots of Fire; Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes; and Revolution.
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 09:59 am
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ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE I LEARNED FROM TREES

* It's important to have roots.

* In today's complex world, it pays to branch out.

* Don't pine away over old flames.

* If you really believe in something, don't be afraid to go out on a limb.

* Sometimes you have to shed your old bark in order to grow.

* If you want to maintain accurate records, keep a log.

* Grow where you're planted.

* It's perfectly okay to be a late blossomer.

* Avoid people who would like to cut you down.

* Get all spruced up when you have a hot date.

* You can't hide your true colours as you approach the autumn of your life.

* It's more important to be honest than poplar.
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Letty
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 10:24 am
Good midmorning, WA2K listeners and contributors. Hope everyone is recovering from Christmas so that they can celebrate once again on New Year's Eve.

Bob, even Letty groaned at those tree puns. Thanks once again for the great bio's. Marvelous background, and I am certain we learned a great deal; I did, at least.

Rex, we always appreciate your contributions. "I will follow you into the Dark" is lovely, Maine, and thanks for sharing the eternal love lyrics.

I do hope our Raggedy makes it here today. Many folks are having trouble with their machines.

From Marlene....



Lili Marlene

Underneath the lantern by the barrack gate
Darling I remember the way you used to wait
Twas there that you whispered tenderly
That you loved me
You'd always be
My Lili of the lamplight
My own Lili Marlene

Time would come for roll call
Time for us to part
Darling I'd caress you and press you to my heart
And there 'neath that far off lantern light
I'd hold you tight
We'd kiss good-night
My Lili of the lamplight
My own Lili Marlene

Orders came for sailing somewhere over there
All confined to barracks was more than I could bear
I knew you were waiting in the street
I heard your feet
But could not meet
My Lili of the lamplight
My own Lili Marlene

Resting in a billet just behind the line
Even tho' we're parted your lips are close to mine
You wait where that lantern softly gleams
Your sweet face seems to haunt my dreams
My Lili of the lamplight
My own Lili Marlene

When we are marching in the mud and cold,
And when my pack seems more than I can hold
My love for you renews my might
I'm warm again
My pack is light
It's you Lili Marlene
It's you Lili Marlene
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 10:36 am
Good morning WA2K fans.

MUD
LONELY THIS CHRISTMAS - 1974

Try to imagine, a house that's not a home
Try to imagine, a Christmas all alone
That's where I'll be
Since you left me
My tears could melt the snow
What can I do, without you
I've got no place, no place to go

It'll be lonely this Christmas
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold, so cold
Without you to hold
This Christmas

Each time I remember, the day you went away
How I would listen to the things you wanted to say
I just break down as I look around
And the only things I see
Are emptiness and loneliness
And an unlit Christmas tree

It'll be lonely this Christmas
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold, so cold
Without you to hold
This Christmas

D'you remember last year, when, you and I were together
We never thought there'd be an end
And I rember looking at you then
And I remember thinking that Christmas must have been made for us
'coz darling, this is the time of year that you really, you really need love
And it means so very, very much
So if you're lonely this Christmas
Without me to hold
Well it will be so very lonely
Lonely and cold

It'll be lonely this Christmas
Without you to hold
It'll be lonely this Christmas
Lonely and cold
It'll be cold so cold without you to hold
This Christmas

Merry Christmas, darling, wherever you are
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RexRed
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 10:42 am
bobsmythhawk wrote:
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ALL I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFE I LEARNED FROM TREES

* It's important to have roots.

* In today's complex world, it pays to branch out.

* Don't pine away over old flames.

* If you really believe in something, don't be afraid to go out on a limb.

* Sometimes you have to shed your old bark in order to grow.

* If you want to maintain accurate records, keep a log.

* Grow where you're planted.

* It's perfectly okay to be a late blossomer.

* Avoid people who would like to cut you down.

* Get all spruced up when you have a hot date.

* You can't hide your true colours as you approach the autumn of your life.

* It's more important to be honest than poplar.


With every spring comes a new leaf...
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bobsmythhawk
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 11:58 am
I think I'll bough to your wisdom rather than look like a sap.
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Raggedyaggie
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 12:02 pm
Good Afternoon WA2K. Hope you all had a pleasant holiday.

Bob's bios of the day?


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Letty
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 12:03 pm
Gorsh, I need to lose some weight around the middle. My birches are too tight. <smile>

Rembering James Weldon Johnson today:

Lift Every Voice and Sing

Lift ev'ry voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list'ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.

Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast'ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered.
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.

God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who hast brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who hast by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand,
True to our God,
True to our native land.
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Raggedyaggie
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 12:09 pm
And my post should read:

Bob's bios of the day. No question about it. Laughing
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Letty
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 12:14 pm
Wonderful folks. There is our Raggedy back. We missed you, PA.

Great photo's as usual. Don't remember Maryam in "The Living Daylights", but the rest are quite familiar to all of us.

Thanks, gal, for the quartet.

etymology for the day inspired by Rex's Mud song:

I always thought the expression, "Your name is mud" came from the trial and conviction of Dr. Mudd who supposedly treated John Wilkes Booth's broken leg. (that also is subject to question). It does not, but goes back farther, listeners.:

Samuel Mudd is sometimes mistakenly given as the origin of the phrase "your name is mud", however this phrase has it's earliest known recorded instance in 1823, 10 years before his birth and is in fact based an obsolete sense of the word 'mud' meaning 'a stupid twaddling fellow'
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Tryagain
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 06:03 pm
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
from the film Meet Me In St. Louis
Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane 1943

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on,
our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on,
our troubles will be miles away.

Here we are as in olden days,
happy golden days of yore.
Faithful friends who are dear to us
gather near to us once more.

Through the years we all will be together
If the Fates allow
Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.
And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.
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Letty
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 06:19 pm
Lovely song, Try. I guess we can always keep Christmas in our hearts, buddy.

I suspect that this is the way many view Christmas, folks:

Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the house,
Every creature was hurting - even the mouse.

The toys were all broken, their batteries dead;
Santa passed out, with some ice on his head.

Wrapping and ribbons just covered the floor, while
Upstairs the family continued to snore.

And I in my T-shirt, new Reeboks and jeans,
Went into the kitchen and started to clean.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the sink to see what was the matter.

Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the curtains, and threw up the sash.

When what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a little white truck, with an oversized mirror.

The driver was smiling, so lively and grand;
The patch on his jacket said "U.S. POSTMAN."

With a handful of bills, he grinned like a fox
Then quickly he stuffed them into our mailbox.

Bill after bill, after bill, they still came.
Whistling and shouting he called them by name:

"Now Dillard's, now Broadway's, now Penny's and Sears
Here's Levitz's and Target's and Mervyn's--all here!!

To the tip or your limit, every store, every mall,
Now chargeaway-chargeaway-chargeaway all!"

He whooped and he whistled as he finished his work.
He filled up the box, and then turned with a jerk.

He sprang to his truck and he drove down the road,
Driving much faster with just half a load.

Then I heard him exclaim with great holiday cheer,
"ENJOY WHAT YOU GOT ... YOU'LL BE PAYING ALL YEAR!"
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djjd62
 
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Reply Wed 27 Dec, 2006 07:11 pm
yo yo, wassup, a little rap tune for our PD

:wink:

Me, Myself And I
De La Soul

DOVE:
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Tell me, mirror, what is wrong?
Can it be my De La clothes
Or is it just my De La song?
What I do ain't make-beleive
People say I sit and try
But whan it comes to being De La
It's just me myself and I

It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I

POS:
Now you tease my Plug One style
And my Plug One spectacles
You say Plug One and Two are hippies
No, we're not, that's pure Plug bull
Always pushing that we've formed an image
There's no need to lie
When it comes to being Plug One
It's just me myself and I

It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I

DOVE:
Proud, I'm proud of what I am
Poems I speak are Plug Two type
Please oh please let Plug Two be
Himself, not what you read or write
Right is wrong when hype is written
On the Soul, De La that is,
Style is surely our own thing
Not the false disguise of showbiz
De La Soul is from the soul
And this fact I can't deny
Strictly from the Dan called Stuckie
And from me myself and I

It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I

POS:
Glory, glory hallelu
Glory for Plugs One and Two
But that glory's been denied
By kizids and dookie eyes
People think they dis my person
By stating I'm darkly pack
I know this so I point at Q-Tip
And he states, 'Black is Black'
Mirror mirror on the wall,
Shovel chestnuts in my path
Please keep on up with the nuts
So I don't get in aftermath
But if I do I'll calmly punch them
In the fourth day of July
'Cause they tried to mess with
Third degree, that's me myself and I

It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
It's just me myself and I
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