Yankee Doodle

Yankee Doodle went to town

A-riding on a pony,

Stuck a feather in his cap

And called it macaroni'.

Chorus:

Yankee Doodle keep it up,

Yankee Doodle dandy,

Mind the music and the step,

And with the girls be handy.

Father and I went down to camp,

Along with Captain Gooding,

And there we saw the men and boys

As thick as hasty pudding.

Chorus

There was Captain Washington,

Upon a slapping stallion,

Giving orders to his men-

I guess there were a million.

Chorus

(4 July 2012)

We The People

[We have fallen into] ... a lazy habit: the unexamined notion that decisions made in Washington reflect the will of the American people and the public's underlying values.  The public has its main say on one day every two years: election day.  The choice is between two political parties that cynically ignore their constituencies the very next day in order to carry out policies aimed at the rich and powerful rather than the voters.  (Jeffrey D. Sachs, The Price Of Civilization, p. 106)  1 February 2012

Grandiose Claims

Photo: Mr. Dickie - Bridge to nowhere at the new Navy Yard waterfront park, Washington, DC)

People will make grandiose claims and promises and will deceive many.  (Warren W. Wiersbe, Chapter-By-Chapter Bible Commentary, p. 650)

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Yesterday I enrolled in Google+ at the request of a former co-worker.  I got some things to work.  Others will require more reading and testing.  I did manage to create a photo album and some circles.  There were only four friends already signed up.

I created a Channel on YouTube and created a playlist.  I don't really understand the purpose of a Channel.  The songs I posted to the playlist played.

It's fun trying out all of the apps.  Of course everything takes more time than anticipated.

I discovered a new singer, Prisilla Ahn.  She's very good looking and has a very nice voice.  I searched to see if I could find her on Spotify.  I found her album - A Good Day, with eleven tracks.  I'm listening this morning while posting to my two blogs.

Mr. Dickie
19 October 2011

Memory Lane

Today stroll down memory lane, relive and rekindle treasured friendships.  (Helen Steiner Rice, From The Heart, 19 June)

... the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.  (Martha Washington in The Promise Of A New Day by Casey and Vanceburg, 25 August)
3 September 2011

Professional Sports Rant

Life has no meaning without purpose. To lack purpose is to deny the existence of God and to admit that our life is an evil, stupid joke. (Giuseppe Mazzini in A Calendar of Wisdom by Leo Tolstoy, 18 December)

Your life may be cut short at any time; therefore, your life should have a deep purpose, a significance that will not depend on whether it is short or long. (Anonymous, A Calendar of Wisdom, Leo Tolstoy, 23 November)

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I finished reading a couple of books yesterday, the first two in the New Year. I posted to WeRead and to my own computer database of Books Read in 2010. I'm off to a good start. Of course, I actually started reading both books in 2009.

The Washington Redskins hired their new miracle coach, Mike Shanahan, yesterday. They are going to pay him seven million dollars a year. He's about to get a wake-up call. The Washington quarterback, Jason Campbell, is no John Elway and there is no hometown advantage for playing at sea level. BTW, did you read that the outgoing coach, Jim Zorn, will be paid 2.4 million because he was fired before his contract ran out? That's a pretty good bonus for failure.

While on the subject of so-called professional sports, the mediocre Washington Wizards, formerly The Bullets, have a gun scandal on their hands. I read that the team can terminate the contract of Gilbert Arenas for this incident. I think his contract is for over 100 million dollars. They should take advantage of this opportunity to get their money back. Because the team is in shambles the new owner and his new coach could use the money to rebuild the team.

Mr. Dickie