WA2K Radio is now on the air

Well, it certainly is getting expensive to do so! Imagine how much one could save if you didn't eat.

Short note from me while I'm working on a post:

Overheard in a store while my wife and I were shopping this afternoon. A young boy (probably about 5 years old) asking a question of his father:

"Daddy, when do I get a cell phone?" ( )
His dad answers that "he must be a few years older".

You kinda wonder how society ever survived in years past without cell phones, eh? :wink:

quietly and peacefully as i remember it

Heh! Heh! Great, Reyn, and my very fine painter, Emmanuel. (that's his name, honest) has a four year old child who can do more on the pc than you or I? "me" simply fits better, but I'll resist the temptation.

Well, folks. Letty must snuff the candle; turn of the cell bell; and close the book for tonight.

Goodnight, my friends.

From Letty with much love.

Touching
Here is an interesting topic.

Well, recently, Patti Wood was a guest on CKNW here and I found her to be fascinating. She's a well-known speaker and trainer on the use of body language. On the show, she was talking about the importance of touch, and how we all need human touch in our lives.

Ms. Wood was referring to a study done for a client of hers and here are some fact highlights on touch from that:

-- In the nineteenth century, more than half the infants in their first year of life regularly died from a disease called
marasmus, also known as infantile atrophy or debility. It was later discovered that this was caused by a lack of touch. Babies who were not touched on a regular basis would literally starve themselves to death.

-- United States norms of touch. When asked who got the most strokes (physical touch or signals to show I know you're there), 44 percent of those surveyed said their pets got the most strokes, 18 percent said their children got the most strokes, and 18 percent said family members got equal strokes.

-- World comparison (research done in 1968 that I want to redo for current results). Rates of touch per hour for adult couples in coffee shops, frequency of contact: 0 in London, 2 in Gainesville, Florida, 110 in Paris, 180 in San Juan Puerto Rico.

-- Greeting and farewell touch. Study done at airports, 60 percent engaged in touching when greeting or saying goodbye to another person. More emotional feeling was displayed in departure.

-- Touch and power. The person who initiates touch is regularly considered to have higher status. Bosses, doctors and professors commonly initiate touch. The person who initiates touch generally controls the interaction. Though women initiate touch, in general more than men, and woman touch women more than men touch men.

I never really thought about touch too much before, so this really made me think. Apparently, the "safe zone" for touch is anywhere between the fingers and the elbow.

While you folks think about this, I think I'll go give my wife a hug right now!

Goodnight, Letty. I take it that it's 10:05pm there. Catch you tomorrow.

Oh, by the way, I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce the real me.

Thanks so much to 'colorbook' for helping me out with the avatar.

Good morning, WA2K radio fans and contributors.

First, let me say to Reyn that I adore his avatar, and that colorbook is amazing getting that delightful face on canvas.<smile>

Then may I add, Reyn, that your article about touching is absolutely true, in my book. I remember my first year in college having learned the word "maramus", and the need for babies to be held, loved, and touched, and that does not diminish as we age, either. I read a book some time back called Child of the Twilight. ( I think that was the title) Basically it was about a baby who was literally shut away in a room without any contact other than to be fed. The results were very sad, but I won't go into that. The sense of touch is a very powerful therapy. Thank you, Reyn, for sharing that with our listeners.

Time for some music, listeners, to start of the day at WA2K:

Doobie Bros.



Don't you feel it growin', day by day
People gettin' ready for the news
Some are happy, some are sad
Oh, we got to let the music play
What the people need
Is a way to make 'em smile
It ain't so hard to do if you know how
Gotta get a message
Get it on through
Oh now mama, don't you ask me why

Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
All the time

Well I know, you know better
Everything I say
Meet me in the country for a day
We'll be happy
And we'll dance
Oh, we're gonna dance our blues away
And if I'm feelin' good to you
And you're feelin' good to me
There ain't nothin' we can't do or say
Feelin' good, feeling fine
Oh, baby, let the music play

Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
All the time

Like a lazy flowing river
Surrounding castles in the sky
And the crowd is growing bigger
List'nin' for the happy sounds
And I got to let them fly

Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
Oh, oh, listen to the music
All the time

Nat Turner
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


Nat Turner (October 2, 1800 - November 11, 1831) was a United States slave whose 1831 slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia was crushed. The rebellion, though defeated, was the most remarkable instance of black resistance to enslavement in the antebellum South and has become a reference of justification for the American Civil War.

Turner was born in Southampton County, Virginia. He grew up deeply religious and was often seen fasting and praying. He frequently received visions which he interpreted as being messages from God. These greatly influenced his life. For example, when Turner was 21 years old he ran away from his master, but returned a month later after receiving a vision. He became known among fellow slaves as "The Prophet."

In February 1831, there was a solar eclipse. Turner took this to mean that he should begin preparing for a rebellion. The rebellion was initially planned for July 4, Independence Day, but had to be postponed when Turner fell ill.

On August 13, there was an atmospheric disturbance in which the sun appeared bluish-green. This was the final sign, and a week later, August 21, the rebellion began. Starting with a trusted few fellow slaves, the insurgency ultimately numbered more than 40 slaves and free blacks, mostly on horseback. The rebels traveled from house to house, freeing slaves and killing all the whites they could find; men, women and children alike. In all 55 whites were killed in the revolt.

The rebellion was suppressed within 48 hours, but Turner eluded capture for months. On October 30 he was discovered and arrested. After his capture, his court appointed trial lawyer, Thomas Ruffin Gray, took it upon himself to publish "The Confessions of Nat Turner," derived partly from research done while Turner was in hiding and partly from conversations with Turner before his trial. This document remains the primary window into Turner's mind. Due to its author's obvious bias, it is a subject of much dissension among historians.

On November 5, Nat Turner was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. He was hanged and skinned on November 11 in Jerusalem, Virginia. His corpse was mutilated and various body parts were kept by whites as souvenirs.

In total, 55 blacks suspected of having been involved in the uprising were killed. In the aftermath, hundreds of blacks, many of whom had nothing to do with the rebellion, were beaten, tortured and murdered by hysterical white mobs.

The state legislature of Virginia considered abolishing slavery, but in a close vote decided to retain slavery and instead support a repressive policy against slaves and free blacks. The freedoms of all black people in Virginia were tightly curtailed, and an official policy was instated that forbade questioning the slave system, on the grounds that any discussion might encourage similar slave revolts.

In the end, no slave uprising before or after inflicted such a severe blow to the ranks of slave owners. Nat Turner is regarded as a hero by large numbers of African Americans and pan-Africanists worldwide.

Nat Turner finally became the focus of popular historical scholarship in the 1940s, when historian Herbert Aptheker was publishing the first serious scholarly work on instances of slave resistance in the antebellum South. Aptheker stressed how the rebellion was rooted in the exploitative conditions of the Southern slave system. He traversed libraries and archives throughout the South, managing to uncover roughly 250 similar instances, though none of them reached the scale of the Nat Turner uprising.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Turner

Good morning, Bio Bob, Wow! I had no idea of the true background of Nat Turner. I read the book, and thought it quite ironic that the only person that Nat killed was the one who was the kindest to him. Later, it was explained that the reason involved her lack of seeing him as a man.

Thank you for that, buddy!

I think, perhaps, that I had better take a vow of silence myself, folks, until Bob quits reading.

Bud Abbott
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

William Alexander Abbott aka Bud Abbott (October 2, 1897 - April 24, 1974) is a legendary American actor, producer and comedian from Asbury Park, New Jersey. He is best known as the straight man of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.

Abbott, whose mother was a bareback rider for the Ringling Brothers Circus, dropped out of school as a child and began working at Coney Island. He was 16 when he started working in burlesque in the box office of the Casino Theater in Brooklyn. Eventually he began putting together touring burlesque shows. Around 1924 he started performing as a straight man in an act with his wife, Betty. As his status grew, Abbott began working with comedians like Harry Steppe and Harry Evanson.

Abbott crossed paths with Lou Costello in burlesque in the early 1930s. They formally teamed up in 1936 and began performing together in burlesque, minstrel shows, vaudeville, and movie houses.

In burlesque tradition, their salaries were split 60/40, favoring Abbott, because the straight man was always viewed as the more valuable member of the team. (Later, after they became movie stars, Costello had the split reversed in his favor.)

In 1938 they received national exposure for the first time by performing on the Kate Smith Hour radio show, which led to the duo appearing in a Broadway musical, The Streets of Paris. In 1940, Universal signed Abbott and Costello for their first film in 1940, One Night in the Tropics. Although Abbott and Costello were only filling supporting roles, they stole the film with their classic routines, including "Who's On First?" (Abbott and Costello are the only two non-baseball players honored in the Baseball Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown, New York, because of their legendary routine.)

During World War II, Abbott and Costello were among the most popular and highest-paid stars in the world. They made more than 30 films. In the 1950s they brought their comedy to live TV on the Colgate Comedy Hour, and their own half-hour series, The Abbott and Costello Show.

Abbott and Costello split up in 1957. Lou Costello died in 1959.

Abbott attempted to begin performing again in the 1960s, with a new partner, Candy Candido, and received good reviews. But Abbott called it quits, remarking that "No one could ever live up to Lou." On screen, he performed in a dramatic episode of General Electric Theater in 1961 and later provided his own voice for the animated series Abbott and Costello.

Bud Abbott has three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: the radio star is located on 6333 Hollywood Blvd., motion pictures star is located on 1611 Vine St., and the TV star is located on 6740 Hollywood Blvd.

Bud Abbott suffered from epilepsy and cancer and died at the age of 76 in 1974 in Woodland Hills, California.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Abbott

Well, everyone always said I have a big mouth. Good morning Letty. Karaoke was a unique experience last night. One of the regulars Booby and his girlfriend Terry were there. Tables were arranged so close friends could celebrate Kerry's birthday. They've known each other for seven years. After singing song with our friend Paul, he pulled her out on the florr and sang a special song to her, went down on one knee, gave her a ring and asked her to marry him. One of the group had a video camera to record the resounding "Yes!". There were tears in many eyes. The two are very warmly regarded including yours truly.

Gotta run off now and meet Mike to catch hawks. Later.

Well, listeners, I think our Bob has put down his encyclopedia for the moment.<smile>

Great to see that our Phoenix is back from her tour and look ahead with eagerness to her photos and voice over.

This song from Sting seems appropriate at the moment:


"Brand New Day"

How many of you people out there
Been hurt in some kind of love affair
And how many times do you swear that you'll never love again?

How many lonely, sleepless nights
How many lies, how many fights
And why would you want to put yourself through all that again?

"Love is pain," I hear you say
Love has a cruel and bitter way
Of paying you back for all the faith you ever had in your brain

How could it be that what you need the most
Can leave you feeling just like a ghost?
You never want to feel so sad and lost again

One day you could be looking
Through an old book in rainy weather
You see a picture of her smiling at you
When you were still together
You could be walking down the street
And who should you chance to meet
But that same old smile that you've been thinking of all day

You can turn the clock to zero, honey
I'll sell the stock, we'll spend all the money
We're starting up a brand new day

Turn the clock all the way back
I wonder if she'll take me back
I'm thinking in a brand new way

Turn the clock to zero, sister
You'll never know how much I missed her
Starting up a brand new day

Turn the clock to zero, boss
The river's wide, we'll swim across
Started up a brand new day

It could happen to you - just like it happened to me
There's simply no immunity - there's no guarantee
I say love's such a force - if you find yourself in it
And sometimes no reflection is there

Baby wait a minute, wait a minute
Wait a minute, wait a minute
Wait a minute, wait a minute

Turn the clock to zero, honey
I'll sell the stock, we'll spend all the money
We're starting up a brand new day

Turn the clock to zero, Mac
I'm begging her to take me back
I'm thinking in a brand new way

Turn the clock to zero, boss
The river's wide, we'll swim across
Started up a brand new day

Turn the clock to zero buddy
Don't wanna be no fuddy duddy
Started up a brand new day

I'm the rhythm in your tune
I'm the sun and you're the moon
I'm a bat and you're the cave
You're the beach and I'm the wave
I'm the plow and you're the land
You're the glove and I'm the hand
I'm the train and you're the station
I'm a flagpole to your nation - yeah

Stand up all you lovers in the world
Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl
Stand up all you lovers in the world
Starting up a brand new day

I'm the present to your future
You're the wound and I'm the suture
You're the magnet to my pole
I'm the devil in your soul
You're the pupil I'm the teacher
You're the church and I'm the preacher
You're the flower I'm the rain
You're the tunnel I'm the train

Stand up all you lovers in the world
Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl
Stand up all you lovers in the world
Starting up a brand new day

You're the crop to my rotation
You're the sum of my equation
I'm the answer to your question
If you follow my suggestion
We can turn this ship around
We'll go up instead of down
You're the pan and I'm the handle
You're the flame and I'm the candle

Stand up all you lovers in the world
Stand up and be counted every boy and every girl
Stand up all you lovers in the world
We're starting up a brand new day

Later, Bob, and thanks for that very brief update on your karaoke experience.

Good Day WA2K:

Today's birthdays:

1452 - King Richard III of England (d. 1485)
1539 - Saint Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal (d. 1584)
1644 - François-Timoléon de Choisy, French writer (d. 1724)
1737 - Francis Hopkinson, American author and signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1791)
1768 - William Carr Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford, British general and politician (d. 1854)
1798 - King Charles Albert of Sardinia (d. 1849)
1800 - Nat Turner, American leader of slave uprising (d. 1831)
1832 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (d. 1917)
1847 - Paul von Hindenburg, German officer and politician (d. 1934)
1851 - Ferdinand Foch, French soldier (d. 1929)
1852 - William Ramsay, Scottish chemist (d. 1916)
1869 - Mahatma Gandhi, Indian political leader, Father of the Nation (d. 1948)
1871 - Cordell Hull, United States Secretary of State, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1955)
1879 - Wallace Stevens, American poet (d. 1955)
1882 - Boris Shaposhnikov, Russian military commander (d. 1945)
1890 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1977)
1895 - Bud Abbott, American comedian and actor (d. 1974)
1901 - Alice Prin, French singer and artist (d. 1953)
1904 - Lal Bahadur Shastri,Indian Politician,Prime Minister (d.1966)
1904 - Graham Greene, British novelist (d. 1991)
1911 - Jack Finney, American author (d. 1995)
1914 - Jack Parsons, American rocket scientist (d. 1952)
1921 - Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 2000)
1926 - Jan Morris, English writer
1928 - "Spanky" McFarland, American actor (d. 1993)
1929 - Moses Gunn, African-American actor (d. 1993)
1932 - Maury Wills, baseball player
1934 - Earl Wilson, baseball player (d. 2005)
1937 - Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., American attorney (d. 2005)
1938 - Rex Reed, American movie critic and actor
1943 - Franklin Rosemont, American artist
1945 - Don McLean, American songwriter
1948 - Avery Brooks, American actor
1948 - Donna Karan, American fashion designer
1948 - Chris LeDoux, American musicician and rodeo performer (d. 2005)
1949 - Richard Hell, American musician
1950 - Persis Khambatta, Indian actress (d. 1998)
1951 - Sting, British singer and actor
1955 - Lorraine Bracco, American actress
1966 - Rodney "Yokozuna" Anoai, Samoan professional wrestler (d. 2000)
1967 - Frankie Fredericks, Namibian athlete
1968 - Jana Novotna, Czech tennis player
1970 - Kelly Ripa, American actress and television host
1971 - Tiffany, American singer
1971 - James Root, American guitarist (Slipknot)
1978 - Ayumi Hamasaki, Japanese singer

Good morning, Raggedy. Thanks again for your celeb updates. Ah, I see that Don McLean is among them, and we all know about his history of rock and roll as told in American Pie.

However, listeners. Instead of playing a song by Don, why not do something a little different.

This song of philosophy is dedicated to McTag:

"Today. . ."

(Sung to "Today")



Today, while the present exists, and the past

is done and forgotten, the future is next--

the tenseless conditions of truth never say

what I can simply supply by-y-y (y-y!) "Today. . ."



I know McTaggart and I read my Russell,

and Nathan Oaklander's my hero of date--

still B-theory founders where A-theory champions

what temp'ral indexicals state!



Today, while the present exists, and the past

is done and forgotten, the future is next--



With Quentin's semantics, two Williams' logistics

large doubt was cast over the B-theorist's way--

but Mellor revealed how indexicals cover

beliefs that prevent temp'ral stray!



"Today" thus betokens the date upon which

my co-present wishes must dutifully fix

to be first effective and then pass away,

never revived by a type-tokeni-i-ized: "Today. . ."!

Thanks, Bob, for the interesting bio on Groucho. He had quite a career. I actually remember his show that he had on TV.

I've always liked the Marx brothers.