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Katrina Packing Wind of Nearly 175 Mph
AP - 32 minutes ago

NEW ORLEANS - Mayor Ray Nagin ordered an immediate evacuation Sunday for all of New Orleans, a city sitting below sea level with 485,000 inhabitants, as Hurricane Katrina bore down with wind revved up to nearly 175 mph and a threat of a massive storm surge. Acknowledging that large numbers of people, many of them stranded tourists, would be unable to leave, the city set up 10 places of last resort including the Superdome arena. "This is a once in a lifetime event," the mayor said. "The city of New Orleans has never seen a hurricane of this magnitude hit it directly."

You know, folks. I believe that Momma Angel is from Louisiana. I need to check that out.

Let's listen to a hymn, since it is Sunday:

My very favorite from my choir days in the Presbyterian church.

The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue, ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
Th'unwearied sun from day to day
Does his Creator's power display,
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand

2
Soon as the evening shades prevail,
The moon takes up the wondrous tale;
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;
While all the stars that round her burn,
And all the planets in their turn,
Confirm the tidings as they roll,
And spread the truth from pole to pole

3
What though in solemn silence all
Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid their radiant orbs be found?
In reason's ear they all rejoice
And utter forth a glorious voice,
Forever singing as they shine,
"The hand that made us is divine."

Wasn't that a mighty storm
Wasn't that a mighty storm in the morning, well
Wasn't that a mighty storm that blew all the people all away

You know the year of 1900 (2005)
Children, many years ago
Death came howling on the ocean
Death calls, you got to go
Now Galveston (new oleans) had a seawall
To keep the water down, and a
High tide from the ocean
Spread the water over the town

You know the trumpets give them warning
You'd better leave this place
Now, no one thought of leaving
'til death stared them in the face
And the trains they all were loaded
The people were all leaving town
The trestle gave way to the water
And the trains they went on down

Rain it was a' falling
Thunder began to roll
Lightning flashed like hell fire
The wind began to blow
Death the cruel master
When the wind began to blow
Rode in on a team of horses
T cried, "Death, won't you let me go".

Hey, now trees fell on the island
And the houses give away
Some they strained and drowned
Some died in most every way
And the sea began to rolling
And the ships they could not stand
And I heard a captain crying
"God save a drowning man".

Death your hands are clammy
You got them on my knee
You come and took my mother
Won't you come back after me
And the flood it took my neighbor
Took my brother too
I thought I heard my father calling
And I watched my mother go

You know the year of 1900 (2005)
Children, many years ago
Death came howling on the ocean
Death calls, you got to go.

In my diet I drink several cups of decaf a day... (no milk, cream or sugar)

I say it wakes me up in the AM but it is the not the caffeine but the "quiet" time that I spend responding to forums and drinking it. Provided they are not heated debates I do not like the effects of caffeine one bit... So chocolate is not part of my diet either. I guess no one has considered decaffeinating chocolate...

I have also found that I get an unsalted assorted nuts and dried fruit mixture and pour it on unsweetened bran, wheat, corn etc flakes and also add fresh berries and my body is the happiest.

I do not add sugar to my cereal because then my body reacts to it like it is a candy and I do not get the same healthful effect. Then the rest of the day I can have a couple of meals that are hearty and I walk to burn off calories..

This new approach to my diet has paid off substantially.

dys, I think I recall that Galveston hurricane. Something about nuns in a citadel protecting the children. I need to search that out as well. Good song, buddy, if a little disheartening.

Rex, I think the quiet time is the most important thing in the world. My body and my soul and my mind require it to keep the stress levels down. See? Your entire being knows what keeps you going. <smile>

Letty you exude quiet time and we all are beneficiaries of your temperance...

Well coincidentally right now we have here with us, my son's girlfriend, a young lady from Washington DC who has friends in New Orleans because she recently went to university in Tulane.

She has been on the telephone here today to friends in New Orleans and the situation with them is not good.

So our thoughts are with them, and we are hoping the hurricane will take a last-minute detour- it wouldn't be the first time the weather forecasters got it a bit wrong.

CHANGE IN THE WEATHER (J.C. Fogerty)

Aaah!
CHORUS:
Change in the weather, change in the weather,
Somethin's happenin' here.
Change in the weather, change in the weather,
People walkin' round in fear.

Uh huh, you better duck and run,
Get under cover 'cause the change has come.
Storm warning, and it looks like rain,
Be nothin' left after the hurricance.
This here's a jungle, ain't no lie,
Look at the people, terror in their eyes.
Bad business comin', can't be denied,
They're running with the dogs, afraid to die.

CHORUS

Uh huh, you best believe it's true,
The levee's busted, badness comin' through.
Oh no, there ain't no place to hide,
Reach out and pluck you, take you for a ride.
Sea of frustration, take everything in sight,
Won't be no blessing if we make it through the night.
Down on your knees, go ahead and pray,
But every demon has to have his day.

CHORUS

Well! Oh, God!

High noon, I can't believe my eyes,
Wind is ragin', there's a fire in the sky.
Ground shakin', everything comin' loose,
Run like a coward but it ain't no use.
Edge of the river, it's an ugly scene,
People gettin' pushed, people gettin' mean.
The change is comin' and it's gettin' late,
Ain't no survivin', and there ain't no escape.

CHORUS
Oh!
CHORUS
Well! Oh, no!

Why Thank you, Rex. I guess for a reformed vocalist, I'm maintaining my temperance. <smile>

Well, there are our European counterparts.

McTag, I do hope your house guest's visit is not marred by her concern for her family, but what a wonderful thing to know that your son enjoys Southern American girls. (I hope he had the decorum to change that T-shirt.)

Walter, I am delighted to see you accompany the change in the weather songs. Perhaps that may do the trick as "Goodnight Irene" did for another lady. Thanks, Germany. Now all of our European friends are accounted for except Francis. Hope he isn't in New Orleans in the French quarter.

I am happy to say, listeners, that Momma Angel is all right. That's a relief.

Hey, dj. You and I can relax now. Walter is out on bail (or should that be bale).

Francis is far from Bourbon street...

Well, Francis. I am glad that you are here and not out on the street somewhere with a bottle of bourbon. Welcome back, France.(did you get your T-shirt. <smile>)

Now all of Europe that we know and love are here.

Funny, listeners. I was searching for some New Orleans jazz and came across an album called "Bayou Degradable". Very clever.

Anyone ever heard of the performers?

Perhaps I should quit asking questions.

It's well known Francis is never far from Bourbon.

House of Bourbon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


The House of Bourbon dates from at least the beginning of the 13th century, when the estate of Bourbon was ruled by a Lord, vassal of France. With the course of time, the House of Bourbon would become one of the most powerful ruling families of Europe, with its members becoming monarchs of Navarre, France, Spain and southern Italy and rulers of several important duchies.

The Bourbons first became an important family in 1268, with the marriage of Robert, Count of Clermont, sixth son of king Louis IX of France, to Beatrice of Burgundy, heiress to the lordship of Bourbon. Their son Louis was made duke of Bourbon in 1327. Though his line was dispossessed of the dukedom after two centuries, the junior line of the Counts of La Marche acquired the Dukedom of Vendôme. The Bourbon-Vendôme branch became the ruling house of first Navarre (1555) and then of France (1589), under Henry de Bourbon. The Princes of Condé (Bourbon-Condé) are a cadet branch of the Bourbon-Vendômes and, in turn, are senior to the Princes of Conti (Bourbon-Conti). The Bourbons lost the throne of France for a first time in 1792 and finally in 1830 after a sixteen-year restoration. The Dukes of Orleans, are, since the 17th century, also a branch of the Bourbon royal line.

Other royal lines are descended from the French Bourbon dynasty. Philip V of Spain started the Bourbon rule of Spain, which spans from 1700-1808, 1813-1868, and 1875-1931, and again from 1975 to the present day. Nowadays, Bourbon in Spain is spelled Borbón. From this Spanish line comes the royal line of the kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1734-1806 and 1815-1860, and Sicily only in 1806-1816), the Bourbon-Sicilies family, and the Bourbon rulers of the Duchy of Parma.


Bourbon monarchs in France

* Henri IV, the Great 1589-1610
* Louis XIII, the Just 1610-1643
* Louis XIV, the Sun King 1643-1715
* Philippe II of Orléans (Regent) 1715-1723
* Louis XV, the Well-Beloved 1715-1774
* Louis XVI 1774-1793
* Louis XVII (never actually reigned) 1793-1795

Early Bourbons, such as Henry IV, Louis XIV, the Great Condé, etc. had a particularly prominent nose resembling the beak of an eagle, which is thus still nowadays sometimes called a nez bourbonien in France.

Following the French Revolution and the rule of Napoleon Bonaparte, the House of Bourbon was restored:

* Louis XVIII 1814-1824
* Charles X 1824-1830

The Orleanist July monarchy, which took power in July 1830, brought to the throne the head of the Orleanist cadet branch of the Bourbons:

* Louis-Phillippe, King of the French 1830-1848

With the advent of the French Second Republic in 1848, Bourbon monarchy in France ended.

The Bourbon pretender to the throne of France, the Comte de Chambord, was offered a restored throne following the collapse of the empire of Emperor Napoleon III in 1870. However the stubborn Chambord refused to accept the throne unless France abandoned the revolution-inspired tricolour and accepted what he regarded as the true Bourbon flag of France, something the French National Assembly could not possibly agree to. (The tricolour, having been associated with the First Republic, had been used by the July Monarchy, Second Republic and Empire.)

A temporary Third Republic was established, while monarchists waited for Chambord to die and for the succession to pass to the Comte de Paris, who was willing to accept the tricolour. However Chambord did not die for over a decade, by which time public opinion had switched to support the republic as the 'form of government that divides us least.'

After the 1815 Bourbon restoration, Talleyrand reportedly remarked that the Bourbon rulers had "learned nothing and forgotten nothing".

Walking on Sunshine

Katrina and the Waves


I used to think maybe you loved me, now baby I'm sure.
And I just can't wait till the day when you knock on my door
Now every time I go to the mailbox, gotta hold myself down
'Cause I just can't wait till you write me you're coming around

Now I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
And don't it feel good!

I used to think maybe you loved me, now I know that it's true
But I just can't spend my whole life just-a waiting for you
I don't want you back for the weekend, not back for a day
'Cause baby I just want you back and I want you to stay
Now I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
And don't it feel good!

Walking on sunshine
Walking on sunshine
I feel alive, I feel a love, I feel a love that's really real
I feel alive, I feel a love, I feel a love that's really real
I'm on sunshine baby, oh yeah!
I'm on sunshine baby

Now I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
I'm walking on sunshine, oh oh!
And don't it feel good!

just watched a great pbs show called "the rockies by rail", it followed the "american orient express" on it's trip from colorado to portland

and now a song about a different type of train traveller

King Of The Road
Roger Miller

Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let...fifty cents.
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but..two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination...Bangor, Maine.
Old worn out clothes and shoes,
I don't pay no union dues,
I smoke old stogies I have found
Short, but not too big around
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

I know every engineer on every train
All of their children, and all of their names
And every handout in every town
And every lock that ain't locked
When no one's around.

I sing,
Trailers for sale or rent
Rooms to let, fifty cents
No phone, no pool, no pets
I ain't got no cigarettes
Ah, but, two hours of pushin' broom
Buys an eight by twelve four-bit room
I'm a man of means by no means
King of the road.

Ah, there's our Bob with his bourbon bios. Thanks, Boston. We know that you know that bourbon street beat.

Rex, that was a great song. It's says so much and tells so much. Thanks, buddy.

dj, That king is dead; long live another king.<smile>




It seems to me I've heard that song before
It's from an old familiar score
I know it well, that melody

It's funny how a theme
Recalls a favorite dream
A dream that brought you so close to me

I know each word, because I've heard that song before
The lyrics said: "for evermore"
For evermore's a memory

Please have them play it again
And (Then) I'll remember just when
I heard that lovely song before

Here's an interesting bit of trivia, folks. When I relinquished my title of resident witch to the she wolf, I became curious.

Trivia for
Bell Book and Candle
Gillian's cat is named Pyewacket. This name has become a popular one for cats because of this movie, but few know its origin: Pyewacket was one of the familiar spirits of a witch detected by the "witchfinder general" Matthew Hopkins in March 1644 in the town of Maningtree, Essex, UK. He claimed he spied on the witches as they held their meeting close by his house, and heard them mention the name of a local woman. She was arrested and deprived of sleep for four nights, at the end of which she confessed and named her familiars, describing their forms. They were:
Holt
Jarmara
Vinegar Tom
Sacke and Sugar
Newes
Ilemauzer
Pyewacket
Pecke in the Crowne
Griezzel Greedigutt Hopkins says he and nine other witnesses saw the first five of these, which appeared in the forms described by the witch. Interestingly, only the first of these was a cat; the next two were dogs, and the others were a black rabbit and a polecat. So it's not clear whether Pyewacket was a cat's name or not. As for the meanings, Hopkins says only that they were such that "no mortall could invent." The incident is described in Hopkins's pamphlet "The Discovery of Witches" (1647).



The title "Bell, Book and Candle" is a reference to exorcism, which is performed by bell, book and candle. It is opened with "Strike the bell, open the book, light the candle," and closed with "strike the bell, close the book, blow out the candle."


This was James Stewart's final appearance as a romantic lead. This was because many of the leading ladies that were playing his romantic interest were becoming younger and a few were half his age. After this film he would concentrate more on roles that portrayed him as an everyman or as a father figure.

Bye Bye Johnny
(Berry)

Well she drew out all her money out from southern trust
And put a little boy aboard a greyhound bus
Leaving Lousiana for the golden west
Down came her tears from her happiness
Her own little son named Johnny B Goode
Was gonna make some motion pictures out in Hollywood

Bye bye bye bye
Bye bye bye bye
Bye bye Johnny bye bye Johnny B Goode

Well she remember taking money out from gathering crops
And buying Johnny's guitar at a broker shop
As long as he could play it by the railroad side
And wouldn't get in trouble she'd be satisfied
Never thought there'd ever come a day like this
When she would gladly give her son a goodbye kiss

Bye bye bye bye
Bye bye bye bye
Bye bye Johnny bye bye Johnny B Goode

Well she finally got the letter she was dreaming of
Johnny wrote and told her he had fell in love
As soon as he was married he would bring her back
And build a mansion for her by the railroad tracks
And everytime they heard the locomotive roar
They'd be a standing, waving in the kitchen door

Howling bye bye bye bye
Now bye bye bye bye
Bye bye Johnny bye bye Johnny B Goode

Hey, edgar. Does it seem to you that everyone is named Johnny in a song or movie?




Fabares Shelley - Johnny Get Angry Lyrics

- Words and Music by Hal David and Sherman Edwards
Johnny, I said we were through
Just to see what you would do
You stood there and hung your head
Made me wish that I were dead
CHORUS
Oh, Johnny get angry, Johnny get mad
Give me the biggest lecture I ever had
I want a brave man, I want a cave man
Johnny, show me that you care, really care for me
Every time you danced with me
You let Freddy cut in constantly
When he'd ask, you'd never speak
Must you always be so meek?
CHORUS

Every girl wants someone who
She can always look up to
You know I love you, of course
Let me know that you're the boss
CHORUS
Johnny, get angry, Johnny
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny
FADE

Oops, and I promised myself that I would quit asking questions.

Okay, then, some answers:

Hitler's dog was named blondie.

Francis did not get his T-shirt.

Walter did not steal Mozart's wax bust from an Austrian museum.

No one knows or cares about Bayou Degradable.

I'll think of the others later.