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Hi, Bob!

I've at least five of those Roald Dahl's books. And I've read them.

My favorites are : My Uncle Oswald and Tales of the Unexpected.

Did anyone watch Jeopardy last evening? I wish I could remember the exact wording of the final question, but the category was 20th Century authors and the question had to do with "an author whose name was Norwegian". The answer was Roald Dahl and I thought Trebec said Roald Dahl was born in Norway, but maybe I didn't hear it correctly as I see from Bob's info that Dahl was born in Wales.
Very interesting. I hope someone here remembers the question.

Francis, my friend, I've been reading of your exploits in Merry Old England. Seems like you took them by storm. I would expect nothing less of you. I've got lots of reference sites bookmarked but wikipedia has become my favorite.
And aggie my love looking forward to your entertaining additions to our site. Unfortunately I must go forth to seek the life giving elixir. Fear not though. Like MacArthur, I shall return.

What happened? Looks like everyone went back to sleep, Bob. Yeah, maybe I should too. No, no, no. Our listeners still need their news. Awright, let's see what's pertinent. This one looks like it's #1 in importance. You sure? Hey, am I the top analyst? Right now, you're the only analyst. Good. I won't be overruled.




WND Exclusive RUNAWAY BRIDE Jennifer action doll for sale

Woman who flew coop before wedding featured in 'female heroes' section
Posted: May 11, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern


© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com


Runaway Bride action figure

The latest offering from a company known for culturally relevant action figures is a doll in the likeness of Jennifer Wilbanks, the Georgia woman who disappeared days before her wedding date and ended up in New Mexico by way of Las Vegas.

HeroBuilders.com rushed into production a limited-edition doll sporting Wilbanks' shoulder-length dark hair and pearly-white smile. It is featured with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Sen. Hillary Clinton in the "Female Heroes" section.

"Now you too can own your very own runaway bride without the heartache and expense," said a promotional e-mail from the president of the company, Emil Vicale.

"We call her Vegas, and she comes complete with trademark towel and jogging T with Vegas Baby logo."


Wilbanks used blanket over her head on return trip

Wilbanks disappeared after going for an evening jog. The towel that comes with the doll looks strikingly similar to the colorful, crocheted blanket she used to cover her head when videotaped by a television crew after coming out of hiding.

Yesterday it was announced Wilbanks entered a medical treatment program "to address physical and mental issues," said a family spokesman. The woman claims she did not run away because of her impending large wedding, but because of "a host of compelling issues, which seemed out of control."

Duluth, Ga., Mayor Shirley Lasseter estimates the search for Wilbanks cost taxpayers between $40,000 and $60,000 in overtime pay and resources. In the '90s, Wilbanks was twice accused of shoplifting. In on instance she pleaded guilty and spent two weekends in jail; in the other charges were dropped after Wilbanks completed a counseling program from shoplifters.

Good morning WA2K radio.

So nice to see everyone here.

Walter and Francis singing in French and C.I. trying to decipher.

Bob's thorough background on the Dahl man.(I read every bit of it, incidentally)

Hebba, I did not realize that he wrote the screenplay for You Only Live Twice. So many of Ian Fleming's books turned movies were "samish."

You know, Raggedy, that may have been where I picked up on Dahl--a rather subliminal experience perhaps?

One short story, though, was missing and that was "Beware of the Dog". I always look to see if the ending is sound, and that one was quite ironic.

Back later, listeners, after coffee.

Well, listeners, here's a song for the morning:

There'll be no strings to bind your hands
Not if my love can find your heart
And there's no need to take a stand
For it was I who chose to start
I see no need to take me home
I'm old enough to face the dawn

Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Then slowly turn away from me

Maybe the sun's light will be dim
It won't matter anyhow
If morning's echo says we've sinned
Well, it was what I wanted now
And if we're victims of the night
I won't be blinded by the light

Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Then slowly turn away from me

I won't beg you to stay with me
Through the tears of the day
Of the years, baby

Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Just touch my cheek before you leave me, baby
Just call me angel of the morning, angel
Then slowly turn away from me
Oh baby, I love you baby, oh baby.

Olivia Newton-John.

Bob, I cannot believe that the toy industry waited so long to get that doll on the market. I wonder how the eyes will look?

Well, it seems that United Airlines is trying to re-organize at the expense of the employees' pension plan, but not to worry about the CEO's pension plan. He'll be fine. You surprised, folks? How, exactly does that affect the tax payers in America? Well, if the government has to take over the deficit, we'll be subsidizing the enormous debt.

protest movement:

Boycott United--nothing friendly about 'em

Thought I better get the Happy May 11 Birthday folks posted before I head out for dreaded grocery shopping (although I do enjoy going to lunch afterward). It is a beautiful day in PA. Hope you all are enjoying the same.

1888 Irving Berlin, songwriter (Tyumen, Russia; died 1989) (Always; Puttin' on the Ritz; Alexander's Ragtime Band; Easter Parade; White Christmas; God Bless America & around 225 more)
1891 Henry Morgenthau Jr., government official/conservationist (New York, NY; died 1967)
1892 Dame Margaret Rutherford, actress (London, England; died 1972)
1894 Martha Graham, modern dancer/choreographer (Allegheny, PA; died 1991)
1904 Salvador Dali, painter (Figueras, Spain; died 1989)
1918 Richard Feynman, physicist (New York, NY; died 1988)
1930 Stanley Elkin, novelist/short-story writer (Brooklyn, NY; died 1995)
1933 Louis Farrakhan, Nation of Islam leader (New York, NY)
1946 Robert Jarvik, physician and inventor of the artificial heart (Midland, MI)
1959 Martha Quinn, TV personality (Albany, NY)
1963 Natasha Richardson, actress (London, England)
1982 Jonathan Jackson, actor (Orlando, FL)



"Irving Berlin has no place in American music. He is American music." - Jerome Kern

Thanks, again, Raggedy, and when you go grocery shopping make certain that you take your stash of cash with you, especially if you have to fill 'er up!

A salute to Irving Berlin who wrote the most clever lyrics:




Oh! How I Hate to Get Up In The Morning
Words and music by Irving Berlin
© Copyright 1918 by Irving Berlin
© Copyright Renewed
International Copyright Secured
All Rights Reserved




"Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning,
Oh! How I'd love to remain in bed
For the hardest blow of all is to hear the bugler call:
'You've got to get up, you've got to get up,
You've got to get up this morning!'"

Someday I'm going to murder the bugler
Someday they're going to find him dead
I'll amputate his reveille and stomp upon it heavily
And spend the rest of my life in bed!

A bugler in the army is the luckiest of men
He wakes the boys at five and then goes back to bed again
He doesn't have to blow again until the afternoon
If ev'rything goes well with me I'll be a bugler soon!

"Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning,
Oh! How I'd love to remain in bed
For the hardest blow of all is to hear the bugler call:
'You've got to get up, you've got to get up,
You've got to get up this morning!'"

Oh, boy! The minute the battle is over
Oh, boy! The minute the foe is dead
I'll put my uniform away and move to Philadelphia
And spend the rest of my life in bed!

Onomatopoeia of the day:

clomp; clomp;clomp up on my rooftop, and it ain't Santa Claus. They're here; they're here.

They Say It's Wonderful



Written by: Irving Berlin (b. Israel Balin)
From the Show: Annie Get Your Gun 1946 (S)


They say that falling in love is wonderful
It's wonderful, so they say

And, with a moon up above, it's wonderful
It's wonderful, so they tell me

I can't recall who said it
I know I never read it
I only know they tell me that love is grand
And

The thing that's known as romance is wonderful, wonderful
In every way, so they say



To leave your house some morning
And, without any warning
You're stopping people, shouting that love is grand
And

To hold a girl in your arms is wonderful, wonderful
In every way
So they say

Well, well! I do believe NASA did something wild and our satellite malfunctioned.

Bob, I love that song, and it is romantic, no?

Incidentally, McTag. You didn't acknowledge the fact that I got your Funny Valentine song. Tsk; tsk. I had a wonderful site for you, but as kismet would have it....................

A pace of another horse now:

While We're Young ( 1960 Version )

< instrumental opening >

Songs were made to sing,
While we're young!
Every day is Spring,
While we're young!

None can refuse,
Time flies so fast!
Too dear to lose,
An' too sweet to last!

Though it may be just . . .
For today!
Share our love we must . . .
While we may!

So blue the skies,
All sweet surprise,
Shines before our eyes,
While we're young!

( None can refuse,
Time flies so fast!
Too dear to lose,
An' too sweet to last! )

Though it may be just . . .
For today!
Share our love we must . . .
While we may!

So blue the skies,
All sweet surprise,
Shines before our eyes,
While we're young!

< instrumental close >

Music by Alec Wilder and Morty Palitz
with lyrics by Bill Engvick , 1943

That's for all the young and the rest of us here on WA2K radio,

My goodness, Where is everyone?

Song for our empty studio:

Berlin Irving - All Alone (1924) Lyrics
Just like a melody that lingers on
You seem to haunt me night and day
I never realized till you had gone
How much I cared about you
I can't live without you

All alone
I'm so all alone
There is no one else but you

All alone
By the telephone
Waiting for a ring
A ting-a-ling

I'm all alone ev'ry evening
All alone feeling blue

Wond'ring where you are
And how you are
And if you are
All alone too


[2]
Just for a moment you were mine, and then
You seemed to vanish like a dream
I long to hold you in my arms again
My life is very lonely
For I want you only


Thought for Today: ``Whether women are better than men, I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse.'' - Golda Meir, Israeli prime minister (1898-1978).



05/10/05 20:00

Letty, as for My Funny Valentine, you got it so fast I could only sit back in wonder. Well done, it's such a lovely song too. It was running in my head as I strolled around today, as a matter of fact.

Roald Dahl, eh? I would never risk reading a book by anyone whose parents couldn't spell "Ronald".

<smile> Well, McTag, I was hoping we could attract Cyracuz.

" Beware of the Dog" was a really great short story, and it involved an RAF pilot and this phrase:

G-A-R-D-E A-U C-H-I-E-N. Garde au chien.

Strange how the connection works, listeners. Every time I get an update from Francis' thread, I think of another short story called "The Story Teller" and I think it's by Saki, H.H. Monroe. It is not his regular run of writing because it is funny and iconoclastic.

And Francis say good night to all..

Goodnight, Francis. You've had a busy day. Don't forget to brush your teeth and say your prayers. <smile>

and just when I was going to ask our man in France about this news item:

Dark beginnings for Cannes film festival


Wednesday May 11 9:06 AM ET


Murder and suicide opened the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday, setting the tone for what promises to be a dark selection of movies competing for the coveted Palme d'Or.

"Lemming," directed by France's Dominik Moll and starring British actress Charlotte Rampling, tells the tale of two couples whose lives quickly spin out of control and shows how tragedy and fear can lurk just below the surface.

It is one of 21 films in the main competition, and the sun-baked Riviera resort has been frantically preparing for the arrival of thousands of fans, journalists and stars from around the world who have come to see and be seen.




Hollywood royalty will grace the red carpet over the coming 12 days, and on Sunday the sixth and final installment of George Lucas's hugely successful "Star Wars" series gets its world premiere.

Moll conceded that "Lemming" was dark but said there was enough humor to lighten the mood.

"It has a dark atmosphere, but I don't see it as a pessimistic film," he told reporters.

The discovery of a lemming from Scandinavia in the drain below the kitchen sink had audiences laughing early on, but the chain of events it sets off quickly turned nasty.

MOVE AWAY FROM POLITICS

In 2004 the Palme d'Or went to Michael Moore's Bush-bashing polemic "Fahrenheit 9/11," which, accompanied by European indignation over the invasion of Iraq and America's war on terrorism in general, gave Cannes a political flavor.

This year, organizers appear content to sail for calmer waters with a competition that features established directors including four Palme d'Or winners.

That is not to say the 21 main competition entries fail to reflect some of today's burning issues.

Showing later on Wednesday is "Kilometer Zero" by Iraqi director Hiner Saleem, who sets his film during the Iran-Iraq war and explores ethnic tensions between Kurds and Arabs which exist to this day.

Themes of paternity and violence stand out, as does Asia's strong showing with five entries in the main competition by directors from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.

Previous Palme d'Or winners include Germany's Wim Wenders, whose "Don't Come Knocking" features a down-and-out Western hero looking for redemption, and American Gus Van Sant, who is back with "Last Days."

America's Jim Jarmusch brings together an all-star cast including Bill Murray, Sharon Stone, Jessica Lange and Julie Delpy in "Broken Flowers," which follows the resolutely single Don who goes out in search of a son he did not know he had.

Other heavy-hitters include Canada's David Cronenberg ("A History of Violence"), Denmark's Lars von Trier ("Manderlay"), Israel's Amos Gitai ("Free Zone") and German-born Michael Haneke ("Cache"/"Hidden").

American veteran Woody Allen is expected in Cannes on Thursday to present his "Match Point," set among the English upper class and starring Scarlett Johansson.

Act Naturally
Buck Owens

They're gonna put me in the movies
They're gonna make a big star out of me
We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely
And all I have to do is act naturally

[CHORUS]
Well, I bet you I'm gonna be a big star
Might win an Oscar you can never tell
The movie's gonna make me a big star,
'Cause I can play the part so well

Well, I hope you come and see me in the movie
Then I'll know that you will plainly see
The biggest fool that ever hit the big time
And all I have to do is act naturally

We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely
Begging down upon his bended knee
I'll play the part but I won't need rehearsing
All I have to do is act naturally

[CHORUS]

that song was, in my oppinion, ringo's shining moment

Oh, my goodness, gracious me, dj. I have to smile at that one, Canada.

and incidentally, do you realize that WA2K scooped ABC News?

Well, we did listeners, and our sometimes-drop-in-friend, Reyn did as well with his King Tut update.

Let's see, didn't McTag and Francis do a Bob Nolan song earlier? Well, this is for everyone who likes remembering:

Tumbling Tumbleweeds.

See them tumbling down,
Pledging their love to the ground!
Lonely, but free, I'll be found,
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds . . .

Cares of the past are behind,
Nowhere to go, but I'll find,
Just where the trail will wind,
Drifting along with the tumblin' tumbleweeds . . .

I know when night is gone,
That a new world's born at dawn!
I'll keep rolling along,
Deep in my heart as a song,
Here on the range I belong,
Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds . . .

( Tumbleweeds, tumbleweeds!
See them tumbling down,
Pledging their love to the ground! )
Lonely, but free, I'll be found,
Drifting along with the tumblin' tumbleweeds . . .

I know ( I Know! ) when night is gone ( hmmm . . . )
That a new world's born at dawn!
I'll keep rolling along,
Deep in my heart as a song,
Here on the range I belong,
( Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds . . . )
Drifting along with the tumblin' tumbleweeds . . .
( Tumbleweeds, tumbleweeds . . . )
Tumble . . . weeds . . .

Words and Music
by Bob Nolan, 1934

And another observation about desert places:

In the desert
I saw a creature, naked, bestial,
who, squatting upon the ground,
Held his heart in his hands,
And ate of it.
I said, "Is it good, friend?"
"It is bitter -- bitter," he answered;
"But I like it
Because it is bitter,
And because it is my heart."

Stephen Crane.

Don't touch that dial, listeners:

This is cyberspace, WA2K radio

When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again

( Walker - Sullivan)


When my blue moon turns to gold again
When my rainbow turns the clouds away
When my blue moon turns to gold again
You'll be back within my arms to stay

When the memories that linger in our hearts
Memories that make my heart cold
However some day they'll live again sweetheart
And my blue moon again will turn to gold

A liberal twit, edgar?I just noticed that new signature line. Love it!

It saddens me a bit, listeners, to realize that as kids, we made such fun of what we referred to as "hillbilly" songs. I'm afraid that we were too anxious to have something to make fun of.

As dj, observes, looking at the lyrics of a poem is just that; lyric poetry.

Let's examine this one, for instance:

Rainbow At Midnight
Ernst Tubb

Key of F capo in 2nd fret

VERSE 1:
After the (G)war was (C)over
I was (G)coming home to (D7)you
(G)I saw a rainbow at (C)midnight
Out (G)on the (D7)ocean (G)blue
The stares in heaven were (C)shinning
The (G)moon gave it's light from (D7)above

VERSE 2:
(G)I saw your face in the (C)rainbow
And it (G)made me (D7)think of our (G)love
We'll build a home in the (C)country
And (G)make all our dreams come (D7)true
(G)There we will make a (C)heaven
Sweet (G)heart just (D7)for we (G)two

VERSE 3:
(G)Here we will live so (C)happy
And (G)have a baby or (D7)two
(G)We'll name them after the (C)rainbow
(G)Because it (D7)reminds me of (G)you
After this life is (C)over
And our (G)journey here is (D7)through
(G)We'll move to the land of the (C)rainbow
And (G)live in the (D7)star-y (G)blue

Ernst? His name was Ernst and he used a capo? Well, listeners, I guess that is to be expected when you play a guitar in the key of F.