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colorbook, I just heard that song on the TV,(some kind of dance show) and recalled that Raggedy had Debbie Boone among her celebs. Wow! things are sometimes eerie.

Back later, you wonderful people to say goodnight.

Interesting item about Americans and hurricanes:

Poll: Storm Changed Americans' Attitudes By ERIN McCLAM, AP National Writer
1 hour, 47 minutes ago



A 64-year-old Alabamian frets about frayed race relations. A Utah software programmer ponders the slow government response to Hurricane Katrina and decides he'll turn to his church first in a disaster created by nature or terrorists.


A woman scraping by on disability pay in northern Virginia puts her house on the market because of surging post-storm gas and food prices. Cheaper to live in Pennsylvania, she figures.

This is the rest of the story if it works:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050922/ap_on_re_us/katrina_changing_attitudes_hk4

Well, folks. It's time for Letty to say goodnight.

I do hope tomorrow will be bright.

From Letty with love.

Goodnight Letty

Just dropping in to say goodnight, Letty. Enjoyed hearing from you the last couple of days.

100 Years

I'm 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
I'm 22 for a moment
She feels better than ever
And we're on fire
Making our way back from Mars
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
I'm 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I'm a they
A kid on the way
A family on my mind
I'm 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I'm heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
15 I'm all right with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live
Half time goes by
Suddenly you're wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We're moving on...
I'm 99 for a moment
Dying for just another moment
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
15 there's still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you're on your way
Every day's a new day...
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got 100 years to live

Five For Fighting

SUPERMAN

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
I'm just out to find
The better part of me

I'm more than a bird...i'm more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It's not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I'll never see

It may sound absurd...but don't be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed...but won't you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It's not easy to be me

Up, up and away...away from me
It's all right...you can all sleep sound tonight
I'm not crazy...or anything...

I can't stand to fly
I'm not that naive
Men weren't meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I'm only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside me
Yeah, inside me
Inside of me

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
I'm only a man
Looking for a dream

I'm only a man
In a funny red sheet
And it's not easy, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm...

Its not easy to be me



Five For Fighting

I love this place

Limeys, you say?

Lime-juice sailors. The juice of the lime fruit, which kept well, was an anti-scurvy specific on sailing ships (in the days before refrigeration could keep food fresh for its Vitamin C properties)
So the ships'crews were given a ration of lime juice and vodka.

No I made the vodka bit up.

By the way we say ra-shun and not ray-shun for ration.

But tay-bl and not tabble for table

And certainly not gnashin' for nation.

http://sres.anu.edu.au/associated/fpt/nwfp/quinine/Quinine.html

Eminem
Lose Yourself

Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity
To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment
Would you capture it or just let it slip?

Yo, His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There's vomit on his sweater already, mom's spaghetti
He's nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
To drop bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
What he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth, but the words won't come out
He's chokin, how everybody's chokin now
The clock's run out, time's up over, bloah!
Snap back to reality, Oh there goes gravity
Oh, there goes Rabbit, he choked
He's so mad, but he won't give up that easy
No, he won't have it , he knows his whole back city's ropes
It don't matter, he's dope
He knows that, but he's broke
He's so stacked that he knows
When he goes back to his mobile home, that's when it's
Back to the lab again yo
This whole rap city
He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him

[Chorus:]
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo,

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime you better,

His soul's escaping, through this hole that it's gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is borin, but superstardom's close to post mortom
It only grows harder, only grows hotter
He blows us all over these hoes is all on him
Coast to coast shows, he's know as the globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He's grown farther from home, he's no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water
These ho's don't want him no mo, he's cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose dove and sold nada
So the soap opera is told and unfolds
I suppose it's old partner, but the beat goes on
Da da dum da dum da da

[Chorus:]
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo, you better

No more games, I'ma change what you call rage
Tear this mothafuckin roof off like 2 dogs caged
I was playin in the beginnin, the mood all changed
I been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin and stepwritin the next cypher
Best believe somebody's payin the pied piper
All the pain inside amplified by the fact
That I can't get by with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide the right type of life for my family
Cause man, these goddam food stamps don't buy diapers
And it's no movie, there's no Makai Pfeiffer, this is my life
And these times are so hard and it's getting even harder
Tryin to feed and water my seed, plus
Teeter-totter caught up between trying to be a father and a prima donna
Baby mama drama's screamin on and
Too much for me to wanna
Stay in one spot, another day of monotony
Has gotten me to the point, I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate a plot or I end up in jail or shot
Success is my only mothafuckin option, failure's not
Mom, I love you, but this trailer's got to go
I cannot grow old in Salem's lot
So here I go is my shot.
Feet fail me not or not this may be the only opportunity that I got

[Chorus:]
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo

You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime you better,

You can do anything you set your mind to, man

Good Morning WA2K.

Today's birthdays:


480 BC - Euripides, Greek playwright (d. 406 BC)
63 BC - Augustus Caesar, Roman Emperor (d. AD 14)
AD 1158 - Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (d. 1186)
1598 - Eleonore Gonzaga, wife of Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1655)
1647 - Joseph Dudley, colonial Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1720)
1650 - Jeremy Collier, English bishop (d. 1726)
1713 - King Ferdinand VI of Spain (d. 1759)
1740 - Empress Go-Sakuramachi of Japan (d. 1813)
1771 - Emperor Kokaku of Japan (d. 1840)
1819 - Hippolyte Fizeau, French physicist (d. 1896)
1838 - Victoria Woodhull, American suffragist (d. 1927)
1852 - William Stewart Halsted, American surgeon (d. 1922)
1863 - Mary Eliza Church Terrell, American writer and social reformer (d. 1954)
1865 - Emmuska Orczy, British novelist (d. 1947)
1889 - Walter Lippmann, American journalist (d. 1974)
1890 - Friedrich Paulus, German general (d. 1957)
1895 - Johnny Mokan, baseball player (d. 1985)
1897 - Walter Pidgeon, Canadian actor (d. 1984)
1899 - Louise Nevelson, Ukrainian-born artist (d. 1988)
1911 - Frank Moss, U.S. Senator from Utah (d. 2003)
1915 - Clifford Shull, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2001)
1916 - Aldo Moro, Italian politician (d. 1978)
1920 - Mickey Rooney, American actor
1926 - John Coltrane, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1967)
1930 - Ray Charles, American musician and singer (d. 2004)
1931 - Gerald Stairs Merrithew, Canadian educator and statesman (d. 2004)
1938 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (d. 1982)
1939 - Roy Buchanan, American guitarist (d. 1988)
1939 - Janusz Gajos, Polish actor
1942 - Sila María Calderón, Governor of Puerto Rico
1943 - Julio Iglesias, Spanish singer
1945 - Paul Petersen, American actor
1946 - Franz Fischler, Austrian politician
1947 - Mary Kay Place, American actress
1949 - Bruce Springsteen, American singer and songwriter
1954 - Charlie Barnett, American actor (d. 1996)
1958 - Marvin Lewis, American football coach
1959 - Jason Alexander, American actor
1959 - Elizabeth Peña, American actress
1961 - Willie McCool, astronaut
1964 - Koshi Inaba, Japanese singer (B'z)
1970 - Ani DiFranco, American musician
1974 - Harumi Inoue, Japanese actress and model
1974 - Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
1975 - Jaime Bergman, American model and actress
1975 - Chris Hawkins, British radio personality and disk jockey
1984 - Anneliese van der Pol, Dutch actress

Good morning, WA2K radio listeners and contributors.

Reyn, I am so glad to see you back in our studio, and all of us here love your collage with the stars of our avatars. <smile> It's nice to exchange with you too, Canada.

McTag, you are a wonder. I have taken note, as I am certain all of the U.S. listeners have, of the difference in pronunciation. Interesting about the origin of limeys, and the vodka is good with a twist of lime.

Rex, great songs, and thanks for playing them, buddy. We also appreciate your having reminded us of quinine and its benefits.

So, folks. What we have here is a lesson; a drink with quinine, lime, and vodka, and delightful songs and responses.

The coffee pot in our studio is gone, and Letty has had to resort to instant coffee. YUK!

Our Raggedy was too quick for me. (again) but it does give us time to look through all her celebs, folks.

Upon my word, for once I recognize all the photos.

Here's a song by Ani:

Title: Artist: ANI DIFRANCO

Ain't That The Way


i love you and you love me and ain't that that way it's supposed to be? i
swing my stick legs 'round from the root and i pile drive each foot into a
platform boot.



and i'm up and i'm out cuz i'm bouncing off the walls. and i
come when you call and you call. i got a super cute three piece suit. one
piece for your body. one piece for your smile. one more little piece if you
stay a while. yeah, cuz i love you and you love me. ain't that the way it's
supposed to be? i gotta beeline double time. leave my home sweet home for your
honeycomb. then i show up steady ready and proud and i find i've forgotten how
to talk out loud. isn't it just like you to bring me to my knees in my brand
new stockings while the cat is out with my tongue. isn't it just like you to
bring me to my knees in my brand new stockings. love makes me feel so dumb.
cuz i love you and you love me and ain't that the way it's supposed to be?
yeah, cuz i love you and you love the me. ain't that the way it's supposed to
be?

Well, folks. Ain't that the way it's supposed to be? :wink:

Good news; bad news, listeners:

Weather update:



HOUSTON - Hurricane Rita roared toward the Texas and Louisiana coasts early Friday, a major Category 4 storm that spurred a traffic-snarled exodus and fears it could cripple the heart of the nation's petrochemical industry. Authorities Friday advised Houston residents who were still at home who to stay there.


Forecasters said it appeared Houston and Galveston could avoid a direct hit as Rita veered slightly to the east, threatening its 140 mph winds at the Beaumont and Port Arthur area about 75 miles east of Houston. An 8 a.m. EDT advisory from the National Hurricane Center said the winds remained at 140 mph. The storm was expected to near the coast later Friday or early Saturday.

We are so happy to see our edgar still with us and responding to our vast audience.

Hear, hear! Edgar managed to drop down to the "avatar thread".

Hope to hear from you later, Letty. Off to work now....

Reyn, hope your work day goes well, my friend, and if all equipment behaves as it should, you shall. <smile>

So, it's heigh ho,
Heigh ho,
It's off to work Reyn, go.



and, folks, a song for those whose karma is in a car:

MODEST MOUSE LYRICS - Karma's Payment

uh oh uh oh down low down low etc.

i am not who i want to be
i probably will not ever be
i drove my car onto 14th
i drove it right on down the street
i had not had any sleep
so i ate Minithins to stay awake

you crashed your car right into me
there was two days I 'fore I had to leave.

uh oh uh oh down low down low etc.

i am not who i want to be
i probably will not ever be
I took a trip down to California

karma payment plan...
k-k-karma's payment plan (x2)

my car broke down out in the street
the radiator sprung a leak
i met this guy he said that he could help me
i'm on the karma payment plan.. (x2)

we went to his house and did some speed
he said karma would pay for this deed
he got it fixed and he started to scare me
i ditched him eventually
and came back for the van the next morning

i'm in the Karma payment plan (x2)

i went to LA the next day
i got jacked in a really bad way
i cannot tell you but..
it's a long story

Hope you all know my absense is not a snub, just, my life has to take it's own particular avenue, and for now it has little to do with a2k. Of course, this weekend is different because my area is facing the storm. I will not be always gone, but there are so many projects, so little time. At 63 I work a job that many in their 30s could not handle. Lately it is wearing on me. I need my time and energy to accomplish personal projects.

I admire your energy, Edgar.
It's 4:10 on Friday and my butt is draggin'.