Jeff and I posted our first YouTube video last night. I did most of the prep work, loading and editing digital photos and scanning older pictures. Jeff selected the photos and arranged them, basically in chronological order, and chose the song that’s playing in the background, “I Find Your Love” by Beth Nielsen Chapman. I
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Christmas comedy: “The 12 Pains of Christmas”
Now I’m at the extreme opposite end of the holiday music spectrum. I searched YouTube for the video for “The 12 Pains of Christmas” by Bob Rivers Comedy Corp., which has been one of my favorites since the very first time I heard it – I was about 15. I think I found the “official”
Read on »A midnight clear
I really like this movie, a little-known film called A Midnight Clear, which I first saw a good 15 years ago. It’s based on a book by William Wharton, and the cast includes Ethan Hawke, Gary Sinise, and Kevin Dillon. But even more than the film, the song they play over the closing credits is
Read on »Happy anniversary, with a little help from the Flintstones
Jeff and I got married eleven years ago today. Time flies when you’re too damn busy! But we’re all right — we have each other, and we even still like each other most of the time! 😉 I thought of this song and video this morning. I remember that my mom and I both LOVED
Read on »“It’s Hot in Topeka”
The past several days have been hot, hot, hot. We took the boys swimming on Saturday, and Jeff and I both got a bit sunburned. I barely left the house on Sunday, and was only too glad to be in the AC at work yesterday. There was a heat advisory for all three days. Last
Read on »When you gonna love you… ?
A couple of co-workers of mine spent all day today at the library annex, instead of coming back to the headquarters building in the afternoon. They were getting a lot accomplished, so figured they’d keep on the rest of the day. I was thinking about this on the way to Wal-Mart this evening, and I
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Here’s the video for the song “Rain” by Patty Griffin. It’s the opening track on her album A Thousand Kisses, and it’s incredible and simply beautiful. It was cloudy as we were driving to work this morning, and within ten minutes after Jeff dropped me off, the rain had started. It’s not too bad, but
Read on »Warm day, cool ice
I used some of my free time today, during this slow and lovely holiday weekend, to search for videos on YouTube. No, those were not very productive parts of the day, but I started a list of favorites, and am now glad to share one here. I’ve always enjoyed watching figure skating, but it wasn’t
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