Novelty Song Friday #16 — “Pink Shoe Laces,” by Dodie Stevens

Thanks go to Jim Adams at A Unique Title for Me for finding this little gem of a song to feature for this week’s Novelty Song Friday. Per wikipedia: “Pink Shoe Laces” (or “Pink Shoelaces”) is a song composed by Mickie Grant that was recorded by Dodie Stevens, accompanied by Bobby Hammack and his Orchestra,…

Thursday Inspiration 63 — Still, beginning

There beside me on the roof Fur to fur gaze on the Earth Together sharing love’s berth Wonder how the time has flown Purred with warmth in purple skies On Mars, marveled hows and whys We woke here to begin our tenth lives       Paula Light is the host of Thursday Inspiration.  Paula…

Mask Contest! All are welcome!

Max from the PowerPop blog just gave me a brilliant idea.  In the time of the COVID-19 pandemic, masks to protect oneself from the virus and to protect others if you have or are carrying it, need to be worn.  No, it isn’t Unamerican; no, it isn’t namby pamby to wear one.  It simply is…

#FF — Yee-haw!

Uber-man dropped them at the Segway rental from the train station. Jib and Tag had been studying Segway touring routes for NYC; the map was criss-crossed in varying-colored neon highlighters. Jib spied a pub a few doors down. “Tag, let’s have one for the road first, shall we, and chit-chat the locals for any tips.”…

Parasites and Hunter-Killers

  Hunter who has studied us One who knows our ev’ry like Sent by Mother Gaia, who Says it’s time for us to shift When our bodies have a foe We send out the phagocytes Killer cells who eat them up Balanced health an unspoke right We are now the parasites Mother’s body’s had enough…

M3! #39 063020 — 21 Bridges, The Beatles 8 Days A Week, Clemency, Ondine

Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! I’m still binging on Rake (just started season 4) so only 4 movies this week (sorry!) but there are at least 4 in the queue already this week and more waiting at the library. 21 Bridges (2019) Starring: Chadwick Boseman,Taylor Kitsch, J.K. Simmons, Sienna Miller, Keith David,…

What do you see # 36 — G3 in 2050

The year is 2050 and the plot for the next movie in the Ghostbusters series will pull the teams in from the first two movies to fight the worst villain they’ve confronted to date (in the film world, anyway.) Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stantz, Dr. Egon Spengler, and Winstone Zeddemore from the 1984 film;…