On Monday, Patrick Swayze lost his battle with Pancreatic Cancer.  Today Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, and Mary passed away from Leukemia and the actor Henry Gibson, of Laugh In and most recently of Boston Legal, passed from Cancer also.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090917/ap_en_mu/us_obit_mary_travers
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090916/ap_on_en_tv/us_obit_henry_gibson_3

It always seems to be in threes. . .

103.9 is a Radio Station, not a temperature fit for human habitation . . .

"It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what your heart meant
Heat of the moment shone in your eyes"
          ----- Asia

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Moon Landing in 3 hours, 30 minute 26 seconds!

I usually keep my iPod on Shuffle Mode.  While taking Wife to work and running a couple of errands today, I got a particularly good set of music.  I really enjoyed it, but your mileage may vary.  : )

The Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson
I Get Around - The Beach Boys
Doug Goes to Town - Uncle Bonsai
I'm the Cat - Jackson Browne
Brothers Under the Bridge - Bruce Springsteen
I'm Yours - Elvis Presley
Octopus' Garden - The Beatles
Fantasia 7 para Vihuella - Comp: Luis Milan Perf: Edward Martin
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
Doug's First Job - Electric Bonsai Band
Automatic - The GoGo's
Blue Moon of Kentucky - Elvis Presley
(The System of) Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether - Alan Parsons Project
Walk On - U2
Looking East - Jackson Browne
Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffett

I'm taking a break from entering Cross Stitch patterns into Excel, so I thought I'd do this Meme:

So here's how it works:
1. Open your music library.
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For every question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button.
6. Don't lie and try to pretend your cool.

Opening Credits: I Feel So Bad, The Essential 60's Masters - Elvis Presley
Waking Up: Handle With Care, Travelling Wilburys - Travelling Wilburys
First Day at School: Jackie Brown, Big Daddy - John Mellencamp
Falling in Love: I'm Counting on You, The Complete 50's Masters - Elvis Presley
Losing Virginity: High, Evita: Complete Motion Picture Soundtrack - Madonna and Antonio Banderas
Breaking Up: Goin' Down the Road, One from the Vault - Grateful Dead
Life: Aerial Tal, Aerial - Kate Bush
Mental Breakdown: Live and Let Die, Best of James Bond 30th Anniversary - Paul McCartney
Flashback: New York State of Mind, Greatest Hits Vol.1 - 2, Billy Joel
Getting Back Together: Summer Wind, Selections from the Reprise Years - Frank Sinatra
Wedding: Baltars Dream, Battlestar Galactica Season 2 - Bear McCreary
Final Battle: Heartbreak Hotel, The Complete 50's Masters - Elvis Presley
Death Scene: Love Bites, Hysteria - Def Leppard
Funeral Song: When You Need Me, Tracks - Bruce Springsteen
End Credits:  I Pity the Poor Immigrant, John Wesley Harding - Bob Dylan

Man, Elvis has not left the building . . .

You know you're in the SCA when you are looking for friends on Facebook and realize that after 20 years, you don't know the real names of most of the people that you vacation with at every opportunity.  : |

Yep, I took the plunge and joined Facebook, too.  Man, it's an alien land over there. . . I'll be looking for a few friendly faces.  : )

Yep, you heard right.  This is a VERY rare occasion when we take the show on the road.  Krazy Kat Fiberhaus will be at Ursulmas this weekend  with 2 booths on a corner.  During Inventory this week we've been sifting through our stock and setting aside a selection of goods with the SCA-er and Medieval/Renaisance/Fantasy enthusiest in mind. 

Along with other items, we will be bringing:

- Elizabethan Coif and Nightcap Patterns from Extreme Costume.
- Fine Linens in twill and even weaves.
- Slate Frames in multiple sizes from Evan Burroughs (Evertite) and Access Commodities.
- Books specialising in Medieval and Renaisance Needlework.
- Fine threads in silk, wool, and linen.
- Charts and Patterns with Medieval/Renaisance designs including canvas' from Traquair House.

And Much More!

And Now back to your regularly scheduled LJ already in progress . . .

You, two, Rock!   Thank you so much for helping out with our store's inventory.  We couldn't do it without you!

The first five people to respond to this post will get something made by me! My choice. For you.

This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:
- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make! but I'm going to try
- What I create will be just for you.
- It'll be done this year.
I may sew something, crochet or whatever. I may bake you something and mail it to you. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure! It may be something I've never tried before but I thought that you'd like it, so please be tolerant of my learning curve! or it may be something I've done a million times that I am very confident that you'll love. who knows?
- I reserve the right to do something extremely strange. but know that I'll try and make you something that I think you'll appreciate. cuz otherwise whats the point?

The catch? You have to post this in your journal.

Isis Honorable, straightforward and idealistic. Active and self-confident. Colors: male: white, female: blue Compatible Signs: Osiris, Thoth Dates: Mar 11 - Mar 31, Oct 18 - Oct 29, Dec 19 - Dec 31 Role: Goddess of motherhood, women, and magic; goddess of the South; protector of Imseti (the son of Horus who watched over the canopic jar containing the liver) Appearance: Woman wearing the hieroglyph for "throne" on her head What is Your Egyptian Zodiac Sign? Designed by CyberWarlock of Warlock's Quizzles and Quandaries

Funny thing is I used to watch this cheesy show on Saturday Mornings as a kid in the '70's along with Shazam:

Ok, I just had to You Tube it!

Trivia Question: What is the name of the music played in the background?

When I was in 6th grade, my parents . . . well, mainly my Dad, introduced me to The Prisoner. The Prisoner is considered by many to be the most unusual and thought-provoking television series ever made. When it was first shown in England in 1967 there had certainly been nothing like it before and, many would argue, nothing has surpassed it since. It first aired on CBS in 1968. My Dad introduced it to me on PBS (KCTS 9) in 1978. I knew I was watching something special.  As I grew older, I picked up the Video Tapes and eventually the DVDs.

In The Prisoner, Patrick McGoohan plays a man who resigns from a top secret position and is abducted from his London home. He finds himself in a beautiful village where everything is bright and cheerful - the people, their clothes, the buildings, the flowers. But despite this rosy exterior, the village serves a sinister purpose. People are forcibly brought there in order to have their valuable knowledge protected or extracted. Village residents are assigned a number - the Prisoner is Number Six. Chief interrogator and administrator is Number Two, but he isn't the boss - an unseen Number One is the boss. Many episodes revolve around Number Two trying to find out why Number 6 resigned and Number 6 thwarting his efforts. It transcends the labels of "Spy Thriller" or "Sci Fi."  It is a program that not only demands attention be paid to it, it requires it.  It is not for casual viewing but rather active engagement.  Although there are only 17 episodes, the show has been studied and disected for 40 years by fans, clubs, and college campuses.  McGoohan says: "I believe passionately in the freedom of the individual."  The Prisoner is basically about the dehumanizing, the loss of individuality, which is happening to us all. People are the prisoners of our society. This series is a comment on life.

After a long career, Patrick McGoohan passed away on January 13, 2009, from a short illness.  Be Seeing You.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_en_ce/obit_mcgoohan;_ylt=ArJ_UXQhKwFi7RXf2568grZxFb8C

The Opening Credits:


I am not a Number! (Edits):

Grrr'l has been very mobile lately and has gotten into the habit of pulling books off the bookshelf in her bedroom.  I have a collection of comic strip collections in there with the rest of the childrens books.  B.C, Wee Pals, Chas Adamms, and of course Peanuts.  Many of these were my parents before they were mine.  The other day, Grrr'l pulled out It's a Dog's Life, Charlie Brown (1962, from a collection of strips between 1960 - 1962)  I started leafing through it and came across this frame:



There's something vaguely disturbing about Linus telling Lucy he forgot his rubbers.

( The Whole Strip )

Hope everyone had an enjoyable New Year Celebration and may 2009 be better than 2008.

Now if I can find the G$% D#$% F%&*()%$ Punks that have been shooting the  G$% D#$% F%&*()%$ fireworks off constantly since around 10:PM!!    Bernerd needs a case of Doggy Valium.  It's worse than the 4th of July!